hoopsgalore

On the field, things spiraled for Fitzgerald at NW when his longtime DC, Mike Hankwitz, retired. After that, Fitz went 4-20 (2-16). He'll get a shot somewhere, though.

Without meaning any sort of offense, click the Search link on this board. I have to imagine your question has been asked a dozen times this year alone.

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Any other recs for a guy early 30s to do by himself on a random weekday? Might go to navy pier tomorrow and hit up a couple breweries on your list.

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Navy Pier likely a quick hit for you. I wouldn't expect to spend a ton of time there.

If you're interested in a couple breweries, take the Brown Line and check out Malt Row - Hop Butcher, Demo, Half Acre, Dovetail, Begyle, and Is/Was. All but Half Acre will be in walking distance, so just get off at Irving Park and explore the neighborhood while brewery hopping. North Center and Ravenswood are beautiful neighborhoods to walk.

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Arbella. Did not disappoint. I had a few of the old fashioneds around the world. They gave me one of those smoking teddy bears on the house. Was not expecting chicago people to be this nice, tbh.

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Sorry, ETA awhile after but wanted to acknowledge this - Arbella is a fantastic cocktail bar. One of the bartenders at our favorite cocktail bar in Logan Square has a significant other that probably made your drinks at Arbella :lol:

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HoopsGalore is the Madison expert here. Might want to search his posts. Met up with him when Bama played there last year and had a great time. He is about y'alls age so all of his suggestions should be right up your alley.

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Yessir! Was a fun with weekend with ya, man :cheers:

OP, hit the Travel and Food/Drink boards. I should have plenty about Madison if you run a Search. I probably can't give you too much of a fresh post right now. Have some friends visiting me in Chicago and took PTO today for drinking.

Immediate suggestions without detail: Willy Street for quality food, Public Parking and Robin Room for cocktails, Capitol Square for bars with more young professionals, lower (west) end of State Street for undergrad bars, Regent Street for beer gardens on Saturday (weather will suck).

Madison is fricking awesome but I feel bad this bucket list trip is happening when it is... That stadium is going to be a mess tomorrow. Weather aside, I wouldn't expect close to a full crowd, or a good atmosphere even if the weather was cooperating :lol: Depressing times in Madison. At least basketball is good.

Because I know.

For sure - I really, really like Portland. You'll come across some weirdos, of course, but most crime is property and no real threat to someone's personal being.

There are a lot of great neighborhoods to explore, and such a quality restaurant scene. Breweries, of course, reign supreme - Deschutes has a nice facility in Pearl District, Brujos makes killer IPAs, Breakside has the best atmosphere, and Little Beast is my favorite setting.

Great recommendation on Argentina. I cant wait to go back.

Totally random, but I had absolutely zero idea AJ Storr was still in college / at Ole Miss. Four colleges in four years after being at four high schools and verbally committed to Illinois :lol:

Not to be confused with the restaurant, Amuri by Day makes incredible sandwiches. In a bit of a rush, so that's all I have for now but I can't wait for Wisconsin to be there in 2027. Probably the first place I'll go after arriving :lol:

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At this point it’s on the Chancellor. She doesn’t care about the athletic department and isn’t going to fire the AD, so, here we are. It’s the 1980’s again.

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She spoke to a big group of donors this week. There's a prominent one on 247 that went through some highlights but the immediate expectation from him and Wisconsin's three 247 insiders is that Luke Fickell will be back next year with $30M for the roster and assistant pool. Now, that's very much "in the moment" - When you're arguably the worst team in P4, what's said one week probably changes to the next. I'm in wait-and-see until Sunday after Oregon. Think that's truly when we see where the administration plans to go but... who knows! Maybe it happens today.

I do think Mnookin cares about athletics but she and the AD are so far in over their heads when it comes to it. They got stuck being reactive instead of proactive in the changing landscape, and it bit them straight in the arse. No two ways about it. She basically admitted it, according to donors.

It's not a great situation. I'm nearly done with this program until Fickell is gone. I say 'nearly' because I'll be at Autzen next Saturday :lol: