Joe:

I am also staying the weekend at the W Lakeshore. I arrive on Sat AM and
leave Sunday right after the match. See you at the Sky Bar. BTW- they are a
"classy" bar, but you can still order your beer.

Cheers,

Al Lucas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Somerville" <jcs3esq@...>
To: <CBadavas@...>; <ben1bai@...>; <DanielBehar@...>;
<andrew@...>; <fdombo@...>;
<james.entas@...>; <andy.holtman@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:03 PM
Subject: [VirginiaCardinals] (unknown)


> Friends, Family & Dennis O'Connor:
>
> Today was my first full day in Chicago. Last night a few of the crew went
> to Winston's Steak House where they bring out huge hunks of meat to choose
> from for dinner. Some of these cuts were $80!!! I cheaped out and just
> had
> a $55 dinner - ha ha. The "Sack Man" Richard Dent, of the Legendary
> "Super
> Bowl Shuffle" Chicago Bears, was seated at the table next to us. On the
> walk back to the hotel we stopped at Dawson's for, for some of the group,
> $16 dollar "shots" of wine; of course I just had an overpriced beer.
> Classy
> evening; but I'm not a that classy a guy.
>
> Today was hilarious. We hit a few spots of interest in Chicago (Aquarium,
> the Conservatory and Buckingham Fountain) including Gino's Pizza where I
> was
> drafted into extra status in front of the camera. In one scene I was
> "belly
> up" to the bar with one of my co-workers acting like we were "on a date"
> and
> having a good time. Hopefully none of my dancing will survive the final
> cut. Then they rearranged us as diners. Vanna was serving us all Pizza.
> I
> was placed in the back with my back to the camera which while fortunate
> for
> the viewers, was bad for Vanna because we kept making faces/cracking jokes
> at each other and a couple of times she forgot her lines. The final scene
> was the whole group of us surrounding Vanna and on cue, we all had to
> stuff
> our faces with food. Unfortunately the food was cold pizza left over from
> our lunch. It was a little rough to keep big smiles on our faces.
>
> I'm not sending this email out until tomorrow because I'm too cheap to pay
> $15 for the internet hook up tonight (hey this message isn't that
> interesting). We are staying the best hotel I've ever stayed in; the W
> Lakeshore Chicago. It has funky little designer rooms including windows
> and
> doors (or no doors) in all the wrong places. I'm staying a couple of
> extra
> days because the US Rugby team is in town this weekend for their last
> warm-up match before heading to France for the World Cup. There are 6
> Belmont Shore guys on the team which I believe is the most in my rugby
> club's history. Most likely 3 will start every match of the World Cup;
> hopefully all 6 will play on Sunday. I'll also have a couple of days to
> wander the city, I'll definitely avoid those $80 steaks. If anyone is in
> town for the rugby definitely let me know. I'll check email again
> tomorrow
> morning and Saturday Night.
>
> _______________________________________24 hours later...
>
> Okay, I had time to write last night because we were caught in a
> thunderstorm and didn't go out club hopping like we normally do.well today
> I
> am convinced that G-d is anti-proletariat because just like yesterday, the
> second we were done shooting a thunderstorm hits. Only this time it hit
> so
> fast and so hard that; I was bone dry only 20 steps away from the van and
> by
> the time I was in the van I was soaked to the bone. We had to sit in the
> van for 10 minutes because we had no visibility and when we regained sight
> there were 2 trees uprooted and knocked over within 40 yards of us.
>
> Chicago seems like a nice enough place, but as soon as that rugby match is
> over, I'm back to LA LA Land!!!
>
> Take care, y'all!!!
>
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