re: Let me complain about Illinois for a bit... NEW ADDITION, PG 9

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I’ve been thinking about taking a trip up there this summer and then going up to Yellowstone and Grande Tetons. I’d love to hear recommendations for things to see, eat, drink, and do around the area. Feel free to email me at bryndenblackfish@yahoo.com

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SLC is a fine city, and it's beautiful and Park City and the mountains are close, but it is far from a high energy, party town in the summer. Cuz Mormon. It's not a jovial, fun, welcoming scene. Getting better, but does not even come close to holding a candle to the fun that is the Chicago summer.

Also, reminds me of when UW played at BYU a couple years ago. They're not used to people like us.

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Wisconsin fans, in town to watch their Top 10-ranked team take on BYU, had cleaned him and his bar — ABG’s Libation Emporium — out of a few items after he decided to open at 10 a.m. Saturday — two hours earlier than usual — ahead of the game’s 1:30 p.m. kickoff.

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Whiting said ABG’s capacity is 128 people and that the bar was “packed” for three hours with patrons who were “a little loud,” but otherwise were the best group of traveling fans he’s seen in 27 years of ownership.
“Financially, it‘s the biggest day I’ve ever had here,” he said, adding that it was “triple” what the bar’s normal income would be from a regular day.

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There's a reason the UW/LSU game in Green Bay was so much fun a few years back. Kindred spirits.