Comments on: Olympic dreams dashed, but Chicago’s still a world-class city http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/10/05/olympic-dreams-dashed-but-chicago%e2%80%99s-still-a-world-class-city/ thoughts on black women living globally through international travel Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:08:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: urbantravelgirl http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/10/05/olympic-dreams-dashed-but-chicago%e2%80%99s-still-a-world-class-city/comment-page-1/#comment-186 urbantravelgirl Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:39:33 +0000 http://urbantravelgirl.com/?p=395#comment-186 Ciao, Sharona -- Walter is SO not kidding. I know I'm biased and all, but Chicago is a fabulous, world-class city that knows how to do things BIG. Perhaps in a different year we might have won, but we had no chance -- it was RIO, RIO, RIO all the way. At this point, I wish 'em luck! Not sure how they're going to pull it off, but they've got seven years to figure it out! Maureen Ciao, Sharona — Walter is SO not kidding. I know I’m biased and all, but Chicago is a fabulous, world-class city that knows how to do things BIG. Perhaps in a different year we might have won, but we had no chance — it was RIO, RIO, RIO all the way. At this point, I wish ‘em luck! Not sure how they’re going to pull it off, but they’ve got seven years to figure it out!

Maureen

]]> By: Sharon http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/10/05/olympic-dreams-dashed-but-chicago%e2%80%99s-still-a-world-class-city/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Sharon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:03 +0000 http://urbantravelgirl.com/?p=395#comment-185 To steal a line from my Chicago-born husband Walter, "It's the world's loss." To steal a line from my Chicago-born husband Walter, “It’s the world’s loss.”

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