Les Clef d'Or USA Concierge ku Langham Chicago
Moyo wautali wa Chicagoan Philippe Gills mwangozi anakhumudwa mu makampani ochereza alendo mu 1998 pamene ankafuna ntchito yoimba nyimbo ku House of Blues Chicago . Iye mmalo mwake anapeza ntchito ku House of Blues Hotel (yomwe tsopano ndi Hotel Chicago Downtown) monga bellman, kenako anasamukira ku dipatimenti ya concierge chaka.
Gills akutiuza kuti sanayang'ane mmbuyo, ndikupita ku Palmer House Hilton kwa zaka zingapo, kenako kupita ku Langham Chicago , komwe angapezekenso kumbuyo kwa desk.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zazikuluzikulu za ntchito yake, akuti, akuvomerezedwa ku Les Clefs d'Or USA, yomwe ndi bungwe lokhalo la mayiko ena.
Malingana ndi Gills, pali anthu osachepera 700 a Les Clefs d'Or USA omwe akukhala ndi zipinda zoposa 300,000 m'dziko lonse lapansi komanso osakwana 50 ku Chicago. Iye akuvomereza kuti: "Ndondomekoyi ndi yovuta, ndipo ndimakumbukira ndikulira pamene ndalandira kalata yanga yovomerezeka. Ndi ulemu kuimira kudzipereka kwanga ndipo ndikuvala makiyi anga odulidwa ndi kunyada kwambiri."
Mu 2014, Gills adakopeka ndi anzanga ku CP Concierge Hall of Fame. Ndi ulemu winanso womwe umakhala nawo pamtima, komabe, amaumirira kuti asalole kuti apite kumutu.
"Ichi ndi chinthucho, alendo samasamala za zokondweretsa zanu, choncho, muli bwino ngati omwe mungathe kuwathandiza tsiku lililonse," akutero. "Zimakupangitsani kukhala odzichepetsa, okhutira ndi chiyembekezo chifukwa tsiku lililonse mumabadwira mu mphindi yatsopano, kotero mumakonzekera, khalani osamala ndipo nthawi zonse muzidzipangira bwino kuti muthe kupambana."
Nawa ena mwa mau ake abwino a nzeru momwe mungapindulitsire zambiri kuchokera ku chiwonetsero chanu cha Chicago.
Kodi alendo angapindule bwanji pogonana ndi concierge?
Zindikirani kuti ndi bwino kudziwa ndi kusadziwa zomwe mukufuna, komanso kuti ndife anu enieni nthawi yomwe mumakhala nawo.
Tikukhumba kuti mphindi yanu ikhale yabwino koposa zomwe zingathe kukhazikitsidwa pa zomwe zimakupangitsani kukhala osangalala. Komanso, tili ndi luso lophunzitsidwa komanso luso lothandizira kukwaniritsa izo, kaya pasadakhale kapena paulendo. Kuyankhulana ndi chinthu chokongola, naponso; Ndizofunikira kwambiri pazomwe mukukambirana ndi concierge aliyense. Inde, taphunzitsidwa kuti tizimvetsera, ndikufunsa mafunso othandiza pakufunika. Kuwonekera momveka bwino kogawana nawo masomphenya anu kumatithandiza kuti tiwone zomwe zimagwira ntchito bwino pazochitika.
Kodi ndizinthu ziti zomwe mumakonda zikhalidwe zokopa kunja kwa mzinda?
Ndimasangalala ndi DuSable Museum ya African-American History pamodzi ndi Oriental Institute ya University of Chicago ndi Frederick C. Robie House ku Hyde Park. Onsewa amapereka malingaliro abwino ku moyo, kudzipereka, kupulumuka, ndi mbiri yomwe ikuchitika pamene moyo ndi mbiri yapita. Ndiponso, ngati muli pa ulendo wautali, nyumba ya Farnsworth ndi yodabwitsa. Ndizojambula zomangamanga.
Kodi ndi malo ati omwe mumawakonda kuti mudye pa bajeti yapamwamba? Chifukwa chiyani?
