A Dancer spins in the bright blue lights during a dress rehearsal for Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet presentation of the Nutcracker at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet on Sunday November 23, 2008.
Its December already. Where does the time go? This was the first of what I imagine will be more and more Christmas themed events. I need to get my holiday shopping done early, as I hate dealing with insane crowds rushing to get Guitar Hero for their children at K-Mart or whatever.
On the plus side I got Buddy Guy tickets at his venue during his residency in January. It should be nice seeing him in such a intimate setting, especially because my former school, Columbia College plans on tearing down the place to build a student lounge or something. I don't really know the details, but from what I understand Columbia has always owned the building, and has given a date of when he needs to move out or something.
It seems rude to kick him out after being there for so long, but I'm sure he could now find a better location for it. The South Loop isn't the place where people go to eat, enjoy music, or drink. If he would just head north a mile or two, I imagine the business would increase rapidly. Just my two cents.
Speaking of Chicago, I feel like I am the only person within a hundred miles who thinks get the Olympics here would be a bad idea. Don't get me wrong, It would be a great thing to be apart of, but I just dont know if Chicago could handle it. The public transportation concerns me the most. Currently, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is experiencing money woes. The have been hurting for money, and have thus been threatening to raise the prices and even cut certain routes.
From personal experience, the entire system would have to be rehualed to adjust for the amount of people that would be using it. During the end of the baseball season, The Cubs and Sox had a home game in the same day, and it really delayed things. After a Cubs victory one day, I remember waiting forever for the Redline to come. I just keep picturing that x100, and it makes me cringe.
To pay for this, it is obvoious that the residents / tax payers are going to have to pay up. Not to mention the obvious rise in cost of everything in Chicago around the event. Post event, it is going to be a toss up as to whether Chicago will benifit from it. I am not doing any research on this, mainly because I need to get to bed, but I know certain cities end up losing money from hosting the Olymipcs (Atlanta possibly?).
But yeah, I'm out of my element here, obviously.
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