Top 10 books:
-“Learning from Las Vegas” Robert Venturi
-“Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-chic peek behind the pose” Paris Hilton (honestly very very funny if you don’t take yourself too seriously)
-Michelangelo book (Don’t remember exactly which one at the moment but I refer to it constantly)
-Domus architectural review books
-“Doll Making: a creative approach” Jean Ray Laury
-Lord of the Rings
-Metamorphosis of Ovid (I guess)
-Books that don’t exist that I wish would exist:
-A book on American malls: architecture, planning, city planning, etc. Needs many many many images
-Kind of want this to be a series of books that would include grocery stores, strip malls, zoning laws, etc. Could be a concentration on just the Midwest but really could be done all over.
-A book on comparative furniture (repetitions in form, engineering, aesthetic across the globe and through time)
10 artists:
-Greer Lankton
-Michelangelo
-Soledad
-Dorothea Tanning
-Michael Graves (architect)
-Hans Hollein (architect)
-Ken Lum
-Gaetano Pesce
-Rachel Feinstein
10 movies:
-Casino
-Lord of the Rings
-Legally Blonde
-Josie and the Pussycats
-Pride & Prejudice
-Hot Rod
-It’s Complicated
-She’s the Man
-Last Holiday
-the Holiday
10 albums:
-Abra “Rose”
-Junglepussy “Satisfaction Guaranteed”
-Junglepussy “Pregnant with Success”
-Thundercat “Drunk”
-Kelela “Cut 4 Me”
-Kelela “Take Me Apart”
-Xavier Ömar “Hours Spent Loving You”
-Beyoncé “B’Day”
-Drake NWTS
-Britney Spears Discography
10 top things to do in Chicago:
-Get high with your friends and watch bad tv. I guess you can do that anywhere, but we’re talking real Chicago seasonal depression here.
-Broadway Antiques when it was amazing circa 2015
-Take yourself on walking architectural tour of Chicago (downtown area)
-Drive south on Lake shore drive starting from its northern entrance towards the city
-Montrose Beach
-I know I’m supposed to love contemporary art but I love going to the AIC
-Going to La Escarola with your grandparents (best Italian food in Chicago, try the pollo Pasquinelli it’s named after my grandparents)
-Be single and focus on your work? Maybe not my favorite thing to do here but it’s going well.
-Lincolnwood Town Center (it’s a mall)
-Village Discount
Chicago Contemporary Art Seminar 