Chicago :

Love Shack

02.12.2008

Submitted by alara on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
imageLookin' for a love getaway? Head down to the Intercontinental Chicago, where you can order up some organic room service be-fore-you-get-to-get-thah. Every little love shack's outfitted with energy-saving light bulbs, sink aerators, low-flush toilets, and coreless toilet-paper rolls. The hotel also offsets 50 percent of its energy consumption with sustainable energy credits and plans to finish a green roof this summer, complete with solar water-heating panels. In the meantime, book a night this holiday weekend and - exclusive for Biters! - settle in with a welcome bottle of organic wine, organic cheese and chocolates for two, plus an assortment of seed packets for flowering plants (to help your love bloom, natch). Then start lovin' and a-dancin'...
Wanna Try: 
InterContinental Chicago, 505 N. Michigan Ave. b/t Illinois St. and Grand Ave. (866-210-8811); Color My Valentine Green package, $219/night and up; Feb. 14-16. 
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Cocktail Fact

The Intercontinental Hotel was originally built in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club - hence its famous, ornately tiled Olympic pool.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Chicago Biters stay at a hotel with efficient toilets, faucets, and showerheads for just one night, we'll save enough water to fill 11,263 whirlpool bathtubs.

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