[Chicago] Restaurant recommendations for PyCon...

[Chris Calloway]

Ian Bicking wrote:
> If we looked for sponsors, maybe we could actually arrange a real party 
> at a real venue.

I was completely surprised not to see any hospitality suites at the last 
PyCon. Missed opportunity for sponsors.

> At the last Plone conference a nearby hotel had a roof deck and we all 
> hung out up there.  They didn't even blink when someone borrowed a 
> luggage carrier to bring up a hundred or so bottles of beer.  But they 
> were an exceptionally relaxed hotel, I doubt that's the vibe we'll get 
> at this place ;)  They even let the German guys borrow the conference 
> room off the entrance to hang out and sing drinking songs.

That hotel was so off the hook.

All my pictures of the roof top parties came out completely blurry. The 
only one even slightly usable was a tourist shot which didn't get any of 
the throngs of party people or the Hungarian plum brandy in the frame:

http://trizpug.org/gallery/plonecon2006/photoalbum_photo_view?b_start:int=0

PyCon is cool because, unlike PlonCon where everybody is spread out in 
hotels all over town, PyCon is all in one place. There's a huge 
opportunity in that for big community-building social events.

Although with PloneCon being spread out all over town, great efforts are 
made for everyone to have dinner and drinks each night at the same 
place, resulting in cheers whenever a new group arrives at the 
designated spot, and many cab/subway/bus/hovercraft/walk home mishap 
stories.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
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