It is 5.2 miles from the hotel to the venue if you stop at White Castle "on your way".
http://goo.gl/maps/GUApw On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Jay Luker <lb...@reallywow.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Esmé Cowles <escow...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > >> >> I am personally looking forward to the walk. Though I live in Florida, >> I've lived in colder places and have appropriate coats, etc. And I don't >> have any mobility issues, and routinely walk a few miles just for fun. >> >> But if I didn't already own cold-weather gear that I would never need in >> Florida, I would not be looking forward to walking a mile, early in the >> morning or late at night, in February, in Chicago, where I could reasonably >> expect it to be in the ballpark of 20°F. >> > > > From the overhead map I was a bit horrified, with the route running right > parallel/adjacent to the huge freeway there. But I just "walked" the > stretch from Crowne Plaza to the UIC Forum on Google Street View and it > didn't seem too bad. > > --jay > > PS, I hope you like Greek food. -- Cary Gordon The Cherry Hill Company http://chillco.com