bluvelvet

The tickets weren't bad. I bought them only a few days before I left, so I thought they'd be pricey. Instead, I paid $73 for the round-trip. (It would have been $53 if I'd scheduled in advance). If I had gone home on Monday, I'd have paid about $40 total. Also, with AAA, I get a 10% discount. When you compare those prices to gas for a 4.5-hour round-trip, I win. And I didn't have to deal with parking!

Flights were about $130 at that point. I've noticed that if you book in advance, flights from Midway to Detroit (and vice versa) are either the same or comparable to Amtrak tickets, depending on the days you fly. I've seen them go for about $80 round-trip. I'll probably fly next time since I haven't flown anywhere in so long.

I would have rather have gone to Pancho Pistola's (?) than Bennigan's because one thing I love about Chicago is the authentic Mexican food, but we were kind of short on time and such. We decided to eat near the station, which ended up being kismit since I got to see the banner for the art exhibit.

I don't have an iPod or discman, unfortunately. An iPod is my next "me me me me" purchase. I had a discman with an adaptor and stuff, but it started acting all stupid back in February, which is why I bought the mp3 player for my car.