Saved by Keely Adler
From Kansas, with love: like it or not, my home defies stereotypes
The Company You Keep
Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
That famous triangle, “fast, cheap, good—pick two”, doesn't really apply here. In Chicago, we deliver all thr... See more
Chicago is a collection of dreams flickering with hustle and quietude, an empty storefront with a line out the door. The exacting grid, western bound streets, the sun setting, and back-lit signs no longer saying a thing.
That famous triangle, “fast, cheap, good—pick two”, doesn't really apply here. In Chicago, we deliver all thr... See more
The Company You Keep
This disconnect between culturally mandated politics and the actual demonstrated preferences of most Americans has created an enormous reserve of unmet needs—and a generational opportunity. Build new things! Create great art! Understand and accept that sensory information is the brain’s food, and that Silicon Valley is systematically starving us of... See more
The town is the place where you learn the value of a dollar, the meaning of a hard day’s work, before you find your true life in the city. Its continuance after you leave, in turn, symbolizes the unchanging reality of these moral verities: Superman never goes mad with power because Smallville is still there, steadying him at a distance. This mythic... See more