Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation to airport

2009-06-24 Thread Amalia Warshenbrot
Shoshanah Thanks for your consideration. Please count me in. I would love to take the 1:00pm bus. I hope that you will get 40 righteous librarians. Amalia --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of

RE: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-17 Thread Aaron Kuperman
I took the Light Rail to and from the airport, connecting via a bus that stopped across the street from hotel. Okay, if LC paid for it, I would probably have prefered a taxi (or for that matter, if LC paid even half of the cost of conference participation). And, when I'm not paying tuition maybe

RE: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-13 Thread Miller, Philip
Dear Aaron - I used the train from the airport to the hotel, and it was a farshlepter zakh. Yes, it was inexpensive, but it took forever! And then to add insult to injury, we had to shlep the bags from the train stop to the hotel. By the time I arrived I was oysgematet and knew I had made a

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-09 Thread Aaron Kuperman
According to their website, public transit from either airport is a lot cheaper. Why the bias against mass transit in AJL conferences? --Aaron Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries

RE: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-09 Thread Warshenbrot, Amalia
Shoshanh. You and Cheryl are geniuses. Would you mind getting busses on Shabbat as well? There are many reasons why some of us come early. The main one is so that if there is a delay we'll have a better chance getting on time. It used to be cheaper flying on Saturdays even if there was the

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-09 Thread shoshanah (rose) seidman
Hi Aaron, Henry and all: There is no bias against mass transit. This is what I suggested in my first email to ha-safran when I sent the URLS. This is where you found the information you just talked about. But, because there is a but like in all good discussion, for those members who prefer

Re: [ha-Safran]: AJL 2009 in Chicago - transportation

2008-07-08 Thread Henry Hollander
Dear Friends, I have been going to a convention that is held at the Hilton Towers annually for almost twenty years. I have always taken the train in from the airport. In fact, the first time I flew to Midway airport was the opening day for the Midway line. I rode free and