Let's just build a big rocket and use it's atmosphere as reaction mass. Next stop, Epsilon Eridani. It's a bit smaller than our sun, but it does have it's own Jupiter sized planet, so we'd probably have fuel to come back with. Epsilon Eridani is the location of the space station itself in the Babblyon 5 universe. In the World War books by Turtle Dove, it's the home of one the subject races of The Race Lizards) that are attempting to make mankind another such.
Or maybe Tau Ceti. It's similar in size and spectral class to the sun, but is not thought to have a large Jovian type planet. It's system does have a lot of dust, but the star itself seems to be deficient in metals.
(Sol, with the spots, on the left, Tau Ceti on the right)
