Category: All Chicago Hash Runs

CH3 #1567

Hare(s): Batteries Not Included and Calvin Klein
Venue: McGinny’s Tap – 313 W. North Ave
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite the much-hailed New Hadron Supercollider shutting down until Spring 2009 after only a few days operation due to a mechanical fault. I suppose we’ll have to wait until Chicago hashing returns to Monday nights before we’ll find out if the “micro black holes” that the Supercollider is theorized to produce will swallow up the Earth.

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This Sunday’s hash will be hared by Calvin Klein and yours truly Batteries Not Included. This will be a A – B hash starting at McGinny’s Tap (313 W. North Ave.) This new hash spot is about a block East of the Sedgwick Brown Line stop. The B will include plenty of cold BEER, YUCCA (for you newbies, don’t ask what it is – just show up and see!) and FOOD! This same trail won “TRAIL OF THE YEAR” in 2006. So come on out and celebrate Chicago’s AWESOME BASEBALL TEAMS (wear your team’s gear!) and our FIRST SUNDAY BACK HASH!
ALSO –
Sunday, October 12th (Post Chicago Marathon Hash) we are looking for a veteran hare to show a virgin hare the ropes in trail laying. We already have the venue (Stocks and Blondes – http://www.stocksan dblondesbargrill e.com/ face=”Verdana” color=”#333333″ size=”2″>) and the beer special, all we need is a willing hare and some drywall. Please notify me or Mouthful of Meat if you’re intrested!
On On!
Batteries Not Included
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Fullerton, Brown Line to Sedgwick and hoof it like two blocks East on North Ave to da bar.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to Damen, cutover to the North Ave #72 bus to da bar which is between Orleans & Park.
Driving
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to North Ave between Orleans & Park. Speaking of which parking in this hood is generally crappy, but less so the farther west you go towards the projects.

CH3 #1566

Hare(s): Mt. Schwiiinga & Virtually Hung
Venue: Flounder’s – 2101 N Clyborn (at Dickens)
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite the Cubs clinching the NL Central title! Congrats Cubbies and go SOX!!!
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Fullerton and either the Fullerton #74 bus West to Clyborn (hoof it three blocks Southeast) or Brown Line to Armitage, hoof it four blocks West and 2 blocks Northeast.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to Western, jump on the Armitage 73 bus East to Clyborn, hoof it a couplea blocks Northwest or Blue Line to California and take the Fullerton #74 bus East to Clyborn, hoof it a few blocks Southeast.
Driving
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to Clyborn & Dickens. Parking on the Northeast side of Clyborn is fairly scarce and lotsa Zone 143 permit only areas, Southwest in the industrial area is much better.

CH3 #1565.5

Hare(s): W’all Bang’Her, Sit’n Pee & Just Ira
Venue: Poitin Stil – 1502 W Jarvis
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite the fickle Fed allowing Lehman Brothers to implode but rescuing Others. Note earlier start time 1pm due to da Sox Game!

A-B with a post hash BBQ at the on-in! Weather looks to be spectacular too… what’s there not to like about this!
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Jarvis. The bar is like 1/2 block East of the station.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to anywhere you can catch an Eastbound bus to the Red Line. Take that to Jarvis, bar is less than a block East.
Driving
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to Jarvis & Greenview. Parking is fairly plentiful around here as this is well outside of the Green Zone.

CH3 #1565

Hare(s): Stump Humper & Virgin Banger
Venue: Casa de Stumpy
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite extensive wind and water damage to the hash beer supply by Hurricane Ike.
Dare to stray outside the Green Zone to Rogers Park and come hash up North in the infamous Devon/Ridge/Clark Bermuda Triangle!
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Loyola, hop the Devon 155 bus (runs about every 12 minutes that time of the day) right in front of the statio West to Paulina and hoof it just over a block South.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to pretty much anywhere you can catch an Eastbound bus to the Red Line. Then follow the directions from the Red Line, above. Neither easy nor elegant but saves the enviornment.
Driving
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to block on Paulina between Highland and Thome, just over a block South of Devon. Parking should be as plentiful as government-funded bailouts of troubled financial institutions.

CH3 #1564

Chicago Hash #1564 – 9.15.08 @ The Levee – Mexican Independence Day Hash

Hare(s): $0.69 Man & Chicken Stiffer
Venue: Levee – 4035 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60639.
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite the Cubs’ typical “June Swoon” finally showing up in September!

Celebrate Mexican Independence Day. This is the major Mexican Holiday (and not Cinco de Mayo). The custom for this holiday is that on the night of the 15th, in addition to drinking/singing/drinking/dancing/drinking, there is this Grito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores) ceremony, where the politician in charge hollers “Viva” (long live) and a series of names of people who are long dead, and the crowd answers “VIVA.” The RA will be given the script.

