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r/chicagofood r/skyscrapers r/guessthecity r/frontierairlines r/LAMetro r/ChicagoCirclejerk r/TravelPorn r/Chicano
Frontier Dallas, Texas detour
After an amazing couple of days in Chicago, I finally headed back to O'Hare for my flight home. Of course, that's when the travel gods decided I hadn't suffered enough and delayed my flight.
No big deal. I found a room for the night, explored a little more, and eventually made my way back to the airport the next day. Before long I was on my way to Dallas/Fort Worth for a long layover.
Texas greeted me the same way Texas greets everyone in June: by opening the oven door.
While waiting around the airport, I overheard one of the Frontier employees talking to passengers. She was running a tight ship and wasn't exactly in the mood for nonsense. At one point she looked at the crowd and said something along the lines of:
"We don't want to end up like our cousin airline."
Everyone knew exactly who she meant.
Spirit.
The delivery was so casual and confident that it got a laugh out of me. Imagine being at work and publicly roasting your biggest low-cost competitor while boarding a plane.
The funny part was that she spent the next several minutes being far more confrontational than any Spirit employee I'd ever met.
Meanwhile, around me, travelers were arguing about bags, boarding groups, seats, and flight changes. One guy looked exhausted. Another was angry. A family was trying to reorganize their luggage on the floor.
And there I was, still thinking about sitting beside Lake Michigan the day before, eating Italian beef at Portillo's, and watching a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
It was the perfect ending to the trip: a little chaos, a little comedy, and a reminder that no matter how smooth the vacation is, the airport always gets the last word.
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 23 days ago
▲ 174 r/LAMetro
Just went to Chicago and LA has better public transportation
Maybe I caught them on busy Sunday but bus lines and trains were jam packed(literally packed in and no one wants to get off because Ubers are expensive)
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 23 days ago
Just visited Chicago for second time, my favorite view was by the lake at Ohio street beach
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 23 days ago
▲ 0 r/chicagofood
First trip coming this weekend from LAX
Heading in for the first time from California. Definitely want to check out the Jordan statue as a huge fan and Buckingham fountain, the bean, Lou malnatis, Portillos, among other things. I’ll be at the Chicago cubs game Sunday too and I got a ticket for an architectural river tour. Just wondering if there’s any tips for a great weekend for a first timer food wise, I like all food Chinese, bbq, Mexican, Japanese etc
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 1 month ago
▲ 36 r/Chicano
'Cuidado!' The 158th Infantry 'Bushmasters' in the Pacific
“No greater fighting combat team has ever deployed for battle,” General Douglas McArthur noted after the war of the 158th Infantry Regiment “Bushmasters,” which was made up predominantly of Mexican Americans and members of the Pima and Navajo tribes from Arizona.
The Legacy of the Praise
When MacArthur called them "No greater fighting combat team has ever deployed for battle," he was acknowledging that the Bushmasters possessed a specific, lethal skill set that regular infantry divisions simply didn't have. They were custom-built for the unique horrors of the Pacific war.
The Bushmasters fought continuously for over 300 days in combat without being rotated out. When the war ended, they were chosen for a final, prestigious duty: they were selected to serve as part of the personal honor guard for General MacArthur during the initial occupation of Japan in Tokyo. For a unit made up heavily of Mexican Americans and Native Americans who faced discrimination back home in the Southwest, it was the ultimate validation of their equality and elite status on the world stage.
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 2 months ago
▲ 25 r/Chicano
Main Chicano cities culturally
Obviously #1 is LA but my list after would go:
San Diego
Phoenix
Chicago
Texas cities tied( Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, etc)
u/Willing_Ad_699 — 2 months ago