Home Again

July 20th, 2008Blog2 comments

I really like Chicago. I like the food, I like the city and its design; I like Frank Lloyd Wright and the lake and the people. But I’m really glad to be back home.

I don’t think I could leave California. Just stepping off the plane and being greeted by the cool, non-muggy air was wonderful. I like riding the trains in Chicago and NYC but I don’t like smelling other people. I love driving my own car and being in my own little protected pod on the road.

I met a lot of cool people during this trip — made some great new friends. I had been trying to figure out how to make inroads into Chicago for a while now, and doing it this way has worked out excellently.

I’m glad that people are really taking to Year Zero; it’s nice to see people respond so strongly. But now I want to put the piece aside for a week, shift gears and work on something else… Before I have to go back to Chicago again next month to share the piece at Victory Gardens.