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Time really does fl y when you’re having fun. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we relaunched Hemispheres. Since then, we’ve scoured underwater caves for medical remedies (“The Treasure Hunter,” August ’09), painted the town with enigmatic French street artist JR (“Street Fighter,” October ’09), gone a few rounds with

THREE PERFECT DAYS: SAN DIEGO // LITTLE HAVANA’S WARMING TREND // JIMMY CARTER GOES NUTS HEMISPHERES Chicago’s female boxing phenoms (“Girls of Summer,” December ’09) and visited a fl oating hospital treating survivors of the Haitian earthquake (“To Aid and Comfort,” April ’10). We reinvented Three Perfect Days and traveled everywhere from New Orleans to Shanghai, earning kudos along the way from the North American Travel Journalists Association, which named 3PD the year’s Best Travel Series. If you missed those stories, go to our website, hemispheresmagazine.com. You can peruse all that and more, and add your own two cents. A STAR ALLIANCE MEMBER Maybe you have a favorite Long Island

HEM_0609_Cover.indd 1 7/5/09 15:54:00 vineyard that didn’t make it into 3PD? Let fellow travelers know about it. Michael W. Cater, M.D., directed readers of “Three Perfect Days: Montreal” to the Sir William Osler Library, declaring it “a must-see for all those interested in medical history.” Meanwhile, “Three Perfect Days: Sonoma” drew recommendations from foodies like Lisa Villarini, who gushes about Dry Creek Kitchen, proclaiming, “The food is exceptional!” (With chef Charlie Palmer running the show, we don't doubt it.) We also welcome your ideas for stories and your rants and raves. And while you're at it, wish us a happy birthday.

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RODRIGO CORRAL The School of Visual Arts graduate is currently working with Criterion Collection. “I’m really excited about AK 100: 25 Films of Akira Kurosawa. I designed it inside and out,” he says. His favorite place to sample umami (“Flavor of the Month,” page 57) is Umami Burger in Los Angeles. “I love burgers in general,” he adds.

MYA FRAZIER The Columbus, Ohio–based writer has been on staff with Advertising Age and The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her work has also appeared in The Economist and Columbus Monthly. This summer you can fi nd her at Bonnaroo (“Boom Town,” page 74). “We plan on taking our two teenage sons,” she says. “We hope to win the Coolest Parents Ever award.” DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF The media and social theorist lectures about technology, society and commerce. In addition to exploring the magic of Disney (“The Keys to the Kingdom,” page 52), he’s got a big project underway: “I just started something called The Institute for Applied Memetics, where we look at why people believe what they believe.”

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