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The eighth annual Amelia Island Restaurant Week is a 10-day gastronomic showcase featuring a Coast Culinary Celebration, distillery tour, cooking class, and farmers market tour, along with 27 participating restaurants offering regular and prix fixe menus in a variety of styles and cuisine. Thursday, Jan. 21-Sunday, Jan. 31; for a schedule, go to restaurantweek.ameliaisland.com.
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If you like theatrical thrills with a healthy shot of humor, check out Cotton Alley. The latest production currently on stage at Players by the Sea is an original work by local playwright Olivia Gowan, exploring the relationship between a 19-year-old and her wayward, damaged mother. Mmmmm, sweet dysfunction. Sound familiar?! 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 at PBTS, 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, $23; $20 seniors, military, students; through Jan. 30, playersbythesea.org.
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Whether you’re currently in a stable relationship or currently unstable from a relationship, you’re sure to enjoy the sketch and improv comedy of legendary Chicago-based comedy troupe The Second City, presenting a romance-themed night of love-laced laughs. 5 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Terry Theater, Downtown, $50.50, artistseriesjax.org.
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Jacksonville’s oldest public park just got, well, a little bit older! Friends of Hemming Park holds the park’s 150th anniversary party, featuring live music, acrobats, live painting, a “then and now” photo gallery, a historic trivia contest with Dr. Wayne Wood, kids activities, food truck, and an “ostrich” cart race/food drive to benefit the Clara White Mission. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Laura and Duval Streets, Downtown, hemmingpark.org.
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RE: “CHRISTIANITY IS DYING,” BY A.G. GANCARSKI, JAN. 6 Not the best thing for all but that’s what happened in Europe to some extent: Church stopped being a country club and grew much smaller but very grounded in history. As with Constantine, just ’cause you say it, doesn’t necessarily make it so. Juan M. Alvarez via Facebook
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BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUETS TO MIKE WHISNANT The 904’s own master surfboard shaper took home top honors in the Masters of Masters Shape-off Challenge – in which three virtuoso East Coast shapers attempted to replicate the same famous surfboard – at the Surf Expo in Orlando. BOUQUETS TO MICAH’S PLACE The nonprofit – the only certified domestic violence center for Nassau County providing emergency shelter and outreach services for victims of domestic violence – was awarded Non-Profit of the Year by the Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce. BRICKBATS TO ROY ALBERT BAY During public comments at the Jan. 12 meeting of the Jacksonville City Council, the former resident (read Fightin’ Words, p. 9) of the city’s Westside, arguing against an expanded Human Rights Ordinance that would protect the LGBT community from discrimination, said he’d sexually assaulted children in public restrooms in the past. DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BOUQUET? HOW ABOUT A PROVERBIAL BRICKBAT? Send your submissions to mail@folioweekly.com. Submissions should be a maximum of 50 words and concerning a person, place, or topic of local interest.
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FIGHTIN’ WORDS Self-Professed CHILD MOLESTOR Roy Bay may have left Jacksonville, but his legacy lives on
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LAST WEEK, JACKSONVILLE’S CITY COUNCIL heard a few hours of public comment on the HRO. The fundamentalists showed up, most of them dressed like they’d slept in their cars, and spewed their particular brand of hatred and conflation. One such person, a gentleman named Roy Bay, emerged from obscurity and became, however briefly, nationally famous. During the council’s public comment marathon Tuesday night, the 56-year-old Westside resident told of his rape at “10 or 12 years old.” Bay was “sexually assaulted by the homosexual community,” he said. Then he described how he “entered into a life of homosexuality” and “going into bathrooms … and sexually assaulting kids, because I thought that’s what life was all about.” He never went to jail for those acts, Bay said. His Duval County rap sheet bears that out, at least locally. It extends to two pages of petty crimes on the county’s online search portal. It describes a habitual criminal convicted of wrongdoing from failing to pay an Arthur Murray Dance Club in 1992 to numerous criminal and civil driving issues, including at least one eviction from a domicile in Duval County. “For about 20 years, yes, I admit, the things I did was [sic] wrong. I sexually assaulted young kids ’cause I thought it was acceptable,” he told Action News Jax. As he spoke at the public meeting, Bay said that he molested children in St. Louis, yet he never went to jail for these crimes. Media outlets, including FloridaPolitics.com, are following up on these claims. And the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office is investigating Bay, as well. “This [child molestation] happens in the homosexual lifestyle, over and over again,” Bay said Tuesday. Then in June 1985, Bay said, he “found out that wasn’t acceptable,” and said God set him free from “this type of lifestyle.” That brought enthusiastic applause from some anti-HRO members of the crowd, many of whom were bussed in, along with Bay, on church shuttle buses. The tale of child molestation told by Roy Bay was lauded by members of the anti-HRO faction, as it neatly reinforced its mythology connecting pedophilia and homosexuality, a narrative refuted by established science and HRO advocates. Bay is associated with the Evangel Temple, posting on Facebook that he “worked” there. That church’s pastor Garry Wiggins is, along with Ken Adkins, among the major players in the anti-HRO media campaigns explicitly designed to bully black council members from voting their consciences on the HRO issue. Bay’s comments somehow met with the favor of his church group, and anti-HRO
agitators such as Raymond Johnson, who praised Bay in his public comment for establishing the anecdotal link between pedophilia and homosexuality that is central to the argument against what opponents frame as a “bathroom bill.” After Council, business picked up for Roy Bay. WJXT investigated his living situation, which, as it turns out, was in an apartment owned by the Evangel Temple. A phone call to the temple didn’t reveal the apartment’s actual address. However, some of the church’s property is at least within 1,000 feet of an elementary school — it’s illegal to live that close to a school if one has actually been convicted of the crimes that Bay said he committed as a matter of course. Action News Jax followed Bay to church on Wednesday. He was watched over by Jesus, of course, but also by armed security, which walked out with him shortly before the service concluded, presumably for his own safety. By the time the story blew up, there undoubtedly were church members who realized that “you know, a child molester may not be the best mouthpiece for the antiHRO case.” So, in the vein of LeBron James way back when, Bay took his talents to South Beach, or at least Miami. “Hey Facebook friends and family, I love each and everyone of you and appreciate your prayer and support, if someone contacts you about me, I am asking you not to talk to them at all about anything, this is my problem and I will handle it, thanks I appreciate your love and prayer support in this time of trial and testing [sic].” Bay can count on the love and support of at least two friends. Raymond Johnson, the GOP political operative many Christian Right campaigns employ, commended his commentary at Council. Carter Jones, Johnson’s mini-me assistant, exulted on Facebook that Bay’s was “the most powerful testimony yet from a man that publicly told city council tonight he was molested by homosexuals in a public restroom as a child and grew up to molest children himself and was never arrested for it. Who repented became a christian and now publicly opposes this open bathroom homosexual rights law [sic].” Will Council realize that, by lining up against the Hazouri bill, they’re throwing down with a bunch of unrepentant knaves, fools, liars, criminals, and thugs who pervert the Christian message? That’s the open question as the HRO discussion goes on. A.G. Gancarski mail@folioweekly.com twitter/AGGancarski JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 9
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playing in an alley, and I listened to them. They were speaking pure Brooklyn, and I had never heard the music before.” Today, tinkering with audio files for EAT, sometimes listening to one line repeatedly, Ari experiences Jacksonville writers in a profoundly intimate way. “I’m not taking a stand on whether poetry is an aural art or a printed art, but there’s always music to it,” he says, “and the music often doesn’t get shared.” Ari’s 1993 novel The Shoemaker’s Tale is a strange, reverently irreverent story based on 18th-century Jewish mystic the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. Ari grew up going to synagogue Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but says he studied Sufi, Taoist and Hindu writers “because I felt they had something, knew something, understood something that I wanted to get.” He identifies as Jewish, because it’s his “framework,” just as he identifies as American and male, but keeps himself open to a point where many ways of being converge. “You can take what Rumi says, what the Baal Shem Tov says, what Thomas Merton says, and juggle it, and you can’t tell whose mouth it came from. So these people must be onto something. What I don’t like about any religion is the idea that ‘This way is the only way.’ That’s really dangerous.” Not so ironically, a religious background often prepares one well for art. So Ari says, “I think that being a poet, that way of being in the world, of communing with the world, is similar to a religious impulse.” Ari’s ecumenical spiritual thinking may have prepared him also for his trek from Brooklyn to Jacksonville. In the mid-1990s, his wife Jan, now married 27 years, relocated to Jacksonville to take a job as fine arts director for the photography stock company SuperStock. All he’d previously known about Florida was “old folks and palm trees.” Now he talks about Jacksonville’s emergent artistic and literary strength as that of a “post-geographic city.” When I repeat the phrase, he fine-tunes it as “post-18thcentury-Industrial-Revolution city.” Historically, cities have been cultural generators as a function of their concentration, and though places like Riverside and the three Beaches have earned strong artistic support, the Internet and social media are helping low-density towns like Jacksonville concentrate their strengths. Today, Jacksonville’s writers have greater means of connectedness than ever before. Perhaps it’s best illustrated in a new application of the epigraph from the Baal Shem Tov that begins The Shoemaker’s Tale: “In whatever world a man is, it is as if the worlds were spread before him.” Tim Gilmore mail@folioweekly.com
WHEN PRESIDENT BARACK Obama announced his executive actions on guns last Tuesday, parents of children slain by bullets stood behind him. Jordan Davis’ mother, Lucia McBath, was one of them. McBath and Ron Davis, Jordan’s father, were thrust into every parent’s nightmare in late 2012, when their 17-year-old son, Jordan, was shot and killed outside a Gate gas station in suburban Jacksonville. Dubbed the “loud music murder trial” by the press, the court proceedings tested a community that has historically failed too many attempts to deliver racial justice. It took two tries and two different sets of jurors, sitting just blocks away from the hallowed ground of Ax Handle Saturday, to ultimately convict Michael Dunn on all counts, including the firstdegree murder of Jordan Davis. The murderous act that might have destroyed many parents Lucia McBath and Ron Davis, parents of slain teen Jordan Davis, was a call to action for McBath continue working to stop the gun problems that cost their son and Davis. They’ve been working his life in a public argument over the volume of music. to reduce gun violence ever since never lost faith that the truth would prevail. Jordan’s senseless murder, opening their lives Dunn maintained throughout his two trials to documentary filmmakers, speaking to the media, and testifying before legislative that he acted in self-defense, testifying that he committees in Washington and Tallahassee. saw Jordan Davis wielding a shotgun barrel, Last October, McBath spoke out against or a stick, or a lead pipe from the back seat Florida lawmakers’ attempts to make it harder of his friend’s red Dodge Durango. However, to convict criminal defendants who raise the Dunn’s ex-fiancée, Rhonda Rouer, testified that controversial stand-your-ground defense. when they fled the Gate station for their hotel Despite her efforts, SB 344 cleared the Senate room at the Sheraton, Dunn never mentioned Criminal Justice Committee, though its anything about a gun or other weapon. On the companion bill, HB 169, has not yet been two-hour drive south to take her home, after heard in the House. the two learned Davis had died as a result of While Dunn did not ask for a “Stand Your Dunn’s actions, she said, Dunn likewise never Ground” hearing, per se, the law that authorized mentioned facing the threat of a gun. the hearing provision also forever changed During any jury trial, the question of the law of self-defense in Florida by removing whether to believe those who testify always the centuries-old “duty to retreat.” The duty to belongs to the jurors. retreat in self-defense law has never applied to And while we don’t know what went on a defender’s home, per the “Castle Doctrine.” during deliberations or in the minds of those Rather, the stand-your-ground laws essentially who deliberated, we can guess they rejected makes any place in Florida a gun-owner’s castle. the defendant’s version of the facts. And therein is the symbolic parting of the Ron Davis, in speaking to Reuters reporter river, with Jordan Davis’ parents leading the Susan Cooper Eastman, said it best: way, hoisting the banner of civilization. “In your home, you have every right to The covenant of civilized living demands protect your castle[.] In public, we can’t all that we work to defuse conflicts, not escalate walk around acting like we are in our home, them. It demands that we look at each other telling people what to do in a public place. We face to face, and not through the divisive lens have to share the public space.” of stereotype. McBath testified that Florida’s stand-yourThe cause of peace calls us to back away, if ground laws legitimize a culture of “shoot necessary, before acting in anger. It asks us to first, ask questions later.” And the numbers behave like the adults that we are, instead of back her up. flying off in a gun-slinging rage whenever kids According to a PolitiFact analysis, the five act like kids. states with the most gun-related deaths per Civilization demands the exact opposite capita all have stand-your-ground laws. And of Stand Your Ground. I believe that the quiet despite the “gun-laws-won’t-stop-criminals” faith of Jordan’s parents, and legions of other argument, the evidence shows that states with grieving parents, will ultimately lead us across stricter gun laws have fewer gun deaths. this deathly divide. It’s unsettling to watch your hometown Julie Delegal play a leading role in an international story mail@folioweekly.com about murder and justice. However, the HBO
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t would be a mistake to call Mark Ari a novelist, a poet, a musician, or even a painter because, as he puts it, “It’s all one work.” Also, because everyone just calls him “Ari.” This spring, his audio publishing project EAT Poems (eatwords.net) will present work by local poets Fred Dale and Tiffany Melanson, as it’s previously published Frances Driscoll, Liz Robbins, Mary Baron, Michelle Leavitt, Teri Youmans Grimm, yours truly, and a tribute to Jacksonville outsider poet Alan Justiss. He calls EAT “a series of audio chapbooks focusing on Florida poets in and around Jacksonville. Mostly. I don’t let geography get in the way of good poems.” Ari’s effect on Jacksonville’s literary scene is hard to overstate. The journal Fiction Fix, now in its 14th year, sprang from his University of North Florida creative writing classes, as did EAT Poems in 2007. And most of the writers who launched the art book/lit mag Perversion Magazine first met in Ari’s workshops. So it’s ironic that Ari dropped out of high school back in Brooklyn. “I quit school to read,” he says. Some of his favorite memories are of searching the displays of saddle-stitched independent literary “little magazines” in Greenwich Village’s indie St. Mark’s Bookshop. It’s a thrill that, when he began teaching in Jacksonville in 2001, he discovered his students at UNF had never experienced. The next semester, Fiction Fix was born. “Everything that’s ever moved me — a painting, poetry, music — I wanted to do that, too,” he says. When Ari skipped school in Brooklyn, he’d head into the East Village to play music and the West Village to read poetry. He met writers like Seymour Krim and Jack Micheline. “Let the kid read,” they’d say. He later wrote for Irv Stettner’s literary journal Stroker, which published Henry Miller in his last years. (You can hear Ari’s 1984 Stroker interview of Living Theatre’s Julian Beck at arifiles.com.) One guidance counselor made a point to show his respect for Ari’s intelligence, even read his poems, and helped him finish high school and enter college. In the mid-’80s, Ari enrolled in the master of fine arts program at Brooklyn College, within walking distance from his apartment, when there was still only a handful of creative writing MFAs. Sometime later in the same decade, Ari wandered through Europe, where he says he “spent a lot of time in places where I didn’t speak the language,” and eventually wound up in a small town in Turkey. “Nobody spoke English, I certainly didn’t speak Turkish, but I made friends. We got drunk together, laughed together. When I came back, I remember walking down 69th Street in Brooklyn, and these kids were
documentary, “3½ Minutes, Ten Bullets” finds its power less in our beautiful, redeemable city than in the peaceful determination of Jordan’s parents. Interspersed throughout the film are the voices of Jacksonville, shepherded by talk radio hosts Andy Johnson and Melissa Ross. These were the quiet voices of citizens who needed to talk about guns, Florida’s standyour-ground laws, and race. Jordan Davis’ mother smiled when she remembered her son’s joke about being named after basketball star, Michael Jordan. He was named, in truth, for the River Jordan, she told filmmakers. Conceived and born after several miscarriages, Jordan was named for the idea of crossing over and starting anew. Ron Davis couldn’t have known, as he gleefully bounced baby Jordan on his knee in an early family video, that his son would lead him and Lucia not only to cross a metaphorical river, but also to alter its flow forever. It didn’t come easy, but Jordan’s parents
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(AGAIN) WHEN HER PHONE RANG WHILE SHE WAS playing bingo on Dec. 12, Sarah* had all but given up hope that she would ever get justice for allegedly being raped in 2001. It was the detective assigned to her case, calling to say that they’d arrested the man she says sexually assaulted her at knifepoint in the dead of night in Downtown Jacksonville when she was 20 years old. “I had to walk outside because I started crying,” she says. At that moment, she says she felt, “Relieved. Relieved, you know that I had got, maybe, justice was served for me.” Three days before Christmas, Sarah’s hopes of getting her day in court were abruptly, and perhaps cruelly, dashed when the State Attorney’s Office informed her that it was still not going to try the case. She estimates that there were at least 14 individuals on that call, including representatives from both Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office and the SAO, and counsel for the SAO. Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey was also on the call. Last summer, Folio Weekly Magazine published Sarah’s tale of unsympathetic law enforcement and prosecutors, and years’ long delays informing her that her alleged rapist had been separately identified with DNA evidence from her rape kit and the scene (folioweekly. com/JUSTICE-DENIED,13570). This story and Sarah’s tireless quest for justice appear to have spurred law enforcement to action, which ultimately led to her alleged rapist’s** arrest. Nevertheless, on Jan. 8, she got another call telling her that her attacker had been released. “It was heartbreaking,” she says. Sarah says that she was told Sheriff Mike Williams had personally ordered the arrest. “From what I understand, he thought that there was enough evidence.” On Jan. 13, FWM asked JSO in an email if Sheriff Williams had actually ordered the arrest. As of press time, JSO still had not responded to either that or FWM’s follow-up email requesting a timeline for the response. Sarah told FWM that JSO Assistant Chief Scott Dingee called her on the morning of Jan. 15. She says, “He said, ‘I applaud you for not giving up and you fight as long as you need to fight.’ He said, ‘On the police department side, we did everything we could do. We made the arrest. We felt it was necessary to arrest
State Attorney Angela Corey (above) still refuses to prosecute the case, despite the new evidence from Sarah’s finally-processed rape kit; Sheriff Mike Williams (below) personally ordered the arrest of Sarah’s alleged attacker upon the suspect’s recent release from prison on other, unrelated charges.
this man.’ He said, ‘When we went to the state attorney’s office to have the conference call, we voiced our opinion to Angela Corey … we felt that this man needed to be charged but it was their decision [not to].’” The SAO maintains the position that the case would come down to consent, that because Sarah willingly allowed a stranger to accompany her, and the suspect has a history of drug use and has made statements to law enforcement that he traded crack for sex back in the early 2000s, a jury could believe either of them. Sarah, a military spouse and mother who has no criminal record and no history of drug use, understands that they could lose at trial. She just wants the opportunity. “I have done nothing wrong. I was attacked. I didn’t do anything to deserve to be attacked. Yes, I was stupid, but I believed him. And I didn’t deserve to be attacked,” she says. She speculates that there was either a disagreement or a breakdown in communication between the SAO and JSO that led to the suspect’s arrest in December. A source familiar with the case denied that there was a breakdown in communication. Neither office provided comment as to whether there was a disagreement between the two, though circumstances seem to indicate that there was. The SAO provided FWM with this statement via email: “State Attorney Corey has spoken with the victim twice in the last month regarding the disposition in this case. We understand the victim’s frustration and it breaks our hearts to know she is upset. Unfortunately, we cannot meet the constitutional burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and take this case to trial. If new evidence or information is developed, we will review the case once again.” A source familiar with the case who was not authorized to comment said that speaking to the media may ruin Sarah’s chances of charges being filed, and that in spite of all official signs indicating that the case is closed, it remains open. (Sarah confirms that she’s been told the same thing, but the SAO denies that the case is open.) According to the disposition statement, Sarah has the right to appeal that decision not to file charges. Jackelyn Barnard, SAO director of communications, said that Sarah’s appeal
would be decided by Corey. “They are talking about meeting in person so she can have this conversation in person with her,” Barnard says. Given that Corey has already spoken to Sarah and has been involved in this process every step of the way, it seems unlikely that an appeal would be successful. Barnard noted that if there were new evidence to consider, they might file charges. “I shouldn’t have to fight as hard as I’m fighting, you know, I shouldn’t have to contact the police department, I shouldn’t have to contact the mayor, the governor, the general state attorney, the representative of Florida … as a citizen and as a victim, you know, the State Attorney’s Office has denied me not once, but twice, for my day in court and that really is upsetting me. It really is,” Sarah says. Sarah worries that the ongoing struggle is unfairly taking her focus from her family. But in spite of that and her fears of again riding the rollercoaster of hopes built up and then crushed, she plans to appeal, even though she’s grown increasingly disillusioned with the particular brand of justice meted out by the State Attorney’s Office. “Honestly, I’m praying, I’m praying for a miracle,” she says. Claire Goforth mail@folioweekly.com _____________________________________ * FWM does not identify sexual assault survivors without their consent. ** Sarah’s alleged rapist is not identified because doing so would necessitate contacting him for comment and potentially reveal her identity. JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 11
i section features [ 12 ] HEALTH & BEAUTY DIRECTORY [ 15 ] FROM SLACKER TO BIOHACKER • My week on smart drugs [ 19 ] A STICKY, HAIRY SITUATION • Pouring on the training for the mane event [ 20 ] SUPERWHAT??!?! • Demystifying superfoods in the marketing age [ 23 ] EGO RIVER • One Folio Weekly Magazine staffer’s journey and experience with the practice of meditation ACUPUNCTURE, CHIROPRACTIC & MASSAGE THERAPY MARY APPLEBY, PA 4343 Colonial Ave., Jacksonville, 384-8989 With 20-plus years’ experience, licensed massage therapist Appleby provides neuromuscular and Swedish massage, lymphatic drainage. ABOUT ACUPUNCTURE & WELLNESS 2980 Hartley Rd., Ste. 1, Mandarin, 292-4151 Owner/practitioner Mary Romaine has a degree in acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and Oriental medicine and herbs, treating anxiety, pain, menopause, postpartum fatigue, depression. ABSOLUTE MEDICAL CLINICS 6947 Merrill Rd., Arlington, 743-2222, absolutemedicalclinic.com 2160 Dunn Ave., Northside 8081 Philips Hwy., Ste. 17, Southside 5913 Normandy Blvd., Ste. 13, Westside 904 Park Ave., Orange Park 470 Osceola Ave., Jax Beach 1940 S. 14th St., Fernandina Beach 665 S.R. 207, Ste. 106, St. Augustine Specialist in chiropractic, physical therapy, rehabilitation, neuromuscular technique and massage, Dr. Vipul Patel treats headaches, back and neck pain. ACTIVE CHIROPRACTIC WELLNESS CENTER 4111 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 398-4860, activechirocenter.com Chiropractic care, neuromuscular massage therapy, body scans nutrition and weight-loss counseling. ACUPUNCTURE & HOLISTIC HEALTH CENTER 4237 Salisbury Rd., Ste. 107, Southside, 296-9545, treatrootcause.com
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n November 1946, after 19 grueling months in office, President Harry S Truman received doctor’s orders for rest and relaxation, which he obliged with a stay at what is now called Truman’s Little White House in Key West. If you’ve ever taken a tour of the idyllic Conch Republic property, you already know what else the president’s physician prescribed as a daily regimen: Every morning, he was to take a shot of whiskey with his orange juice. You know … to take the edge off. Tenants at the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue White House have most certainly been better advocates for health in the nearly 60 years since. The last two presidents (Bush Two — a sober, ex-collegiatecheerleader-turned-avid-cyclist — and Obama — a former high school benchwarmer who takes his shots on the b-ball court and hits the weight room daily) are a good reflection of how physical fitness regimens have become a fairly typical component of the American lifestyle. And on the nutrition front, things have changed as well. Research has shifted the balance of weight-loss programs to focus more on the diet portion of the oft-prescribed diet-and-exercise. With things like positive psychology and a destigmatization of psychiatric therapy, slowly we’ve come to see health as even more of an encompassing pursuit than we once thought: Our mental health, as it turns out, subsequently affects our physical well-being. For our annual Health & Beauty issue — and with health being the ultimate measure of beauty — Folio Weekly Magazine contributors engaged in personal experiments in areas ranging from the superficial (hair care, p. 19) to the cognitive (coffee, p. 15) to the dietary (superfoods, p. 20) to the spiritual (meditation, p. 23), all in pursuit of understanding well-rounded health. While the results of these studies revealed complicated conclusions, we can say with conviction that there is certainly more to it than a shot of whiskey in the morning. We think. Read this issue in good health. Matthew B. Shaw mshaw@folioweekly.com
therapy, computerized gait scans, foot orthotics, therapy, kinesio taping and Graston technique for soft-tissue healing.