Pamene ndikuganiza za kudya pa bajeti yapamwamba, lingaliro langa loyamba kawirikawiri ndilokudyera ku malo omwe sali pa radar yanga ya tsiku ndi tsiku kapena amene amagwiritsira ntchito kachitidwe kakang'ono kosadya osati kawirikawiri kwa ine pa nthawi yachizolowezi.
Mwachitsanzo, maphunziro 12 kapena maola ola limodzi kapena anayi odyera ndi vinyo kapena mowa. Ndimakumbukira nthawi yoyamba imene ndinadyera kumbuyo kwa Charlie Trotter patsikulo, ndilo malo opambana, ndipo chakudya chimadutsa ndi msonkhano; zochititsa chidwi, pamodzi ndi Everest , Spiaggia ndi Tru, mofanana. Msilikali wotsiriza wachitatu, kufikira lero lino, koma kuchuluka kwa chakudya chokwanira chawonjezereka ndi malo amtundu wapamwamba omwe sakufunanso zovala za amuna - zomwe kale zinali zofunikira kwambiri pa malo otsiriza apamwamba. Ndimakonda okondedwa athu ambiri lero omwe ankatumikira kumayambiriro kwa ntchito zawo m'malesitanti ndikudyetsa chakudya chamakono lero. Ena ndi Curtis Duffy ndi Grace; Alinea mwachiwonekere ndi Grant Achatz, ndi Jake Bickelhaupt pa 42 Gramu, zomwe zikukuwonetsani zomwe zimachitika mukadula malo odyera a Martha's Vineyard -style minimalism.
Ndimakondwera kwambiri ndi malo odyetserako masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndi ophika oyendayenda omwe amabweretsa masomphenya awo ndikuwagawa nawo chakudya.
Kodi mumakonda zotani zamakono zamakono ndi salons omwe mumalimbikitsa alendo?
Ma salons: Fuga Centro amabweretsa njira ya Italy ndi njira yopambana ku Loop ndipo akukhala kudutsa Millennium Park popanda chiwonongeko; Anthony Cristiano, yemwe ali ku Trump Tower, ali ndi ntchito yabwino kwambiri. Onse awiri ali ndi matalente apamwamba ogwira mipando, ndipo malingana ndi zochitikazo, afika ngakhale kwa makasitomala anga pa malo. Ndi ubale wokondeka. Zogulitsa: Sindikhoza kupeza Optimo Hats zokwanira za Graham Thompson, wopanga chipewa. Kupita ku shopu lake mu nyumba yomangamanga ya Monadnock ikufanana ndi kulowa mu nthawi yowonongeka, yokhala ndi zokongoletsera zokongola, ndi zodabwitsa zokhala ndi manja ndi zipangizo zabwino zomwe zilipo. Mukhoza kuchita zonse zomwe mukuzikonda kapena zomwe mumakonda. Zonse ziri kwa inu. Nditagula chipewa changa choyamba kumeneko, sindinatengeko kwa mwezi umodzi. Ndimakondanso chikhalidwe cha Robin Richman ku Bucktown / Wicker Park. Pali mitundu yochititsa chidwi yomwe ili ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana, maonekedwe, zomangamanga ndi zovala zapamwamba, komanso zipangizo zazikulu.
Zina mwa zopempha zanu zotchuka kwambiri ndi alendo?
Timalandira zopempha zambiri malinga ndi nyengo. Mwachitsanzo, ife tayamba kufotokoza mafunso a matikiti ndi masewera a baseball playoffs, amakhulupirira kapena ayi. Pakati pa zaka zambiri zomwe timakhala nazo nthawi zonse timakhala tikudyera ndi malo odyera, malo otentha ndi atsopano ndi Broadway . Mzinda Wachiwiri umakhalabe chopempha chachikulu, maulendo a mumzindawu zonse zomangamanga ndi zomangamanga, ndikukhala ndi nyimbo , makamaka jazz ndi Chicago blues. Ndizodabwitsa, ngati mukuganiza bwino, chifukwa ndi njira yokondwerera chilichonse chomwe chimapangitsa Chicago kukhala malo apadziko lonse. Ife tiri nazo zonse apa.