My company sponsored this event and in exchange they gave us some tickets.  We had the preview passes which allowed early access, and we were able to beat the peak crowd for some things.  I took the LYNX uptown as I often do but my wife met me up there.  Parking at the 2 WF deck was a pain, so she parked on the street which was much easier.\n\nThe only other event I've attended at this atrium is the MS Gatsby Gala which is a lot of fun.  The space is limited as that event exceeded fire code one year.  It is a pretty nice atrium with a great glass ceiling a view of the sky.  \n\nThe food from most places was good.  There were a lot of meat and seafood options, but since a lot of the food was fresh, you could procure some vegetarian eats.  I didn't taste anything I didn't like.  They had some decent beer, wine, and cocktails too.  The band \""Hot Sauce\"" was decked out in chef hats and jackets which was cool.  I would have liked to have some music fill in the gaps when they weren't performing.  \n\nThey had a lot of cool auction stuff, silent and live.  The live auctioneer was barely audible though and it wasn't due to the sound system.  \n\nIt was very a great cause \""Share Our Strength\"" whose goal is to end childhood hunger, and they raised a lot of money which is the important thing.