{"id":204,"date":"2009-05-29T17:21:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:25","slug":"a-few-lingering-details-for-wordcamp-chicago-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/a-few-lingering-details-for-wordcamp-chicago-folks\/","title":{"rendered":"A few lingering details for WordCamp Chicago folks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week from today &#8211; we&#8217;ll gather.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll talk, share, laugh, learn and listen &#8211; with 200 of you coming (well, 199 excluding myself!), it is sure to be a fun and very interesting weekend!\u00a0 I&#8217;m really excited that WordCamp Chicago is just right around the corner &#8211; &#8211; it feels like I&#8217;ve been waiting forever!\u00a0 A few details you should all know before you leave home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official WordCamp Chicago hashtag:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23wcchicago\">#wcchicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/faq\/\">FAQ <\/a>page for directions, parking and hotel information.\u00a0 (I have a call out to find out if there are any associated costs with the parking at UBS Tower &#8211; <em>I don&#8217;t think there ar<\/em>e, but I just want to check and be sure.\u00a0 I probably won&#8217;t hear from them until Monday)<\/li>\n<li>Registration starts at 8:30 am &#8211; present your tickets at the door and you&#8217;ll get your name badge and a few fun extras!<\/li>\n<li>Brian Gardner will kick things off with opening remarks at 9:15am with the first speaker of the day, Liz Strauss, at 9:30<\/li>\n<li>Lunch is being provided on Saturday June 6 from 12:00 &#8211; 1:30pm.\u00a0 For the foodies out there &#8211; some examples of what will be on the menu\n<ul>\n<li>West Coast Turkey Breast ~avocado, tomato, red onion on a whole wheat baguette<\/li>\n<li>Classic Roast Beef &amp; Cheddar ~Kaiser Bun<\/li>\n<li>One North Tuna Salad ~grilled red onion, celery, whole wheat baguette<\/li>\n<li>Assorted garnishes, Chips, pasta salad<\/li>\n<li>A dessert bar<\/li>\n<li>Water, herbal teas, coffee and soda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast is being provided on Sunday, June 7 from 8am &#8211; 9am &#8211; and idea of what is on that menu:\n<ul>\n<li>Assortment of Danish, Muffins, Doughnuts and Bagels with a Variety of Cream Cheeses, Butter and Jelly<\/li>\n<li>A Platter of Seasonal Fresh Fruit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Coffee, water, tea and soda refresh provided throughout both days<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve extended Sunday until 1pm (instead of the originally scheduled noon) just to give folks a change to mingle and chat a bit before going home after the last speaker of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LOTS of folks are asking about possible get togethers or after-parties.\u00a0 To my knowledge there is nothing official planned &#8211; but if you know of one, or are organizing one &#8211; &#8211; let us know here in the comments and be sure to TWEET it using the #wcchicago hashtag so everyone knows!\u00a0 And don&#8217;t forget that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=105092270252\">WordCamp Chicago has its own Facebook<\/a> page &#8211; that might also be a good place to post about any gatherings you know about.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gotten lots of questions about pizza in Chicago &#8211; &#8211; anyone know of a great &#8220;not to miss&#8221; place?\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a native Chicagoean (is that a word?)&#8230;so I&#8217;m not sure.\u00a0 Other questions included great places to eat or see in the area from folks coming in from out of town &#8211; &#8211; so any Chicago information you&#8217;d like to share, please do.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from that &#8211; I&#8217;m really looking forward to seeing you all in Chicago next weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week from today &#8211; we&#8217;ll gather.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll talk, share, laugh, learn and listen &#8211; with 200 of you coming (well, 199 excluding myself!), it is sure to be a fun and very interesting weekend!\u00a0 I&#8217;m really excited that WordCamp &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/a-few-lingering-details-for-wordcamp-chicago-folks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A few lingering details for WordCamp Chicago folks<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3037239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,53,5411,5412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-blog","category-venue-and-location","category-wcchicago-2009"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1v9vU-3i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3037239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}