Michael Kowalski, AP, DA, offers acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage therapy and nutritional support to treat chronic and acute problems, cessation, detoxification, alternative pain management.
AMELIA MASSAGE ASSOCIATES INC. 1890 14th St., Ste. 100, Fernandina Beach, 415-5589, ameliaislandmassages.com Michael and Nancy Shores offer massage therapies: Swedish, maternity, hot lava stone, shiatsu oriental bar, foot reflexology, deep tissue.
ACUPUNCTURE-PLUS OF JACKSONVILLE 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 208, Mandarin, 742-2967, acupuncture-plus.com Traditional Chinese medicine by board-certified master acupuncture physician Mark Dedrick includes acupuncture (clean-needle certified), Chinese herbs.
A NEW U! HEALING ARTS CENTER 4570 St. Johns Ave., Ste. 4, Avondale, 389-0030, anewuhealingartscenter.com Certified natural healer Kimberly Reaves, licensed massage therapist, offers biofeedback, self-awareness, relaxation acupressure and massage.
ADVANCED CHIROPRACTIC NUTRITION CENTER 440 Third St., Ste. A, Neptune Beach, 249-5999, advancedchiropractic.biz Dr. Thomas Kiska, chiropractic physician and Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Nutrition, and Dr. Susan Shepler, chiropractic physician, offer bodybalancing through X-ray analysis, stretching techniques, massage therapy, nutrition, preventive health services.
A WAY OF LIFE ACUPUNCTURE 13000 Sawgrass Village Cir., Ste. 28, Ponte Vedra, 3738415, awayoflifeacupuncture.com NCCAOM board-certified physician Christine Yastrzemski offers acupuncture and herbal medicine, pain management, treatment for sports injuries, stress, migraines, facial rejuvenation, wellness care.
ALPHA SCHOOL OF MASSAGE 4642 San Juan Ave., Jacksonville, 389-9117, alphaschoolofmassage.com Experienced instruction in a training and clinical space where students practice on the public. Flexible schedules.
AWAKENING SPIRIT MASSAGE 246 Third St., Neptune Beach, 242-8998, massagejax.com 8380 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, Jacksonville, 731-2700 Massage therapy and holistic healing. Therapists practice Swedish, deep tissue, hot stone, neuromuscular, Reiki, traditional Thai massage.
ALTERMAN & JOHNSON FAMILY CHIROPRACTORS 423 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 247-3933, ajchiropractors.com Drs. Franca Alterman and Diane Johnson focus on prenatal chiropractic and drug-free spinal health. Yoga classes, nutritional support, licensed massage therapists.
BODYCOREX & KAI FITNESS 51 Pine St., Atlantic Beach, 859-3988, kai-fitness.com Dr. Scott Hernandez, CCEP, CES, ART, offers chiropractic joint manipulation, athletic performance care, triathlon active release therapy, corrective exercise, soft-tissue therapies, custom orthotics.
AMELIA CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 2888 S. Eighth St., Fernandina Beach, 321-0002, ameliachiropracticclinic.com Cox spinal decompression, massage and laser
BOHANNON CHIROPRACTIC 1901 University Blvd. W., Lakewood, 733-6665 Dr. Cynthia Bohannon’s chiropractic and alternative services include allergy elimination, frequency
specific microcurrent, vitamins and herbal formulas, acupuncture, massage, neuromuscular therapy. MICHAEL BROCK 183 Landrum Lane, Ste. 203, Ponte Vedra, 273-7090, pontevedramassage.com Deep-tissue work without pain. Brock is Florida licensed and American Massage Therapy Association insured. CHIROPRACTIC & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 1312 Dunn Ave., Northside, 757-4786, northsidechiro.com 6817 Southpoint Pkwy., Ste. 1704, 468-7246 Drs. Chris DeWeese and Steven Rhodes treat neck or spine pain sources with chiropractic care and treatment. CLASSICAL ACUPUNCTURE OF ARLINGTON INC. 1309 St. Johns Bluff Rd. N., 745-1735, acu-jax.com Licensed acupuncturist Michael Runyan practices with or without needles, treating pain, infertility, stress, fatigue. CYNTHIA’S MASSAGE STUDIO 808 Third St., Ste. C, Neptune Beach, 240-7050 Swedish, neuromuscular, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, Reiki energy, chakra balance, pain management, individual yoga instruction. DAVENPORT CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTER 2710 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 246-1512, davenportwellnesscenter.com Natural pain relief, spinal correction. DEBBIE YOUNG, AP 2850 Isabella Blvd., Jax Beach, 501-1632, debbieyoungap.com Traditional acupuncture, moxa, cupping, Chinese herbal medicine, medical qigong energy work, specializing in acute and chronic pain, stress reduction, women’s health. Shen zhen qigong classes. DEPREY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER 2180 A1A S., Ste. 100, St. Augustine, 471-2225, deprey-chiropractic.com Allen Deprey, DC, offers holistic chiropractic care for neck and spinal injuries, family and individual wellness plans, massage therapy, rehabilitation treatment.
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fibromyalgia pain, using nutritional response testing. Gentle spinal adjustments, rehabilitation, detoxification. SCOTT HARTSFIELD, LMT, CPT 745-1900 • Licensed massage therapist and certified personal trainer Hartsfield offers Reiki, reflexology, massage. Studio, outcalls. MURIEL HATTORI, LMT 674-4772; hattori888@comcast.net Hattori specializes in sports, relaxation, therapeutic and deep tissue massage, based on Asian and energy techniques, including Tui Na, Gua Sha, Shiatsu and Thai.
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HEALING EDGE MASSAGE THERAPY 2720 Park St., Riverside, 610-9507 Heather Edge offers neuromuscular therapy, deeptissue, Swedish and sports massage, relaxation therapy, acute/chronic pain relief.
DODD CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 2025 Park St., Riverside, 388-1811, doddchiropracticclinic.com Drs. Daniel and April Dodd offer spinal correction and adjustments, corrective exercises, nutritional counseling, massage therapy, spinal and postural screenings.
HEALING MASSAGE OF PONTE VEDRA 13000 Sawgrass Village Cir., 874-8613, pvmassage.com Emily Polatas, a licensed massage therapist, draws from appropriate techniques for clients.
DUNN WELLNESS CENTER 390 9th Ave. N., Jax Beach, 249-1551, dunnwellness.com Drs. Marcus Kampfe and Kim Johnston provide care for symptom relief with massage therapy, herbology.
HEALTH POINTE JACKSONVILLE 3840 Belfort Rd., Ste. 305, 448-0046, hpjax.com The acupuncture and wellness clinic offers acupuncture, Chinese medicine, therapeutic massage, infrared sauna treatments, nutritional counseling, sports rehab, pain management, fertility assistance.
DYNAMIC BODY THERAPIES 2225 A1A S., Ste. B-1, St. Augustine, 461-9901 Stephanie Joy MacDonald, CFP, LMT, and Glenn Gaffney, LMT, offer kinesis structural integration, massage therapy, craniosacral therapy, Reiki, therapies for stress, pain relief, injury rehab, cancer recovery. THE ELEMENTS MASSAGE, YOGA & PHYSICAL THERAPY 12795 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 9, Mandarin, 619-1587, elementsoftherapy.com 13740 Beach Blvd., Ste. 105, Intracoastal, 337-4159 Massages: hot-stone, deep tissue, sports, Swedish; facials, physical therapy, core-building yoga classes. Major insurances accepted.
HERITAGE INSTITUTE 4130 Salisbury Rd. N., 332-0910, heritage-education.com A massage-therapy school offers a comprehensive curriculum, extensive hands-on training, student massages, including Swedish, deep-tissue, sports and neuromuscular, in full or half sessions. HONEYSETT ACUPUNCTURE 1050 Riverside, 304-5011, honeysettacupuncture.com In Silver Chiropractic & Wellness Building, licensed acupuncture physician Haley Honeysett, A.P., provides effective treatments, utilizing traditional Chinese medicine in a modern clinic, treating a range of conditions including pain management, stress, infertility, weight loss, migraines, sports injuries.
FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC 10175 Fortune Pkwy., Ste. 304, Southside, 880-1889, familyacupunctureclinic.com Dr. Xiao Lu Luo, AP, DOM, has traditional Chinese medicine and integrative TCM and Western medicine training and clinical experience, specializing in pain management and migraine, infertility, addiction, smoking cessation.
ISELBORN CHIROPRACTIC & SPORTS MEDICINE 3355 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 731-3000, paincenterjax.com Dr. Anthony Iselborn treats sports and work-related injuries. Wellness care includes chiropractic adjustment, soft-tissue techniques, physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage, rehab exercise, nutritional support.
HAAS CHIROPRACTIC & NUTRITION CENTER 11481 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 405, Julington Creek, 260-1993, haasfamilychiropractic.com Dr. Haas treats migraine, neck and low back and
ISLAND REFLEXOLOGY 2382 Sadler Rd., Fernandina, 548-7111 Elke Schreiber, LMT, offers foot reflexology and Swedish massage at her studio, or in clients’ homes or offices.
JACKSONVILLE ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC 9066 Cypress Green Dr., Southside, 260-2598, jacksonvilleacupunctureclinic.com Licensed acupuncture physicians offer therapy and custom-made herbal medicine. JAX BEACH CHIROPRACTIC 2441 3rd St. S., Jax Beach, 372-0623, jaxbeachchiro.com Dr. Edgar Vesce uses diagnostic tools and a multidisciplinary approach to chiropractic care, massage therapy, rehabilitation exercise, decompression therapy. JULINGTON CREEK CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS CENTER, PA 485 S.R. 13, Ste. 3, 230-0080, julingtoncreekchiro.com Dr. Thomas Lahmann, certified in American Medical Association Guidelines for permanent impairment evaluations, uses chiropractic care, kinesiology and physical therapy modalities ultrasound, decompression, muscle stimulation to heal new or chronic injuries. KAM LEE ADVANCED ACUPUNCTURE CENTER 1835 East-West Pkwy., Ste. 5, Fleming Island, 2156111, kamleeacupuncture.com Specializing in Chinese balance method of acupuncture therapy for pain, using traditional herbal medicines, tai chi, kung fu. Services: nutritional therapy, N.A.E.T. allergy relief, self-defense, fitness classes. KRISTOL HEALING CENTER 2427 University Blvd. W., Lakewood, 739-5808, kristolhealingcenter.com Mariellen Kristol, AP, doctor of Oriental medicine, and Bruce Kristol, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and psychospiritual counselor, offer acupuncture, Chinese medical herbs, healing. Counseling, hypnosis, past-life regression. KUDOS MASSAGE THERAPY 525 Fourth St. N., Jax Beach, 608-9690 Pedro Figueroa has been practicing the art of massage for nearly 30 years. Fully licensed, he and his therapists offer deep tissue, myofascial, pregnancy, sports, Swedish and trigger point massages. JANE LANGFORD, LMT 3932 San Jose Park Dr., Mandarin, 737-0312 Langford offers therapeutic massage, Huma and Rosen Method bodywork, for areas of chronic stress and injury. DR. DONALD LOWERY 831-A Third St. N., Jax Beach, 339-0555, doctorlowery.com Licensed chiropractic physician Lowery offers therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, hypno-birthing classes, accident rehabilitation.
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Riverside’s got a brand new destination for getting in great shape with the addition of Verb Jax fitness facility.
<<< FROM PREVIOUS MANDARIN HEALING CENTER INC. 12627 San Jose, Ste. 504, 240-5927, art-of-healing.net Licensed acupuncturist Felicia Dyess, A.P., offers holistic healthcare through acupuncture, herbal therapy, nutritional and lifestyle counseling. Some insurances accepted. MASSAGE ENVY 865 Hibernia Rd., Ste. 103, Fleming Island, 529-7170, massageenvy.com 6331 Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 8, Ortega, 224-5405 13820 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 157, Julington, 262-5585 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 18, Intracoastal, 394-2500 4375 Southside Blvd., Ste. 10, Tinseltown, 483-2233 3940 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 746-4440 Swedish, deep tissue, sports, prenatal, trigger point, cranial-sacral and reflexology massage; facials, environmental exposure and sensitive skin. MASSAGE FIRST 3864 San Jose Park Dr., Mandarin, 737-8552 Neuromuscular, deep tissue and myofascial therapies for soft tissue pain. Acupuncture, chiropractic, laser available. Most insurances, PIP accepted. MASSAGE HEIGHTS 4866 Big Island Dr., 400-7777, massageheights.com 725 Nautica Dr., Ste. 104, 677-5149 Therapeutic massage with aromatherapy, hot stone therapy, peppermint foot scrub, hot towel cold stone face massage by experienced, licensed massage therapists. McGOWAN SPINAL REHABILITATION CLINIC 4617 Brentwood Ave., 350-5544, mcgowansrc.com Relief from accidents, sports injury, soft-tissue injury, chronic pain. Onsite diagnostics. Accepts auto insurance. McGUFFIN SMITH CHIROPRACTIC 1123 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 372-0322, mcguffinsmithchiros.com Drs. Suzy McGuffin and Sean Smith use diversified, Thompson, sacro-occipital, activator, toggle and extremity adjustments to treat pain management. MIND BODY SPIRIT WELLNESS CENTER 13121 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 4, Southside, 220-6461, mbsjax.com 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., Ste. 108, Northside, 751-1040 Acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy. Fullservice day spa specializes in hair, skin, nail care. MONAHAN MEDICAL & CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 419-A Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 824-8353 Traditional and alternative care for whiplash, accidents, headaches, sciatica/radiating pain. Laser, oral and IV chelation, hormonal balance, myofascial pain/fibromyalgia treatment, nutrition, hyperbaric chamber, massage. CAROLYN MUDGETTE, LMT 2180 A1A S., Ste. 203, St. Augustine, 461-5699 Mudgette, nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork, incorporates Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular massage, structural energetic therapy. OPACHICH WELLNESS CENTER 1610 Blanding Blvd., Westside, 387-4151, allergifree.com Dr. Patrick Opachich, chiropractic orthopedic specialist, offers care for spinal problems, counsels on nutrition, diet and weight control, using a holistic, drug-free approach. Massage therapy, allergy elimination. R.G. PACKO 240 Ponte Vedra Park Dr., Ste. 150, 285-2243, votedbestdoctor.com Dr. Packo offers medical care, physical therapy and massage to treat back pain, sports injuries, herniated disks, arthritis, carpal tunnel, fibromyalgia, sciatica. Decompression therapy, acupuncture available.
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PAIN RELIEF CENTRE 165 Southpark Blvd., Stes. C & D, St. Augustine, 8238833, painreliefcentre.net Scott Fechter, DC and Scott Michaels, DC, provide chiropractic care, massage therapy, detoxification treatments, muscle rehabilitation, darkfield microscopy, heavy metal detox, allergy sensitivity release to treat fibromyalgia, neck pain, fatigue, accident injuries. PONTE VEDRA THERAPY 151 Sawgrass Corners Dr., Ste. 117, 285-3315, pontevedratherapy.com Massage therapy and chiropractic care from Dr. Adam Chaifetz, in practice since 1988 and dual certified in massage therapy and chiropractic medicine. POPWELL & STALNAKER CHIROPRACTIC CENTER 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 204, 996-2243, drzackjacksonvillechiro.com Drs. Lee Popwell and Zack Stalnaker offer corrective exercises, lifestyle advice, nutritional counseling, massage therapy, spinal and postural screenings. SOMA MASSAGE & WELLNESS CENTER 1147 Edgewood Ave. S., Westside, 699-7571, somamassageandwellness.net Massage, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, workshops and classes.
9446 Philips Hwy., Ste. 3, Southside, 348-5511 Massages include medical, deep tissue, sports, neuromuscular to alleviate pain and stiffness. THE WRIGHT CENTER OF MASSAGE THERAPY 8777 San Jose, Ste. 701, 448-9448, wrightcenter.com LMTs specialize in neuromuscular, deep-tissue, hot stone, myofascial, massage therapies, with lypossage, bodysculpting, facials, Swedish massage, advanced bodyworks.
FITNESS, GYMS & TRAINERS 1ST PLACE SPORTS 3931 Baymeadows Rd., Mandarin, 731-3676, 4870 Big Island Dr., 620-9991, 1stplacesports.com Running specialty store offers footwear, apparel and accessories, and organizes local runs. ANYTIME FITNESS 4268 Oldfield Crossing Dr., Ste. 201, Mandarin, 2680411, anytimefitness.com 11915 Beach Blvd., Intracoastal, 807-9800 5613 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 2, Lakewood, 731-7900 The 24-hour, 365-days-a-year fitness center offers free weights, resistance training, cardio and personal trainers.
SURFSIDE CHIROPRACTIC 469 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 8, Atlantic Beach, 241-8302, surfchiro.com Chiropractic care in a relaxing, creative atmosphere. Dr. Nick Baiata offers cooking classes and art therapy.
BAILEY’S POWERHOUSE GYM 753 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 2, Atlantic Beach, 242-4967, baileysgym.com 9550 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 739-2900 1352 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5227 11740 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 2, Mandarin, 880-1067 9545 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 3, San Jose, 880-4858 7001 Merrill Rd., Arlington, 744-7580 2485 Monument Rd., Ste. 16, Arlington, 641-9300 1102 Dunn Ave., Northside, 696-7966 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 6, Orange Park, 264-0312 7500 Beach Blvd., Southside, 721-7773 8206 Philips Hwy., Ste. 1, Baymeadows 6254 103rd St., Westside, 551-5339 24-hour access club has cardiovascular and resistance training gear, classes in cardio dance, kickbox, Pilates, step, yoga, cycling.
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE & NATURAL SKIN CARE 850 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 819-1992 Deborah Perrella, LMT, offers deep-tissue, neuromuscular and stress-relief massage, specializing in holistic therapies for pain relief and injury recovery.
BEACHES JAZZERCISE FITNESS CENTER 311 10th Ave. N., Ste. 309, Jax Beach, 246-7211, jazzercise.com Choreographed to music, Jazzercise is a fusion of jazz dance, resistance training, Pilates, yoga, kickboxing.
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH OF PONTE VEDRA INC. 183 Landrum Lane, Ste. 203, 273-8838, ttouchpv.com Terri Bishop-Brahen, RN, LMT, LLCC, offers lymphatic drainage therapy for immune system function, teaching management of lymphedema.
BOLD CITY CROSSFIT 9655 Florida Mining Blvd. W., Stes. 407 & 408, Southside, 860-2653, boldcitycrossfit.com The training facility offers a simplified approach to fitness: coaches teach small groups dynamic, functional movements emphasize full body motion.
SUNSHINE HEALING ARTS ACUPUNCTURE 2320 Third St. S., Ste. 12, Jax Beach, 881-8080, sunshinehealingfl.com Acupuncture and herbal medicine formulas. Robin Douglas, AP, specializes in pain management, mental/ emotional wellness, women’s health, treatment of colds, flu and so-called mystery diseases.
THERAPYWORKS MASSAGE THERAPY 1819 Hendricks Ave., Stes. 2 & 3, San Marco, 348-5511, therapyworksinc.com 1409 Kingsley Ave., Ste. A, Orange Park, 348-5511
BULLDOG BOXING 12041 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, Intracoastal West, 982-0063 This gym, with a family-friendly environment, uses a
boxing workout to help folks reach their specific fitness goals. Bulldog also trains competitive fighters. CHANGES IN MOTION 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., 998-9980, changesinmotion.com Private studio offers Pilates, springboard, yoga, spinning, Nordic walking classes, one-on-one or small group classes, massages, facials, chromotherapy, body treatments. CROME FITNESS 7643 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 108, Southside, 551-6998, crome@cro.me The concept is Challenging Results-Oriented Measured Exercise, using daily workouts to reach fitness goals, led by certified instructors. CROSSFIT JAX 2593 Mayport Rd., Ste. 105, Atlantic Beach, 853-6843, crossfitjax.com Training facility offers strength-and-conditioning, with Dynamax balls, free weights, kettlebells, pull-up bars. CROSS TRAINING SAN MARCO 1722 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 619-3113, crosstrainingsanmarco.com The personal-training studio has certified personal trainers who balance strength training and cardiovascular exercises for weight loss without losing muscle or to build strength without building mass. DANCE TRANCE FITNESS 214 Orange St., Neptune Beach, 246-4600, dancetrancefitness.com 1515 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, 390-0939 The global dance fitness program originated locally; it’s designed for dance fitness enthusiasts bored with their workout routine. FIT LIFE JAX 10290 Philips Hwy., Ste. 3, Southside, 886-2348, fitlifejax.com One-on-one personal training, nutrition programs, group training, Kids Fit, seniors’ classes, post-rehabilitation, assisted programs, basic monthly memberships. FITT FOR LIFE 9545 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 860-0153, 417-8796, fittforlife.com Fitness training program, Pilates instructors, nutrition advisors and boxing coaches. Private studio training, in-home personal training. HEALTHY OUTLOOK INC. 11645 Beach Blvd., Ste. 101, Jacksonville, 928-9777, healthyoutlookjax.com
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MY WEEK ON SMART DRUGS
FROM SLACKER TO BIOHACKER I’M CURRENTLY WRITING THIS
article under the influence of a life-hacked, highperformance brain tonic known as Bulletproof Coffee — and it’s awesome. After working in the health and wellness industry for nearly 15 years, I’m no stranger to radical health claims: “This drink made of pressed Amazonian berries will help you lose 20 pounds in an hour … this llama milk will help you pack on 20 pounds of muscle … this potion of herbs makes you an all-night lover [I’ve got this base covered, thank you very much].” So I was immediately skeptical of Bulletproof Coffee, as it just seemed like yet another proprietary get-rich-quick health food fad destined for the dumpster of failed ’80s infomercial products — The :08 Minute Abs routine, the sauna suit, and everyone’s Three’s Company bunny, Suzanne Somers’ ThighMaster. But there might actually be something to putting butter and short-chain fat molecules into your mold-free coffee. After four days of drinking the brew, I didn’t experience the caffeine surge from my regular cup of Joe. The energy was more sustained throughout the day, craving food was nonexistent, and there was an increase in mental clarity. My regular thought patterns were somewhat akin to a symphony of exploding fireworks, but while on Bulletproof Coffee, they felt more like a four-stroke internal combustion engine. Dave Asprey, founder of the Bulletproof movement, came upon the idea for his buttered coffee empire on a trip to Tibet. As Englishmen in London drink hot tea every day, Tibetans drink tea with yak butter, to stay warm. Asprey, a self-confessed disciple of biohacking — the search for an enhanced lifestyle through technology — felt a massive impact on his cognitive function and set out to uncover the mysteries of his buttered tea. The result is proprietary, upgraded Bulletproof Coffee (read: the cleanest, wet-process (or washed-process, high-altitude Central American beans) blended with grass-fed, unsalted butter and Bulletproof ’s proprietary Brain Octane Oil. The business and innovation magazine Fast Company dubbed the concoction “The New Power Drink of Silicon Valley,” as a growing collection of A-list techies, celebrities, and athletes have adopted the drink for mental clarity and enhanced performance. Asprey claims that Bulletproof Coffee, in addition to a few other life hacks, boosted his IQ by 20 points (a claim not scientifically substantiated). Either way, there’s no doubting the success of his efforts. Millions of unique hits a year on his website, podcasts, books, life-hack products, and the first freestanding Bulletproof Coffee
Shop opened last year in — of course — Santa Monica (with more in the works), Asprey’s coffee concoction is turning heads. Digging deeper into the ingredients, Asprey rings the warning bells on mycotoxins (mold toxins) found on regularly processed coffee beans. On his website, bulletproofexec.com, there’s a claim that 91 percent of green coffee beans were contaminated by mycotoxins in a study that tested 60 coffee bean varieties. The claim is that the mold robs the beans of their natural performance and health effects. The second key to Bulletproof Coffee is unsalted (because who wants salt in their coffee?), pasture-fed butter from cows. Healthier butter is yellow due to its high-quality fat and nutrient content. Grass-fed butter is also higher than grain-fed butter in omega-3 fatty acids, CLA, beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamin D, vitamin E, and antioxidants. The final ingredient to the magic elixir is the proprietary Brain Octane Oil, a purified form of high-MCT oil found in coconuts. What makes the oil so special is that it’s a specific carbon chain of molecules engineered for a person’s body to absorb rapidly and convert to ketones, brain fuel more efficient than glucose. My wife, one of the many morning zombies for whom coffee is a necessity, was skeptical about the mission to biohack my body for the betterment of Northeast Florida Folio Weekly Magazine readers, but she grudgingly agreed to come along on the buttery journey of Bulletproof coffee. After four days of creamy, palate-pleasing oily coffee, the results were good. As parents of a four-year-old high-energy boy and a six-week-old newborn, grabbing a filling breakfast isn’t easy most mornings. I usually leave the house with only a cup of regular, black coffee in a cup to sip on to get me through the morning. It doesn’t take long to feel the pangs of hunger and seek out real food. After trying Bulletproof Coffee in the morning, I was noticeably more energetic and lacked the serious food cravings I’d experienced in the past. In addition, my memory and concentration appeared to be sharper, creating an overall sense of well-being. Biohacking will undoubtedly become a larger movement in the next few years. Perhaps the slippery slope forward into a more enhanced lifestyle starts with one sip of hot, buttered coffee. Asprey, quoted in Bloomberg Business, said, “Drinking Bulletproof and taking smart drugs in the morning is epic. There’s no better way to start the day.” I could not agree more … wait, did he say smart drugs? Keith Marks mail@folioweekly.com JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 15
SYNERGY STUDIO 3576 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 387-9355 1555 San Marco Blvd., 536-1829, synergypilatesPT.com Group, semi-private and private Pilates by appointment. Therapeutic and relaxation massage and physical therapy.
