Celebrity Travel: Go Away With DJ White Shadow
Best known to music fans as Lady Gaga's friend and collaborator, DJ White Shadow (nee Paul Blair) is a Grammy nominee ("Born This Way"). He is also a businessman, who opened the trendy eatery, Honey's, in Chicago's West Loop, and is the North American music director for W Hotels Worldwide. This spring, he launched the opening of the W Sound Suite in Seattle. "This studio is for people who would not have an opportunity to be in this kind of professional environment," he says. "When I toured with Gaga, we would write songs, but didn't always have the opportunity to properly record the track. That's where I got this idea. It's not just for established musicians, but for anyone who wants to record in a really good environment." For more info about his music, check out his website (http://djwhiteshadow.com) or follow him on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DJWS).
Q. Where do you return to consistently?
A. I love Asia as a whole (continent), but I try to make it to Korea at least once a year. My sisters are adopted from Korea and my mom and dad were very big on making them aware of their Korean culture. We had kimchi in the house all the time and ate Korean food. I love it. The spicier the better.
Q. What don't you love about traveling?
A. I don't enjoy the first hour or so when you're dealing with getting to the airport and checking in, but once I'm sitting on the plane and having a glass of wine, I love it. I don't think I'll ever be jaded by it.
Q. Why are you based out of the Chicago suburbs, rather than New York, Los Angeles or the city itself?
A. I love Chicago. It's the most wonderful city. But I'm rarely home and when I am, I spend all my time in the city for work. So it's nice to come home to some place that's less hectic. That's why I picked Glenview. I also like that I'm close to the airport and can go anywhere. It's a nice central location that's close to everywhere. But if I'm to be completely honest, I picked the northern suburbs because of John Hughes' movies. I tried to buy the "Ferris Bueller" house. It was listed at $1.5 million, which doesn't seem like a lot for the Ferris Bueller house. But it was a teeny, tiny house in a state of disrepair. It would've cost a lot to fix it up.
Q. Where did you go to for childhood vacations?
A. We went to my grandmother's house in Lansing, Michigan.
Q. What is left on your Travel Bucket List?
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