Comments on: Taste of Chicago Fireworks 2009 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks Chicago Events and Info Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jodi T. http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-933 Jodi T. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:06:14 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-933 We braved the fireworks this 3rd of July on the request of my in-laws who were in town from rural, southern Indiana. We have avoided them over the last 7 or 8 years now because we have 4 kids and have always remembered how crazy it got down there. I was very pessimistic and just barely agreed to do it. I was SO pleasantly surprised. It all went off without a hitch. We took a cab from their hotel around State and Ohio down to about North Pier, which was as close as we could get. We walked from their up Columbus to Bicentenial Park and then right out to the lake front. We arrived at about 8:30 and the fireworks started at about 8:55. We stood right on LSD which had been closed to traffic since sometime earlier. That, I think, is the key to it being so easy now. I don't remember LSD being blocked off a few years ago. It made it a breeze and gave everyone plenty of room to spread out. Bathrooms had long lines, but what else would I expect? We actually heard no music at all, which was a disappointment. But, otherwise, it was great. We walked back to the Embassy Suites and were in our car headed back to Lakeview at about 10:15. Outstanding! I think the key is to not have to worry about parking. Get into town early and figure out a plan to be done eating dinner around 7 and start heading toward the lake. Here's my question...can you see the Saturday night Navy Pier fireworks from Monroe Harbor? This weekend we want to take my brotherinlaws family to Millineum Park for the concert then see the fireworks. Any suggestions? Thanks! We braved the fireworks this 3rd of July on the request of my in-laws who were in town from rural, southern Indiana. We have avoided them over the last 7 or 8 years now because we have 4 kids and have always remembered how crazy it got down there. I was very pessimistic and just barely agreed to do it. I was SO pleasantly surprised. It all went off without a hitch. We took a cab from their hotel around State and Ohio down to about North Pier, which was as close as we could get. We walked from their up Columbus to Bicentenial Park and then right out to the lake front. We arrived at about 8:30 and the fireworks started at about 8:55. We stood right on LSD which had been closed to traffic since sometime earlier. That, I think, is the key to it being so easy now. I don’t remember LSD being blocked off a few years ago. It made it a breeze and gave everyone plenty of room to spread out. Bathrooms had long lines, but what else would I expect? We actually heard no music at all, which was a disappointment. But, otherwise, it was great. We walked back to the Embassy Suites and were in our car headed back to Lakeview at about 10:15. Outstanding! I think the key is to not have to worry about parking. Get into town early and figure out a plan to be done eating dinner around 7 and start heading toward the lake.

Here’s my question…can you see the Saturday night Navy Pier fireworks from Monroe Harbor? This weekend we want to take my brotherinlaws family to Millineum Park for the concert then see the fireworks. Any suggestions? Thanks!

]]> By: Danny J http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-923 Danny J Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:02:41 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-923 Fireworks? Check Pink Song? Check "Sweet Home Alabama?" Check Michael Jackson Song? Ummm..... The man just died, he's from a suburb of Chicago, and his death has dominated the news. EPIC FAIL Fireworks? Check
Pink Song? Check
“Sweet Home Alabama?” Check
Michael Jackson Song? Ummm…..

The man just died, he’s from a suburb of Chicago, and his death has dominated the news. EPIC FAIL

]]> By: ALEX http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-921 ALEX Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:25:38 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-921 HAPPY 4TH CHRIS.THANKS FOR YOUR BLOG. IT IS VERY HELPFUL. FOUND IT BY MISTAKE BUT IT PROVES TO BE WORTHY. HOW CAN I GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO ADD A FEW OTHER CHICAGO RELATED CATEGORIES? I ALSO LIVE IN THE WEST LOOP. HAPPY 4TH CHRIS.THANKS FOR YOUR BLOG. IT IS VERY HELPFUL. FOUND IT BY MISTAKE BUT IT PROVES TO BE WORTHY. HOW CAN I GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO ADD A FEW OTHER CHICAGO RELATED CATEGORIES? I ALSO LIVE IN THE WEST LOOP.

]]> By: susan http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-919 susan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:17:52 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-919 attended the 2009 fireworks and I was awed and amazed at the display. But, the music once again, left so much to be desired. Will someone tell me what happened to all the patriotic songs? NO national anthem, no Sousa marches to be found. Why? Are we afraid of insulting some foreign visitor? Has the traditional music just evaporated to be replaced by John Mellencamp singing "Pink Houses" ? I love John, but the I still long for the old days when the "1812 Overture" was performed by the Symphony and accompanied by the cannons. I think folks rely on their flag pins instead of the more overt displays of patriotism held for decades in those old songs. Chicago, bring it back attended the 2009 fireworks and I was awed and amazed at the display. But, the music once again, left so much to be desired. Will someone tell me what happened to all the patriotic songs? NO national anthem, no Sousa marches to be found. Why? Are we afraid of insulting some foreign visitor? Has the traditional music just evaporated to be replaced by John Mellencamp singing “Pink Houses” ? I love John, but the I still long for the old days when the “1812 Overture” was performed by the Symphony and accompanied by the cannons. I think folks rely on their flag pins instead of the more overt displays of patriotism held for decades in those old songs. Chicago, bring it back

