Room with a view

Checked in last night to the hotel that is connected to the Rogers Centre (formerly the Skydome) and I was upgraded to a suite with a view of the field. (Note to management back home: this was a free upgrade. I swear.) Anyway, there are a few oddities that occur when your only window faces into a domed stadium.

First of all, there is no sunlight that leaks into your room to let you know the day has arrived. The only light that peeks around your curtains is the stadium lighting that was there when you went to bed. When you wake up and the alarm clock says 8:00, you pray that is 8:00 a.m. and the fourth inning of the game you are supposed to be covering isn't unfolding just outside. So far so good on that note.

Second, you have no idea what the weather is like for your walk to lunch. Do I need my sunglasses? A raincoat? If you are the kind of person who needs to look outside before starting your day, don't take the room with the ballpark view. It's like owning a home inside a warehouse. Odd.

There is one cool perk to staying at the ballpark hotel, though. There is a secret elevator that takes you straight down to the field level and drops you off behind the left field wall. It has a Bat Cave feel about it. But if you find it one day and get caught, don't let anybody know I told you about it.