A Fun Visit to Normal, IL...

For this week’s blog, I’m supposed to give suggestions to my friends on what I would tell them to do if they came to Normal and I was unable to show them around. I think this may be the hardest blog of the year for me. I grew up in Oak Lawn, which is one train or bus ride away from the city of Chicago. In Chicago, the possibilities were endless. You could see a Bulls, Bears, Hawks, or Cubs game, go to the zoo, see some of the biggest skyscrapers in the world, or just walk around and enjoy the scenery of downtown. So to decide what I would tell my friends to do for fun in the city of Normal is not an effortless task. Personally, without a car or any mode of transportation, I know very little about the city itself. I guess the first thing I would tell them to do would be to take a walk around the Illinois State campus. I could have someone give them a tour of the different parts of the school such as the quad, dorm buildings, and other buildings. This isn’t necessarily the most exciting campus so I would hope they scheduled a visit on the day of a sporting event. With all of the different sports, I’d hope at least one had a game that day. They could see a basketball game, a football game, a baseball game, or even a rare track meet. Hopefully the teams could keep it close and then it could prove to be very entertaining. Next, I would hope they chose a day when a concert was playing either at the Brayden Auditorium or at the concert hall in downtown Normal. There have actually been a few popular bands such as T.I. and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus who’ve recently put on concerts here. Any concert would most likely prove to be a fun time. Finally, to the end the night I would make sure they got a sample of one of my favorite places in Normal, Gumby’s Pizza. I would make sure they tried the Pokey Stix and hopefully, if all went right, they would have a fun visit to Normal, IL.