Annual Midwest Spring/Fall Area Meet in Chicago

Just update Chris (FX45Chicago) attending status.
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1. Meet and Greet @ 8:30am, Saturday, September 14 at parking lot of: 2002 South Wentworth Avenue Chicago, IL 60616. Park in the back left.
2. 9:30am, walk to Phoenix Restaurant 2nd floor overlooking Archer Ave.
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?

Saturday, September 14 Fall Meet:

1. DaveButcher
2. PMG 705
3. la_fx35
4. RIPnFX
5. jdTrader
6. juanitto21
7. Blueduck1105
8. smijus
9. highlyrecruited
10. KingRick05
11. AeroBFA
12. alenas
13. Fx45chicago
14. Slamming45
15. dlaska (maybe)
16. beelove
17. zebra555 (maybe)
 
Should be there, just changed the status. Added couple things on the list. There are several members of Chicago Z Club, as well as some JDM Chicago forum members attending the Car Show in Woodridge. It should be a good turn out.

Not sure if Marek or Eddie(04KH3) know about that meet. Please feel free to suggest a better timing maybe. Any thoughts or comments as far as schedule?

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Saturday, September 14 Fall Meet Schedule:

8:30am-9:30am Meet and Greet at parking lot (2002 South Wentworth Avenue Chicago, IL 60616. Park in the back left)
9:30am-11:15am Breakfast/Branch at Phoenix Restaurant (2nd floor overlooking Archer Ave)
11:30am-1pm Rolling Photoshoot in Suburbs (location ???)
1:30pm-3:30pm Car Show, Tilted Kilt Woodridge Car & Bike Show Summer Series (6320 Illinois 53, Woodridge, IL)
4pm-5pm Highway Cruise (location ???)

Saturday, September 14 Fall Meet attendees:

1. DaveButcher
2. PMG 705
3. la_fx35
4. RIPnFX
5. jdTrader
6. juanitto21
7. Blueduck1105
8. smijus
9. highlyrecruited
10. KingRick05
11. AeroBFA
12. alenas
13. Fx45chicago
14. Slamming45
15. dlaska (maybe)
16. beelove
17. zebra555
 
Woohooo the Blue Zebra will be joining us. :good:
Come on Chicago/Midwest guys/gals. Love to see you and your nice FX on September 14th Fall Meet.
 
Whoop whoop humpday! Wanted to add that all midwest members should attend, lets set an iS bar for attendance, I might just throw a party that night
 
Maybe we should do the rolling shoot before or part of the meet and greet time? #1 There will be significantly less traffic which is essential and #2 if we have 20 FXs and only 3 or so DSLRs, what are the other FXs going to be doing? #3 Lighting would be better. Doing photo shoot at high noon may be bad if it is a very nice day. I think people will start to get bored very very fast too given # of DSLRs and passengers. Unless....this is really the highway cruise and rolling shots just becomes possibly part of it, but that may not work either because the photographer needs to be as a passenger. So, for example, someone would need to be driving my car while I take pictures of other FXs or I am in another FX taking pictures of my car / group of FXs.

Either way, I think it's very important to be 100% organized before the meet starts especially considering the size of the group.

I'm okay with meeting up early for the rolling shoot especially since not everyone may want to participate and if they do then they have to get up as crack of dawn?

I think we should do a park or find places we can take pictures and do a strategic highway cruise all over 11:30pm - 1:30....and then end at the car show....then people can relax and then leave when they want to from the car show instead of doing the highway cruise at the very end.

I've really been out of sync with the chicago suburbs so I'm not sure where to take pictures or cruise or whatever....if you guys were in michigan I would have suggestions :)
 
I agree Jonas. Seems like you have been thinking this through! The rolling shots should be the early crowd for the reasons Jonas mentioned. Crowd is too big for the city for really anything IMO.

As far as cruising goes. It'll unfortunately be the further from the city the better traffic wise. Ideas are welcome. May change original eating spot? I don't know. Seems like rolling shots for those interested should be super early. But aside from that I just don't know. I'm concerned a lot of time will be wasted if stay downtown....driving around looking for parking...trying to coordinate will be hard especially for those from out of town.

We should try and get a legit plan together though. The Phoenix restaurant could work for a good size crowd...pizza could probably work too? Suggestions? Those from out of town yell what you want!
 
We could always do a spring downtown and fall suburb type thing. Although yeah a big crowd will be problems with parking, getting lost, etc. Last meet got really bad with losing cars and this group is already bigger.
 
Rolling shots in the city is not a great idea imo. Lake shore drive has a nice view, but it's too far away to depict movement. City streets would have a closer background, but then that gets dangerous and not to mention the potholes, construction etc.

Rolling shots should be in the burbs. There's a section on 290/53 with a retaining wall n the background. Further on 355 presents the same background.

Seems like it would be best to meet up in the burbs, eat and then do the shots. Hang out afterwards with some beer, brats, curds or whatever. I'm sure there's a good breakfast joint by Schaumburg area.



TapaTalkin'
 
Annual Spring/Fall Chicago Area Meets

Just told the wife we were end our meet at tilted kilt in Woodbridge in case she wanted to stop by to see the FXs and she said that place is like hooters but the girls look like school girls with short plad skirts and are much more attractive than hooter girls. And I said, hmmmm didn't know that.
 
PMG 705 said:
Haha, well everyone from the last meet is in love with these curds. I have no idea what the heck a curd is.
TapaTalkin'
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You mean you never have had real Poutine :eek.:
Curds are the bomb, soooo yummy. We eat them like candy.

Curds are always readily available here, a Cheese Factory is only 10 minutes from my house.
 
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jdTrader said:
Just told the wife we were end our meet at tilted kilt in Woodbridge in case she wanted to stop by to see the FXs and she said that place is like hooters but the girls look like school girls with short plad skirts and are much more attractive than hooter girls. And I said, hmmmm didn't know that.
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She's been there! Yea that's pretty much what it is not going to lie. Haha funny story
 
Hey guys !! I just found out earlier this week that my hospital is sending me to Chicago for more training though my classes doesn't start until that Tuesday morning and I'll be arriving the day prior !! I had thought it would be great to get in a little bit earlier and perhaps go to this meet ...... though yeah i wont and dont have my FX any longer ???

I've been to Pittsburgh and San Francisco the last few months for training and havent actually done anything but " train " so who knows ........ it wont be easy being away from my boys for so long but let's see if i can work something out :smile (2): ??

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