UR Chicago New Year’s Eve party Jan01 '06

Last night, Michelle and a group of my friends did something elaborate for New Year’s. Normally Michelle and I just go to a local bar, and join in the smaller celebration at midnight, but this year we wanted to do something better.

We attended UR Magazine’s Future Forward 2006, which was held at Chicago’s Marriott Michigan Avenue.

This was only made possible by my friends Theresa and Lexie, both of whom attended the event last year, and were completely in awe. So they decided to do it again, and ask me along.

We had a small group (five of us), but it was still loads of fun.

The spectacle of downtown Chicago on New Year’s Eve was worth the $130 ticket prices, by itself. As The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" remix pounded through five floors of the Marriott hotel, hundreds and hundreds of young adults crammed through the hallways, elevators, bathrooms, and dance floors, dressed in their cleanest suits and dresses - "high heels," snazzy hair, and all.

The food was excellent, the drinks were plentiful, and the beat intense.

I’m not much of a "club goer," but I still enjoyed the music and atmosphere.

This event is highly recommended, and I can’t wait to do it again this year!

Categories: Events , Holidays

Add Feedback (view all)

Leave feedback

Feedback

Input format: The editor controls below will assist with Markdown syntax.

Status

Sub-status

Your info

Hey~If you go to the link you have for UR, they have pictures from New Year's posted already. ... Read more.

Sweet. Actually, that link I included just goes to the main page - not to the specific event. My bad. ... Read more.

matthom is published and produced by Matt Thommes - an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from Chicago. Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.

Contact Matt

Similar Entries

Stats

2 unique visits since November 2008

Syndicate

Advertisements