Hotel InterContinental

Well, my team must be out selling, so it's up to me to get this blog thing off the ground!! Over Halloween, my girlfriend and I stayed at the Hotel Intercontinental on Michigan Ave. We booked the room on hotels.com, which in the past has hooked us up with some really great deals. Last year we stayed at the Fairmont, and had a wonderful time. The room was grand and large, and the service was supreme. Th eonly drawback was the location could have been a little better, since it was a little chilly outside which made walking less than conducive.

The Intercontinental was great in terms of the location. All the shopping and restaurants are right outside your door and the concierge and valet parking were very helpful. That being said, the room was barren and small. The view was horrible. That was disappointing, I mean you get what you pay for I guess, but still, I doubt I would return to the Intercontinental.

On Halloween we visited Narcisse, which was interesting. Lots of interesting people at Narcisse, food was great, but it does get very clubby after 9:30pm - beware! It was good to go once, but wouldn't go again. Perhaps if I was 20-25, it would have been more of a hip place, I tend to like things a bit more genteel. I think dropped $150.00 on the meal, not too bad with wine, etc.

The next night we ate at Shaws Crab House, now that was a fun and great meal. I had the Alaskan King Crab and my girlfriend had the Lobster...topped it all of with a wonderful creme brulee. I highly recommend this place!! A friend of mine went to Nine that night and loved that place, others have said the same, that is definitely on my list for my next visit.

Well that's all for now. Feel free to comment!

Brent