In addition to sponsoring some of the area’s most fun running events, 1st Place Sports in Mandarin has the gear the serious runner needs.
TRUFIT PERSONAL TRAINING 525 Third St. N., Ste. 100, Jax Beach, 372-4277 Strength training with a certified trainer, nutrition tips, custom cardio plan.
<<< FROM PREVIOUS A comprehensive approach to permanent weight loss is offered, with specialized plans. JAX TRAINER 422-6218, jaxtrainer.com Daniel Weisner, certified advanced personal fitness trainer and licensed massage therapist, in a private studio, offering training for flexibility, muscle tone, strength; Pilates instruction, nutrition coaching. JUST FITNESS 4 U 11262 Beach Blvd., Southside, 338-0644, jf4ujax.com 10950 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 15, Mandarin, 268-2141 Exclusive personal training, state-of-the-art cardio equipment, group fitness classes for all levels, child care, cardio theatre room. KAI FITNESS 51 Pine St., Atlantic Beach, 859-2010, kai-fitness.com Private fitness studio has a Kinesis wall. Workshops in supplementation, exercise, spinal hygiene. MOMENTUM FITNESS & HEALTH STUDIOS 5150 Palm Valley Rd., Ste. 107, Ponte Vedra, 504-9894, momentum-pt.net Private fitness studio offers personal and small group training, nutrition counseling, self-defense for women and children, weight loss. NORTH BEACH CLUB & SPA 450 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 247-5552, northbeachclubandspa.com Workout rooms feature strength and cardio equipment; aerobic studios, salon/spa, saunas, massages, nail salon, waxing, skin care. Classes: yoga, Hatha yoga, Pilates, martial arts, aerobics, group fitness, personal training, step. Childcare, tanning available. NORTH FLORIDA GYMNASTICS & CHEERLEADING 12777 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 6, Intracoastal, 221-5544, nfgymcheer.com Start ’em young: this place offers quality, safe gymnastics instruction in a healthful learning environment, for kids of all ages and ability levels. The parent-tot class is a favorite of fitness-minded moms and dads. OUT THE BOX FITNESS, YOGA & MORE 636 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, 385-0384, otbfit.com Daily classes. Private personal training, Pilates and yoga sessions available; group classes in Pilates, yoga, tai chi. PILATES ON 3RD 319 10th Ave. N., Jax Beach, 917-664-2972, pilatesonthird.com Urban fitness studio offers personalized programs, high-energy reformer classes, mat classes, yoga, TRX suspension, kids’ programs. PONTE VEDRA FITNESS CENTER 830 A1A N., 285-8223, pontevedrafitness.com Group fitness, cycle classes, yoga, zumba. POWER PILATES PLUS 13474 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 103, Intracoastal, 518-5889, powerpilatespluscycling.com The business offers Pilates, cycling and barre. The Pilates and barre sessions are full body, low impact workouts with varying ranges of intensity, designed to quickly sculpt and transform the entire body. The bikes swivel, tilt and turn as you pedal, a method designed to burn 20 percent more calories. SALOMON SERVICES INTENSE FITNESS TRAINING 1100 Plantation Island Dr. S., St. Augustine, 461-9945, salomonservices.com Consultation and coaching in a private state-ofthe-art facility, features sport-specific plans for off-season, pre-season and in-season training, plus post-injury rehab.
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VERB JAX 1534 Oak St., Ste. 201, Riverside, 677-4125, verbjax.com The new full function facility helps members reach overall health goals in a gym that thinks outside the box. Upscale amenities, personal service. Call for membership details, and schedules. WORLD GYM 14255 Beach Blvd., Ste. A, Jax Beach, 821-5101, worldgym.com 1650 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine, 829-3443 1947 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 471-8887 State-of-the-art health facilities provide a nonintimidating environment; fitness equipment, free weights, health and fitness and aerobics classes, indoor basketball court, kids’ club, tanning, steam rooms, personal trainers, kickboxing, massage therapy. WORLD MARTIAL ARTS JAX 2421 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 119, Southside, 6837683, worldmartialartsjax.com Mixed martial arts, self-defense, Muay Thai kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, children’s mixed martial arts, heavy bags, core and strength training, and Erik Paulson’s combat submission wrestling. YMCA OF FLORIDA’S FIRST COAST 12735 Gran Bay Pkwy., Ste. 250, Jacksonville, 2651783, firstcoastymca.org First Coast YMCAs offer aerobics, dance, circuit training, cycling, yoga, strength training, diabetes programs, health screenings, massage therapy, stroke wellness, swim lessons, lifeguard training, aqua aerobics. Sports leagues and workshops, too.
HEALTH FOOD & NUTRITION BIO-MAX HEALTH FOOD & WELLNESS 299 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 1, Atlantic Beach, 246-1634, facebook.com/biomaxstore Nutritional and health food, vitamins, supplements, herbs, sports nutrition products, organic fruits, vegetables, gluten-free items, alternative breads, pastas. THE GRANARY WHOLE FOODS 1738 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, 269-7222, thegranarywholefoods.com Offering bulk foods, herbs, spices, organic produce, frozen foods, groceries, natural health/beauty items, household products, vitamins, herbs and homeopathic remedies. Classes in Pilates, yoga, tai chi. GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET 2007 Park St., Riverside, 384-4474, thegrassrootsnaturalmarket.com GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET II 1915 East-West Pkwy., Fleming Island, 541-0009, grassrootsnaturalfoods.com Fresh produce, herbs, vitamins, frozen food, juice/ smoothie bar, gourmet cheeses, natural and organic items, supplements. Craft beers, organic wines, readymade take-away meals are available at the Riverside store. Both stores open daily. GREEN MAN GOURMET 3543 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 384-0002, greenmangourmet.com Organic and natural products, spices, blends, salts, teas, beer and wine, dairy, culinary accessories; wine and cheese samplings. JAX SPORTS NUTRITION 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 37, Intracoastal, 220-2833, myjaxnutrition.com 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 14, 374-4708 Jax Sports provides more than 2,000 quality health products and nutrition supplements, sports nutrition and wellness information.
MANATEE CAFÉ 525 S.R. 16, Ste. 106, St. Augustine, 826-0210 Owner/chef Cheryl Crosley prepares organic, vegetarian meals: veggie omelets, veggie pitas, burritos, tofu Reubens, miso and vegetable soup, hummus, tabouli. The Health Food Market offers the same ingredients used in the cafe’s dishes. NASSAU HEALTH FOODS 833 TJ Courson Rd., Fernandina Beach, 277-3158, nassauhealthfoods.net Locally owned and operated; complete natural foods store. Items for homeopathy, aromatherapy and sports nutrition, large selection of national brand supplements, bulk foods, body care products, 21-day raw food challenge. Organic produce, frozen foods, vegetarian items, in-store café. Open Mon.-Sat. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS 10000 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 260-6950, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 269-2791, nativesunjax.com 1585 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 458-1390 Extensive selection of all-natural, organic vitamins and supplements, essential fatty acids, greens, herbs; products for homeopathy, beauty care, weight loss. Organic and natural products and produce are free of GMOs, preservatives, chemicals, hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors/flavors, nitrates, antibiotics, growth hormones. NATURAL MEDICINE STORE 1891 Beach Blvd., Ste. 100, Jax Beach, 249-4372 A natural health food store offering a complete line of vitamin supplements, herbs, organic foods, aromatherapy items, natural cosmetics, organic wine, homeopathic products, natural hormone replacement alternatives. PALMETTO ORGANICS 115 Orange St., Neptune Beach, 534-7027, palmettoorganics.com Member-based organic produce home-delivery company passionate about health benefits of organic produce. PLANET SMOOTHIE 1547 University Blvd. W., Ste. 1, Lakewood, 419-6161 2245 Plantation Center Dr., Orange Park, 215-0350 1540 Wells Rd., Ste. 9, Orange Park, 278-3131 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 405, Jacksonville, 388-4156 Fruit and juice smoothies to which customers add nutritional products to promote energy, wellness, protein or weight loss. Lakewood and Orange Park locations offer wrap sandwiches. Open daily. THE PRESENT MOMENT CAFÉ 224 W. King St., St. Augustine, 827-4499, thepresentmomentcafe.com Raw, organic, vegan, vegetarian dishes, prepared without meat, dairy or oven. Beer and organic wines are also served. Take-out available. PULP JUICE BAR 1962 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, 396-9222, pulpaddiction.com Freshly blended, all-natural, offering a variety of healthy, natural juices, frozen yogurt, smoothies and coffees with no syrups, packets, additives, sprays or pumps.
SMOOTHIE KING 13770 Beach Blvd., Southside, 821-1771 13457 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 1, Southside, 221-1299 1661 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 389-0011 4624 Town Crossing Dr., 996-2889 790 Skymarks Dr., Northside, 527-8329 9810 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 4A, Southside, 642-1777 1835 U.S. 1 S., Ste. 113, St. Augustine, 825-6770 1020 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 246-6336 445 S.R. 13, Julington Creek, 230-3193 Most smoothies have no fat and few calories. Energy and strength-building ingredients may be added upon request. Vitamins, herbs, diet aids and health foods. TEA HAUS 353 Sixth Ave. S., Jax Beach, 803-1407, teahausjax.com The tea-tenders here offer an organic array of spirited classic teas: green, black, oolong, white, roobus and puerh, as well as seasonal teas, fresh juices, haus kefir and gluten-free vegan dishes. Not just a tea lounge – there’s a holistic walk-in clinic providing herbal prescriptions to improve one’s well-being. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. WEISE NATURAL FOOD SHOPPE & PRESCRIPTION SHOP 4343 Colonial Ave., Jacksonville, 388-1564, 384-4642 Pharmacists consult in nutrition, fitness, homeopathic, veterinary products. Weise features a drive-through window, juice bar, parking. Massage therapy and individual nutritional programs. WHOLE FOODS MARKET 10601 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 22, Mandarin, 288-1100, wholefoodsmarket.com More than 100 prepared items at a full-service and self-service hot bar, salad bar, soup bar, dessert bar. The Whole Body Department has natural body care items, cosmetics, nutritional supplements, vitamins, all free of chemicals and fillers.
HOLISTIC CARE & NATURAL THERAPIES ALLERGY ASTHMA 4131 University Blvd. S., Ste. A-4, Southside,733-6487, khona.com Dr. Tracy Sinha Khona treats allergies, asthma and hives. ALTERNATIVE WELLNESS CENTER 1122 Third St., Ste. 1, Neptune Beach, 241-5566, nikilamont.com Professional wellness coach Niki LaMont helps accelerate potential, using hypnosis, energy, color therapy. AWAKENING SPIRIT MASSAGE & WELLNESS 246 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 242-8998, awakeningspiritmassage.com 8380 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 731-2700 254 Third St., Neptune Beach, 249-7500 The spiritually oriented holistic living centers offer massage, sound healing, Entopan energy healing, yoga, meditation, chakra balancing. BACK TO BALANCE AYURVEDA 1807 Penman Rd. N., Neptune Beach, 372-3543, backtobalanceayurveda.com
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MEDICAL & SURGICAL TREATMENT ACADEMIC DERMATOLOGY CONSULTANTS P.A. 1514 Nira St., Southbank, 387-4991, jaxderm.com Dr. Michael Bernhardt and Julie Thomas, PA, provide treatments for acne, skin cancers, eczema, scabies, warts; chemical peels, facials, Botox, Restylane, microdermabrasion. ALLURE COSMETIC MEDICAL CENTER 664 Kingsley Ave., Ste. 106, Orange Park, 269-1509, allurecosmeticmedicalcenter.com Dr. Antoinette Lloyd offers treatments for acne, wrinkles, sunspots, spider veins, hair loss.
<<< FROM PREVIOUS By utilizing simple, practical and affordable methods such as diet, routine, oils, meditation and yoga, a practitioner can prevent imbalances and begin to heal. BEACHES ACU-MEDICAL CENTER 4745 Sutton Park Court, Ste. 503, Southside, 821-9535, beachesacumedical.com Blending Chinese medicine with modern science, Toni Krehel, AP, uses frequency-specific microcurrent with herbs, homeopathy, iridology and kinesiology to help those with difficult-to-treat chronic illness. BODYWISE STUDIOS 2706 Old Moultrie Rd., St. Augustine, 794-6760, bodywise.ent Pilates studio and center for well-being with a holistic approach to physical therapy and fitness. Individual and shared sessions, certified Pilates instructors. CHOISSER HYPERBARIC 2140 Kingsley Ave., Ste. 9, Orange Park, 375-2070, choisserhyperbarics.com Hyperbaric oxygen therapy delivers 100 percent oxygen within a pressurized chamber to treat autism, dementia, diabetes, wound care, other ailments. MARJORIE DICKINSON, LMT 945-4540, marjorielmt.blogspot.com • Dickinson is a certified reflexologist, therapeutic bodyworker. DOME HEALING CENTER 5024 First Coast Hwy., Fernandina, 277-3663, domehealingcenter.com Cindy and Don Murphy offer holistic massage therapy, craniosacral massage, foot reflexology, yoga, meditation, deep cleansing facials. THE ESSENTIAL WELLNESS CENTER 13400 Sutton Park Dr. S., Ste. 1502, 223-6882, theessentialwellnescenter.com Sharon Knapp, LMT, CNMT, offers craniosacral, somatoemotional release and neuromuscular therapies. HEALER ONE 1122 Third St., Ste. 1, Neptune Beach, 242-0012, healeronejax.com Owner Carol Meyer, a Brennan Energy practitioner, is a certified Transformational Breath Facilitator. Private sessions, workshops, groups available. HEALING WATERS CLINIC & HERB SHOP 26 Clark St., St. Augustine, 826-1965, healingwatersclinic.com Western, Chinese, Ayurvedic remedies, folk/Western herbs, teas, patents, tinctures. Certified, trained nutritionist and herbalist. Massages: deep-tissue, craniosacral, lymphatic, neuromuscular, reflexology.
DOCTORS EXPRESS 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 5, Intracoastal, 221-9110, doctorsexpressjacksonville.com Urgent care clinic offers family care in a state-of-the-art medical center that’s open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
DOWNTOWN DENTAL ASSOCIATES AMERICAN HEART/STROKE ASSOCIATION 223 W. Adams St., 356-0072, wittendental.com 5851 St. Augustine Rd., 256-5700, heart.org Programs tailored to teach folks to build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease. Pamper yourself and reveal your most beautiful self at Anthony’s Et Al European Day ATLANTIC EYE Spa & Salon in Mandarin. INSTITUTE 3316 Third St. S., Ste. 103, Jax Beach, 2417865, theeyeguys.com 6207 Bennett Rd., Southside, 731-7500, atlanticeyeinstitute.com LASIK, refractive cataract surgery, oculoplastic surgery, medical eye care, including exams.
for clinical and academic achievements of over 25 years, offers eye exams, cataract surgery, muscle surgery, PRK, refractive lens exchange. JACKSONVILLE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE 1325 San Marco Blvd., 858-6400, joionline.net 1577 Roberts Dr., Ste. 225, Jax Beach, 241-1204 1845 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 405, 276-5776 2 Shircliff Way, Ste. 300, Riverside, 388-1400 12276 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 288-9604 Therapies: aqua, hand, occupational, pre- and post-operative, biomechanical analysis, sports injury, work injury rehabs. Athletic trainers, hand therapists, manual therapists, strength/conditioning therapists, occupational/physical therapists on staff.
CALLOWAY CENTER 6000 Sawgrass Village Cir., Ste. B-1, Ponte Vedra, 273-8280, callowaymd.com Dr. Daniel Calloway offers liposculpture, face/neck lifts, breast augmentation, tummy tucks and facial procedures. CENTER FOR POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME 14540 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 2503, Southside, 281-0119, firmjax.com Polycystic ovarian syndrome causes acne, irregular menstrual cycles, dark hair growth and possible infertility if not controlled. Board-certified endocrinologists Drs. Kevin Winslow, Daniel Duffy, Michael Freeman and Travis McCoy are qualified to help those with PCOS. Registered dietician and a laser hairremoval technician on staff. CHOKSHI VISION CENTER 1325 San Marco Blvd., Ste. 900, 346-3506, seeclearjax.com Drs. Amit Chokshi, Kim Riordan and Gerard Coluccelli are board-certified ophthalmologists offering advanced technology in eye care. DR. CLAYMAN’S PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER 2 Shircliff Way, Ste. 200, Riverside, 208-2727 Drs. Loren and Mark Clayman’s trained estheticians, massage therapists and laser hair professionals offer Botox, Juvederm, breast enlargement or reduction, face lifts, eyelid surgery, liposculpture, rhinoplasty, tummy tucks, laser hair removal.
HEALTHQUEST INSTITUTE & WELLNESS CENTER 9471 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 402, 733-4577 Vitamin C infusion, chelation therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, acupuncture, weight loss management; medical doctor-supervised addiction programs.
CONCENTRA PHYSICAL THERAPY 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 7, Intracoastal, 221-1285, concentra.com A subsidiary of Humana Inc., Concentra is dedicated to quality patient care, offering specialized treatment for musculoskeletal injuries, using an early intervention approach designed to help patients recover quickly, with fewer therapy sessions.
THE LOHAD CENTER 8761 Perimeter Park Blvd., Southside, 645-8778, lohadcenter.com Anti-aging wellness center offers bio-identical hormone replacement, doctor-supervised weight management, digestive counseling, B12 injections, non-surgical cosmetics and spa treatments.
COSMETIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY CENTER 6867 Belfort Oaks Place, Southside, 296-2008, jacksonvilleplasticsurgerybyduffy.com Dr. Michael Duffy, certified plastic surgeon, offers abdominoplasty, rhinoplasty, face lift, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation. Aesthetician Kimberly Tatham offers skin care, peels, products. Financing available.
TIMOTHY A. REEP, LMT 2850 Isabella Blvd., Ste. 50, Jax Beach, 241-1447 Reep, Master Bodyworker, certified neuromuscular therapist and myofascial release specialist practices craniosacral therapy and pediatric therapy.
DENTAL ARTS OF FLORIDA 7645 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 103, Southside, 998-9820, dentalartsfl.com Family and cosmetic dentistry, veneers, restoration, Invisalign, implants, crowns, root canals, dentures.
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DESAI CENTER OF PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 14540 Old St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 2391, 262-3372, plasticsurgeryjacksonville.com Drs. Ankit Desai and Michael Fallucco offer breast augmentation, liposuction, facelift, body lift.
Drs. Paul and Andrew Witten have owned and operated this practice for over 40 years, specializing in general and cosmetic dentistry. EYE CARE FOR YOU 13119 Professional Dr., Ste. 100, Intracoastal, 6838444, eyecareforyou.net Dr. Allan Tirado practices corneal molding therapy, prescribes therapeutic contacts or magnifiers for those with eye impairments. FACIAL REJUVENATION CENTRE 1750 Tree Blvd., Ste. 10, St. Augustine, 810-5434 Dr. Deidre Leake, board-certified facial plastic surgeon, and Dr. Patrick Angelos offer face, neck, eyelid, laser hair removal, rhinoplasty, hair transplants, fractional co2, photofacials, injectables. GULANI VISION INSTITUTE 8075 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 102, Southside, 296-3937, gulanivision.com Dr. Arun Gulani, American Board certified Lasik and cataract eye surgeon, treats nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and cataracts. SAM HANANIA, DMD, PA 14815 Mandarin Rd., 685-8851, smyledoctor.com Dr. Hanania practices all phases of dentistry, including cosmetic dentistry, Zoom whitening, invisible braces. HARMONY MEDICAL 301 Health Park Blvd., Ste. 109, St. Augustine, 2451320, anhvumed.com Non-surgical body contouring, liposuction, breast augmentations, face/neck lifts, Botox, Juvederm, Vi Peels, facials, individualized MedSpa treatments. JACKSONVILLE COSMETIC SURGERY CENTER 820 Prudential Dr., Ste. 702, Southbank, 399-5061, ahnezami.com Board-certified Dr. A.H. Nezami offers plastic and cosmetic surgery: breast augmentation, lift/reduction, liposuction, facelift, Botox, Juvederm, skin care. JACKSONVILLE EYE CENTER 2001 College St., Riverside, 355-5555, drschnipper.com Dr. Robert Schnipper, an ophthalmic surgeon recognized
LASIK PLUS VISION CENTER 8705 Perimeter Park Blvd., Ste. 10, Southside, 866755-2026, lasikplus.com Board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. Jeffrey Robin has performed laser vision correction for over 20 years. SELENA L. MARCHAN, DMD, PA 13475 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 36, Intracoastal, 221-5678, atlanticbeachdental.com In Harbour Village center near Queen’s Harbour; provides treatment for the family, including preventive/diagnostic, restorative and cosmetic procedures (Zoom in-office whitening and Invisalign), veneers, crowns and bonding. MARSHALL FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC 7807 Baymeadows Rd. E., Ste. 201, 306-7777, maximizedlivingdrmarshall.com Detox program, corrective care chiropractic, nutrition counseling, personal training. HOLLY NADJI, DMD 7807 Baymeadows Rd. S., Ste. 206, Baymeadows, 7311919, gentleladydentist.com Dr. Nadji and her stellar staff practice cosmetic, general, restorative and preventive dentistry and Invisalign technology, demonstrating exceptional patient care. NEW WAY HEARING 1482 Park Ave., Orange Park, 644-8779, newwayhearingaids.com 10752 Deerwood Park Blvd., Ste. 107, Southside Provides personalized hearing care including diagnostic evaluations, education and rehabilitation tools to ensure the correct hearing solutions are utilized. NORTH FLORIDA DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES, P.A. 1541 Riverside Ave., 354-4488, nfderm.com 9191 Skinner Pkwy., Stes. 202 & 203, Southside 1495 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park 50 A1A N., Ste. 103, Ponte Vedra 200 Southpark Blvd., St. Augustine Detection and treatment of skin cancer; laser procedures. Cosmetic services: Botox, dermal fillers, facials, peels.
