"As a kid, the most exciting hotel you could stay in was one with a game room, even if that just meant a carpeted area in the basement with Ms. Pac-Man and a broken claw machine. The Chicago Athletic Association is a hotel in a giant old building across the street from Millennium Park, and its Game Room is much nicer than the mildewy ones of our childhoods. There’s a huge bocce court with stadium seating, two pool tables, a shuffleboard table, and foosball, not to mention excellent drinking food like cheese curds or fried chicken sandwiches." - josh barnett, john ringor