Q: What is the best place you have ever visited?

A: The Napali Coast of Kauai, Hawaii. It is nature at its best. You must see at least once in your life. 

Q: What's your favorite restaurant and why?

A: Because of my love for cooking, it has to be Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago. My wife and I were asked to join our friends at the restaurants ‘Kitchen Table’. Our meal was served to us at a table located within the working Kitchen, and I was able to walk around and engage each chef as he/she worked throughout the sitting.

Q: What movies have you seen in the past month?

A:

• Once – Contemporary musical set in Dublin, Ireland. Winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
  
  
• Atonement – Adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel dealing with how a young girl’s lie forever changes the lives of those around her.
  
  
• The Lives of Others – A view of life in 1980’s East Berlin as seen through the eyes of a member of the government’s secret police.
  
  
• The Mist – One of the first short stories I ever read by Stephen King. A deadly mist takes over a small northeastern town.
  
  
• Street Fight – For anybody passionate about politics, this is a must see. It is a documentary following the 2002 battle for the Newark, New Jersey office of Mayor.
  
  
• No Country For Old Men – The Cohen Brother’s latest masterpiece and winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Picture.
  
  
• Dan In Real Life – I love everything the Steve Carell does. This was no exception.
  
  
• Into The Wild – I first read this book back when I was just getting out of college. I am sometimes envious of Chris McCandless’s ability to grasp the beauty of this world.
  
  
• Michael Clayton – Tense legal thriller. Proof that tight dialogue does make for a gripping movie.

Q: What was the last concert you went to?

A: Bruce Springsteen.

Q: Where would you go and what would you do on your "dream" vacation?

A: A month long around the world golf trip that played at least one round on each continent. I guess Antarctica might be difficult, so maybe there I would just hit some balls off the ice.

Q: What books are on your nightstand right now?

A:

• The Professor and the Madman: Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary.
  
  
• A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.
  
  
• BIAS: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts The News.
  
  
• Armed Madhouse: A Look at the Mistakes and Shortcomings of the Bush Presidency.
  
  
• In Defense of Food: Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants!
  
  
• The Road: A Father and Son Struggle to Survive in a Lost World.

Q: What is your favorite sports team?

A: The Colorado Buffaloes.