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POURING ON THE TRAINING FOR THE MANE EVENT
A STICKY, HAIRY SITUATION IN THE INTERESTS OF JOURNALISM, I reluctantly agreed to
The baking soda paste didn’t tingle or foam like shampoo, but it rinsed clean with help from the vinegar, which I rinsed, having learned my lesson on Day One. After blow-drying my hair, it came out pretty shiny, if somewhat coarse. Midday, a coworker even said it looked great. But it wasn’t for me. People with oily hair, chemical sensitivities or buildup might like it, though.
DAY ONE: Apple cider vinegar. Various sources, including The Huffington Post, claim vinegar makes hair shiny, detangled and smooth, strips chemicals, restores Ph balance and, basically, leaves you with shampoo-commercial hair. Upon consulting several DIY blogs, I microwaved two cups of water to boiling, then added four tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and two sprigs of fresh rosemary for scent. After it steeped, I shampooed, skipping conditioner, and poured the mixture over my hair. Some say rinse, some say don’t; I left it in for the full effect. After I blow-dried my hair, it was a little knottier than usual but it was nowhere near the tangled mess of hay I had expected. Was it shinier? Not really. Did it smell like salad dressing? Kind of. Would I use it again? Maybe, but only as a clarifier.
DAY FOUR: Coconut oil masque. Fans claim that coconut oil conditions hair, cures dandruff, soothes irritated scalps, and even repels lice. I’m deeply grateful that infestation isn’t an issue, but after that “no-poo” experiment, my hair could totes use some moisture. Following a recipe (minus the gelatin) from Webmd.com, I nuked the oil just long enough for it to liquefy, then applied it to my hair, beginning with the ends and avoiding the roots (’cause grease, y’all), left it on for 20 minutes, time enough for it to turn into a congealed mess as if I’d conditioned with kindergarten paste. To rinse the oil out, I used a clarifying shampoo followed by my usual shampoo/conditioner routine, going extremely light on the conditioner, then blow-dried the whole thing. The verdict: Coconut oil rocks! The previous day’s dryness was gone and my hair was silkysmooth and simultaneously bouncy.
experiment with my beloved red mane by trying five DIY haircare methods that would make my hippie parents proud. The prospect of putting apple cider vinegar, maple syrup, baking soda, coconut oil and beer on my hair was daunting, but one must sacrifice for their craft.
DAY TWO: Maple syrup. The Internet gods say that maple syrup restores luster and cures dry hair woes, but I’m skeptical. The server at Cracker Barrel was exceedingly amused when I told her what I planned to do with my leftover syrup. Loosely following a recipe on About.com, I nuked equal parts maple syrup and honey till the mixture was warm, applied the goop to my hair and wrapped my head in plastic wrap for 20 minutes, long enough for the sugar to crystallize. If I’d ever wondered what it would feel like to have cotton candy hair, I now know. Maybe that’s how Oompa Loompas get their distinctive style. After I rinsed, washed, conditioned and blow-dried my crowning glory, it was silky, glossy, and didn’t smell at all like pancakes. Maple syrup is a winner. DAY THREE: Baking soda. Online reviews I found for this “no-poo” method are mixed. Some claim it saved their hair, others claim that it ruined it. Greeeaattt. Following a popular recipe on mindbodygreen.com, I mixed one-part baking soda to three-parts water and, for the rinse, one-part apple cider vinegar to four-parts water.
DAY FIVE: BEER. Fox News Magazine reports Catherine Zeta-Jones is a fan, so it can’t be all bad, right? Apparently, beer has proteins and minerals that add volume and shine. It seemed like a waste of Engine 15’s Old Battle Axe IPA, but after shampooing and conditioning, I poured the hoppy nectar all over my head as instructed by AZSPaGirls.com, left it on for a minute or so, then rinsed it out. My wet hair smelled kinda like Burro Bar, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; nevertheless, I was happy the scent mostly dissipated after drying. The results were a surprise: voluminous, shiny and tangle-free hair. Holy cow, Batman, beer is good for hair! (But I still prefer it with pizza.) In conclusion, I’ll probably never put beer, apple cider vinegar or baking soda on my hair again, but maple syrup and coconut oil have earned a permanent place in my haircare regimen. So rather than scoff at raiding the fridge or pantry for toiletries, take a chance. Your mane may thank you. Claire Goforth mail@folioweekly.com JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 19
holistic medicine, blends conventional medicine with alternative therapies to treat ADD and autism, offer grief counseling and life coaching. Pautz integrates homeopathy, naturopathy, massage and anthroposophic medicine. LESLIE PLATOCK, DDS 700 Third St., Ste. 203, Neptune Beach, 247-3077, lesliegplatockdds.com Laser bleaching, ceramic crowns, bridges, tooth color filling and bonding. Platock uses a digital X-ray method, with 80 percent less radiation.
<<< FROM PREVIOUS ORTEGA CHIROPRACTIC & REHAB CLINIC 5539 Roosevelt Blvd., 425-4545, ortegachiropractic.com Multi-disciplinary clinic treating injuries, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia and scoliosis.
DEMYSTIFYING SUPERFOODS IN THE MARKETING AGE
SUPER WHAT??!?! MY TASK WAS SIMPLE ENOUGH. Research superfoods, try them out for a week and see if I felt any more … well, super. What I found was that while marketing and promoting certain foods as “super” is a thriving scene, the truth about food in general is a bit subtler and less glamorous. Eating smarter and, as a result, feeling super is a more appropriate approach to nutrition, but the hype surrounding superfoods is so great that I was compelled to explore what, if any, the gains would be of a targeted eating regimen. Turns out my wife, now, really hates our blender. The term superfood began to surface some time around 2007, derived from a description of certain superfruits, like Brazilian açaí and Indonesian mangosteen, which started making their way into American health food stores and markets. Congruent research continues to show no particular super qualities, per se, in either of those exotic fruits. Just like blueberries and strawberries, all fruit, in fact, is nothing more than a plant’s attempt at reproduction. Still, the term superfood had to be more than just a marketing ploy, I thought. After a brief study of the Internet provided a good list of superfoods and the benefits each claims to provide, I purchased a few with the intent of starting each of the next seven days with a superfood shake. That’s a thing, right? Sure. I purchased some acai berries as an antioxidant (I’ll show those stupid oxidants what’s what), hemp seeds as an immune booster, cocoa powder to lower blood pressure, kale for urinary health and kefir, a tart, fermented milk drink, good for digestion. Our morning alarm was replaced by the obtrusive whir of a blender firing at 7 a.m., much to the chagrin of my sleep-deprived wife and my frightened 3-year-old son. The way I saw it, if I was going to get healthy, well, then, the whole family had to be in on it. Each shake was a green concoction of less-than-desirable flavor and consistency, but I was determined to become a superman. The fervor that coursed through my veins on Day One and Day Two had waned a bit by Day Three. I couldn’t tell if I was feeling better or more energized, but the cold I had been wrangling with the week before was abating and, 20 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 20-26, 2016
psychologically, I was doing something great for my body. Still, I needed some sound, scientific reinforcement to get me through the remaining days of my week-long pledge of sludge-chugging. I reached out to an actual dietician. “I can’t say that I have ever used the term ‘superfoods’ in my practice,” says Cynthia Hartman, a registered dietitian at Life Care Center of Jacksonville. The disclaimer: Cynthia is a friend and I asked her to be as real with me as possible about what I was doing, yet the frank resolution of her tone deflated my hopes that I would be able to leap tall buildings (in a single bound) by the end of the week. She continues, “There are benefits to all common food choices of fresh fruit and vegetables, lean proteins, grains and dairy.” Sensing my dismay, she placated me by sharing that kale and spinach do have a good nutrient profile. “I encourage people to have a wide variety of foods that are nutritious. There is no one product, food or shake that supports the claim of having a super quality,” she added. I still had to make it to the end of the week with my shakes, so I pressed her for tips and hints on better eating overall. “Good nutrition is based on a person’s history and eating patterns. As a general rule, though, the more raw or lightly steamed vegetable and raw fruit a person consumes, the less room for garbage junk food that person will have,” Cynthia shared. OK, I thought, at least my shakes were preventing my usual mid-morning cravings for croissants and cookies. That was all the validation I needed to complete my task. Cynthia added that water may be the only real superfood, not because it adds nutrients to our bodies, but because when properly consumed, it flushes out so many of the toxins we otherwise ingest. Days Five, Six and Seven were a breeze. I concocted my shakes in the morning, included grains like quinoa and barley into my lunch and dinner, and minimized the cookie intake. After the experiment ended, I genuinely felt better in both mind and body, the former inducing the latter. My wife has since destroyed our blender with a bat, however. Josué Cruz mail@folioweekly.com
COREY YOUNG S. PARK, M.D. MY DENTIST 12220 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 128, Southside, 221-8221, mydentistdrpark.com Dr. Park, University of Florida College of Dentistry and Emory University grad, offers cosmetic dental techniques: bonding, veneers, sealants, dentures, bridges, implants, whitening and porcelain crowns. PARKWAY PLASTIC SURGERY 5101 Gate Pkwy., Ste. 2, 396-1186 Drs. David Mobley and Jaime Ranieri, board-certified plastic surgeons, combine new technology and traditional methods for surgical, cosmetic and aesthetic procedures, including Botox, fillers and facials. PEARSON FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY 1835 East-West Pkwy., Ste. 19, Fleming Island, 2157377, pearsonfaces.com Cosmetic and reconstructive facial surgery, Dr. David Pearson is fellowship-trained and board-certified. PERSEPHONE HEALING ARTS CENTER 485 Sixth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 246-3583, dr.pautz.com Dr. Andrea Schaeffer-Pautz, board-certified in
From fresh produce and gourmet cheeses to craft beers and organic wines, Grassroots Natural Market in Riverside has got the goods.
PONTE VEDRA COSMETIC DENTISTRY 100 Professional Dr., 285-8407, pvcd.net Drs. Michael Winter and Kevin Neal have over 20 years of experience in smile makeovers and dental restorations. PONTE VEDRA COSMETIC SURGERY 150 Professional Dr., Ste. 100, 285-5571, pvcosmeticsurgery.com Dr. R. Gregory Smith does outpatient surgical and nonsurgical face and neck lift, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation, liposuction, laser treatments, fillers, Botox. DR. ANTHONY POTOCHICK 2036 Forbes St., Riverside, 387-4057, visionsourcepotochickeyecare.com Potochick offers comprehensive eye exams for adults and children, checking for glaucoma, cataracts, diseases, blood pressure, diabetes. QUINN M.D. 484 Jacksonville Dr., Jax Beach, 595-5980, laquinnmd.com Dr. Linda Quinn offers Smartlipo MPX, Fraxel, Fotofacial, hair removal, sclerotherapy, Botox, hormone replacement. RIVERSIDE DENTAL 1061 Riverside, Ste. 101, 355-5531, riverside-dental.com Traditional dental treatments and care: implants, cosmetic dentistry, routine checkups. Open Mon.-Fri.
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<<< FROM PREVIOUS DR. SAMUEL ROSENTHAL 3599 University Blvd. S., Ste. 403, Southside, 399-8255 Rosenthal specializes in cosmetic surgery: breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, facelift, eyelid, abdominoplasty, otoplasty, liposuction and Botox injections. SOUTHSIDE MEDICAL CENTER 3604 Southside Blvd., 641-4411, mdjaxfl.com Dr. Harold Laski offers pain management. The center also has a doctor-supervised weight-loss system using medications, B-12 injections and nutrition counseling. STARFISH PEDIATRICS 4500 Hodges Blvd., Ste. 1, Intracoastal, 347-2773, starfishpediatrics.com Dr. Carlos Maria’s primary care pediatrics clinic specializes in treating asthma, ADD, ADHD, allergyrelated issues and offers well-child exams, vaccines, sports physicals, newborn screenings. U.S. HEARING AID CENTERS 859 Park Ave., Ste. 110, Orange Park, 297-3101, ushearingaidsjacksonville.com 6014 San Jose Blvd., Lakewood, 685-1554 Hearing loss solutions, diagnostic and treatment services necessary to determine the nature and extent of loss. WEST DENTISTRY 2301 Park St., Riverside, 387-3333, westdentistry.com Jacqueline West, DMD, and her team have extensive training in neuromuscular and cosmetic dentistry.
MIND & SPIRIT THERAPY THE GUIDANCE CLINIC 2320 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 730-7575 9140 Golfside Dr., Ste. 4, Southside, 730-7575 Private mental health practice offers hypnotherapy, weight, smoking, stress repression, depression, anxiety, alcohol/drug abuse. THE TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION PROGRAM Jacksonville, 375-9517, Jacksonville@TM.org St. Augustine, 826-3838, StAugustine@TM.org calendar.tm.org/northeastflorida. TM is an effortless, non-religious, evidence-based technique for eliminating stress, increasing well-being and expanding consciousness. Certified teachers provide individual instruction and ongoing support.
SALONS & SPA SERVICES `ADESSA HAIR DESIGN 31 Royal Palms Dr., Atlantic Beach, 249-7711 Locally owned and operated salon has multi-talented stylists. It’s a place where everyone knows your name and customers leave feeling great. AJ’S HOUSE OF BEAUTY & STYLE 5895 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 6, Lakewood, 737-4446 Spa treatments, European facials, makeovers, Great Lengths hair extensions. Neuromuscular massage, ear coning, prenatal, reflexology, Swedish massages. ALARIC HEALTH, BEAUTY & WELLNESS 1080 Edgewood Ave. S., Avondale, 619-3413, alarichealth.com Massage therapy, highlights, haircuts and styles, skin care, dietary supplements, fitness programs. AMETHYST HAIR SALON 677 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 246-6060, amethysthairsalonjaxbeach.com Free consultations for cut, color, highlights, smoothing treatments, perms, extensions. ANTHONY’S ET AL EUROPEAN DAY SPA & SALON 10092 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 6, Mandarin, 398-9777 Hair care, massage therapy – Swedish, deep tissue, prenatal, hot stone – manicures, pedicures, waxing, salt
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BIO SALON AND SPA CO. 13529 Beach Blvd., Ste. 304, Southside, 223-2222 Locally owned multicultural salon offers hair color, highlights, chemicals, extensions, massage, body treatments, facials, dermabrasion, peels, waxing, makeup. BLOW OUT HAIR STUDIO 2222 Park St., 384-5605, blowouthairstudio.com In a renovated 1905 home, salon services blend urban sensibility with a sophisticated, refined attitude. THE BODHI TREE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER 1817 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 472-4312, bodhitreejax.com Eminence Organic facials, Swedish, neuromuscular, myofascial release and Thai massages. TOTAL HAIR EXPERIENCE SALON 12620 Beach Blvd., Ste. 2, Intracoastal, 900-5772, salonjax.com Experience luxury hair care in a metro-chic studio proven to deliver world-class results backed by an “Absolutely Love Your Hair Guarantee.” Jacksonville’s only Kérastase Paris Exclusive L’Oreal Professional Prestige Partner Salon. CENTRAL BARBER SHOP 1651 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Arlington, 338-3938 The barber shop offers all kinds of haircuts: military, businessmen’s styles, Marine Corps high & tight, flattops. Facial shaves, neck razor shaves and ladies’ styling, too. Walk-ins welcome; no appointment necessary. DR. CLAYMAN’S MIRACLE SPA 2 Shircliff Way, Ste. 200, Riverside, 208-2727 Facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, Endermologie, glycolic/salicylic peels, body wraps, sunless tanning, makeup, teeth-whitening, waxing, medical-grade skin care. Botox, Juvederm, laser hair removal. CONCEPT CUTTERS 1832 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 241-0053 Redken color, highlights, restorative deep conditioning treatments, precision hair cuts. CORMIER HAIR STUDIO 229 S. Eighth St., Fernandina, 277-2767, cormierhairstudio.com Cuts, styles, flat ironing, up-dos, color, perms, glazes. Men’s services: haircuts, shaves. Mani-pedis, waxing, facials. Products include Unite, Alterna, Joico. CORTELLO HAIR SALON 1086 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 853-6222, jacksonvillebeachhairsalon.com Top-rated hair salon has stylists specializing in women’s haircuts, hair color, hair extensions, keratin treatments. `COSMO NAIL BAR 10275 Buckhead Branch Dr., Ste. L23A, Southside, 807-9119 The full-service nail bar offers complimentary daiquiris. Beer, wine and champagne are available for purchase. Services include nailcare, pedicures, manicures, gels, acrylic, waxing, eyelashes, facials, spray tanning. It’s happy hour meets happy nails and happy feet. DANIEL JAMES SALON 3574 St. Johns Ave., Avondale, 389-6221, danieljamessalon.com 45 W. Bay St., Downtown, 359-2006 An Aveda Concept salon, Daniel James strives to exceed guests’ expectations, with respect for each other, their clients and the world. Services include hairstyling, waxing and makeup. Nail services will be available at the Downtown location this spring. DEBBIE’S DAY SPA & SALON 403 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, 825-0569, debbiesdayspasalon.com Massage therapies, custom skin care treatments, body treatments, manicures, pedicures, hair care services.
DESIGNS BY SARA 794 Foxridge Ctr. Dr., Ste. 110, Orange Park, 652-5201 Small, friendly, fun atmosphere at this salon, with 12 years’ experience, specializing in color and cuts. Distributor of “Sun Bum” hair and skin care products and Matrix color line. DIRTY BLONDE SALON 2409 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 241-4247 The salon uses up-to-date methods for color and styles, as well as facials and waxing. ELECTROLYSIS & LASER CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE 11512 Lake Mead Ave., 997-2277, jaxhairremoval.com The laser hair removal and skin care center’s licensed, board-certified staff offers wrinkle reduction, skin tightening, microdermabrasion, waxing, facials, Botox, dermal fillers; Obagi and Dermalogica products. ELITE SALON & DAY SPA 4290 Herschel St., Avondale/Ortega, 389-2554 Full range of salon and spa treatments, massotherapy, heliotherapy, aromatherapy, aesthetic refinement, hair care, body waxing, makeup, facials, nail care. FRANGIPANI HAIR STUDIO 1257 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 241-1411, frangipanihairstudio.com The Aveda Lifestyle salon focuses on providing the total experience for customers, with world-class service and skills, earning respect throughout the salon industry. FRENCHY’S WELLNESS SPA 1460 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 249-0402, frenchyswellness.com Spa treatments with a Southern charm: Facials, massage, waxing, acupuncture, mani-pedi, eyelashes and Reaction VIORA treatments. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH SPA & LASER CENTER 5A Sanchez Ave., St. Augustine, 819-1481, fountainofyouthspalaser.com Physician-owned, supervised. Laser treatment for hair removal, skin rejuvenation, resurfacing, facials, peels, body waxing, eyebrow services; Obagi and Eminence. FUSION SALON 9810 Baymeadows Rd., 683-3769, fusionsalonjax.com The staff has over 30 years’ combined experience, offering precision cutting, Davines Mask coloring systems, FNLongLocks hair extensions. GREAT CLIPS 13245 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 8, Intracoastal, 220-0071, greatclips.com Walk-ins are welcome – most Great Clips salons are open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Fri., till 6 p.m. Sat. and 10 a.m.5 p.m. Sun. The experienced stylists offer affordable, quality haircuts in a comfortable, friendly salon. GWYNNE MIMS SALON 1620 Margaret St., Ste. 204, Riverside, 374-6181, gwynnemimssalon.com The luxury salon in historic Riverside specializes in haircuts, styling, extensions and highlighting, with foil and French Balayage color techniques.
HADLEY’S HAIR DESIGN & SKINCARE 1710 Thacker Ave., San Marco, 762-1144 Experienced stylists, skincare specialist, massage therapist. Products: Redken, Framesi, Intaglio, Repecage. HAIR CUTTERY BROOKLYN STATION 150 Riverside Ave., Riverside, 665-0105, haircuttery.com The hair salon provides a wide range of services including color, highlighting, perms, relaxers, keratin, waxing, blowouts, cuts and more with a professional, friendly attitude. Free consultations are available. HAIR PEACE 815 Lomax St., Riverside, 356-6856 In historic 5 Points. Hair care for men, women and children since 1996. The staff is up-to-date on styles, products and techniques. HAIR PIZAZZ SALON & SPA 11757 Beach Blvd., Ste. 14, 448-8399, hairpizazzusa.com Natural hair, colors, cuts, salon and spa services. HAIRZ LOOKING AT YOU 1655 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside, 645-5665 The salon specializes in color, men’s and women’s cuts, highlights, body waves, ombré and waxing. Products include Paul Mitchell, Moroccan oil, Big and Sexy, Layrite, Johnny B, Roffler, Thrix and De Fabulous. KIMBERLY CLARKE SALON 1981 San Marco Blvd., 398-9888, kimberlyclarkesalon@ymail.com Professional service hair care, cosmetics, and massage therapy. LE REVE 3617 Crown Point Rd., Ste. 1, Southside, 379-7369 Amy Sellers’ new salon and boutique accommodates bridal parties for a variety of salon treatments. LONDON MEDICAL SPA 229 S. Eighth St., Fernandina, 310-9380, londonmedicalspa.com Cosmetic medical treatments include anti-aging technologies of wrinkle reduction, pigmentation correction, acne therapy, chemical peels, weight control and hair loss. Vivité medical-grade products are featured. Located in Cormier Hair Studio. THE LOOK AND LIFESTYLE SALON/SPA 2303 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, 891-1238, lookandlifestyle.com A boutique salon and wellness spa offers personal coaching, workshops, holistic makeovers, healthfriendly refreshments, products and practices. MANA MEDICAL SPA 1260 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 853-6996, manamedicalspa.com Skin care, stress solutions, custom facials, peels, microdermabrasion, body treatments, waxing, makeup application, eyelash extensions. MIKO SALON 317 St. Augustine Blvd., Jax Beach, 853-6229, mikosalon.com Service-oriented salon pampers with the latest trends
practiced by educated stylists. Certified organic ingredients in styling and coloring products. Exclusive local retailer of Nick Arrojos products. NATURAL BODY SPA & SHOP 4663 River City Dr., Ste. 107, 482-0780, naturalbody.com Full-service spa offers massage, esthetic treatments, manicures and pedicures. Natural skincare products. NATURAL HEALING DAY SPA 2012 Smith St., Orange Park, 413-8075, naturalhealingspaop.com Full spa services: massage therapy, custom facials, waxing, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, Vichy shower body scrubs, body wraps. NATURAL LOOK MEDICAL SPA 11512 Lake Mead Ave., Ste. 702, Southside, 928-9400, naturallookmedicalspa.com Dr. David Mobley and his team offer treatments for antiaging, including skin tightening, complexion correction, anti-cellulite, Botox and fillers.