DRESS: In honor of the holiday, in lieu of hash attire, hashers are encouraged to wear something traditionally Mexican, such as sombreros, serapes, futbol shirts, luchadore masks, black hoodies, etc.
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit ?
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Fullerton, Fullerton #74 bus all the way west to KEYSTONE (1 block west of Pulaski) by the Metra Station South side of Fullerton.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to California, hoof it a couplea blocks Northwest on Milwaukee to Fullerton, Fullerton #74 bus all the way west to KEYSTONE.

Driving ?
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to Fullerton & KEYSTONE. I have never been there before but suspect parking should be rather okay.

CH3 #1563

Chicago Hash #1563 – 9.8.08 @ The Beaumont!

Hare(s): Just I Lean & Comes on I Lean
Venue: The Beaumont – 2020 N. Halsted
Hash Cash: Still only a mere $8 despite Hurricane Gustav being the biggest flop since Heaven’s Gate. Don’t worry tho, Hannah is coming.

What can we say… back to the GREEN ZONE and bar where more often than not we can’t drink all the hash cash!!!

Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit ?
From the Lincoln Park/Lakeview “Green Zone”: Red Line to Fullerton, Brown Line to Armitage, hoof it three short blocks East to Hasted and cut North about 50 yards to da bar.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to Western, Armitage 73 bus to Halsted, hoof it 1/2 block to da bar.

Driving ?
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to Armitage and Halsted. You can park in the Lincoln Park High School lot but be sure to remove your sled before 10pm or you might be paying an additional $120 hash cash to Lincoln Towing by Cabrini Green!

CH3 #1562

Chicago Hash #1562 8.31.08 @ Party Central SkyDeck – 4th Annual Labor Day Hash

Hare(s): The CH3 Hare Triumvirate – It’s Too Soft (Lincoln Park Party Dude Extraordinaire), Lifa (CH3 Master Hare Level VII) and Just I Lean (CH3 Hare Rookie of the Year)

Venue: Party Central SkyDeck – 933 W Wolfram St, rooftop (go up the back stairs) just Northeast of the brand spankin’ new Diversey Brown Line station.

Hash Cash: Still only $8 gets you more beer than you can shake a stick at, Labor Day BBQ cookout at the on in, some of the best urban shiggy trail to be found in the Green Zone aka Beverly Hills 60614, and lotsa Trixie/Chad sightings as you can never get enough “eye candy” on trail!
The Weather Gods are fixin’ to smile upon us again as the forecast for Sunday is 81 DEGREES AND SUNNY!!!

OMG where did Summer 2008 go? It’s been one massive blur of sun & fun, running, and more importantly, BEER but a great one!

To mark the last days of Summer 2008 we are holding our own version of “Closing Ceremonies” not in Beijing but right here in THE Chicago Hash House Harrier’s very own “Bird’s Nest Stadium”, the SkyDeck at Party Central!

Just like we do every year for Memorial Day and Labor Day, we move the regular hash to Sunday to allow the holiday Monday for recovery time!!!

Your hares promise spectacular trail and beautiful weather here in the heart of the Lincoln Park “Green Zone” and a blowout postparty that will involve serious grilled foodstuffs and keg(s) on the SkyDeck! While not historically as much of a “foody affair” as Memorial Day, Labor Day Hash has devolved over the years into more of a totally off-the-hinges Category Five Drinkstravaganza! However the food will still be good as always and we might even toss a few shrimp on the barbie.

Given that only 17 people blew out my keg at JV Hash #2 on the Skydeck this one could set more drinking World Records than Michael Phelps!

And who knows, we might even do an impromptu Summer Outdoor Movie night on the SkyDeck after the hash as the HD projector and 110″ diagonal screen just might be “available” and as always, out-of-towners (as well as hot local chicks) are always welcome to crash at Party Central as hotels in Chicago ain’t cheep. And now thanks to the Sony Outlet in Kenosha, Party Central is now equipped with Blu-Ray HD technology too!!!

Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit ?
From Lincoln Park/Lakeview: Red Line to Fullerton, Brown Line to the recently re-opened Diversey stop (woo-hoo!!!), hoof it 1/2 block North up Sheffield and right (East) into the alley before Wolfram. Cross under the L tracks and into the first driveway to your left after the big fenced parking lot next to the tracks. Go up the back porch stairs to the Skydeck.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Blue Line to Logan Square. Hoof it a couplea blocks North to Diversey and take the Diversey #76 bus East to Sheffield.

Driving ?
Hop into your hooptie and cruise to Diversey & Sheffield. Side streets are resident zone permit after 6pm so best bet is Sheffield South of Diversey or Diversey West of Sheffield. Many meters in this ’hood are 9pm or Sunday check your meter before parking your precious sled.