I also happened to discover that you can get a 5-day bus pass from the Chicago Transit Authority for $18.00; a 3-day pass costs $12. You have to order these in advance. Details at: http://www.transitchicago.com/maps/fares.html#e Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman Media Consultant College of Pharmacy University of Michigan 734-647-2227 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Roger Graves wrote: > I stayed there a couple of times several years ago (when I was commuting to > work here) and can recommend it. It's not great, but it is clean and safe. > The River North area refers to a section of town across the Chicago River > from the loop (where the Palmer house is). I'd say it's only a 20-25 minute > walk from the Palmer House and city buses ($1.50) will get you most of the > way in a few minutes (it's 12 blocks north and 3 blocks west of the Palmer > House). The River North area has no end of restaurants and night life. My > take on it is that this area is pretty safe in the evenings, and there are > plenty of cabs if you want to take them instead of walking. > Roger Graves > > -----Original Message----- > From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Janice Freeman > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:44 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Cheaper hotel for 4Cs > > > Hi everyone! > > If you're going to the 4Cs this year, Marcy has found an alternative to > the Palmer House that is much cheaper. It's the Best Western River North > Hotel, which is about a mile from the Palmer House. > > Here's the web site: > http://www.valuetrips.com/BW/CST/BWILRN.htm > > Marcy didn't book through the web, but got a good rate anyway. Here's > the contact info: > 125 W. Ohio St. > Chicago, IL 60610 > Phone: (312) 467-0800 > Fax: (312) 467-1665 > Toll Free: (800) 727-0800 > > The rates are $92/night for Wednesday & Thursday, and $119/night for > Friday and Saturday. There's a 14.9% sales tax. (Marcy figures that it > will be $244.00 each for four nights when we split the cost. The Palmer > House is $175.00 per night for a double room.) > > I thought that if a few more of us used the same hotel, we could share a > cab back at night. (I plan to walk the Magnificent Mile in the day > time....) > > It would also be nice to see some of you before the Canadian Caucus > meets-- there never seems to be enough time to talk over dinner. > > Janice > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-