video of me shooting the puck at blackhawks game 5 nhl stanley cup finals!

Just had one of the coolest experiences ever and wanted to share with you!! Check this video out of me picked to “shoot the puck” on the ice at united center sunday night during the blackhawks game 5 of the Stanley cup finals in front of 22,000+ screaming fans!  And on such an important game!  One more win to go and we break the longest current Stanley cup drought of 49yrs!

As you see in the video, my buddy billy bush from “access hollywood” thinks its going to be game 7 (fyi if so, he’s flying back and the 2 of us are throwing the after party- follow me on twitter for the details!), but I think its going to happen game 6! They are on fire! go blackhawks!!!!!!

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chicago 2016 olympics w/ rachael ray

Ever since I started posting one celebrity interview a day here on achicagothing, the word about sharing chicago love & supporting the 2016 olympic bid has been spreading like crazy… so much that now other
celebrities are starting to send me their own videos from home to show their support too!

I already posted sent-in videos from my buddies kate walsh & billy bush, and today I’m sharing one from rachael ray! I thought today would be a good day to share rachael’s video because she premieres her show on wgn today! After checking out how much she loves and supports our great city/country… be sure to immediately share it with all of your friends on email, twitter, facebook, chatboards, fansites,… so word keeps spreading until the whole world feels our enthusiasm about how much we want to have the summer olympic games back in the usa so that we win the bid when I land in Copenhagen for the official announcement on Oct 2nd!

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chicago 2016 olympics with access hollywood's billy bush

Billy bush from “access Hollywood” actually sent this video in himself when heard about all the support pouring in for chicago…  Why?  Because he loves this city!  I know because we have the best time ever when he is in town.  that and he has a unique insight that most of us don’t- not only has he been to the Olympics, but he has actually covered it before… so he definitely knows the ins and outs of the Olympics more than most of us and knows what it takes to be the perfect city to host the games… and he picks chicago!  Enjoy.. 

Most important for all of us, today represents the 28 day countdown to the official decision as to whether chicago will win the honor of being the host of the 2016 olympics!  I will be there in Copenhagen on Oct. 2nd with many others from the olympic committee (and hopefully president obama) to witness this historic decision first hand, because if we get it, it will be the most monumental experience to happen in chicago in my lifetime! 

 And How can you help in the next 28 days?  Just share these videos far and wide as I am posting one new celebrity endorsing us per day. you can  tweet the post, put on facebook/myspace, post it on chatboards, and/or you can simply email a message to all your friends…..Thanks all!

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