Sunday Stealing

Memememe -- Part 2

11. You can build a dream house anywhere in the world. Where would it be located? I wouldn't need to build my dream home because it already exists. It's the condo on the top 3 floors of Chicago's Palmolive Building. It's the smallish building center-left, the one with the bright light. That rotating light dates back to 1930, when the Palmolive was one of the tallest buildings on the skyline and its beacon could help aviators flying over Lake Michigan. That condo offers spectacular views of the Lake and of Michigan Avenue. As a plus, the penthouse was once the home of Playboy Magazine. I think Hugh Hefner was a dangerous, terrible man, and I like the idea of this unreconstituted 70s-era feminist erasing all traces of him before resting my head there.

  

12. Have you ever taken a photo in a photo booth? Not since I was a little girl.

13. What's your favorite kind of mustard (dijon, spicy brown, bright yellow)? Not a big mustard fan, though sometimes I like a little bright yellow on a sandwich.

14. What did you do on New Year's Eve? Watched a movie with my online movie group. Was in bed before midnight because as a group we celebrated on EST.

15. Did your parents ever share memories of their high school days? My mom did all the time. She said those were the happiest days of her life. You know, she's the only person I've ever met who described herself as popular in high school.

16. What's the most famous thing to happen in your home town? I wish I could say something upbeat and positive, like Michael Jordan's unprecedented career as the best there was and the best there ever will be. But I suppose it's really the unique way Al Capone observed Valentine's Day. Both Mayors Daley strenuously objected to any glorification of those days, and so I thought it was funny that this lifelong resident of Chicagoland had to go to Vegas to see what's left of the famous garage wall.

 

The red dots are bullet holes.

 

17. Did you ever have a MySpace page? Nope.

18. Will you eat a cookie today? God willing.

19. Who is the last person you spoke to – not texted with – on the phone? I booked limo rides to/from the airport for my upcoming visit to Michigan. I never used this service before and I wanted to get a feel for the company.

20. Do you play poker? Not well at all.