PABJ in Indianapolis

What is INDY?

Only a little more than 643 road miles from Philadelphia, what can we expect to see and do in INDY, and are there any Philadelphia connections?

Other than PABJ Membership Comm. Chair Sia Nyorkor being from the county seat of Marion County, IN....there are no obvious Philly-Indy connections, except for the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles will play their Thanksgiving Week game against the Indy Colts on November 26. Apparently it's set to be a hot game because the cheapest tickets go for $100.00.

For those who are not Football Fans....It's not immediately clear what there is to see and do in Indy. PABJ will hold an event at the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway I'll be on my own to explore the Indy Art Museum and the Indy Zoo (or maybe not).

Apparently, we've just missed GENCON 2006, which is billed as the world's largest role-playing game. Over the last weekend more than 30,000 Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars Fans were in town for a real-life game. Wow! Maybe we'll run into a few of the stragglers who can show us around. In the meantime I'll just hope that my room at the Westin still exists......

READERS....Feel free to use the comments section to suggest places to visit....AND any great places to eat.

posted by Manny McDonnell-Smith @ 5:30 PM