When you are working for a conference...
...you'd think that, as a travel agency, you'd know that someone who was going to the conference would want to hang around for the whole conference. But the travel agency booking the block of hotel rooms for this portal conference I'm at in Chicago was dim enough to only reserve a room for me for 2 of 3 nights of the conference.
Now, I should have checked over their information when they sent it to me, right? I should have expected that they'd screw things up, right? NO...I believe in customer service and a moducim of intelligence in a company that is working with the folks putting on the event.
So I'm scheduled to be homeless a day before I'm supposed to leave Chicago. Send money.
Seems the night I'm missing is also a 104% occupancy for this hotel. Makes you wonder a bit...104% occupancy? That's a bit scary...even legitimately registered guests can be put out on the street. I suspect the hotel puts them up in another hotel in town and gives them free nights another time.
So far, from what I've gathered on the web, downtown Chicago is not a jumping nightspot. One web site I visited noted that while the bars and clubs are hopping right after work, they become ghost towns by 8 pm. There are apparently a few notable locales downtown, but they sound typical and dull to me. Looks like my chance to say I performed in Chi-town is getting unlikely, though I may taxi my way out to an open mic tomorrow night...we'll see. But I doubt it, seeing I'll be at the hopping conference party! (woo hoo!)
I tried a pizza tonight - it wasn't particularly spectacular...the crust was too thin for Chicago-style and the toppings nowhere near stacked enough. Star Pizza still wins . I'm taking Chicago Pizza suggestions at this point. And if it is a 24 hour place, all the better since I'm going to have to stay somewhere Wednesday night...
But for now, I'm hitting the hay since I like to take advantage of expensing all my meals, and I'm sure not going to miss a chance to expense a breakfast (my favorite meal) by sleeping late tomorrow. I'm sure there will be more drek tomorrow from Chi-town since I have nothing to do but sit in a hotel room. I am actually hoping the conference is a good one...I at least wanted to go to this one, unlike the Microsoft mind meld conference I went to last April.
Ciao, babies!
Now, I should have checked over their information when they sent it to me, right? I should have expected that they'd screw things up, right? NO...I believe in customer service and a moducim of intelligence in a company that is working with the folks putting on the event.
So I'm scheduled to be homeless a day before I'm supposed to leave Chicago. Send money.
Seems the night I'm missing is also a 104% occupancy for this hotel. Makes you wonder a bit...104% occupancy? That's a bit scary...even legitimately registered guests can be put out on the street. I suspect the hotel puts them up in another hotel in town and gives them free nights another time.
So far, from what I've gathered on the web, downtown Chicago is not a jumping nightspot. One web site I visited noted that while the bars and clubs are hopping right after work, they become ghost towns by 8 pm. There are apparently a few notable locales downtown, but they sound typical and dull to me. Looks like my chance to say I performed in Chi-town is getting unlikely, though I may taxi my way out to an open mic tomorrow night...we'll see. But I doubt it, seeing I'll be at the hopping conference party! (woo hoo!)
I tried a pizza tonight - it wasn't particularly spectacular...the crust was too thin for Chicago-style and the toppings nowhere near stacked enough. Star Pizza still wins . I'm taking Chicago Pizza suggestions at this point. And if it is a 24 hour place, all the better since I'm going to have to stay somewhere Wednesday night...
But for now, I'm hitting the hay since I like to take advantage of expensing all my meals, and I'm sure not going to miss a chance to expense a breakfast (my favorite meal) by sleeping late tomorrow. I'm sure there will be more drek tomorrow from Chi-town since I have nothing to do but sit in a hotel room. I am actually hoping the conference is a good one...I at least wanted to go to this one, unlike the Microsoft mind meld conference I went to last April.
Ciao, babies!
posted by Erik | 7:41 PM
1 Comments:
Giordanos! Yum! Stuffed pizza! It's a chain, but soooo delicious. And if you want to stay with my sister in Niles, I am sure they would put you up. In fact, I have about 100 (not exaggerating) relatives in Chicago and vicinity, and Filipinos are very hospitable, so you just let me know if you need a place to hang.
:)
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