I wrote this quasi-poem 4 years ago before my wedding as an introduction to Chicago for all of our British family and friends that were going to be travelling to our wedding.
Unanimously, they all thought their experience in our city topped that of any others in the country. All were surprised by what they found there and regarded Chicago as their new favourite American city by a long shot.
Standard, I told them.
I thought it was perhaps time to repeat the sentiments.
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CHICAGO is a special place and most will seem to agree, that the people here are WORLD CLASS and no better place there will ever be.
We’ve got it all here anything you could want and we laugh at those who don’t know it, we relish in the fact that it’s all ours but for our guests we are most proud to show it.
You want baseball we’ve got it, football too, and hockey and hoops just the same. As a sports fan you’ll be in absolute Heaven as not a day goes by without a game.
Restaurants, bars, cuisines and music for any type and people of all styles and kind, the diversity makes whatever scene you’re looking for never hard to find.
More green spaces than Greenville and more parks than Parkville this is the ultimate picnic place, lay out a blanket, throw a Frisbee, sip wine and eat cheese and adapt to our Summertime pace.
Our city is the home of comedy and the greats of the past started here, Second City is mecca for improv comedy and we’re sure you’ll enjoy what you hear.
It may as well be an ocean that Lake we live on because as far as we can tell it is, we’ve got boats, beaches, and lakefront galore so grab your speedos and head for the shore.
Sure the Winters are arctic and the Summers like fire and the wind cuts your skin like a knife, but those us from here know what treasures it holds and wouldn’t give them up to save our life.
September is our month of hot days and warm nights, twinkling lights and the warm glow of Fall, it is our farewell to Summer, our hello to Autumn, and our very best month of them all.
So come settle in, relax, enjoy, explore this fine urban place. We know you’ll think there’s nowhere better so come and get used to our midwestern pace.
