Cat & Mouse

Feryll said:
Bryan said:
A competition years in the making.....

http://www.cubingusa.com/cat-n-mouse/
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Care to tell us the story? And I hope I can make it :) It'll be an excuse for me not to go to summer camp (Not because it's boring, but because I think it costs too much money).
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For a long time, I had been contacting various places in Chicago trying to get a competition going. Marbles had looked at a place and then it fell through. Then I found these people and asked them. They had originally turned down the idea of doing one last summer (because they didn't think anyone would go to a Memorial Day competition), but then they finally contacted me this summer and found a place.

Also, Cat & Mouse sell V-Cubes in their store. No shipping!
 
Mike Hughey said:
Bryan - it looks like that's in a part of town where parking might be a challenge, to put it mildly. Can you find out for us what we should plan to do about parking?
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http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/directions.html said:
PARKING is pretty easy around the store, both on Armitage and on the side streets, which mercifully do not have protected parking.
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nlCuber22 said:
Mike Hughey said:
Bryan - it looks like that's in a part of town where parking might be a challenge, to put it mildly. Can you find out for us what we should plan to do about parking?
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http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/directions.html said:
PARKING is pretty easy around the store, both on Armitage and on the side streets, which mercifully do not have protected parking.
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But the competition is at the library, not the store.

From http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/rubiks.html

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - The Library is 1 block from the Damen stop on the CTA Blue Line and is served by the following buses: #50 Damen Ave., #56 Milwaukee Ave., and #72 North Ave. For more information visit the Chicago Transit Authority.

PARKING - Street parking is available around the library. North, Damen and Milwaukee Aves. have fare boxes, but most of the side streets and Armitage Ave. have un-paid parking.
 
Bryan said:
nlCuber22 said:
Mike Hughey said:
Bryan - it looks like that's in a part of town where parking might be a challenge, to put it mildly. Can you find out for us what we should plan to do about parking?
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http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/directions.html said:
PARKING is pretty easy around the store, both on Armitage and on the side streets, which mercifully do not have protected parking.
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But the competition is at the library, not the store.

From http://www.cat-n-mouse.com/rubiks.html

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - The Library is 1 block from the Damen stop on the CTA Blue Line and is served by the following buses: #50 Damen Ave., #56 Milwaukee Ave., and #72 North Ave. For more information visit the Chicago Transit Authority.

PARKING - Street parking is available around the library. North, Damen and Milwaukee Aves. have fare boxes, but most of the side streets and Armitage Ave. have un-paid parking.
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In other words, we're on our own. Sounds a little scary - I remember times in my past where I circled blocks for half an hour waiting for a parking space in Chicago. Oh well, I guess I'll hope for the best.
 
I used Google Maps before I asked the question - that's why I asked it. I noticed that it looks like there's a very small parking lot next to the library (which looks like it might be just big enough for employees, but certainly not big enough for patrons - I'm guessing it's all reserved, so we can't use it), and a relatively small amount of on-street parking available. I also searched for "parking near" the address, and came up with very little that looked promising. So that's why I asked the question.

Again I say, it looks scary to me. Chicago is made to get around with public transportation. It's not as friendly for someone who's driving in to visit for the day.

Hopefully we'll get lucky and this particular part of town will be a spot that doesn't run out of parking. There are some places like that around the city - this might be one of them.
 
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Mike Hughey said:
I also searched for "parking near" the address, and came up with very little that looked promising. So that's why I asked the question.

Again I say, it looks scary to me. Chicago is made to get around with public transportation. It's not as friendly for someone who's driving in to visit for the day.

Hopefully we'll get lucky and this particular part of town will be a spot that doesn't run out of parking. There are some places like that around the city - this might be one of them.
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Yeah, one of the first things I did was look for parking nearby... doesn't seem to be anything. We could always ask the Subway across the street if they mind... I'm sure they'll be getting a lot of business during lunch :)

We might also inconvenience some of the residents there if we parked along the nearby streets. I guess there really aren't parking lot size ordinances in Chicago like I'm used to...
 
Bryan said:
Mike Hughey said:
Hopefully we'll get lucky and this particular part of town will be a spot that doesn't run out of parking. There are some places like that around the city - this might be one of them.
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I might be best just to take public transportation from somewhere to the venue.
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I was thinking that - I plan to have that as a backup plan anyway.
 
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