Chicago | Wrigley Field | Marshall Field

What Chicago landmarks do you love? Wrigley Field is fantastic. It's a real park, and it's right in the middle of a neighborhood. If someone hits a homer, a kid on the street could still catch it. There are the bleacher bums, whom I think someone wrote a play about. They sit in the cheap seats on the right- and left-hand sides, and Wrigley Field won't presell [those seats]. They only sell them the day of the game, and the bleacher­ bums line up to get them. The tradition is that if a visiting team hits a homer to the bleacher bums, they don't keep the ball; they throw it back to the team because they don't want it. Wrigley Field - greatest park in the majors. You know, it was the last park to get lights. It was a huge decision. They don't want change. Everyone thought it would ruin the park or ruin the feel of the park.

Chicago is a city based on neighborhoods, so you have wonderful, upscale ethnic restaurants, but because they are neighborhood based, they are not expensive. I have to say that's true of Chicago in general. It's kept its local flavor, and it seems like Chicagoans are so fiercely into things that are Chicagoan. There is a wonderful department store called Marshall Field's, and it is quintessentially Chicago. Marshall Field's was sold to Macy's, and everyone said, "Okay, fine," until they were going to change the name to Macy's, and then people boycotted. [Macy's] didn't understand the psychology of the people of Chicago. They won't put up with someone taking their individuality away. They pride themselves on it.