F1 Dinner Imola GP

Andreas, what's the dress code like? I'm going to the Cubs game that afternoon, so I'm not sure if the two events will compliment one another very well.

 

Great........ I can't make it.

I'll be in Oswego IL that evening!

 

I want to go since I pushed this idea, but location and time is not going to work. It would take be about 2 hours to get there out from the northwestern burbs given the time and day. I have also promised to stick by a prior obligation I keep blowing off.

This is why I have suggested the idea of an F1 lunch or get-together instead of dinner. If it takes place out in the burbs the threat of a valet not tearing up your car, fighting the traffic there and back, and not beaching your Fcar on a curb less likely. Plus, evening events for those with kids are tough to plan, and if it was a saturday or sunday afternoon event things can be scheduled so the kids can be looked after or even brought along. I don't think I would ever feel comfortable brining an exotic car to the city, ( I have enough problems having taxi's buzz around the H2. )

I really like Chelle's idea of driving up to the border to a place like Freddys. The drive will be more pleasing, our cars can be displayed outside with ease, and we can sit back on some patio watching the race while the little kids or those not as involved with F1 can explore around the cars or surroundings.

I will definitely be up for this. If the Brazil GP/Downers Grove thing works, regardless if it is a show or just us Fchatters getting together, I will show for that too.

RocketBoy

 

That's right. You've never seen me after a Friday Cubs game

 

Don't forget the Curb "Boo Boo" at Montrose harbor on our L.S.D. Drive....

I love to drive up and down L.S.D. But,I lived in the City for almost Half of my life. Too crowded for me...I'm spoiled now with all of the Wide open spaces and Unlimited Parking,no trafffic,etc...of the 'Burbs. I guess I'm getting old....I used to LOVE the Excitement,Crowds,Crowded Bars,etc...of the City... Not anymore. Now,it's an annoyance... Sitting through 2 or 3 lights trying to make a Left turn,because there isn't a Left turn lane,because the street is too narrow to put one in. Single lane traffic,all the way down.But,some people trying to pass on the right... Oh yeah. Nothing more fun than trying to drive up Clark St. On a Friday Night,or Saturday Morning. Then,try to find a place to park.... No,I am too old to tolerate that stuff anymore....No Patience.... (I often wonder if Roger Daltry still "Hopes that he dies before he gets old...." )

I also know a guy who got "T-Boned" on a Sunday Morning when he was driving Downtown. He said that He loves Downtown,but,during the week,it's way too crowded. So,he went down there early one Sunday Morning,just driving up and down LaSalle,Dearborn,State,etc...Looking at the Architechture. And,a drunk decided that because there wasn't any traffic,that he wasn't going to Stop at the Red lights....Boom!!!


My buddy was Hurt,but basically,O.K. His car was a total loss,though. But,I suppose that something like that can happen anywhere....

But,I certainly do not miss having to park my car 2 blocks away from my house when I got home after a late night partying...then,forgetting where the heck I parked it the next day....

 

I want to go today, but the main reason is that I have a prior dinner obligation. Second, its the wait in rush hour traffic not moving for a few hours...

A Sunday morning drive into the city sounds like something I would do, maybe even this Sunday.

Frank, a funny city story I have heard about is through my dad. While at a party at the Drake or something, my parents had their nice Benz S class parked by the hotel valet. As they left later in the evening my Dad commented to my Mom how the seats felt as if they had been moved and that the car's gas supply seemed to be a lot lower than he had remembered. Sure enough, a parking ticket comes in the mail a few weeks later for "parking on a sidewalk." The location was in the toughest, most gang infested, more burnt out buildings than people area of south Chicago. Car wasn't damaged at all, but it is disapointing that a well known hotel would hire people or a manager failed to notice his valets leaving. The business that held the party was happy to pay for the ticket and I think simply sent it to the hotel. No one hurt, and the Benz was never seen on World's Scarriest Police Chases or used in a drug deal, but I still think it was funny.

When will the next Museum Campus photo op happen? Those shots of all the 3x8s and the Chicago skyline are wonderful.

RocketBoy

 

Hey Andreas,

Did anyone show? If I recall the Cubs won so Jack should have been happy. How was dinner?
Schu is 4 for 4! I have yet to see a race this year but is he that dominating? Jenson Button gave him a run last race? Jense must be getting some pressure from Louise to stop being just a pretty boy and leave the good looking to her. If this keeps up are we going to see another attempt for a dead finish with Schu and Rubino?
Im just glad Montoya is still being a baby. I thought he would give Williams and thei rradical car his all before the switch, but from what I read it seems McLaren and Williams are kind of stumbling out of the gate with grips to their car and blaming tires at other times.

Rocketboy