ONE OCEAN RESORT & SPA 1 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7402 Marine-inspired aromatherapy manicures, pedicures, massages, facials, scrubs, hair salon services. PARADISE GROOMING FOR MEN SALON & SPA 1242 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 372-0642 Manicures, pedicures, haircuts, hair color, waxing, barber services, makeovers, facials, massages, body scrubs, Paul Mitchell tea tree shampoos, conditioners, spikers. PLANET BEACH AUTOMATED SPA 13457 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 2, 221-0162, planetbeach.com 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 108, 519-1826 13820 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 209, 880-4826 11700 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, Mandarin, 288-0826 2151 Loch Rane Blvd., Orange Park, 276-2688 Fully automated spa offers services at a lower cost. R&B HAIR DESIGNERS 1415 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 247-6640 With more than 30 years of experience in the hair industry, the staff at R&B offers innovative styling and service. REJUVANENCE MEDSPA 9822 Tapestry Park Cir., 996-7595, rejuvanence.com Owner John Harris, a plastic surgeon, offers facials, massages, laser hair removal, laser alternative to a facelift, Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse. REVIVA MEDICAL SPA 700 Third St., Ste. 101, Neptune Beach, 694-0091, garciareviva.com Treatments practiced by trained specialists include facials, laser hair removal, chemical peels, skincare. RIO HAIR STUDIO 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 8, 733-8495, riohairstudio.com Redken master stylists discuss what’s best for individual facial shapes and lifestyles. THE RITZ-CARLTON, AMELIA ISLAND 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy., Amelia Island, 277-1100 The high-end spa offers massages, exfoliations, hair care, nail care, body wraps, facials; hand, feet and scalp treatments for men, women and groups. SALT SPA 465 Third St. N., Jax Beach, 372-0791, jaxsaltspa.com An oxygenating Salt Room session features a zerogravity chair; day spa services, cosmetic treatments. SAUDA NATURALS 1622 N. Laura St., Springfield, 444-9275, saudanaturals.com All-natural, organic black hair and skin care ecofriendly concoctions made with exotic oils and butters. SEVENTH WONDER DAY SPA 5393 Roosevelt Blvd., Ste. 4, Ortega, 381-8686, seventh-wonder.com Chakra balancing, ear candling, aqua chi, body detoxing, threading, waxing, facials, massage, nail care; Guinot, Karin Herzog, Jane Iredale.
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NORMA SHERRY & CO. 1103 N. Ponce De Leon Blvd., St. Augustine, 436-5883, normasherry.com The experienced staff at this full-service “spatique” offers a variety of spa, medical and beauty services, as well as designer lingerie, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, art and collectibles.
ONE FOLIO WEEKLY MAGAZINE STAFFER’S JOURNEY AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
EGO RIVER I AM NOT A SERENE PERSON.
Irrational worry and crippling depression have plagued me since I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 13. Thirty years later, it still feels like I haven’t really found peace, or acceptance for that matter, in trying to navigate life with a mind that turns on me without warning. Along with a lifetime prescription of various antidepressants, tranquilizers, and mood stabilizers, I’ve been on a zealous warpath of selfmedication, rocking my central nervous system with booze and narcotics. My goal has always been peace and understanding; my sometimes indifference to following doctors’ orders combined with a sad pursuit of drug-induced delusions brought me neither. Around eight years ago, I attempted to make some changes toward better, or at least more adult, health. One of those included a shaky surrender to spirituality, which in turn led to the practice of meditation. Previous to that point in my life, I had been completely indifferent to the belief in any kind of God, higher power, or spiritual consciousness. I had a respect for others’ beliefs, whether they were religious or atheist. But I simply didn’t care. Working through this impasse involved flipping my obsessive nature toward studying meditation and skeptical attempts at sitting in silence for minutes at a time. The initial obstacle was finding a comfortable position. At 6-feet-4-inches tall, and 250 pounds, I felt like a boulder trying to balance on a lily pad. Half of my earliest meditations were spent writhing and twisting from cramped muscles. Eventually, I solved this by purchasing a meditation bench and a zabuton, a padded cushion. The next stumbling block was deciding which way to go. I set up a shrine on a small table with images and effigies of Christ, Krishna, Buddha, and various other God-action-figures vying for my attention. In hindsight, this kind of splattered devotion was like picking up different keys to see if they’d open the tumblers on one particular lock. Over the years, I’ve followed a rambling mix of guidance that has tended toward the esoteric. My lean toward the arcane was ignited by a deep suspicion of dogma, indoctrinated from growing up in the Bible Belt. Gnostic Christianity, Vedanta, Theravadan Buddhism, Alchemy, Sigil Magick, etc., have all been studied, used as the terra firma of my practice, merged, and eventually discarded. Yet all of the meditation-based traditions seem to share this similar refrain: Whatever the vehicle, the universal destination is returning to the present moment — repeatedly. Like many others, I had doubts regarding meditation because “my mind won’t quiet down.” But that is, in the words of Ram Dass, “the game.” Whether using a mantra, image, or, in my case,
the breath, the practice of mediation is a mix of acknowledging the constant distractions and chattering of the ego (“the monkey mind”), returning to the breath/mantra, and letting go. I repeat this constantly for an uninterrupted 20 minutes. It’s an exercise in patience and discipline that has brought me insight, compassion, and even healing, sitting in stillness and surprised at my sudden tears. Meditation has provided me with some poignant memories. In August 2009, I flew out to Estes Park, Colorado, to sit with hundreds of others during a five-day retreat led by the Thich Nhat Hahn sangha. While there, I had my first glimmer of the realizations that can be achieved through prolonged meditations. At the end of the retreat, I received the name “Dharma Opening of the Heart,” a title I employ only for the IRS and Starbucks. Four years ago, I participated in a 10-day Vipassana retreat in Jesup, Georgia. Sitting for 14 hours a day was one of the most intense and revelatory experiences of my life; I walked away with a defined sense of what really matters to me: God, love, family, and art. An even weirder, Hollywood meditation moment occurred months later. When Sun-Ray Cinema scheduled a screening of David Lynch’s documentary, Meditation, Creativity, Peace, I decided that I would somehow attempt to interview Lynch for this very magazine you now hold. I knew that Lynch was a decades-long practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and I was eager to hear his field report. With the help of Sun-Ray major domo Tim Massett, I got in touch with Lynch’s reps. Remarkably, Lynch agreed to speak with me via phone. During our 30-minute talk, Lynch’s passion for spreading the word of meditation shone through. It was admittedly bizarre to talk about “diving within,” The Bhagavad Gita, Christ, and God with one of the true auteurs of contemporary cinema. At the end of the interview, Lynch offered to pay for my TM training. I accepted the gift and for six months practiced that tradition. While I eventually returned to Vipassana, I’m grateful for that weird encounter that was made possible solely by my decision to sit in stillness and try to observe the barrage of fear and desire generated by the relentless ego. I don’t know if years of meditation have brought me any closer to God, but they’ve surely brought me closer to myself. A cursory online search will produce the many documented benefits of meditation, ranging from stress-relief to help with addiction and depression. I do know that I am less of an asshole than I was 10 years ago and, believe me, that’s saying something. If that’s my enlightenment, that’s enough. Daniel A. Brown dbrown@folioweekly.com JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 23
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<<< FROM PREVIOUS SMALL INDULGENCES EUROPEAN DAY SPA & SALON 9 Sanchez Ave., St. Augustine, 824-6220 Unwind at this day spa, featuring facials, clinical skin care, aromatherapy, manicures, pedicures, body waxing, total hair care fuse, massage modalities. SOLUS TANNING 10400 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 866-765-8261 7001 Merrill Rd., Arlington, 861-1216, solustanning.net 1620 Margaret St., Riverside, 981-5466 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Southside, 997-1894 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 108, 731-8800 4080 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 246-3344 6001 Argyle Forest Blvd., Orange Park, 527-2032 2219 C.R. Rd. 220, Ste. 203, Middleburg, 644-0194 The modern tanning salon offers state-of-the-art equipment, service and pampering. THE SPA AT AMELIA ISLAND PLANTATION 39 Beach Lagoon, Amelia Island, 261-6161 Massage, aquatherapy, facials, peels, herbal wraps, manicures, pedicures, hair care, waxing, spray tanning. THE SPA AT WORLD GOLF VILLAGE 955 Registry Blvd., Ste. 117, St. Augustine, 940-7800, spawgv.com The resort day spa offers massages, body scrubs, aromatherapy, body wraps, skin care, facials, nail services, makeup, hair care. THE SPA AT PONTE VEDRA INN & CLUB 302 Ponte Vedra Blvd., 273-7700, pvspa.com Hair and nail salon, steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi, outdoor heated pool, dining, retail boutique, full-body treatments, facials, La Stone therapy, manicures, pedicures. SPORTS CLIPS HAIRCUTS 13170 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 59, 221-9090, sportsclips.com Men’s and boys’ precision haircuts, steamed towels, massaging shampoos, neck/shoulder massage – all while watching sports. Open daily; no appointment needed. SUSAN MERRICK’S HAIR DESIGN 1274 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 246-7373, susanmerrick.com Styling the Beaches for nearly 40 years, this salon offers a variety of services and stylists to ensure a personal and professional experience. Under new ownership. SUTRA SALON 320 Ninth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 249-9292, sutrasalon320. com The Bumble and Bumble exclusive salon offers Jane Iredale cosmetics, an all-natural mineral makeup. T’S SHADES OF GREY 2421 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 662-4418 In the Casa Marina Courtyard, this upscale modern salon features independent stylists. A THERAPEUTIC SPA 2320 Third St. S., Ste. 1, Jax Beach, 242-9500 Massages: prenatal, hot stone, medical neuromuscular therapies, Swedish. Services: microdermabrasion, facials, eyebrow design, chemical peels, weight loss, detoxing, body wraps, cellulite treatments. THERAPY BOUTIQUE & NAIL SALON 9823 Tapestry Park Cir., Ste. 15, 410-2212, therapyboutiquesalon.com Waxing, acrylic, gel, signature manicures and pedicures, and custom designs are available. TONI & GUY HAIRDRESSING ACADEMY 8206 Philips Hwy., Ste. 33, 398-0502, toniguy.com The cosmetology academy, creators of BedHead products, offers cut and color services, performed by students under the supervision of skilled instructors.
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At Southern Roots in Riverside, you can choose from some of the freshest local foods and organic treats.
TROMPE L’OEIL AVEDA SALON 820 A1A N., Ste. E10, Ponte Vedra, 543-1520, trompeloeilsalon.com Manicures, pedicures, hair care, makeup application, waxing, ear candling, aromatherapy, massage, reflexology.
BLISS YOGA 1615 Thacker Ave., San Marco, 514-0097, blissyogashala.com Classes include power, gentle flow, warriors flow, athletic yoga; teacher certification, workshops.
TUSCAN BLISS MEDSPA 3980 Third St. S., Jax Beach, 241-9000, tuscanblissmedspa.com Cellulite reduction, laser hair removal, skin tightening, spider-vein removal by Candela laser, chemical peels, Botox, Juvederm.
BRENDA STAR WALKER, LMT, CYI brendastarwalker@yahoo.com, 699-5172, sukavahbodeh.com Licensed massage therapist and yoga coach Walker offers yoga instruction for all ages and abilities, in your space at your convenience. She guarantees results – if you promise to practice regularly!
WENDY’S NAIL & SPA 10916 Atlantic Blvd., 998-8660, wendysnailandspa.com Full-service nail salon specializes in colored acrylic nails, 3-D art, rhinestone nail designs, as well as full wax services and eyelash extensions. YOUTHFUL MEDICAL SPA 110 Professional Dr., Ste. 104, Ponte Vedra, 220-6565 Thermage skin-tightening procedure for eyelids, faces, buttocks; skin resurfacing, Botox, Juvederm, laser hair removal, photofacials, microdermabrasion, spray tanning.
YOGA, TAI CHI & DANCE ANANDA KULA 4150 & 4154 Herschel St., Riverside, 680-7344, ananda-kula.com Daily yoga classes, workshops, therapeutic and Thai massage, acupuncture, organic facial treatments. Dr. Hauschka Holistic Skin Care products, doTerra essential oils and yoga boutique items. BACK TO BALANCE AYURVEDA 1807 Penman Rd., Neptune Beach, 372-3543, backtobalanceayurveda.com Ayurveda, an ancient method of holistic care, utilizes diet, routine, oils, meditation and yoga to prevent imbalances. BIG FISH POWER YOGA 484 Osceola Ave., Jax Beach, 372-0601, bigfishpoweryoga.com Classes in the Baptiste power vinyasa yoga style, including intro series to power yoga, flow and power vinyasa. BIKRAM YOGA JACKSONVILLE 1388 Beach Blvd., Jax Bch, 714-5750, bikramyogajax.com A series of postures and breathing exercises done in a room heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit, 60 percent humidity. BIKRAM YOGA ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH 700-A Anastasia Blvd., 819-6900, bikramyogastaug.com BIKRAM YOGA ST. AUGUSTINE NORTH 10440 U.S. 1 N., 342-2056 Bikram features 26 ordered postures and breathing exercises within a flexible schedule of daily classes.
CITY YOGA-DOLCE SPA 2225 A1A S., St. Augustine, 671-2860, dolcemindbodyspa.com Classes for beginners through advanced, in a safe, non-competitive environment; ashtanga, hatha, power, restorative, kripalu, lakulish. DISCOVERY YOGA 3 Davis St., St. Augustine, 824-7454, discoveryyoga.com Full-service Kripalu affiliated studio, Yoga Alliance registered school has classes, workshops, retreats, yoga teacher training. Master teacher Deva Parnell, ERYT500+, has trained over 2,500 teachers the Kripalu method. EXPERIENCE YOGA 13364 Beach Blvd., Ste. 324, Intracoastal, 534-8546, experienceyoga.yolasite.com Private and/or group sessions for restorative relaxation yoga, fundamentals, movement therapy, focused on stress release and chronic pain management. GO YOGA AMELIA ISLAND 708 S. 8th St., Fernandina, 335-0539, goyogaamelia.com Eco-friendly green yoga studio, boutique. Classes: gentle hatha, hatha vinyasa and hot power yoga (Baptiste) held daily; workshops, beachside yoga and teacher training. JACKSONVILLE YOGA 391 Third Ave. S., Jax Beach, 249-1111, jaxyoga.com Classes Mon.-Sat., taught by Joyce Savitz, ERYT, MT, certified anusara teacher with over 25 years of experience. Private instruction, therapeutic yoga and massage therapy available by appointment. M BODY YOGA 3807-A Southside Blvd., Southside, 565-1005 217 First St., Neptune Beach, 565-1005, mbodyyoga.com 1533 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, 748-9642 Baptiste power vinyasa yoga-affi liated studio offers daily classes and workshops. Teacher training available. MINDFUL MOTION YOGA 3546 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., Ste. 119, 996-2500, mindfulmotion-yoga.com
Daily classes include power, basic hatha, gentle hatha, yin yoga, restorative yoga. THE PERFORMERS ACADEMY 3674 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, 322-7672, theperformersacademy.com Classes in power vinyasa yoga are held three times a week. Dance, acting, music classes for all ages. PILATES ON THIRD 319 10th Ave. N., Jax Beach, 917-664-2972, pilatesonthird.com Yoga classes include gentle flow, stretching. Check website for details. POWER YOGA SAN MARCO SOUTH 3825 Hendricks Ave., 655-4642, yoga-power.com Vinyasa yoga heats the body internally and builds strength, increases cardiovascular endurance. Classes filled on a first-come, first-served basis. RADIANT WELLNESS CENTER LTD. 1183 Salt Marsh Cir., Ponte Vedra, 280-4628, rwyogatherapy.com Joan Ryan, RYT, IYT, and husband James, CHT, RYT, are certified instructors in yoga, Kripalu, hypnosis, meditation, Reiki, Ayurveda. SUSAN LEE YOGA yogasblee.com Lee offers yoga classes throughout East Arlington. Private lessons by appointment available. TAI CHI FOR HEALTH 3830 Williamsburg Park Blvd., Ste. 1, Jacksonville, 6241244, taichijax.com Tai Chi for Health programs of Dr. Paul Lam. Programs for arthritis, diabetes, fall prevention, relaxation, enhanced breathing skill. FWM
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A+E // FILM CHARLIE KAUFMAN’s latest searches for humanity through stop-motion figurines
MASTER OF
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ichael Stone (David Thewlis), the protagonist of Anomalisa, is in many ways a very ordinary man. He may be successful in his field — he’s written a popular how-to book on improving customer service — and he may get to stay in an upscale Cincinnati hotel room during a convention where he’s giving a speech. But he’s vaguely dissatisfied with his marriage, and struggles with the tiny frustrations and indignities, like a hotel room’s electronic key that doesn’t quite work. Also, when he hears people talk, every voice sounds exactly the same. Also, he’s a puppet. That last point is not merely a figure of speech. Writer Charlie Kaufman and animator Duke Johnson have crafted Anomalisa as a world of stop-motion figurines — and if you’re familiar with Kaufman’s cinematic work, this kind of strange device shouldn’t be a surprise. This is, after all, the same writer who invented a portal through which one could take over the life of a famous actor in Being John Malkovich, and posited a procedure through which unpleasant memories could be surgically removed in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A mournful sense of disconnected, frustrated humanity permeates Kaufman’s work, so what
BEST WESTERN ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT The Hateful Eight – in addition to
Robert Richardson’s cinematography and Ennio Morricone’s music (both deservedly Oscar-nominated) – is Kurt Russell’s bristling, abundant facial hair. As it turns out, Russell had already grown his impressive whiskers for another Western, filmed in 21 days about two months before principal photography even began on Tarantino’s bloated saga. After limited release in October last year, mostly at various film festivals, Bone Tomahawk hit home video just a few weeks before The Hateful Eight headlined big screens. With a budget of less than $2 million compared to Eight’s $62 million, the smaller shorter film might sound as though it belongs in the minor leagues. Wrong – it’s major league all the way. Bone Tomahawk may possibly get more things right than The Hateful Eight; where it does go amiss (only slightly) is precisely when it becomes imitative of Tarantino’s penchant for self-indulgent dialogue. Though already an hour shorter than Eight, a little less fat might’ve made Bone Tomahawk even sharper. Written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, who also contributes to score, Bone Tomahawk opens after the brutal murder of some travelers by a disreputable duo. Startled from their coldblooded endeavors by strangers approaching, the robbers escape through an isolated Indian burial ground. Big mistake! 28 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 20-26, 2016
with the same level of precision, capturing wonderfully telling gestures, like Michael nervously drumming his fingers waiting for Bella in the hotel bar, or Bella getting her purse strap caught on the chair the first time she tries to pull it away. And it will be hard for any movie sex scene between living people to match the sweetly awkward authenticity of the encounter between Michael and Lisa. But Anomalisa also proves to be much more than a gimmick, even a brilliantly executed gimmick. It would be easy to dismiss Michael’s plight as the woe-is-me moaning of a privileged middle-aged white guy, and it may be almost too obviously ironic when Michael launches into his speech about respecting that “the customer is an individual.” But Kaufman makes better way to convey that than to make his it clear that Michael’s inability to distinguish characters not actually human? voices is a product of his own instant irritation That doesn’t mean that Michael Stone with small talk and social niceties; as soon as he isn’t a fully realized character, albeit a sad recognizes flaws and imperfections, everyone and fairly pathetic one. Though married is tossed in his mind into the same drone of with a young son, Michael can’t stop himself background noise. There’s something almost from looking up Bella, a former girlfriend noble in the way Kaufman can recognize when who lives in Cincinnati, and who still hasn’t someone’s unhappiness is entirely of their own fully recovered from Michael’s abrupt making, yet still feel compassion for them. abandonment of her, for no apparent reason. Not surprisingly for Kaufman, there’s a And his perception of every person around density to the writing that doesn’t open itself him as having the same indistinguishable up all at once, and almost certainly requires monotone voice (perfectly multiple viewings. There’s an pitched by Tom Noonan) leads extended nightmare sequence, ANOMALISA him to an impulsive desire to the odd role of an antique ***G connect with Lisa (Jennifer Japanese sex automaton (and its Rated R Jason Leigh), a shy telephone possible connection to Lisa), and customer service rep who’s even Kaufman’s decision to set attending the conference to hear Michael the events very specifically in 2005, including a framed portrait of George W. Bush on someone’s speak — and whose own unique voice sounds wall. Those who have found Kaufman’s work to Michael something like salvation. deliberately opaque in the past aren’t likely It would be easy to spend pages cataloguing to change their minds now, but there’s more how astounding Anomalisa is as a technical to Anomalisa than tricks. He’s interested in achievement. Kaufman and Johnson are showing that you have to be willing to see the meticulous about every mundane detail of individuality of each human life — even if you’re Michael’s surroundings, right down to the roll not actually looking at a human when you see it. of toilet paper in his hotel room bathroom, with the first sheet shaped into a triangle by the Scott Renshaw hotel maids. The character figures are animated mail@folioweekly.com Surviving scoundrel Purvis (David Arquette) eventually gets to a small town whose Sheriff Hunt (Russell) knows a scumbag when he sees one. In short order, avenging Indians (evidenced thus far only by their bloody handiwork) raid the town, disemboweling a hapless stablehand and taking captive their primary target as well as pretty local doctor Samantha (Lili Simmons) who tended to the prisoner who’d earlier been shot by Russell’s no-nonsense lawman. Organizing a posse of four to recover the kidnapped woman, the sheriff learns from a local guide that the renegades are a tribe of cannibalistic cave-dwellers called Troglodytes – about as nasty as they come, sort of like the mutants in The Hills Have Eyes. Undaunted, the sheriff sets out with his aging loquacious deputy Chicory (Richard Jenkins), the doctor’s husband Arthur (Patrick Wilson) who is hampered by a broken leg, and Brooder, the town dandy (Matthew Fox). The influence of John Ford, the master of the Western genre, is consciously evoked several times in the film. Like Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers (1956), Fox’s character is a confirmed racist, for much the same reason as his forerunner. Indeed, the quest to rescue the kidnapped white woman is the central theme of The Searchers as well as Ford’s 1961 film Two Rode Together (with James Stewart and Richard Widmark). The scene where Deputy Chicory places flowers at his dead wife’s grave, talking to her as if she were alive, evokes a famous similar moment in Ford’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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(1949), John Wayne doing the honors again. On the other hand, the formal propriety of language that frequently marks the characters’ dialogue consciously recalls the similar use of exaggerated diction in yet another Western classic – both versions of True Grit. The final act of Bone Tomahawk, however, eschews Ford for George A. Romero, the weirdness and grotesque violence more in line with a horror film than a Western. But it’s also this blend of dissimilar qualities, orchestrated with occasional black humor, that helps make Bone Tomahawk unique, elevating it to the ranks of a near-cult film. Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins give their usual standout performances, a tough double act to follow for Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox, actors who are nonetheless capable enough in support. And speaking of the cast, look quickly for cameos by one-time ’80s stars Michael Pare and Sean Young. Bone Tomahawk is full of surprises. It’s that kind of movie. Pat McLeod mail@folioweekly.com
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SUN-RAY CINEMA Spotlight, Room and The Revenant screen at 1028 Park St., 5 Points, 359-0049, sunraycinema.com. Carol and Theeb start Jan. 22. THE CORAZON CINEMA & CAFÉ Life, The End of the Tour and Lamb, about a man’s efforts to help a young girl, are currently screening. To Kill a Mockingbird screens at noon and 6 p.m. Jan. 21. The Elvis Marathon: Jailhouse Rock 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, Blue Hawaii at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, G.I. Blues 1 p.m. Jan. 24, Love Me Tender at 1 and 7:30 p.m Jan. 26, Viva Las Vegas 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 and King Creole 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28. 36 Granada St., St. Augustine, 679-5736, corazoncinemaandcafe.com. IMAX THEATER Star Wars The Force Awakens, Rocky Mountain Express and Secret Ocean screen at World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater, St. Johns, 940-4133, worldgolfimax. com. The Finest Hours starts Jan. 29.
