Rose Farina–her blue jacket draped over her shoulders like a cape–is on the phone in the lobby of the Daley Center. She’s the manager of the center’s events and puts together all of the noon shows, so she’s almost always on the phone.
“I was gonna,” he starts to say, but Farina cuts him off.
“I got my start when Mayor Daley hired me to work with Colonel Reilly–who used to be the executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Special Events– as ethnic-groups coordinator for the Chicago Bicentennial Committee. Then I moved to the Chicago Council of Fine Arts, which became the Chicago Office of Fine Arts, which is under the Department of Cultural Affairs–Are you going to mention the Department of Cultural Affairs?”
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“Your husband’s show–when was it on?”
“What’s to tell? I’m 58 years old. You don’t ask. You do. I’m not complaining. Don’t put in that I’m complaining.”
“No.”
