sleeping with the king

hows that for the title of a story.

ok. my travels took me to madison, wisconsin this week where I innocently enough used the corporate travel service to book a local hotel. my usual first pick was full due to campus festivities but I was able to get a room in the nearby edgewater hotel. (see exhibit 3f)

exhibit 3f

in my travel preferences I have king-sized bed listed.

they gave me a room with a rate of $159/night. nothing unusual there.

checking into room #507 late in the pm, I was blown away. it seems that I had been booked in a palatial high-rollers suite of madison wisconsin. quite literally, this suite had 2 bedrooms, a full kitchen, a full living room, 2 full bathrooms, and even a little powder room for me to put my makeup on in. not to mention that two of the rooms had full length windows looking directly out onto lake mendota.

I was about to call and complain, but then I decided that I really didn't mind being treated like the prince of burma.

so I lived like a king in this sick hotel room for 3 days. I used one bathroom for showering and the other to get ready in. I slept in one bedroom and kept all my cloths in the other bedroom. I put a sandwich that I had in the fridge in the kitchen.

so this isnt even the good part yet.

when I departed, I was talking to the driver of the hotel shuttle who gave me a priceless tidbit of knowledge. apparently, when elvis presley and his roadies used to travel through the midwest, they always stayed at the Edgewater. Elvis always checked out the entire 4th and 5th floors on these occaisions.

you know what I'm going to say next right?

Elvis Presley himself always stayed in room #507, the luxury suite.

this story is 100% legit, you can even google it to confirm. word is that there is even a clothes hanger from the room in the rock and roll hall of fame.

yup. these kind of things happen to me.

and it was only $159 a night.