Neighbor Frank won two tickets through a contest on radio station WXRT to a Leo Kottke concert. The concert was at the new Montrose Room (Montrose is Rosemont backwards sorta) in the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare hotel in Rosemont.
Frank was kind enough to take me. We left early so that we could upgrade our tickets from the back balcony, where you must stand, to the area right in front of the stage that has chairs and those tiny, round nightclub type tables.
On the web site it says that the upgrade costs $5 per ticket. We had to talk to Niles. He charged us $10 per ticket. We didn't ask or argue. My guess is that for their regular Friday night concerts featuring local acts the upgrade is $5 but for bigger acts like Kottke the cost is doubled.
We found a table and sat down. We were within 20 feet of the tiny stage. Soon Leo Kottke came out and played and talked for about an hour and 15 minutes. He is great. And quite clever too.
After the concert Frank and I stood in the parking garage, on the eighth level, and looked out over O'Hare Field and talked. It was a beautiful evening.
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