]]> By: Joe http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-918 Joe Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:17 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-918 I agree and disagree it is CRAZY and I would avoid it at all costs...it is far from a family event, take a look around you folks...go stand at State and Jackson after the fireworks and you will be fearful of your life! Do it from North Avenue or wait until July 4th and go to Navy Pier. I agree and disagree it is CRAZY and I would avoid it at all costs…it is far from a family event, take a look around you folks…go stand at State and Jackson after the fireworks and you will be fearful of your life! Do it from North Avenue or wait until July 4th and go to Navy Pier.

]]> By: Joe http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-917 Joe Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:54:08 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-917 Planning on going to July 3rd fireworks tonight and haven't been in years. I remember chaos as far as seating but would hope that I can find somewhere not too far from lakefront to view. Any suggestions? The area above the Monroe street garage would seem likely but requires walking across Monroe for food. I am planning on bringing my girlfriend and her 8 year old. Am I crazy? Planning on going to July 3rd fireworks tonight and haven’t been in years. I remember chaos as far as seating but would hope that I can find somewhere not too far from lakefront to view. Any suggestions?
The area above the Monroe street garage would seem likely but requires walking across Monroe for food.
I am planning on bringing my girlfriend and her 8 year old. Am I crazy?

]]> By: Charles Smith http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-915 Charles Smith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-915 If you want to get a "fireworks teaser" of the July 3rd fireworks to come, I have to inform you that Navy Pier will have its own fireworks display on July 1 at 9:30 p.m. That is tonight!. An additional Navy Pier firework show will fall on the perfect date for a big fireworks display that follows on the heals of the July 3rd fireworks at the Taste.....Saturday, July 4 at 9:00 p.m. (Note the time change: Navy Pier's summer fireworks on Saturdays are usually at 10:15 p.m., but not on July 4.....it is 1 minute and 15 minutes earlier!! This is because most 4th of July fireworks displays go off around 9pm, hence the change.) If you want to get a “fireworks teaser” of the July 3rd fireworks to come, I have to inform you that Navy Pier will have its own fireworks display on July 1 at 9:30 p.m. That is tonight!. An additional Navy Pier firework show will fall on the perfect date for a big fireworks display that follows on the heals of the July 3rd fireworks at the Taste…..Saturday, July 4 at 9:00 p.m. (Note the time change: Navy Pier’s summer fireworks on Saturdays are usually at 10:15 p.m., but not on July 4…..it is 1 minute and 15 minutes earlier!! This is because most 4th of July fireworks displays go off around 9pm, hence the change.)

]]> By: Charles Smith http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-914 Charles Smith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:52:13 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-914 I have seen Chicago's Navy Pier fireworks from the Congress Hotel 6 times....including the 2001 NYE fireworks at Monroe Harbor. Chicago's lakefront fireworks are pretty good. So if you want to avoid the crowds outside this July 3rd as the fireworks detonate, if you are staying at the Congress Hotel to avoid the fireworks crowds, the perfect view of the fireworks will be just outside Congress Hotel's Rafael Restuarant, which has big windows looking out over the 2 big pillars in Congress St. This is the approximate site where you can see those big fireworks. I have seen Chicago’s Navy Pier fireworks from the Congress Hotel 6 times….including the 2001 NYE fireworks at Monroe Harbor. Chicago’s lakefront fireworks are pretty good. So if you want to avoid the crowds outside this July 3rd as the fireworks detonate, if you are staying at the Congress Hotel to avoid the fireworks crowds, the perfect view of the fireworks will be just outside Congress Hotel’s Rafael Restuarant, which has big windows looking out over the 2 big pillars in Congress St. This is the approximate site where you can see those big fireworks.

]]> By: Mike http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-912 Mike Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:22 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-912 It sure would be nice if everyone would get the information correct before they post a comment in a public forum. I was at the Taste of Chicago 2008. On the evening of July 3rd 2008 their where an estimated one million to possible as many as one and one half million people in Grant Park and downtown Chicago. The shooting which occurred was not at Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The shooting took place in the downtown "Loop" area west of Grant Park, after the Independence Eve Fireworks. It sure would be nice if everyone would get the information correct before they post a comment in a public forum. I was at the Taste of Chicago 2008. On the evening of July 3rd 2008 their where an estimated one million to possible as many as one and one half million people in Grant Park and downtown Chicago. The shooting which occurred was not at Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park. The shooting took place in the downtown “Loop” area west of Grant Park, after the Independence Eve Fireworks.

]]> By: Deb Bedore http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks/comment-page-1#comment-840 Deb Bedore Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:25:14 +0000 http://www.chicagohotblog.com/taste-of-chicago-fireworks#comment-840 Does anyone sell seats to the fireworks? Does anyone sell seats to the fireworks?

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