Kuwona Windy City Pogwiritsa Ntchito Malonda a Wojambula Wotchuka
Nigel Barker ali ndi diso la kukongola kwenikweni. Amayi ake anali Miss Sri Lanka. Mkazi wake ndi chitsanzo chopangira mafashoni. Ndipo iye amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha udindo wake monga woweruza ndi wojambula zithunzi wa Tyra Banks ' "America's Next Top Model" mndandanda wa zenizeni.
Nthawi zambiri amakhala mumzinda wa Windy kudzera ku Macy pa State Street (omwe amakhala mkati mwa malo omwe kale ankadziwika kuti Marshall Field's Building ), ndipo posachedwapa akuyambitsa buku lake lojambula zithunzi, Zojambula za Harper Collins, 2015).
Ndilo msonkho wake kwa amayi 50 apadera - kuchokera ku Twiggy kupita kwa Naomi Campbell kwa Kate Upton - omwe anali otsogolera komanso okonda chikhalidwe cha pop ndi mafashoni kwa zaka zambiri.
Pa nthawi zambiri Barker akupita ku Chicago, amawona kukongola kulikonse komwe akupita, poyang'ana anthu okongola akuyenda pansi pa Magnificent Mile kuti azindikire nyumba zamakono ndi zojambulajambula monga Bean . Tinakambirana naye nthawi zina zabwino kwambiri.
About Chicago Travel: Ndamva kuti mukukhala ku Soho House Chicago . Kodi iyi ndi nthawi yanu yoyamba? Mukuganiza chiyani za zomwe zinamuchitikira?
Nigel Baker: Ndakhala komweko katatu (mpaka lero). Ndinayamba kukhala kumeneko pamasabata oyambirira. Ndakhala membala wa gululo kwa zaka zambiri.
ACT: Kodi mwapeza mwayi wofufuza pulogalamu ya "One While Changing" pamene bartender amabweretsa kuzungulira zakumwa zakumwa za mpesa ku chipinda chanu kuti akutsanulire malo ogulitsira?
Ndi kuyambira 6 mpaka 9 koloko masana
NB: Ndimakhala pansi ndi bar. Sindinaganize kuti ndakhalapo m'chipinda changa pakati pa 6 ndi 9. Ndili pano ndikuchita chochitika kapena chinachake, kotero mwina sindiri chinthu chomwe ndingathe kugwiritsa ntchito. Icho chiri chitukuko kwambiri! Ndiwo a British kwa inu.
ACT: Kodi mumakonda Soho House Chicago bwino kuposa ena omwe mumapita?
NB: Ndimawakonda onse. Ndikumva (malo a Chicago) ali ndi malo ambiri komanso malo. Chifukwa cha izi, zipinda ndi zabwino komanso zazikulu komanso zogwira ntchito bwino komanso zoganiziridwa bwino. Wina ku New York ndi wabwino, koma ukumenyera mpando, zomwe zili zabwino kwa iwo koma si zabwino kwa kasitomala. Mmodzi pano ine ndinali pamwamba pa dziwe kwa mphindi 30 mwamsanga - kotero ine ndimakhoza kutseka miyezi yanu ya Chicago - ndipo ine ndinakhala pampando pafupi ndi dziwe popanda vuto.
ACT: Kodi chiwonetsero chofanana ndi chiani?
NB: Achinyamata ndi osangalatsa komanso ozizira, ndipo ndinathamangira kwa munthu amene ndimamudziwa. Ndilo malo amodzi ndi awa: kuyankhulana kudzera mu mafashoni ndi mafilimu ndi zosangalatsa (mafakitale).
ACT: Kodi mwazindikira kuti Soho House Chicago ili kumadera otentha kwambiri ku Chicago, omwe amatchedwa West Loop ?
NB: Ndamvapo , ndipo ndikuchokera ku New York, komwe kuli malo otchedwa Meatpacking District ku West Village . Ine ndiri nako kumverera kwa izo. Ndimakonda malo ngati amenewo. Ndicho chifukwa chomwe ndimakonda kukhala kumeneko. Ine nthawizonse ndakhala ndikukondweretsedwa kumene iwe umawona mtundu wovuta ndi wokonzeka ukukumana nawo pamwamba ndi posh.
Ndikuganiza kuti "Kugonana ndi Mzinda" kumakhala ndi graffiti pamapeto amodzi ndi gulu labwino kwambiri la bespoke pafupi ndi ilo limati zambiri zokhudza mizinda yomwe ilipodi.
