cubbynole

Yeah, give somebody else a shot instead of a third go ‘round for Atlanta.

Never stayed at the resort, but have been numerous times to see the lights and other activities. The Cirque show was enjoyable, 12 year old raved about it and wants to go again this year, the Ice exhibit (Home Alone this year) is very nicely done, but it’s so cold in there, my group kind of rushed through and didn’t really take the time to appreciate it. My family wouldn’t really enjoy a full weekend just doing the stuff at the resort, but a weekend trip to Nashville that time of year should definitely include a visit. I do believe that they try to limit attendance on weekends to only hotel guests or people with restaurant or activity reservations, but I’m not sure how strictly it is enforced.

I’d really look into staying downtown (River North/Streeterville/Loop) rather than commuting from Kimball everyday. Brown line is generally one of the safer/cleaner lines, but frequency is a little slower. Regarding transfers, Clark/Lake has a major construction project going on so it may be a little difficult, I would offer Belmont as a transfer point to red line from brown.

E170/175 are fine, in fact sometimes I seek them out if I can cheap out and guarantee no middle seat in a basic fare, but I avoid the E145 and CRJ family if possible.

My dad had this about 5 years ago. Have him walk as much as he can once he gets home (they’ll have him walking in the hospital day after). Down the driveway, to start, then maybe a few houses down, etc. Be sure to build that strength. As others have mentioned, make sure he uses the heart pillow and the spirometer thing. Recovery was a slow go for a little bit, but after about 9 weeks or so, it was like nothing had ever happened.

I’m curious how many others preferred Wrigley before they built Nashville around it (complete with a Hattie B’s). It used to be neighborhood bars and stuff but now they’ve basically built their own Ballpark Village or Battery when they already had the original. Upgrades were certainly needed to the ballpark itself and the facilities for the players, but the rest of it…just more revenue for the Ricketts, I suppose.

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Speaking of flopper, I loved seeing the player in an earlier match shown a yellow for flopping after video review. Get that crap out of the game.

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Great NHL clip from a decade or so ago, a player tries to draw a penalty and the ref yells “F you, you’re getting an f’ng embellisment”

Hockey has infinitely more action than soccer and it still barely registers in the US compared to other sports, soccer has a long way to go. Even though for all of my 50-ish years it’s supposed to have been the most popular sport in the next couple of years.

It’s weird that Pensacola is the only market to survive (aside from one year) while all of the others folded. Hell, they drew over 6k/game this year playing in the same old building. I’ll be interested to see how long Athens keeps a team; Tallahassee and Baton Rouge couldn’t make it work as the local university dominates the sports scene and those markets, I assume, are larger than Athens. Knoxville seems to make it work, but I believe they’re larger than BR and Tally.

SLC to XNA isn’t that bad. And it’s Saturday to Saturday. Hell, Miami plays a Friday night game at Stanford and then a home game on Thursday. SFO/SJC to MIA is a significantly longer return flight.