July: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Valerie’s 100 in 2007:
General
8. Audition for American Idol 🙂 (or at least apply for one reality show)
OK, so I won’t be your next American Idol 🙁 It’s not my fault that they aren’t holding auditions in Chicago this year, and that I refuse to travel. I may, however, be your next Elvira…OK, definitely not, but at least I applied to be. (p.s. I will still apply for the Bachelor, but I am waiting till after I get my hair cut)
Entertainment
15. Go to a carnival
So what if I didn’t ride any rides? I saw some cows and ate a lot of carnival food. Funnel cake, corn dogs, and lemon shakeups are really the only reason for going to a carnival anyways.
17. Free dance lessons in Grant Park
I am so a rockstar at Hungarian Folk Dance!
21. See a concert
So, I didn’t see the Plain White T’s 🙁 But I did see a crappy opening band! That’s something…I guess…
22. See fireworks on 3rd/Fourth of July
Is it happy or sad news that I was in this country for the Fourth of July???
Travel:
83. Knock off at least a few of the following Illinois Roadside Attractions:
a. World’s largest Catsup Bottle
The World’s Largest Catsup Bottle
b. World’s Tallest and Ugliest Lincoln Statue
World’s Tallest and Ugliest Lincoln Statue
c. World’s Largest Pot of Coffee
World’s Largest Pot of Coffee
d. Giant Lincoln on a Covered Wagon
Giant Lincoln on a Covered Wagon
e. Effingham Giant Cross
Effingham Giant Cross
f. The Gays 2-Story Outhouse
The Gays 2-Story Outhouse
g. The Leaning Tower of Niles
Leaning Tower of Niles in Niles, Illinois.
h. Ahlgrim’s Funeral Parlor and Mini-Golf
i. The Hubcap House (sources say this no longer is there, so I couldn’t see it, Heather disagrees)
j. The Golden Pyrimid House
k. Statue of world’s tallest man
Statue of world’s tallest man
Food and Libations:
85. Bake once a month
July: Pudding (yeah, yeah, it’s not technically baked but same diff.
89. Try three different wine bars
I went to a place in Downers for a work thingy MK was having. It was a wine bar. Ummm, I don’t remember it’s name 🙁
98. Go to the Taste of Chicago
Yeah, I crossed this off last month, but in July I went SIX MORE TIMES!!!
Steak Burger with Blue Cheese and Mustard Sauce from Tutto Italiano at the Taste of Chicago
99. Get sushi
I wasn’t so impressed with this sushi thing…but mostly because I wasn’t so impressed with the place we went 🙁 Maybe a nice fancy schmancy place or something not filled with old IKEA furnishings would be better.
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heather
August 2, 2007at5:32 pmi looked into the hubcap house thing. apparently there is a crappy knockoff in pekin. the actual one is gone. i’d just cross it off the list because it isn’t your fault that APPARENTLY the hubcap business of peoria wasn’t doing so hot.