NOW SHOWING
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Rated R Has Hillary signed off on this? A U.S. compound in Libya is attacked and one of the American ambassadors is killed. A military security team tries to keep themselves and the personnel around them alive. Costars Toby Stephens, John Krasinski – who’s so good you won’t see Jim Halpert at all – Freddie Stroma and Pablo Schreiber. ANOMALISA ***G Rated R Reviewed in this issue. THE BIG SHORT **** Rated R This takes the mortgage crisis that precipitated the fallout and breaks it into small, digestible pieces easy to comprehend. There are strong performances by A-list actors, creative flourishes and a few squirmy laughs. Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction bestseller, the story focuses on three groups who see the meltdown looming, even though the mortgage industry was flourishing. In 2005, San Jose money manager Michael Burry (Christian Bale) looked where others weren’t and saw adjustable rate mortgages were going to price regular folks out of their homes in a few years. Wall Street banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) enlists hot-headed hedge fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and his team so they can all make millions. Upstart money managers Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro) bring in former banker Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt) for financial assistance and guidance. The groups meld and rake it in. — Dan Hudak CAROL ***G Rated R Writer-director Todd Haynes sets this moving love story with a backdrop of ’50s America – a repressive, male-dominated time of intolerance and exclusion. Cate Blanchett is Carol, mother to Rindy (Sadie Heim) but bored housewife to Harge (Kyle Chandler), who she’s looking forward to divorcing. It’s Christmas time, so Carol goes into New York to shop. In a department store, she meets Therese (Rooney Mara), a shy, waifish clerk and aspiring photographer. Therese’s boyfriend, Richard (Jake Lacy), wants to take her to Europe and marry her, yet she hesitates. Something’s not right. As she spends time with Carol, she figures out why. The film is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt, which she wrote under a pseudonym in 1952 because of the taboo content. Through the eyes of Haynes, the story transforms into a stellar motion picture that tells its tale more through actions and mannerisms than it does through dialog. Carol is a patient, poetic and beautiful work that’s not to be missed. — DH CONCUSSION Rated PG-13 Will Smith is Dr. Bennett Omalu, a forensic neuropathologist who discovers an anomaly in a pro football player’s brain during an autopsy. He encounters seemingly insurmountable obstacles when he tries to get the truth about the violence and damage associated with concussions suffered by playing contact sports. Costars Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Paul Reiser and Arliss Howard. CREED Rated PG-13 Apollo Creed’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) thinks he wants to be a boxer like his father, whom he never knew. So he looks for that lovable palooka Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in Philly. Costars Phylicia Rashad, Max Kellerman, Elvis Grant and Tessa Thompson. DADDY’S HOME Rated PG-13 The comedy pits Will Ferrell against Mark Wahlberg with borderline amusing results. Ferrell is regular guy Brad, new stepdad to Dylan and Megan, kids of his new wife Sara (Linda Cardellini). Wahlberg is their biological dad Dusty, a ripped, motorcycle-riding, black-T-shirt-wearing hunk competing with Brad for the kids’ affections. Or is he? Costars Thomas Haden Church, Bobby Cannavale and Hannibal Buress. THE FOREST Rated PG-13 There’s a place in Japan where folks go to kill themselves. Right off the bat, you know this is
one peppy movie! Costars Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney and Eoin Macken; directed by Jason Zada. THE HATEFUL EIGHT Rated R Quentin Tarantino’s movie is about really bad guys with no moral boundaries. What a switch for him, huh? This one’s way out West, in the effing dead of winter, snow piled two miles high, in a cabin where desperate folks take refuge. Among these stellar individuals are ruthless bounty hunters, criminals and killers, steeped in typical Tarantino violence. Samuel L. Jackson is awesome. Costars Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Masden, Bruce Dern, Belinda Owino and Channing EEEE! Tatum. JOY **@@ Rated PG-13 Jennifer Lawrence stars as Joy, a single mom who lives with her mother Terry (Virginia Madsen) and grandmother Mimi (Diane Ladd). Her father Rudy (Robert De Niro) breaks up with his girlfriend and moves into Joy’s basement, which is where Joy’s ex-husband Tony (Édgar Ramírez) currently resides. Only Joy’s best friend from childhood, Jackie (Dascha Polanco), is a reliable confidante in her chaotic daily life. Joy has always been smart and creative, but she’s never been able to realize her dreams or ideas. Then she invents the “Miracle Mop,” a self-wringing, washable contraption unlike any mop ever slung around a kitchen floor. She goes to her father’s new girlfriend, Trudy (Isabella Rossellini), for financial help, but is unprepared for the hardships she will face – concept design, production, intellectual property, etc. Her family has a terrible way of showing support. Director David O. Russell captures the plight of the small business owner well. — DH THE MASKED SAINT Rated PG-13 A professional wrestler becomes a preacher in a small town, where he moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. Costars Brett Granstaff, T.J. McGibbon, Diahann Carroll and Roddy Piper. NORM OF THE NORTH Rated PG This opens Jan. 15, so we couldn’t get much info. Seems that somehow, Norm – who’s a lovable polar bear – and his lemming friends have travelled to the Big Apple instead of theoir usual habitat, the Arctic Circle. Norm is soon swept up in the marketing side of a large corporation that’s involved with profiting from that same frozen land. Voices by Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meany and Loretta Devine. POINT BREAK Rated PG-13 Yes, my God, this is a remake of that eye-candy brain-pudding 1991 crap. Anyway, tyro FBI agent Utah (Luke Bracey) goes undercover against extremesports-dude-pro-thief Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). There are some nice waves, and snowboarding, rock climbing and some lunatics doing that wingsuit fl ying – which is just a death wish as far as we can tell – and lots of things blowing up. THE REVENANT **G@ Rated R “As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight,” Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) tells his ailing son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck) at the start of director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film. The acting and cinematography are great, but there’s not one scene, moment, or even a hint of anything like happiness. Based on a true story, the whole thing’s a glum exercise in survival that only gets worse. DiCaprio is fur trapper Hugh, on a hunting trip under constant threat of attack by natives and French hunters. It’s the 1820s in a lawless land, and fur pelts are currency, which are easily, and often, stolen. Separated from the others, Hugh is mauled by a grizzly bear in a frightening, brutal and horrifying scene. His group tends to him, but it slows them down. Believing Hugh is near death, the captain (Domhnall Gleeson) asks Chip (Will Poulter) and Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) to stay with young Hawk and dying Hugh – and give the man a proper burial. Fitzgerald panics, kills Hawk and buries Hugh alive, then splits to catch up with the rest. What follows is nearly two hours of Hugh struggling to find the bastards who wronged him and exact his revenge. — DH RIDE ALONG 2 Rated PG-13 The guys are back! Ben (Kevin Hart) is about to get married, which will officially make James (Ice Cube) his brother-in-law. They’re trying to stop the flow of drugs up the East Coast by attacking it at the source – Miami. Violent hilarity ensues. Costars Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Ken Jeong, Bruce McGill, and Tyrese Gibson. Rumor has it that Rick Ross, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and T.I. have cameos. STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS **G@ Rated PG-13 You know director J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in trouble from the opening action scene, a standard compound shootout without the originality that infused the saga begun in 1983. All the action and visual effects are mediocre. There are some notable surprises and good laughs (including genuinely funny moments from Han and the BB8), and some familiar faces pop up – it’s like seeing forgotten pals from high school at your 30th reunion. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last living Jedi, has vanished. Villainous First Order wants Luke dead to reclaim the Galaxy from the Republic. General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), leader of the Resistance for the Republic, sends a pilot (Oscar Isaac) to the planet Jakku to find Luke’s hideout. The heroes are Rey (Daisy Ridley), a local on Jakku, with droid BB8, and ex-stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega). Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) join in. Costars Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Gwendoline Christie and Lupita Nyong’o. — DH
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The acclaimed ensemble of young adult, virtuoso musicians known as THE HERMES QUARTET, perform at The Jewish Community Alliance on Jan. 24 at the Jewish Community Alliance in Mandarin.
PERFORMANCE
CAMELOT Amelia Musical Playhouse presents a musical telling of King Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, 22, and 23 at 1955 Island Walkway, Fernandina Beach, 277-3455, $20; $15 student; through Feb. 6, ameliamusicalplayhouse.com. ORDINARY DAYS Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre stages Adam Gwon’s musical, about four lives interconnecting in NYC, at 8 p.m. Jan. 23 and 24 at Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7177, $20; through Feb. 7, abettheatre.com. PAUL TAYLOR 2 The acclaimed six-person dance troupe, which performs Taylor works including Esplanade, Company B, and The Uncommitted, performs at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at The Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $15-$35, floridatheatre.com. THE COLLEEN & JOSH SHOW YouTube viral video sensations and real-life lovebirds Colleen Ballinger and Josh David Evans perform comedy and sing at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $35-$75, pvconcerthall.com. STAR TREK: THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE This multimedia extravaganza, featuring a live symphony orchestra playing music from the popular sci-fi franchise as TV footage is beamed on a 40-foot-wide screen, is presented at 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 442-2929, $40-$91.50, artistseriesjax.org. AIDA A company of 60, including a full orchestra, performs Verdi’s beloved opera at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts’ Moran Theater, 300 Water St., Downtown, 442-2929, $44.15-$62.45, artistseriesjax.org. LATE NIGHT CATECHISM – SISTER ROLLS THE DICE! This witty one-woman comedy, featuring “Sister” and her Las Vegas-tinged ponderings ranging from gambling to drive-through marriage chapels, is staged at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, 8 p.m. Jan. 22, 4:30 and 8 p.m. Jan. 23, and 2 p.m. Jan. 24 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Southside, 646-2222, $35, artistseriesjax.org. COTTON ALLEY Players by the Sea presents the world premiere of Olivia Gowan’s humorous play, about the relationship between a 19-year-old and a wayward, damaged mother, 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. Jan. 24 at 106 Sixth St. N., Jax Beach, 249-0289, $23; $20 seniors, military, students; through Jan. 30, playersbythesea.org. WRONG TURN AT LUNGFISH Orange Park Community Theatre stages Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz’s comedy, about a blind, bitter college professor who encounters a streetwise young woman who volunteers to read to him in the hospital, 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23 and 3 p.m. Jan. 24 at 2900 Moody Ave., Orange Park, 276-2599, $18; through Jan. 31, opct.info. THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Theatre Jacksonville stages this musical, about a woman and her emotionally troubled young daughter traveling through Italy in the ’60s, 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23 and 2 p.m. Jan. 24 at 2032 San Marco Blvd., San Marco, 396-4425, $25; through Jan. 31, theatrejax.com. HONKY TONK ANGELS The country-flavored musical, about a young girl who follows her dream of being a singer and heads to Nashville,
is staged through Feb. 7. Dinner 6 p.m.; brunch at noon, with Executive Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menu (Brunswick stew, fried chicken, collards, corn muffins, and honey bun cake); Alhambra Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., Southside, $35-$59 plus tax, 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. THE GRAPES OF WRATH Limelight Theatre presents its stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s story, about the Joad family and their trek from Oklahoma to California during the 1930s Depression, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, 22, and 23, and 2 p.m. Jan. 24 at 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine, 825-1164, $15; through Feb. 14, limelight-theatre.org.
CLASSICAL, CHOIR & JAZZ
YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE The OneJax Institute presents the Yuval Ron Ensemble, a quartet who perform mystically tinged music woven from various world faiths, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at University of North Florida’s Lazzara Performance Hall, 1 UNF Dr., Southside, 620-2878, unf.edu/onejax. GONZALO BEGARA QUARTET This all-acoustic combo, playing a modern, eclectic version of gypsy jazz, performs at 8 p.m. Jan 21 at The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $18 advance; $22 day of, originalcafe11.com. HOT SARDINES NYC-based hot jazz combo The Hot Sardines rock the night with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 at Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, Downtown, 354-5547, $25-$59, jaxsymphony.org. POLISH BALTIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra and pianist Macin Koziak perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at Flagler College’s Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada St., St. Augustine, 797-2800, $40, emmaconcerts.com. LIFT EVERY VOICE The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents this musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including works by Duke Ellington, John Williams, Aaron Copland, and James Wendel, at 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Symphony Hall, Downtown, 354-5547, $19-$40, jaxsymphony.org. FLORIDA CHAMBER MUSIC PROJECT The local classical ensemble performs the music of David Bruce and Mozart at 3 p.m. Jan. 24 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $25, pvconcerthall.com. THE HERMES QUARTET The Jewish Community Alliance presents a performance by The Hermes Quartet, an acclaimed ensemble of young adult, virtuoso musicians, at 3 p.m. Jan. 24 at 8505 San Jose Blvd., Mandarin, 730-2100, jcajax.org. PERCUSSION CHAMBER CONCERT Professor Charlotte Mabrey conducts UNF percussion students at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at University of North Florida’s Recital Hall, Southside, 620-2878, unf.edu/coas/music/Calendar.aspx. GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA The legendary big band performs at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at Wilson Center for the Arts, FSCJ’s South Campus, Southside, 646-2222, $42, artistseriesjax.org.
COMEDY
COMEDY ALL-STARS AT THE COMEDY ZONE Local funny folks The Comedy All-Stars, featuring David Emanuel, Brian Thomas, Marlon Spence, Joey Patrick, and Roger Travis, appear at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at The
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PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON brings his sardonic spin on illusion and comedy to Northeast Florida
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ritish magician and comedian Piff the Magic Dragon has been compared to Larry David in a dragon suit. He’s performed with Penn & Teller, opened for Mumford & Sons’ 2012 Tour of Two Halves and made a name for himself as a finalist on the 10th season of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Born John van der Put, the 35-yearold is best known for dressing in a green, red, and yellow dragon costume with his sidekick, Mr. Piffles, a white Chihuahua that assists Piff with his performance. Folio Weekly Magazine spoke with the grumpy yet somehow likable personality when he was in Erie, Pennsylvania, getting ready for a couple of shows. Here’s part of that conversation.
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Folio Weekly: You’re playing at a comedy club for this week’s Jacksonville shows. How do you tailor your act for a smaller space? Piff the Magic Dragon: Well, we’ve been doing comedy clubs for more than eight years. I’ve toured the UK a lot doing these smaller shows, so we just use tricks that sort of work better in the smaller rooms. I’ve read you got into magic as a teenager. Tell me about that. I got into it as a hobby. We would sit around and play card games all day and I’d cheat at cards. And in the end, I would do these magic shows and just sort of carried on doing it when I left university. Then you studied performance methods while a drama student at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. Yeah. I went to drama school when I was
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Your act includes self-deprecating humor and deadpan delivery. Are those two facets of your existing personality or are they part of the act? I think most of it is a part of my existing personality, but maybe just a bit more amplified. How did your assistant, Mr. Piffles, come about? In 2009, I thought, “You know what my act needs? A gimmick.” So I got Mr. Piffles onboard as the world’s only magic performing Chihuahua and we’ve been together ever since. He’s pretty much always with me. I can’t remember the last time that he’s missed a show.
You’ve worked with Penn & Teller over the years. How did that happen? 24. For me, the performance part of it is They were shooting this TV show in 2011. I what I enjoy most. But for other magicians, auditioned for it and then performed in it – it it’s the magic. was a pre-recorded show – and when it came out a few months later, it got a huge amount of Your stage persona, Piff the Magic Dragon, attention. Penn & Teller got in touch and told was created in 2008. Nearly eight years later, me how much they loved my act. When I came do you have any regrets over to Vegas in 2014, I ended up when it’s time to put on becoming friends with them. PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON your costume? 8 p.m. Jan. 21; 8 and 10
[Laughs.] No. No. Because What’s it like living in Las p.m. Jan. 22 & 23, The it lets me do things that I Vegas? Is it a culture shock from Comedy Zone, Mandarin, $25, otherwise wouldn’t be able living in the UK? comedyzone.com to do without the costume. No, not really. I really like it there. I can sort of be a lot funnier I’ve got some nice friends there. and I can get away with a lot more than if I There’s a great group of magicians there and it’s a lot warmer than England. It’s a great place to wasn’t wearing the costume. perform. I do a show there every week. Is Mr. Piffles a good chick magnet? Yeah, he sure is. Yep. He gets a lot of female attention. You appeared on the 10th season of America’s Got Talent and had a great rapport with the judges. Was that part of the act or are you a generally likeable person? [Laughs.] I think I’m reasonably likable. But yeah, they [the judges] were all great and the production team were really great. I’m still in touch with a lot of them. I made a lot of friends on that show.
You’ve worked on a lot of different projects over the past 10 years. What’s next? We’re touring for the rest of the year and then we’re working on a TV show, which will come out at some point. What’s really great for me is that we’re here in Erie at the moment and all of these shows are sold out for the weekend. Wherever we end up going, we generally end up selling out the room, so it’s great for us to be able to perform all over America and sell out these shows. That’s the exciting part for me. Kara Pound mail@folioweekly.com
+ EVENTS ARTS ARTS + EVENTS Comedy Zone, 3130 Hartley Rd., Mandarin, 292-4242, $10, comedyzone.com. PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Comedic-magician Piff the Magic Dragon, who has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe festival and has more than 12 million YouTube hits, performs at 8 p.m. Jan. 21 and 8 and 10 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23 at The Comedy Zone, 292-4242, $25, comedyzone.com. HOOKING UP WITH THE SECOND CITY The legendary Chicago-based comedy troupe offers a performance of romance-themed sketch and improv comedy at 5 and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at T-U Center’s Terry Theater, Downtown, 442-2929, $50.50, artistseriesjax.org. HOT POTATO COMEDY HOUR Local comics appear 9 p.m. Jan. 18 and every Mon. at rain dogs., 1045 Park St., Riverside, free, 379-4969.
CALLS & WORKSHOPS
THE ELBOW SEEKS BANDS FOR CD COMPILATION The Elbow, downtown’s official entertainment district, is accepting artist submissions for its new local music compilation, Amplified Vol. 2. All local bands of any genre can submit original works for consideration to theelbowjax. com/amplified-artist-submission. (NEU) SONICS MUSIC INITIATIVE Experimental saxophonist-composer Jamison Williams offers a six-week course of workshops with local and visiting improv musician-instructors, at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 101 W. First St., Downtown; sessions begin Jan. 24; neusonics.org. VINTAGE PLAYERS SEEKS OLDER ACTORS Senior theater company The Vintage Players is seeking actors age 50-and-up for upcoming local theatrical productions. For more info, contact Gary Baker at 616-1568. ARTS IN THE PARK ENTRIES The annual limited, juried April event held at Atlantic Beach’s Johansen Park seeks applications; coab.us. 2016 ART & COMMUNITY GRANTS NOW OPEN The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida has posted grant applications for categories including Early Childhood Nonprofit Organizations, Individual Artists (Art Ventures), Small Arts Organizations (Art Ventures), and Visual Arts in St. Augustine (Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Fund). Deadlines vary; for more info and to apply, go to jaxcf.org/apply.
ART WALKS & MARKETS
WEDNESDAY MARKET Produce, arts, crafts, food, live music, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 20, St. Johns Pier Park, 350 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 347-8007, thecivicassociation.org. COMMUNITY FARMERS & ART MARKET Art, crafts, jewelry, 4-7 p.m. Jan. 20, 4300 St. Johns Ave., Riverside, 607-9935. WINTER RAM Some of Riverside Arts Market’s artists, food artists and local, seasonal produce are featured, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 23 and every Sat. through Feb. 26 under the Fuller Warren Bridge, 715 Riverside Ave., free admission, 389-2449, riversideartsmarket.com. NORTH BEACHES ART WALK Galleries of Atlantic and Neptune beaches are open 5-9 p.m. Jan. 21 and every third Thur. from Sailfish Drive in Atlantic Beach to Neptune Beach and Town Center, 753-9594, nbaw.org. JAXSON’S NIGHT MARKET Street food vendors, craft beer, local farmers, and artisans and craft makers are featured from 5:30-9 p.m. Jan. 21 and every third Thur. at Hemming Park, Downtown, facebook. com/JaxsonsNightMarket.
MUSEUMS
BEACHES MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK 381 Beach Blvd., Jax Beach, 241-5657, beachesmuseum. org. Naval Station Mayport: Guardian of the Southern Frontier Exhibit runs through Feb. 12. CUMMER MUSEUM OF ART & GARDENS 829 Riverside Ave., 356-6857, cummermuseum.org. The exhibit Conservation, Beautification, and a City Plan: Ninah Cummer and the Establishment of Jacksonville Parks is on display through Nov. 27. Julien De Casablanca: The Outings Project is on display through May 1. Rockwell Kent: The Shakespeare Portfolio exhibits through May 15. David Hayes: The Sentinel Series, sculptures of geometrically abstract, organic forms, displays through Oct. 2. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE 333 N. Laura St., 366-6911, mocajacksonville.com. Project Atrium: Ian Johnston, Johnston’s Fish Tales, themes of consumption and material waste, exhibits through Feb. 28. Smoke and Mirrors: Sculpture & The Imaginary, 3D and installation works by sculptors Chul Hyun Ahn, James Clar, Patrick Jacobs, Ken Matsubara, Daniel Rozin, and Kathleen Vance, exhibits through Jan. 24. Allegory of Fortune: Photographs by Amanda Rosenblatt, runs through March 27.
GALLERIES
ARCHWAY GALLERY & FRAMING 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-2222, archwaygalleryandframing.com. Christmas in Florida is on display through mid-January. THE ART CENTER The Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 139, Downtown, 233-9252, tacjacksonville.org. The group show Food Cravings is on display through March 14.
CRISP-ELLERT ART MUSEUM 48 Sevilla St., St. Augustine, 826-8530, flagler.edu/ news-events/crisp-ellert-art-museum. The exhibit Layout, featuring recent works by sculptor Krysten Cunningham, is on display through Feb. 27. THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH 50 Executive Way, 280-0614, ccvb.org. Celebrate 2016: Artist Member Exhibition is on display through Feb. 19. FIRST STREET GALLERY 216-B First St., Neptune Beach, 241-6928, firststreetgalleryart.com. Mermaid Magic is on display through April 5. FLORIDA MINING GALLERY 5300 Shad Rd., Southside, 535-7252, floridamininggallery. com. Visual Artifacts Part Two – One Mind Two Realities, featuring recent works by multimedia artist Ambler Hutchinson, is on display through March. J. JOHNSON GALLERY 177 Fourth Ave. N., Jax Beach, 435-3200, jjohnsongallery. com. Christina Hope’s underwater photography, Water Angels, is on display through Jan. 21. KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY MUSEUM 101 W. First St., Springfield, 356-2992, rain.org/~karpeles/ jaxfrm.html. The exhibit Evita, featuring a selection of the letters and journals of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina, 1946-’52, is on display through May 1. Bright Interiors, Landscapes and Hauntingly Surreal Figures, featuring acrylic and mixed-media works by Troy Eittreim, is on display through Feb. 28. ST. AUGUSTINE ART ASSOCIATION 22 Marine St., St. Augustine, 824-2310. The exhibits Black, White and Shades of Gray, Mythos & Fauna, and Our Native Past: First Peoples are on display through Feb. 28.
