So part of working in the ski industry is making lifelong friends. Afterall, the people you work with share your passion, and isn’t that the best base for friendship? So a good friend and former collegue is now doing some marketing consulting based out of Chicago. Since I am here on biz I made sure to get a hold of him. And as it worked out, he’s consulting a hotel property in downtown Chicago, and asked me if I would be interested in doing a little experience audit at the hotel for him. We called this “product testing” when we worked at a ski resort together, which was code for going skiing and getting paid for it. I of course took him up on the offer, not too sure what I was getting myself into. But he’s a great friend, so I assumed it would be cool. And my wife is coming along on this trip, so it would be nice for her to be in a downtown location so she could adventure out and do some Ferris Bueller shit.
The hotel is precariously situated on the 40th floor of the stock exchange building in Chicago. It only has 20 rooms at the most, along with an exclusive health club. While finding the place was a challenge, and the decor seems like stuff you’d find at your grandparents, it has the most unreal view ever. I’m talking billion dollar views. So I guess it’s more like your uber rich grandparents downtown Chicago apartment. So thanks B for the hook up. I gotta say again that I love the ski industry. I may not make the most money, but I sure don’t pay for much.
G_Wright
