Chicago Classic 2009 Update #1
About the hotel: not particularly fancy, just a standard Marriott. But it is three miles (10 minutes in the free hotel shuttle) from O’Hare airport which makes life so much easier (unless of course you’re Kelly Hull and fly into the other airport all…
Chicago Classic 2010 Update #4
Saturday night opened with a raucous hip-hop routine by a local team – 21 teenagers in camo, superman T’s and hoodies – crazy wild jumping spinning choreography weaving in and out – way cool. Then two Masters couples…
Chicago Classic 2010 Update #2
This is a convention hotel, as I mentioned. So guess what OTHER convention is going on here? A bondage convention. Bondage, as in S&M. EEEEEWWWW!! ! eeewww EEEWWWWW. Most of them are in black – Darth Vader vampire icky witches things with one blood…
Chicago 2013 Update #1
This hotel! OMG stunning. The lobby! Most dramatic, elegant hotel on the circuit (at least here in the United States) that I’m aware of. Contemporary, Hyatt-atrium style, like Atlanta. Excellent for spying! Relaxing in the lounge or bar you can watch…
Chicago 2013 Update #2
Want to see the ballroom? Watch the live stream all weekend! Click here for Thumbs Up Video. Dim, sexy red lighting for late-nite dancing in the ballroom! It’s a trend! It’s a meme! We’re getting great moody lighting at more and more events…
Chicago 2013 Update #3
Cold, overcast, gray weather out there today but who cares? This hotel is so beautiful you don’t want to go outside. You’re too busy lounging on a plush couch in the lobby, with your notepad, watching the balconies.
Chicago 2013 Update #4
Remember the tall hairy bearded guy in the pink tutu and ballet slippers? Who crashed the party? At Swing Dance America 2007, I think it was, Saturday night? Hollering and making hellaruckus when security escorted him out of the ballroom? Tried pulling…