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Chicago's Wit Hotel Has Awesome Wakeup Calls

Where: 201 N. State St. [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60601

Okay, so the cutest wakeup call ever would probably be something along the lines of a bunch of kittens nuzzling your face to rouse you gently from your slumber, but this adorably-quirky service from Chicago's new The Wit Hotel comes in a fairly close second. The Chicago Tribune recently stayed at the brand new Chi-town hotel, and was totally lovin' the cute little touches around the room — the "toilet roll comes with a sticker of Rodin's 'The Thinker' affixed," and a warm chocolate chip cookie is handed to you upon check-in — but the feature mentioned that we seemed to dig on the most was probably the wakeup call.

Apparently, The Wit hired a crew of Second City actors to record a bunch of unique wake-up calls from which you can choose the night before: Ann Landers, Harry Caray, or Mayor Richard Daley, for example — but the Tribune Reviewer chose a bit of an intimidating-ish voice to wake up to:

The phone rang.
It was 6 a.m.
"Yes," I said, groggy.
It was the president.
"Enough filibustering!" he shouted.
"OK, but ..."
"Up and at 'em!" he shouted.
"All right, fine!"
On the other end, I heard a dog bark, presumably Bo, the Portuguese water dog. I swung my feet off the bed. "Are you done?" I asked, but the line was already dead.

Cute. Well, scary-cute. Check out the Tribune's full review here, or check it out for yourself: rates at the Wit can be found for as low as $119.