I put a call into mom's cheapo-hotel line and I am in luck. If I check in tonight, I can get two nights at a cheapo hotel with all the rest of the hookers in town. Unfortunately I have lost my taste for less-than-great hotels and decide to try to use my status as a writer for Expectations. I get the manager of the Claremont on the phone. I explain my situation to him and promise a plug for the hotel in my piece, how would that be? He's says they don't need any plugs, but he'll let me have a room for $150 a night instead of $260.
