Section: CMMC Events

Starved Rock (10/26)

Sections: CMMC Events, General Sep 15th, 2008 24 Comments

 This year marks our 5th trip out to Starved Rock.  This has always been a great fall drive to a fun destination.   Bill Jacobs MINI has offered to open up on a Sunday, and let us start from there.

Here are the details so far, with some updates coming soon.

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Baseball Meetup (09/28)

Sections: CMMC Events, General Sep 1st, 2008 17 Comments

WRAPUP:  Over 100 Milwaukee and Chicago club members met for a fantastic baseball event!!  20-somthing MINIs met early in the morning at Knauz MINI for some coffee, donuts, bagels and hanging out time.  We then headed up the expressway to meet up with the MilwaukeeMINIs.  We all took a short drive, and got into Miller Stadium parking area more or less together for a really great catered cookout or grilling on our own.  After that we headed in to the park to watch the game.  One club member snagged a foul ball, and one caught a flying cell phone from the balcony above us.  Final score, the MilwaukeeMINIs and Chicago MINI Motoring Club won (as did the Brewers).

Huge thanks to Theresa for all the planning, as well as purchasing the tickets way back in March so we could have this event, and Knauz MINI for opening up on a Sunday and bringing in the food!!

If anyone has pictures of the game, please send a link (but not the actual photos) to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will put them here..

Pics by: Dan C | Arnie and Lena | Daniel M | Steve |

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MTTS to Elkhart Lake

Sections: CMMC Events, General, Other Events Jul 17th, 2008 8 Comments

I have recieved some information about the planned route on Saturday morning from Lincoln Park Zoo to Elkhart Lake Wisconsin.  It is possible that some details will change, but hopefully this will help those planning on meeting the caravan along the way:

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MTTS Friday Meetup 07/25

Sections: CMMC Events, General Jun 30th, 2008 32 Comments

UPDATE 07/19/2008:

Glen Ellyn Friday night route directions have changed (meetup location is the same) 

UPDATE 07/12/2008:

Check out more specific route and time details for the Waukesha Wisconsin to UIC route for Friday night at the bottom of this post.

UPDATE 07/08/2008:

UIC Picnic Location

We have an additional meetup from the Glen Ellyn area both Friday night and Saturday Morning:

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Events

Sections: CMMC Events, General Jun 21st, 2008 2 Comments

Here is a little recap of stuff we have coming up…

Our Club Events Coordinator Jeff is working out details for a Milwaukee/Chicago club meetup to drive in for the Friday night portion of MINI Takes the States on July 25th as well as additional information for our Drive-in event on August 16th.

The next Portillos get-together in Schaumburg is on July 2nd.

We still have about 10 or so spots open to participate in the July 4th Parade in Oak Lawn. If you are planning on attending, you need to add a comment to the post.

There are also still tickets remaining for tailgating and a Cubs/Brewers game in Milwaukee on September 28th. This is the final game of the regular season and this really could be the year, so you don’t want to miss this…

Save the Date

Sections: CMMC Events, General Jun 5th, 2008 3 Comments

Mark your calendars to attend a drive, eats,  and a Drive-in movie on Saturday August 16th at the Cascade Drive-in located on North Avenue

 We will be posting up additional details as the event gets closer

Here is a link to our last drive-in event. 

Oak Lawn July 4th Parade

Sections: CMMC Events, General Jun 1st, 2008 23 Comments

WRAPUP: We had a lineup of 9 MINIs participating in the parade on a beautiful July 4th morning. All the MINIs were shined up, decorated and ready to go. The parade route was packed with kids hoping for candy and toys. A fun time was had by all.

Pictures by: Dan | Steve | Kevin | Bill |

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Downtown Lake Shore Drive (06/08)

Sections: CMMC Events, General May 16th, 2008 33 Comments

WRAPUP:  The sunny weather held out just long enough to last the morning drive.  A group of 9 MINIs headed down Sheridan Road and Lake Shore drive to meet up with another 10 MINIs at the official starting location.  A fun drive through some nice urban roads..  A few groups of MINIs got a bit lost, crossed paths a few times and eventually joined together and found the right way to the end.  Several people stayed for breakfast and visting afterwards!!

As usual, send links of photos to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will put them here to share. 

 Pictures from Francis | Anthony | Jon B. |

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Raceway Woods 5/24

Sections: CMMC Events, General May 13th, 2008 25 Comments

Wrapup: Great weather, fun drive, good eats, and a cool destination!! We had a dozen MINIs and a bunch of dogs take a short trip out to Raceway Woods. There was one long pause for a slow moving freight train where we had a chance to pull over, take pictures and chat before the road opened up again. Burgers, brats, and side dishes were the food of the day, and people had a chance to explore the remnants of a very cool race track.

Send links of pictures to steve@chicagominiclub.com and I will add them here.

Pictures from Francis | Steve | Arnie |

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Upcoming Events

Sections: CMMC Events, General Apr 27th, 2008 8 Comments

We have dates for our next couple of events. Additional details will be posted soon:

May 24th we will meet and hang out at the Spindle in Berwyn to check out a Chicago Icon before it is demolished.

UPDATE 05/03/2008: The Spindle has just been Dismantled, so we will be working on a different event on the same day.

We will have some brochures from http://www.langka.com/ LANGKA Paint Chip and Scratch Repair as well as a sample of their Blob Eliminator if anyone is interested in performing some chip repair in the near future.

June 8th we will exploring some fun roads in the Downtown area and South Lake Shore Drive.