Some friends were in town last night, they got a room with a king bed overlooking the lake at the hilton and towers for about $139 including tax. They first looked on expedia, it wanted an extra $25 for the second person (total $164), then I had them check the hilton site and they got the lower rate. They told me this morning that the desk clerk said normally a lake view is $25 extra, but he gave it to them for free.

They loved the place, did the whole Art Institute through John Hancock Michigan Ave. tourist thing.