"Without this, I could've worked anywhere in the city.
I don't think I have worked anywhere like it and it is without doubt the happiest time of my management career.
In truth, that had already been apparent; even the free-flowing style of 1970 might not have worked anywhere other than Mexico, where the heat and the altitude made hard pressing impossible.
Even the French are impressed – Chicago boasts 25 Michelin-starred restaurants, including the three-starred Alinea, which Michigan-born chef Grant Achatz believes wouldn't have worked anywhere else: "Everything clicked here.
I could have worked anywhere else and gotten paid better, but for a youngster who'd lost a father to the Vietnam War, and who sought adventure, the men and women of VFP satisfied many a burning curiosity.
Strikingly, he has a near-photographic memory for the name and backstory of anyone who has worked for him anywhere in his long and storied career as a hotelier and brand-builder.
Trickle-down government has never worked here, has never worked anywhere.
"So many MPs and their interns have no expertise and haven't worked anywhere else, so I've brought in some procedures here to make things run smoothly," he says.
On paper we could have worked from anywhere in the world with a good Internet connection, so what stopped us from jetting off into the sunset?
Plan A has been about austerity – with no economic evidence that it has ever worked, anywhere in the world, in times like the present.