Mzinda uliwonse ukhoza kukhala wodzichepetsa mpaka pamene umatayika wake kapena kuthamangira pansi, koma pamene awiriwo abwera pokhapokha mutapeza mgwirizano waukulu. Ndikumva kuti ndi magetsi ndipo mumamva kuti ndiwongolenga ndipo ndizowopseza pang'ono ndipo zingakhale zoopsa pang'ono, koma panthawi imodzimodziyo zimakweza ndipo pali kutuluka.
ACT: Kodi mwafufuza malo ena alionse kapena kudya malo aliwonse ozizira omwe mungakumbukirepo?
NB: Ndatha kuyendayenda pang'onopang'ono usiku ndikapeza nthawi. Ndakhala ndikupita ku RPM ku Italy ndipo ine ndinakhala ku Trump kale, zomwe zinali zabwino kwambiri. Ine ndinali ndi malingaliro abwino ndipo ine ndithudi ndinali ndi chakudya chachikulu (pa khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi ). Ndinakondanso malowa.
ACT: Kodi mwakhala mukupita ku Chicago nthawi zokwanira kuti muone zizindikiro za mzindawu?
NB: Ndimakonda ndikuyenda pansi pa mtsinjewu ndikuyang'ana pa milatho.
Ndimangoyendayenda. Ndimakonda zomangamanga . Kwa ine, mbali zakale za mzindawo ndimadera omwe ndimakonda kwambiri kumene mumawona mbiri yakale ndipo mumadziwa momwe mzindawu wakhala. Ndiye, ndithudi, pali Bean , yomwe ndi yosangalatsa kuona ndikuwonetsa kumene mzinda ungapite.
ACT: Monga wojambula zithunzi, kodi mumayang'ana ku Chicago kuchokera kumalo momwe mungawomberezere?
NB: Ndikuganiza ndikuchita kulikonse komwe ndikupita. Mwinamwake palibe katswiri wojambula zithunzi yemwe samalowa mu chipinda chilichonse kapena msewu uliwonse ndipo amaganiza chonchi. Pali malo ena omwe adzakupangitsani inu kumverera mwanjira imeneyo, kuchokera kumamangidwe kupita ku kuwala mpaka ku feng shui mpaka nthawi ya chaka ndi chirichonse. Mwachitsanzo, ndabwera ku Chicago tsiku lokongola ndipo ndimaganizira za momwe anthu ali ndi kasupe pamayendedwe awo komanso momwe amachitira zovuta.
CHOCHITA: Ndi zizindikiro ziti za mbiri zomwe zakhala zikuyang'ana ku Chicago?
NB: Kuyenda pansi pa Magnificent Mile ndizodabwitsa. Ndizodabwitsa. Mukamawona masitolo onse ndi masitolo ndi nyumba komanso njira yomwe amamangidwira kumbali zonse, mukhoza kutseka maso anu ndikuganiza nokha mu 1920s kapena m'ma 1950s. Nthawi zonse ndi chinthu chosangalatsa kwambiri kuganizira, mbiri ya malo amodzi ndi ena omwe amayenda pano ndi zomwe zikuyenera kuti zikuwoneka nthawi imeneyo. Sikuti mizinda yonse ikhoza kuchita zimenezo.
ACT: Mukayerekezera Chicago ndi ena mwa mizinda ikuluikulu kuzungulira dziko, kodi ikugwera pati?
NB: Chicago kwenikweni ikukwera kwambiri. Anthu samaganiza nthawi zonse za Chicago pamene amaganiza za mizinda ya ku America. Nthawi zonse amaganiza za New York kapena Washington, DC - chifukwa ndilo likulu - koma Chicago ndi mzinda wapadera kwambiri. Ziri pafupi ndi mtundu wa New York.
Ngati mutenga mbali zonse zabwino za Manhattan ndi kuziyika pamodzi, ndizo zambiri zomwe Chicago ali. Ndipo ali ndi kugunda kwamtima kwakukulu. Anthu pano akugwira ntchito mwakhama, amakhala ndi kuseketsa kwa iwo ndipo akulandiridwa kwambiri. Zomwezi ndi zokongola komanso chinachake chomwe sitili nacho ku New York. Ndine wotchuka wamkulu waku Chicago ndipo ndikukwera kumeneko ngati umodzi mwa mizinda imodzi ku America.
ACT: Mukamaganizira za "kalembedwe" ka Chicago, mungayifotokoze bwanji?
NB: Kutentha ndi magetsi apa. Ngakhale mutabwera mkatikatikati mwa nyengo yozizira - pamene malo ena ambiri atsekedwa - anthu pano amapitabe kunja ndikufuna kumudziwa. Malo odyera adakali nawobe. Anthu amasangalala mukamalowa, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri ndipo akunena za mzindawu. Anthu amanyadira mzinda uno.