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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.

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

Love Shack

The Bite

Lookin' 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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The Hotel Tip

Feb 12,2008

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