Chicago by Rickshaw

StringGirl and our driver (sorry I spaced your name Bro)

If you find yourself in Chicago with some sore feet after a night on the town and you want to get back to the hotel. You could hop in any one of the many taxis driving around this incredibly car-unfriendly town (parking your car around there can add over $50/night to an otherwise affordable hotel stay). Of you can opt for one of the many Rickshaw Trikes, or pedi-cabs around town.

Fancy shoes make for tired dogs after dancing

StringGirl's gal pals and her chaperone had some sore dogs after Saturday nights festivities. So they opted for the first smiling face in the rows of rickshaw parked outside Navy Pier.

More fun than the back seat of a IC (internal combustion) taxi

With ample room for all of us, the brave pedaler dropped his ride into LOW and made his way up the hill from Navy Pier to the SAX where we were staying. The ride took us up the hill from the lakeshore, over Michigan Avenue, across the Miracle Mile and over the Wabash Bridge to the north branch of the Chicago River.

I apologize in for forgetting our intrepid drivers name, if any of you know him please pass on our thanks and tell him his pics are online (I promised I would give him a plug, but spaced the name. Sorry Bro!).

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