EVENTS
AMELIA ISLAND RESTAURANT WEEK The eighth annual Amelia Island Restaurant Week, a 10-day gastronomic showcase, features a Coast Culinary Celebration, distillery tour, cooking class, and farmers market tour, along with 27 participating restaurants offering regular and prix fixe menus in a variety of styles and cuisine; Jan. 21-31; for a full schedule of events and details, go to restaurantweek.ameliaisland.com. HEMMING PARK 150th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Friends of Hemming Park holds the park’s 150th anniversary party, featuring live music, acrobats, live painting by First Coast Plein Air Painters, a “then & now” photo gallery, a historic trivia contest with Dr. Wayne Wood, kids activities with Fun4FirstCoastKids, food truck, and an “ostrich” cart race/food drive to benefit Clara White Mission, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Laura and Duval Streets, Downtown, hemmingpark.org. LEGO COMPETITION The seventh annual Lego Competition for kids in grades K-9 is held 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 23 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Southbank, 396-6674, themosh.org. TORCHLIGHT TOURS AT FORT MATANZAS Fort Matanzas National Monument offers torchlight tours at 6, 6:45, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23; tours depart from the visitor center at 8635 A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets $10; $5 for kids 15 and younger; check-in is 30 minutes before tour, 829-6506 ext. 232, nps.go/foma. BEAD & JEWELRY SHOW The Bead & Jewelry Show is held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 24 at Fairfield Inn, Butler Boulevard, 4888 Lenoir Ave., Jacksonville, $5, americanbeadshows.com ASK THE DOCTOR St. Vincent’s Primary Care family practice physician Dr. Benjamin O’Connell is on hand for a free Q&A 3-5 p.m. Jan. 26 at Verb Jax Gym, 1534 Oak St., Ste. 201, Riverside, 677-4125, verbjax.com. DINNER WITH AN ARTIST The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach offers this event with local artist C. Ford Riley, 6-8 p.m. Jan. 26 at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 814 A1A N., Ste. 103, Ponte Vedra, call for admission price and details, 280-0614 ext. 202, ccpvb.org. CHARLOTTE ASHFORD The Art Conservation Solutions conservator discusses her restoration techniques, noon-1 p.m. Jan. 27 at Marsh Landing Country Club, 25655 Marsh Landing Parkway, Ponte Vedra, $20 Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach members, $25 nonmembers, 280-0614 ext. 205, ccpvb.org. RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP UF Duval County Extension offers a Make & Take Rain Barrel Workshop 9:30 a.m.-noon Jan. 27 at 1010 N. McDuff Ave., Jacksonville, advance registration 255-7450, $50, duval.ifas.ufl.edu. MOSH AFTER DARK Bacardi’s scientists discuss the science of rum-making at this adults-only, hands-on, rum-based sensory activity at 6 p.m. Jan. 28 at Museum of Science & History, 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville, 396-6674 ext. 226, themosh.org. TIM DORSEY Florida-centric author Dorsey discusses and signs copies of his new Serge A. Storms novel, “Coconut Cowboy,” 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at The BookMark, 220 First St., Neptune Beach, 241-9026. PING PONG TOURNAMENT Green Room Brewing hosts a ping pong tournament every Tue. night, entries cut off at 7:30 p.m. start time. The $10 entry fee gets you one beer/beverage ticket; tickets awarded to the top four finishers. Double elimination, games to 21. USATT-rated opponents must give 5 points to unrated opponents. Green Room Brewing, 228 Third St. N, Jax Beach, 201-9283.
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fter years in the music business, Graham Nash still gets moved by things, particularly by the state of the world we live in today. As a member of The Hollies, Nash sang about brotherhood on “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” In Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), Nash delivered beautiful vocals and penmanship to songs like “Teach Your Children,” “Cathedral” and “Our House.” As a solo artist, Nash talked about organized violence on “Military Madness” and the 1968 Democratic Convention riots on “Chicago.” Nash’s April release, This Path Tonight, is a reflective look back at the world as it was and, particularly, as it has become. A bonus song on the deluxe version of the album, “Watch Out for the Wind,” addresses the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Nash helped establish the countercultural music of the ’60s, and it’s somehow a relief to hear him talk about how things still suck, as opposed to just resigning himself to rehashing hits for aging crowds. Nash is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as part of CSN&Y and The Hollies. An accomplished photographer, agitator, and musical history collector, Nash also has one of the greatest harmony voices in the history of contemporary music. Nash recently paused during his busy day to talk to Folio Weekly Magazine about his wild ride, recording the CSN classic “Ohio,” and the influence that hot-bed of harmony, Bulgaria, had on his own sound.
Folio Weekly Magazine: From that upstairs room in Blackpool to where you are now, what kind of ride has it been? Graham Nash: It’s been the wildest ride I could’ve ever imagined. When I decided that I wanted to be a musician, way back when I was 13 years old, I didn’t really know where this would end up; I only knew what it was doing to my heart and my soul, fulfilling me as a creative person. I never thought it would last this long. Holy shit, was it Mick Jagger who said, “Never trust anyone over 30”? Come on, I’m way past that now. You’ve achieved so much as part of The Hollies, and of course with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a solo artist. The Hollies, at the time, were quite popular. What led you to CSN? A different dynamic? A different challenge? No, it was the music. Once I had heard what David and Stephen and I sounded like when we sang together, it was over for me. I knew what I wanted. My heart said, “This is incredible music, you need to do this.” So I was left with a decision and, quite frankly, it was a courageous decision. I left my country, I left my bank account, I left my band, I left my first wife, who I had just divorced. It was an incredible decision that I will never, ever regret. Throughout your career, you’ve always been part of great harmony work. I love harmonies; I’ve always loved the harmony part of music. A lot of that’s due to Phil Everly, from whom I learned a lot. He was a dear friend in real life, he was always very great to me, and he was one of the greatest harmony singers ever. So The Everly Brothers heavily influenced you. Anybody else? Oh, yes, they were right at the top. Also, when I came to the United States in 1966, Paul Simon gave me an album of the music of Bulgaria, which was a record of the National Women’s Choir of Bulgaria. It was made by people that came out of the field and were used to singing all day, and it was a record of insane harmonies, 34 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 20-26, 2016
REVOLUTION& Rock icon GRAHAM NASH continues to offer insightful songs and a care for our world I’m talking eight-part harmonies. It’s one of my most favorite records. Since Paul gave it to me, I must’ve bought and given away several hundred copies of this album. In “Myself At Last,” a song on the new album This Path Tonight, you ask poignant questions, like, “Is my future just my past?” What does that mean to you? You’ve accomplished so many things, been so many places and done so much. I know, but to a certain degree, creativity is an escape from the real world. I find that’s true for me, when I write. I get upset about things that happen and I have the ability to sit down and write about it. It’s been an incredible life; I wake up every morning and get on with my life. I react to what happens around me, and I’m fortunate I have several different ways to express myself.
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7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, $49.50-$99.50, pvconcerthall.com
Another song, “Golden Days,” sounds like a tribute, a harkening to an earlier time. David Crosby called me one day and he said, “Find Stephen and book a studio. Neil and I are coming down tomorrow.” I said, “Book the studio?” He said, “Yeah, book the studio, book the band, let’s go. Neil has written a song called ‘Ohio’.” So I booked everything and everyone came in and we recorded “Ohio” in about an hour-and-a-half. We gave it to Ahmet Ertegun, the head of Atlantic Records, and told him to put it out immediately. He was concerned because we had “Teach Your Children” in the Top 20 and it might kill our own single. But it’s what we wanted to do. It was way more important than having another hit single, the fact that America is killing its own children at school was way more important than me having another bloody hit single. It’s a powerful song, with parallels to what’s going on now in America. Is the music’s message as important to you now as it was in the ’60s?
HARMONY Yes, it is for me. I can’t speak for other people, but it is for me. It seems to me like it’s getting crazier, and a song like “Golden Days” reflects on an earlier, gentler, lesschaotic time, and it was that. It was a more peaceful time. I’m sure crazy shit was going down, but it seemed manageable somehow. Today it doesn’t seem manageable to me. It’s crazy; we’ve told 300 million Americans that they all deserve the same rights as everybody else, and when they ask for those rights, we turn into a police state. Changing gears: I read about your fantastic memorabilia collection. What’s your favorite thing you’ve acquired over the years? One of my favorite pieces — and I have everything from James Dean’s first movie contract to Richard Nixon’s resignation letter to Henry Kissinger — is a piece of fence. Me and Crosby have been JFK assassination conspiracy buffs for years. I went to the grassy knoll while I was on tour in the early ’80s. I studied the Zapruder film and read every book, so I wanted to stand behind the grassy knoll fence. I stood there and I thought, “The guy shot from right here,” and I decided that I’d take a sliver of the fence as a memento. But it was so rusty that an entire five-foot section came off in my hands, and I started looking around to see if anyone saw what happened. My tour bus was right there, so I just walked it right onto the bus. That’s in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit of my stuff right now. “Our House,” a great song, was a big hit. If in that house, if it existed now, you had to have a roommate, would it be Crosby, Stills or Young? Oh, that is tough. That’s a very difficult question to answer. Normally, my answer would be Crosby; we’ve been dear friends for many, many years. But then I think about all the shit that comes with Crosby. Then I think about Stephen and I think about Neil, who’s one of my strangest friends. Maybe I don’t want a flatmate. It would be just me and the cats in the yard. Danny Kelly mail@folioweekly.com
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Chatting with Appalachian outlaw and mountain dancing icon JESCO WHITE before his maiden voyage to Florida
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How often do you dance these days? And does hey just don’t make men like Jesco White it bring you the same joy as it always has? anymore: ornery, raunchy, and irreverent — Well, I can dance to about any type of music but also well-versed in mountain dancing, that I hear, as long as it’s the right type and a nearly extinct Appalachian art form that not too crazy. I can dance to country, rhythm combines tap, clog, and interpretive dance. In & blues, old-time rock ‘n’ roll … Talking to the 1991 PBS documentary Dancin’ Outlaw, friends helps to kill time. I can’t call longJesco mixed his father D. Ray’s legendary dance distance but people can call in, so my wife moves with drug-addled dark comedy, flashes tells me when somebody’s calling and I tell of Elvis-obsessed depressive despair, and a ’em two jokes to keep ’em laughing. That dab of outlaw country to produce a piece of helps a lot to bring laughter to people. required viewing for anyone interested in the authentic American South. The film, directed Can you remember the first time you realized by West Virginia’s Jacob Young, made Jesco an that you were inheriting such a vital tradition underground cult hero. from your father? But it also made Jesco White and his I would not really be equipped to answer family easy targets for those eager to play that by memory. Say when I was probably up the rural poverty/dysfunctional hillbilly almost my head up to his waist? Fairly young. part of the saga: There was his 1994 cameo as He used to take me to dance at the beer Dan’s Clog-Dancing Cousin in an episode of joints because I’d be crying for toys, wanting Roseanne, voiceover work for animated parody something to play with and we didn’t have Squidbillies, and ultimately the hilariously sad money to get toys — we but also highly exploitative did well just to get by. I 2009 docudrama The Wild JESCO WHITE, SNAKE thought I’d want one of & Wonderful Whites of West BLOOD REMEDY, GRANDPA’S them big mugs of beer they Virginia, which focused COUGH MEDICINE was drinking in there, but on the White family’s 8 p.m. Jan. 23, Jack Rabbits, San they’d give me a root beer or dysfunction, poverty, and Marco, $20 advance; $25 day of, jaxlive.com a soda pop and I’d sit in the addiction at the expense of booth and drink it like I was Jesco’s talents. a big man. My dad would have liked to ship We can be grateful that Jesco White is me out but I wanted to learn and get paid enjoying a bit of a resurgence these days. He — that’s how I started dancing. But I could (and his dancing) appeared in Grand Theft never outdance him. I never seen no other Auto V, Hank Williams III has invited him on man on this Earth outdance my father. Still, tour, and he even made it out of West Virginia, his dancing ain’t exactly the same as mine, moving to Tennessee with his second wife, the same as how Hank Jr. and his daddy’s Alida. Now, JD Cook of local country/bluegrass singing ain’t exactly the same. I got my own band Snake Blood Remedy has organized a kind of dancing learned from my daddy and three-date tour — Jesco’s first visit to Florida — learned the hard way from stuff I’d play off to help the 59-year-old make a little money for his unique brand of Southern performance art. the jukebox — Johnny Paycheck, Waylon Folio Weekly Magazine chatted with Jesco in Jennings, Johnny Cash. I always said I got the a long phone call, about being self-employed, rhythm, they got the blues, but now I got the learning to dance in beer joints, and, of course, rhythm to go with them blues. And I’ve been telling a few dirty jokes. dancing like that ever since. Folio Weekly Magazine: What will your upcoming performance in Jacksonville look like, Jesco? Jesco White: Well, I’ll be doing some dancing with some music — my own music, and a little bit of [Snake Blood Remedy’s]. They’ll play some bluegrass and country, and then I’ll do my own things dancing to another kind of country on some CDs. Maybe do a little impersonating, tell a few jokes, and let the good times roll. That’ll be about it, I guess. You don’t tour a lot — how did this show get set up? My good friend JD invited me down to help me out since I’m self-employed. I think it’s an inspiration to help somebody who’s in need. I just can’t wait to get down to Jacksonville for the first time and rock the city.
You’ve overcome a lot of obstacles since then. How are things these days? Well, I’m still going at the same pace, but it gets a little bit rougher each day when you’re self-employed trying to scramble and pay bills. But on the other hand, it’s no different than it was. Long as I can get a gig somewhere, it keeps me out of trouble, keeps me going, and keeps me meeting people. There are lots of your fans in Jacksonville who can’t wait to meet you. Me and JD, we’re just gonna take our time and make this show as good as we possibly can for the people we meet. Have a good time with ’em. Like an airplane flies from city to city, I’m like a baby that goes from titty to titty. Nick McGregor mail@folioweekly.com JANUARY 20-26, 2016 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | 35
Brooklyn, New York thrash metal mainstays BIOHAZARD (pictured) perform with SWORN ENEMY, COLDSIDE, ETERNAL SLEEP, and CROSS ME at 1904 Music Hall Jan. 27, Downtown.
LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK SPADE McQUADE 6 p.m. Jan. 20 at Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub, Jacksonville Landing, Ste. 176, Downtown, 374-1247. DAN VOLL 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Alley Cat Seafood, Beer House & Wine Boutique, 316 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, 491-1001.
PAT ROSE 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Ragtime Tavern, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7877. STEVE POLTZ, GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at The Original Café Eleven, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311, $15 advance; $20 day of. GALACTIC, THE RECORD COMPANY 8 p.m. Jan. 20 at Freebird Live, 200 N. First St., Jax Beach, 246-2473, $22 advance; $25 day of. FISH OUT OF H2O 7 p.m. Jan. 21, Ragtime Tavern. THE KENNEDYS 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at Mudville Music Room, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., San Marco, 352-7008, $10. THE TEMPTATIONS, THE FOUR TOPS 8 p.m. Jan. 21, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Downtown, 355-2787, $42.50-$79. HEY MONEA, 100 WATT VIPERS, FERNWAY 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at Jack Rabbits, 1528 Hendricks Ave., San Marco, 398-7496, $10 advance; $13 day of. “3” THE BAND 9 p.m. Jan. 21 at Flying Iguana. AMBER DELACRUZ, SHOT GUN REDD, THE STEVEN, FLOWERS BAND, JAIMIE DAVIS 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at Mavericks Live, 2 Independent Dr., Downtown, 356-1110. WILD ADRIATIC, THE ROCKETBOYS 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at 1904 Music Hall, 19 Ocean St., Downtown, $8 advance; $10 at door. MIKE SHACKELFORD, STEVE SHANHOLTZER 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, Mudville Music Room, $10. JUCIFER, SHADOW HUNTER, COUGHIN 8 p.m. Jan. 22, Jack Rabbits, $10 advance; $15 day of. THE LONELY HEARTSTRING BAND 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22, The Original Café Eleven, $15 advance; $20 day of. SHANNON & the CLAMS, GOLDEN PELICANS, THE MOLD 9 p.m. Jan. 22 Burro Bar, 100 E. Adams St., Downtown, $12 advance; $15 day of. DIRTY PETE 9 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23 at The Roadhouse, 231 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, 264-0611.
BLISTUR 9:30 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23 at Whiskey Jax, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Southside, 634-7208. CHUCK NASH BAND 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23, Flying Iguana. TAKE COVER 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23, Ragtime Tavern. RADIO LOVE 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at Slider’s Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., Fernandina Beach, 277-6652. JOHN SPRINGER 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23, Alley Cat Seafood. VERLON THOMPSON 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, Mudville Music Room, $10. JESCO WHITE, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY, GRANDPA’S COUGH MEDICINE 8 p.m. Jan. 23, Jack Rabbits, $20 advance; $25 day of. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at Thrasher-Horne Center, 283 College Dr., Orange Park, 276-6750, $53-$113, thcenter.org. RUE SNIDER 9 p.m. Jan. 23 at Shantytown Pub, 22 W. Sixth St., Springfield, 798-8222. EAST NASHVILLE DARK HORSES, AMELIA WHITE, SERGIO WEBB, JULIE CHRISTENSEN 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, Mudville Music Room, $10. JACK TOFT, DIP, TWINKI, The DUE DILIGENCE 9 p.m. Jan. 24, Shantytown Pub. TOM HAMILTON’S AMERICAN BABIES, THE GROOVE ORIENT 8 p.m. Jan. 26 at 1904 Music Hall, $10-$12. BIOHAZARD, SWORN ENEMY, COLDSIDE, ETERNAL SLEEP, CROSS ME 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at 1904 Music Hall, $15. RICHARD SMITH 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Mudville Music Room, $10. GRAHAM NASH 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., 209-0399, $49.50-$99.50. DESTROYER of LIGHT, LA-A, CON RIT, KILL MATILDA 8 p.m. Jan. 27, Burro Bar. BULLY, PALEHOUND, FAZE WAVE 8 p.m. Jan. 27, Jack Rabbits, $12.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
TANA POPOVIC Jan. 28, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PATTI LaBELLE Jan. 28, T-U Center for the Performing Arts SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & the ASBURY JUKES Jan. 28, The Florida Theatre CHERYL WHEELER Jan. 29, The Original Café Eleven SUPPRESSIVE FIRE, SATURNINE, WORSEN, OPPRESSIVE NATURE, CORRUPTED SAINT Jan. 29, Burro Bar BONNIE X CLYDE Jan. 29, Mavericks Live CARRIE UNDERWOOD Jan. 30, Veterans Memorial Arena GAELIC STORM Jan. 30, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PAPADASIO Jan. 30, Mavericks Live PINK FLOYD LASER SPECTACULAR SHOW Jan. 30, Florida Theatre JOHNNY MATHIS Jan. 31, The Florida Theatre The EXPENDABLES Jan. 31, Mavericks Live GLADIUS Jan. 31, Thrasher-Horne Center COLIN HAY, HEATHER MALONEY Jan. 31, P.V. Concert Hall 2CELLOS Feb. 2, The Florida Theatre MOON TAXI Feb. 2, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall YANNI Feb. 3, Times-Union Center Southern Soul Assembly: JJ GREY, ANDERS OSBORNE, MARC BROUSSARD, LUTHER DICKINSON Feb. 4, Florida Theatre OLD DOMINION Feb. 5, Mavericks Live UNDER the STREETLAMP Feb. 5 & 6, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Valor Jam for Veterans: CORBITT BROTHERS, SECOND SHOT, BILLY BUCHANAN & FREE AVENUE Feb. 6, Florida Theatre YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, TROUT STEAK REVIVAL Feb. 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Greatest Hits Tour, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Feb. 10, The Florida Theatre BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE Feb. 10, The Green Room ROBERT RANDOLPH & the FAMILY BAND Feb. 11, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BLACKBERRY SMOKE Feb. 12, The Florida Theatre MARTY STUART & the FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES Feb. 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall PATTY GRIFFIN, SARA WATKINS, ANAIS MITCHELL Feb. 13, The Florida Theatre The JAMES HUNTER SIX Feb. 13, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall DAVE MASON’S TRAFFIC JAM Feb. 14, P.V. Concert Hall SURVIVORMAN LES STROUD Feb. 14, The Florida Theatre WILD KRATTS LIVE! Feb. 15, The Florida Theatre MELISSA ETHERIDGE Feb. 17, Thrasher-Horne Center DON WILLIAMS Feb. 17, The Florida Theatre MARTY FRIEDMAN Feb. 17, Jack Rabbits 12th Annual Palatka Bluegrass Festival: PENNY CREEK BAND, SPECIAL CONSENSUS, FELLER & HILL & the BLUEGRASS BUCKAROOS, LONESOME RIVER BAND, The SPINNEY BROTHERS, RHONDA VINCENT, RON THOMASON & DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD, The GRASCALS, The BLUEGRASS BROTHERS, The STEEP CANYON RANGERS Feb. 18-20, Rodeheaver Boys’ Ranch ST. PAUL & the BROKEN BONES Feb. 19, P.V. Concert Hall PROTOMARTYR, SPRAY PAINT, UVTV Feb. 19, St. Augustine Amphitheatre FOREIGNER Feb. 20, The Florida Theatre SUN RA ARKESTRA Feb. 20, The Ritz Theatre MICHAEL FELDMAN’S WHAD’ YA KNOW? Feb. 20, The Florida Theatre ADAM TRENT Feb. 21, The Florida Theatre GARY CLARK JR. Feb. 21, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES Feb. 24, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall VINCE GILL, LYLE LOVETT Feb. 25, The Florida Theatre Experience Hendrix: BILLY COX, BUDDY GUY, ZAKK WYLDE, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, JONNY LANG, DWEEZIL ZAPPA, KEB MO, ERIC JOHNSON, CHRIS LAYTON, MATO NANJI, NOAH HUNT, HENRI BROWN Feb. 26, Florida Theatre PETER CASE Feb. 26, Mudville Music Room DAVID COOK Feb. 27, Mavericks Live RICHARD MARX Feb. 27, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ALABAMA Feb. 28, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The ZOMBIES March 3, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall SOUTHERN CULTURE on the SKIDS March 3, Colonial Quarter IL VOLO March 3, The Florida Theatre BLACK VIOLIN March 3, The Ritz Theatre ROGER McGUINN March 4, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall STEVE MILLER BAND March 4, St. Augustine Amphitheatre COREY SMITH March 4, Mavericks Live HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL March 4, The Florida Theatre JASON ISBELL, SHOVELS & ROPE March 5, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ROBERT PLANT & the SENSATIONAL SHIFTERS, The SONICS March 6, St. Augustine Amphitheatre JEWEL March 6, The Florida Theatre CREEPOID, HOLLY HUNT, FEVER HANDS, LA-A March 7, Burro Bar GEORGE WINSTON March 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall The GODDAMN GALLOWS, MUDTOWN, SNAKE BLOOD REMEDY, CAINT NEVER COULD March 8, Burro Bar JIM BREUER March 9, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall MERLE HAGGARD March 11, The Florida Theatre MOODY BLUES March 11, St. Augustine Amphitheatre RIHANNA March 12, Veterans Memorial Arena BLUE MAN GROUP March 12 & 13, Times-Union Center GORDON LIGHTFOOT March 16, The Florida Theatre The REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND March 16, The Original Café Eleven Suwannee Springfest: JOHN PRINE, DEL McCOURY, JIM LAUDERDALE, DONNA the BUFFALO March 17-20, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park GET The LED OUT March 17, The Florida Theatre JOHNNY CLEGG & HIS BAND March 18, P.V. Concert Hall JOE SATRIANI March 19, The Florida Theatre The FAB FOUR: ULTIMATE TRIBUTE March 19, P.V. Concert Hall ALAN DOYLE & BAND March 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall ABSU March 20, Burro Bar BILL GAITHER & GAITHER VOCAL BAND: DAVID PHELPS, WES HAMPTON, ADAM CRABB, TODD SUTTLES March 20, T-U Center SAOSIN March 22, Mavericks Live CHICAGO, EARTH, WIND & FIRE March 23, Veterans Mem Arena SETH GLIER March 24, The Original Café Eleven The LACS March 25, Mavericks Live DURAN DURAN March 30, St. Augustine Amphitheatre CECILE McLORIN SALVANT March 31, The Ritz Theatre DAILEY & VINCENT April 7, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall STICK FIGURE April 8, Mavericks Live REBIRTH BRASS BAND April 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall LET IT BE: Celebration of the Beatles April 10, Florida Theatre AMY HELM April 12, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Wanee Music Festival: WIDESPREAD PANIC, GREGG ALLMAN, GOV’T MULE, LES BRERS, UMPHREY’S McGEE, BRUCE HORNSBY, STANLEY CLARKE April 14, 15 & 16 RITA WILSON April 15, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall BILLY CURRINGTON, KELSEA BALLERINI April 18, St. Augustine Amphitheatre The BRONX WANDERERS April 16, The Florida Theatre BARRAGE 8 April 17, The Florida Theatre JESSE COOK April 18, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall One Night of Queen: GARY MULLEN & the WORKS April 20, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
Country artist AMBER DELACRUZ (pictured, left) performs with other local greats including SHOT GUN REDD, THE STEVEN, FLOWERS BAND, and JAIMIE DAVIS at Mavericks Live Jan. 22 in Downtown. A NIGHT with JANIS JOPLIN April 21, The Florida Theatre
Anjelah Johnson Presents: BON QUI QUI, GROUP 1 CREW
April 30, The Florida Theatre Welcome to Rockville: ROB ZOMBIE, ZZ TOP, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, A DAY to REMEMBER, MEGADETH, LAMB of GOD, CYPRESS HILL, SEVENDUST, GHOST, ANTHRAX, P.O.D., CLUTCH, YELAWOLF, WE CAME as ROMANS, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, CROWN the EMPIRE, AVATAR, BEARTOOTH, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, FROM ASHES to NEW, GLORIOUS SONS, WILD THRONE, SHINEDOWN, 3 DOORS DOWN, BRING ME the HORIZON, SIXX:A.M., COLLECTIVE SOUL, BULLET for my VALENTINE, HELLYEAH, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, CANDLEBOX, ESCAPE the FATE, PARKWAY DRIVE, ENTER SHIKARI, MISS MAY I, WILSON, RED SUN RISING, LACEY STURM, MONSTER TRUCK, CANE HILL April 30, May 1, Metro Park The 1975, The JAPANESE HOUSE May 10, St. Augustine Amphitheatre ELLIS PAUL May 13, The Original Café Eleven BILL MAHER May 14, The Florida Theatre NIGHT RANGER May 19, The Florida Theatre KING & THE KILLER May 20, Mavericks Live SALT-N-PEPA, KID ’N PLAY, ROB BASE, COOLIO, TONE LOC, COLOR ME BADD May 21, St. Augustine Amphitheatre HERE COME the MUMMIES, NOAH GUTHRIE May 26, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
JUSTIN BIEBER June 29, Veterans Memorial Arena TWENTY ONE PILOTS July 3, St. Augustine Amphitheatre 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER July 20, Veterans Memorial Arena
LIVE MUSIC CLUBS
AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA
ALLEY CAT Seafood & Beer House, 316 Centre St., 491-1001 Dan Voll 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20. John Springer 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23. Live music most weekends GREEN TURTLE TAVERN, 14 S. Third St., 321-2324 Buck Smith Thur. Yancy Clegg Sun. Vinyl Record Nite every Tue. SLIDERS Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652 Radio Love 6 p.m. Jan. 23. Live music most weekends SURF RESTAURANT, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave., 261-5711 Yancy Clegg every Tue. & Thur. Black Jack Band every Fri.
