leavin' las vegas

Mole and i have been giving increased thought to moving from chicago at the end of 2005 and heading down to new orleans. my job allows me to work from anywhere i'd like, and if my boss men are still congenial with me living outside the windy, then i'd like to jump ship right before christmas next year. thus, Mole and i made a list of things to see and do, restaurants to try and short day/weekend trips to make in chicago before we take off:

* garfield conservatory
* lincoln park zoo (winter visit for polar bears and spring visit)
* water taxi to shedd aquarium
* adler planetarium
* field museum
* museum of science & industry
* dusable museum
* geja's
* sears tower
* "the windy" boat in lake michigan
* the goodman
* steppenwolf
* blue man group
* second city
* improv olympic
* more green mill jazz (Mole needs to experience kurt elling live)
* venetian night (ONLY if we can find incognito space to observe)
* dog day at sox game
* chicago fire game
* milwaukee brewers game
* arlington park
* cleveland/marquette/minneapolis
* chicago historical society
* neo soul explosion
* chicago symphony orchestra
* museum of contemporary art
* haunted chicago tours
* cemetary tours
* shemekia copeland
* buddy guy
* von freeman
* signature room
* music venues: apartment lounge, gunther murphy's, martyr's, the note, bottom lounge, uncommon ground, bar vertigo, b.l.u.e.s.'s, rosa's lounge, blue chicago, jazz showcase, hothouse, sonotheque, big horse lounge, california clipper, club foot, darkroom, funky buddha lounge, gallery caberet, green dolphin street, morseland, the mutiny, nite cap, phyllis' musical inn, red line tap, katerina's, rhythm, schizoclub gallery, silvie's lounge, old town school of folk, long room, nick's

we've both done alot in this city, but there's so much to do here that you can never really scratch the surface of offerings. we have all of january free to explore these museums and lots of clubs, given that anything remotely outdoorsy is out of the question til march at least. stay tuned for events to be checked off our list this year.....