Houston Ho!

July 7, 2001... Young Bill Krieger

To: 

• Johnny Rai
• Tommy
• Two-time NIBL Champion Don Fenton, Jr.
• Rob Triol
• Rob Reed
• "Marky" Mark Krieger
• Matt Cowles

Well, we're heading to Houston... which means three things:

1. F the Astros
2. Cub win! Cub win! Cub win!
3. And Jeff Bagwell stinks

I told you he stinks.

The Cub (yes, that's the first place Chicago Cubs. You know... the team with the best record in the National league... the one with the best pitching staff in baseball and the best player in basesball, Sammy Sosa... the same Cubs that are 8 games ahead of the hapless Cardinal, Rob Reed)...

Where was I? Oh yeah, the Cub are in Houston to play the Astro at brand spanking new Enron Field (shown tinily as the left-side border) Friday Sept 21 - Sunday Sept 23. This stands to be a pivotal series as the Astro appear to be the Cub only competition in the Central division.

Plan A and Plan B

Plan A is pretty much the Boston model trip. Leave Friday morning pretty early, shits and giggles Friday night, game Saturday night, blow town Sunday afternoon. Here's a sample flight:

• Fri Sep 21 - Leave O'Hare at 7:20 am, arrive in Houston at 9:50 am
• Sun Sep 23 - Leave Houston at 3:40 pm, arrive O'Hare at 6:15 pm

Get it? Now, here's plan B. Same idea, but leave Thursday night. If we get in late Thursday night, then we can make more ambitious plans for Friday during the day. It's sacrilege I know, but I heard that the NASA tour is pretty cool.

Help

So OK, help me out here... question number one: Are you in?

Don't forget, airfare, hotel and ballgame tickets are paid for by Young Bill Krieger (you will owe me a beer though). And please, I know there was some confusion on the Boston trip... I cannot (Johnny Rai) pay for drinks, gambling debts or other "personal services" fees you may rack up on the trip.

Please email me ( williamt@williamt.com ) your reply to these questions:

1. Are you in?
2. Which do you prefer: Plan A (leave Friday morning) or Plan B (leave Thursday night) or no preference?

For extra credit, you can help me out on these questions too:

• Do you know anything about Houston? You know, restaurants, sightseeing, bars, shenanigans... Our Boston hotel setup was ideal because we were walking distance of a ton of stuff, and we weren't in an area where we feared for our lives (outside of that unfortunate violence at the hotel Coke machine). If you have any tips on where we should stay, email them, eh.
• I have someone (Cousin Sue) working on finding out what hotel the Cub are staying at in Houston. Any ideas on ferreting out this intel?
• Did I forget anyone that we should invite? I toyed with the idea of inviting Denise Fenton instead of Don, but decided against it... can't remember why. Should we invite any old-timers like Moz or Mr. Fenton. Those old fuckers can party, dude.

Well, that's it. I want to lock in the f'ing flights before they jack up the f'ing prices, so email me ( williamt@williamt.com ).

Hasta.

yow, bill

PS - Of course, our long-standing rule still applies... new guy has to bunk with Rob Reed.