2010


The Outer Drive Heroes Drivers Club is having their annual Happy Heroes Holiday Hangover Hassle.

And what is this you may ask. . .

What is it?

The Hassle is basically an all city (and sometime suburbs) scavenger hunt. You have exactly 3 hours to get the answers to as many clues as possible and then turn them in at the end point.  The end point is a restaurant (this year we end at La Villa at 3632 N. Pulaski) chosen specifically because it has food AND BEER.  Every year there is a general theme that all the clues center around. 

Theme

This year the theme is "Hidden in the heart of Chicago".

Every year the Hassle starts from the southernmost tip of Northerly Island (the former site of Meigs field.) 


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People start showing up around 11-11:30 and sheets are handed out at noon. 

Cost

The cost is $20 per car and you may have as many teammates in your car (or out of your car -This means you may phone every friend you know and send them off to look for clues) as you wish. 

Answers

You are welcome to use any and every resource you've got to arrive at the correct answer.  It is not possible to cheat, all means useful or necessary in obtaining answers are allowed.  Knock yourselves out.
 
The correctness of the answers is strictly up to the chairman of the event and points will be awarded at whim for correct answers, weighted due to varying degree of difficulty and for anwers found to be most inventive or amusing.

But be careful!  Remember the best place to achieve is SECOND place.  The team that wins the event is responsible for putting it together for the following year.  There are lovely trophies for each present member of the top three teams.  There may be trophies for other achievements and there will be general merry making and fun had by all.
 

Overview

Come out, have fun, live a little, get another item crossed off your bucket list or stay home and watch another pointless bowl game.
Yes, it's that time of year when we think of Christmas, the empty space in your wallet, and the fact it gets cold in Chicago in January. Why not waste your first day of the new year driving aimlessly around Chicago for no reason other than tradition!

Endpoint:

New endpoint this year. We're going to LaVilla on Old Irving Park. The party room is reserved for the ODHDC. Reasonably priced Italian food, alcohol and FREE PARKING!!!!! Once there, order off the regular menu. Answers, Hero Driver award, and winners (?) Begin at 3:15. Cool vintage trophies thanks to Rich Cwik!

Questions?

As usual, nobody takes responsibility for anything to do with this event. I can, however, probably get a question answered if you email Try writing an e mail to: K. George No guarantees that it will be answered, or even go where you think, but you can try! No doubt a number of the email addresses I have are no longer valid, so please forward this along to other possible victims who could be suckered in wasting their time with the rest of us. If you want to be added to the mailing list, try: Try writing an e mail to: Rich Carroll