ultra ?’s City Commissioner Sam Adams. He cares as much about the arts and the creative economy as we do and is amazingly down-to-earth (literally…chickens…see below). As well, he’s singing our song on many other issues (like support for small businesses, yeah!) on which his advocacy will make the difference in keeping Portland good. Here he takes a minute to answer the ultra Q.
Qualities you most admire in design: When it stops me in my tracks the first time I see it
Qualities you most despise in design: Mimicry and elitism
Reading: How to Raise Chickens in The City (I’ve bought three hens)
Listening to: Gorillaz; Beck; Dean Martin
Dream project: High speed rail from Canada to Mexico
Favorite virtue: Courage
Favorite vice: Ice cream
photos from Sam Adam’s snapshots on his website
Tragic flaw: Bad hair
Secret superhero power: Good banana cake baker - costume design concepts to follow
That which keeps your afterburners firing: Injustice and iced black tea with half-and-half
What you’d like to be when you grow up: Farmer
Portland’s best kept secret: Blueberry Pie at Bipartisan Café (7901 SE Stark Street)
Portland heroes (sung or un-): My staff
Interesting on the horizon (PDX): www.arthappy.org
photos from Sam Adam’s snapshots on his website
WHAT TO DO NOW?