It was sooooooo good Nate! If you are able to swing it with work (and the wifey allows you), you should come on down to Orange County in October for Angels playoffs, Ducks beginning of season, and of course some INO. For flights u can fly out of Chicago (ORD) non stop to John Wanye for 20K Avios (British airways miles) round trip. If you sign up for the British Airways card and spend $2K in the first 3 months of the card you get 50K avios, good for 2.5 round trips from ORD to SNA (that's how I got to Chicago for the Ducks series). If you are interested see link below:
https://creditcards.chase.com/credit-cards/british-airways-credit-card.aspx