The best advice I ever received was:

Be a sponge: learn everything you can in anything you experience.

Very few people know I:

love to write with pencils. Unless I’m signing something official, it’s rare to find me using a pen.

My last meal would be:

My dad’s skirt steak, cooked medium rare with a side of mac & cheese.

Three people at my dream dinner would be:

Jim Belushi, Vince Vaughn and Jeremy Piven – we’d enjoy a nice Chicago-style meal talking about what makes this city so special.

Website I can’t live without:

Google.

First Car:

A 1995 white, two-door Ford Explorer named Drake. I drove that car until it couldn’t be driven any more.

Favorite thing at an amusement park:

Lemon shake-ups.