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
CASBAH CAFÉ, 3628 St. Johns Ave., 981-9966 Goliath Flores every Wed. Live jazz every Sun. Live music every Mon. ECLIPSE, 4219 St. Johns Ave. KJ Free 9 p.m. Tue. & Thur. Indie dance 9 p.m. every Wed. ’80s & ’90s dance every Fri. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200 Live music every weekend
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LIVE + LOCAL MUSIC THE BEACHES
(All venues in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted)
BRASS ANCHOR PUB, 2292 Mayport Rd., Ste. 35, Atlantic Beach, 249-0301 Joe Oliff, Gayle 8 p.m. Jan. 20 FLYING IGUANA, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 3 the Band Jan. 21 & 28. Chuck Nash Band 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. Ryan Crary 8:30 p.m. Jan. 24 FLY’S TIE IRISH PUB, 177 Sailfish Dr., AB, 246-4293 Live music most weekends FREEBIRD LIVE, 200 N. First St., 246-2473 THE FINAL CONCERT: Galactic, The Record Company 8 p.m. Jan. 20. Farewell, Freebird Live! :( GREEN ROOM BREWING, 228 Third St. N., 201-9283 Jasmine Cain 8 p.m. Jan. 27 HARMONIOUS MONKS, 320 First St. N., 372-0815 Live music every Fri. & Sat. Dan Evans, Spade McQuade every Sun. Back From the Brink every Mon. LYNCH’S IRISH PUB, 514 N. First St., 249-5181 Herd of Watts 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. Live music every night MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1018 Third St. N., 241-5600 Three the Band Jan. 20. Zargon Jan. 21. Paul Miller Jan. 22 MEZZA Restaurant & Bar, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573 Chilly Rhino Jan. 26. Gypsies Ginger every Wed. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer every Thur. NORTH BEACH BISTRO, 725 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 372-4105 Bill Ricci 7 p.m. Jan. 22 RAGTIME TAVERN, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877 Pat Rose 7 p.m. Jan. 20. Fish Out of Water 7 p.m. Jan. 21. Take Cover 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. Live music every weekend SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 N. Third St., 372-4456 Billy Buchanan 6 p.m. Jan. 24 WIPEOUTS GRILL, 1589 Atlantic Blvd., NB, 247-4508 Live music 7 p.m. Jan. 21, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 22
DOWNTOWN
1904 MUSIC HALL, 19 Ocean St. N. Yacht Rock Revue Jan. 21. Wild Adriatic, The Rocketboys 7 p.m. Jan. 22. SunGhosts 9 p.m. Jan. 23. Nothing Ordinary, B. Grant, KrisDa4 Jan. 24. American Babies Jan. 26. Biohazard, Sworn Enemy, Coldside, Eternal Sleep, Cross Me 7 p.m. Jan. 27 BURRO BAR, 100 E. Adams St. Shannon & The Clams, The Mold, Golden Pelicans, 9 p.m. Jan. 22 DOS GATOS, 123 E. Forsyth St., 354-0666 BlackJack every Wed. DJ Brandon every Thur. DJs spin dance every Fri. DJ NickFresh Sat. DJ Randall 9 p.m. Mon. DJ Hollywood Tue.
METAL AND A HARD PLACE
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I’M CONFLICTED. THERE IS THIS SWEET DENIM vest at Old Navy. Stonewashed with rivet-pockets, fringed collar, blue corduroy trim, the whole nine. There is also this awesome espresso maker at Williams-Sonoma that is pretty pricey, but dang. It’s got a built-in burr grinder, two pumps and a milk steamer, and it’s a total low-pressure, preinfusion model. This thing is macked out. What to do. What to do. If I go with the vest, I save some money, I’ll look seriously dope come spring – especially if I wear it without a shirt – and I can stash my celly in the breast pocket, ridding me of that unsightly rectangular bulge on my right buttock. Win-win-win. If I purchase the espresso machine, I’ll have to lay off the MMA Pay-Per-View parties for a few months, as I always host them (negative cash flow) and provide the munchies, too. But dang, that fresh-spress! Maybe while I think about it, I’ll listen to the new CD by Jacksonville metal quintet A MATTER OF HONOR, an album that has me as conflicted as the vest-versus-espresso conundrum. There’s a lot to like about Everyday Without A Purpose. But there’s a lot that has me grimacing as well. Good stuff first… I get the feeling that this band is sincere. And that’s to their credit, considering their chosen genre – what I’ll call “epic metal” – is littered with poseurs. This is not to say Everyday … is not littered with clichés, but the band throws in a few curve balls that, on balance, make some of the album’s trite elements palatable. First, the laudable Piper Coverdill sets A Matter of Honor apart. Though the band opts for some growly bullshit backgrounds now and again (enough of this already, metalheads), Coverdill’s lilting vocals are a welcome change. At times, the band overpowers her, which could easily be blamed on the mix, or the lack of much-
FIONN MacCOOL’S, The Landing, 374-1247 Spade McQuade 6 p.m. Jan. 20 & 27. A Nice Pair 8 p.m. Jan. 22. Jimmy Solari 8 p.m. Jan. 23 JACKSONVILLE LANDING, 2 Independent Dr., 353-1188 Fusion 7 p.m. Jan. 22. Groove Coalition 7 p.m. Jan. 23 MARK’S DOWNTOWN, 315 E. Bay St., 355-5099 DJ Dr. Doom 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Fri. DJ Shotgun 10 p.m.-2 a.m. every Sat. MAVERICKS LIVE, Jax Landing, 356-1110 Jamie Davis, Shotgun Redd Jan. 22. Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, The Maxies 8 p.m. Jan. 24. Joe Buck, DJ Justin every Thur.-Sat. UNDERBELLY, 113 E. Bay St., 699-8186 Live music weekends
FLEMING ISLAND
WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198 Live music 9 p.m. every Fri. & Sat. DJ Throwback every Thur. Deck music every Fri., Sat. & Sun.
INTRACOASTAL WEST
CLIFF’S BAR & GRILL, 3033 Monument Rd., 645-5162 Live music most weekends JERRY’S Sports Grille, 13170 Atlantic Blvd., 220-6766 The Party Cartel 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Mr. Natural Jan. 23
MANDARIN, JULINGTON
DAVE’S Music Bar & Grill, 9965 San Jose Blvd., 575-4935 Dancing Joe G Jan. 21. Live music most weekends HARMONIOUS MONKS, 10550 Old St. Augustine, 880-3040 Live music most weekends. Open jam 7 p.m. Mon.
ORANGE PARK, MIDDLEBURG
THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959 John Michael Tue.-Sat. THE ROADHOUSE, 231 Blanding Blvd., 264-0611 Dirty Pete 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. Live music 10 p.m. every Wed. DJ Big Mike every Thur.
PONTE VEDRA
PUSSER’S Grill, 816 A1A, 280-7766 Ryan Crary Jan. 20 & 27. Richard Smith 6 p.m. Jan. 21. Aaron Koerner 8 p.m. Jan. 22. Savannah Leigh Basset Jan. 23 TABLE 1, 330 A1A, 280-5515 Billy Bowers 6 p.m. Jan. 20. Gary Starling Jan. 21. Samuel Sanders Jan. 22. Way Back Wednesday Jan. 23
RIVERSIDE, WESTSIDE
MURRAY HILL THEATRE, 932 Edgewood Ave. S., 388-7807 Johnnyswim, Jonny P. 8 p.m. Jan. 25
needed harmony arrangements, which would have lifted the vocals above the muck. But kudos to Coverdill for actually singing her parts. More metal bands should do this, rather than trying to frighten everyone with their macho posturing. It’s embarrassing. It must also be noted that amid the predictable metal are some delightfully original moments. Track 3, “Dethroned,” features a funky little bridge that, removed from the genre, would certainly get some booties moving. Track 4, “Entwined,” is a beautifully quiet piece, pivoting on an interesting narrative and a dark melody. (Could do without the passing ambulance sound effect, but that’s nitpicking, innit?) “Recovery” bleeds the same vein, a soft, acoustic 6/8 bringing in harmonized backgrounds. And here Coverdill’s vocals sit perfectly in the mix, backed by mandolins and banjos. She shines here. The band should incorporate this in their heavier tunes, and really push themselves into an area of unexplored, original metal. OK, now the downsides… Musically, the majority of this record sounds just like all the other epic metal bands out there. Impossibly huge guitars, harmonized leads that we’ve heard a million times before. And those goddamned clicky bass drums. When are metal drummers going to stop triggering their bass drums and get back to the natural, powerful kick drum sound that drummers like Anthrax’s Charlie Benante worked so hard to achieve naturally? That
RAIN DOGS, 1045 Park St., 379-4969 Tough Junkie, Paten Locke, Edo 8 p.m. Jan. 22
ST. AUGUSTINE
CELLAR UPSTAIRS, 157 King St., 826-1594 Chillula Jan. 22. Billy Buchanan Jan. 23. Vinny Jacobs 2 p.m. Jan. 24 MILL TOP TAVERN, 19 St. George St., 829-2329 Todd & Molly Jones Jan. 20. Live music Jan. 22 & 23. Denny Blue Jan. 23 ORIGINAL CAFÉ ELEVEN, 501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Beach, 460-9311 Steve Poltz, Grant Lee Phillips 8 p.m. Jan. 20. The Lonely Heartstring Band 8:30 p.m. Jan 22 PAULA’S GRILL, 6896 A1A S., Crescent Beach, 471-3463 Denny Blue open mic jam 6-9 p.m. Jan. 20 TRADEWINDS, 124 Charlotte St., 829-9336 Cottonmouth 9 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. Live music most nights
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
JACK RABBITS, 1528 Hendricks Ave., 398-7496 Hey Monea, 100 Watt Vipers, Fernway 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Jucifer, Shadow Hunter, Coughin Jan. 22. Jesco White, Snake Blood Remedy, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine Jan. 23. Bully, Palehound, Faze Wave Jan. 27 MUDVILLE MUSIC ROOM, 3104 Atlantic Blvd., 352-7008 The Kennedys 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. Mike Shackelford, Steve Shanholtzer 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Flagship Romance, Verlon Thompson 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23
SOUTHSIDE, BAYMEADOWS, ARLINGTON
MELLOW MUSHROOM, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999 Jameyal Jan. 21. DiCarlo Thompson Jan. 22. Ryan Crary Jan. 23 SEVEN BRIDGES, 9735 Gate Pkwy., 997-1999 Chilly Rhino 9 p.m. Jan. 22 WHISKEY JAX, 10915 Baymeadows, 634-7208 Blistur 10 p.m. Jan. 22 & 23. John Bravo Jan. 26. Country Jam Wed. Melissa Smith Thur. Mojo Roux Blues Sun. WORLD OF BEER, 9700 Deer Lake Ct., Ste. 1, 551-5929 The Golden Novak Band 9 p.m. Jan. 23
SPRINGFIELD, NORTHSIDE
MOLLY BROWN’S Pub, 2467 Faye Rd., 683-5044 Live music most weekends SHANTYTOWN PUB, 22 W. Sixth St., 798-8222 Rue Snider 9 p.m. Jan. 23. Jack Toft, Dip, Twinki, The Due Diligence 9 p.m. Jan. 24 THREE LAYERS Cafe, 1602 Walnut St., 355-9791 Ao Mega 7 p.m. Jan. 25. Live music most weekends
THE KNIFE
THE KNIFE
guy had some of the fastest feet in the business, and he didn’t need samples to articulate his blast patterns. He just played hard and let the drums speak for themselves. The saddest aspect “Everyday Without a Purpose” is that Coverdill’s voice is not used to its fullest potential. Again, this has to do with its placement in the mix – way up front, very dry, no harmonic support – but also with Coverdill’s youth. I think, over time, and with a lot of work, she can complement her lilt and grace with power and conviction. In other words, her Harriet Wheeler could use a little Wendy O. So I vacillate. Caught in a troubling place, and I just can’t make up my mind… Do I go with the vest, or the espresso machine? John E. Citrone theknife@folioweekly.com ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Everyday Without a Purpose is available at amatterofhonor.com.
When you're in the mood for char-broiled beef kabobs, great craft cocktails and the allure of belly dancing, head to the Southside and Taverna Yamas. Photo by Dennis Ho
DINING DIRECTORY AMELIA ISLAND, FERNANDINA BEACH
29 SOUTH EATS, 29 S. Third St., 277-7919, 29southrestau rant.com. F Chef Scotty Schwartz’s traditional regional cuisine has modern twist. $$ L Tue.-Sat.; D Mon.-Sat.; R Sun. BARBERITOS, 1519 Sadler Rd., 277-2505. 463867 S.R. 200, Ste. 5, Yulee, 321-2240, barberitos.com. F Southwestern fare; burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salsa. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEACH DINER, 2006 S. Eighth St., 310-3750, beachdiner. com. Innovative breakfast: Eggs on the Bayou, fish-n-grits; French toast, riders, omelets. Lunch fare: salads, burgers, sandwiches, shrimp & crabmeat salad. $$ BW K TO L D Daily BEECH STREET Bar & Grill, 801 Beech St., 572-1390, beech streetbarandgrill.com. In restored 1889 home, Chef Charles creates with fresh, local ingredients. Local seafood, handcut Florida steaks, housemade pasta, daily specials, small plates, street food. $$$-$$$$ FB D Tue.-Sat.; Brunch, D Sun. BRETT’S WATERWAY CAFÉ, 1 S. Front St., 261-2660. F Southern hospitality, upscale waterfront spot; daily specials, fresh local seafood, aged beef. $$$ FB K L D Daily CAFÉ KARIBO, 27 N. Third St., 277-5269, cafekaribo.com. F Family-owned; historic building. Veggie burgers, seafood, made-from-scratch desserts. Dine in or on oak-shaded patio. Karibrew Pub next door. $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily CHEZ LEZAN BAKERY CO., 1014 Atlantic Ave., 491-4663, chezlezanbakery.com. Fresh European-style breads, pastries: croissants, muffins, cakes, pies. $ TO B R L Daily THE CRAB TRAP, 31 N. Second St., 261-4749, ameliacrabtrap.com. F $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily
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DINING DIRECTORY KEY
Average Entrée Cost $ = Less than $8 $$ = $8-$14 $$$ = $15-$22 $$$$ = $23 & up BW = Beer/Wine FB = Full Bar K = Kids’ Menu TO = Take Out B = Breakfast R = Brunch L = Lunch D = Dinner Bite Club = Hosted free FW Bite Club tasting. fwbiteclub.com. 2015 Best of Jax winner F = FW distribution spot
DAVID’S Restaurant & Lounge, 802 Ash St., 310-6049, ameli aislanddavids.com. Fine dining, historic district. Fresh seafood, prime aged meats, rack of lamb. $$$$ FB D Wed.-Mon. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 474313 E. S.R. 200, 491-3469. 450077 S.R. 200, Callahan, 879-0993. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
ELIZABETH POINTE LODGE, 98 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-4851, elizabethpointelodge.com. F Award-winning B&B. Seaside dining, inside or out. Hot buffet breakfast daily. Homestyle soups, sandwiches, desserts. $$$ BW B L D Daily HOLA CUBAN CAFÉ, 117 Centre St., 321-0163, holacuban cafe.com. F $$ FB K TO R, Sun.; L D Daily JACK & DIANE’S, 708 Centre St., 321-1444, jackanddianes cafe.com. F 1887 shotgun house. Jambalaya, French toast, mac-n-cheese, vegan/vegetarian. Porch. $$ FB K B L D Daily LULU’S at Thompson House, 11 S. 7th St., 432-8394, lulusamelia.com. F Po’boys, salads, local seafood, local shrimp. Reservations. $$$ BW K TO R Sun.; L D Tue.-Sat. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 925 S. 14th St., 321-3400, moonriver pizza.net. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Northern-style pizzas, 20+ toppings, pie or the slice. $ BW TO L D Mon.-Sat. THE MUSTARD SEED CAFÉ, 833 TJ Courson Rd., 277-3141, nassaushealthfoods.net. Casual organic eatery, juice bar, in Nassau Health Foods. All-natural organic items, smoothies, juice, herbal tea. $$ TO B L Mon.-Sat. PABLO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT GRILL & CANTINA, 12 N. Second St., 261-0049. Chicken, carnes, fajitas, burritos, tacos, daily specials. Margaritas. $$$ FB K TO L D Daily THE PECAN ROLL BAKERY, 122 S. Eighth St., 491-9815, thepecanrollbakery.com. F Near historic district. Sweet and savory pastries, cookies, cakes, bagels, breads, made from scratch. $ K TO B L Wed.-Sun. PI INFINITE COMBINATIONS, 19 S. Third St., 432-8535, pi32034.wix.com/piinfinite. All bar service; NYC-style. Specialty pizzas, pie/slice, toppings: truffle mushrooms, little neck clams, eggs, shrimp. Courtyard. $$ BW TO L D Wed.-Sun. PLAE, 80 Amelia Village Cir., 277-2132, plaefl.net. Bite Club. Bistro-style venue serves whole fried fish, duck breast. Outside. $$$ FB L Tue.-Sat.; D Nightly SALTY PELICAN Bar & Grill, 12 N. Front St., 277-3811, thesal typelicanamelia.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 2nd-story
outdoor bar. Owners T.J. & Al offer local seafood, fish tacos, local shrimp, po’boys, cheese oysters. $$ FB K L D Daily SLIDERS SEASIDE GRILL, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave., 277-6652, slidersseaside.com. F Oceanfront. Crabcakes, fried pickles, fresh seafood. Open-air 2nd floor, balcony. $$ FB K L D Daily T-RAY’S BURGER STATION, 202 S. Eighth St., 261-6310. F 2015 BOJ winner. In an old gas station; blue plate specials, burgers, biscuits & gravy, shrimp. $ BW TO B L Mon.-Sat.
ARLINGTON, REGENCY
DICK’S Wings & Grill, 9119 Merrill Rd., 745-9300. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S, 1301 Monument Rd., 724-5802. F SEE ORANGE PARK. The STEAKHOUSE @ Gold Club, 320 Gen. Doolittle Dr., 645-5500, jacksonvillegoldclub.com. Lunch and dinner specials, free HH buffets Thur. & Fri. $$$ FB L D Daily
AVONDALE, ORTEGA
FLORIDA CREAMERY, 3566 St. Johns Ave., 619-5386. Ice cream, waffle cones, milkshakes, sundaes, Nathan’s grilled hot dogs. Low-fat and sugar-free choices. $ K TO L D Daily HARPOON LOUIE’S, 4070 Herschel St., Ste. 8, 389-5631, harpoonlouies.net. F Locally owned & operated 20+ years. American pub. 1/2-pound burgers, fish sandwiches, pasta. Local beers. $$ FB K TO L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 3611 St. Johns Ave., 388-0200. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MOJO NO. 4 Urban BBQ & Whiskey Bar, 3572 St. Johns Ave., 381-6670. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PINEGROVE Market & Deli, 1511 PineGrove Ave., 389-8655, pinegrovemarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. 40+ years. Burgers, Cubans, subs, wraps. Onsite butcher cuts USDA choice prime aged beef. Craft beers. $ BW TO B L D Mon.-Sat. RESTAURANT ORSAY, 3630 Park St., 381-0909, restaurant orsay.com. 2015 BOJ winner. French/Southern bistro; locally grown organic ingredients. Steak frites, mussels, pork chops. Snail of Approval. $$$ FB K R, Sun.; D Nightly SIMPLY SARA’S, 2902 Corinthian Ave., 387-1000, simply saras.net. F Down-home fare, from scratch: eggplant fries, pimento cheese, baked chicken, fruit cobblers, chicken & dumplings, desserts. BYOB. $$ K TO L D Mon.-Sat., B Sat.
BAYMEADOWS
AL’S PIZZA, 8060 Philips Hwy., Ste. 105, 731-4300. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. BELLA VITA RISTORANTE ITALIANO, 3825 Baymeadows Rd., 646-1370, bellavitajax.com. F Authentic cuisine. $$ FB L D Daily INDIA’S RESTAURANT, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 8, 620-0777, indiajax.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic cuisine, lunch buffet. Curries, vegetable dishes, lamb, chicken, shrimp, fish tandoori. $$ BW L Mon.-Sat.; D Nightly LARRY’S Giant Subs, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., 737-7740. 8616 Baymeadows Rd., 739-2498. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 9802 Baymeadows Rd., 425-9142. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 11030 Baymeadows Rd., 260-2791. SEE MANDARIN. PATTAYA THAI Grille, 9551 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 1, 646-9506, ptgrille.com. Family-owned; traditional fare, vegetarian, new Thai; curries, seafood, noodles, soups. Lowsodium, gluten-free, too. $$$ BW TO L D Tue.-Sun. TEQUILA’S Mexican Restaurant, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 101, 363-1365, tequilasjacksonville.com. F Authentic fare, made daily with fresh ingredients. Vegetarian dishes; daily drink specials. Nonstop happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily THE WELL WATERING HOLE, 3928 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 9, 737-7740, thewellwateringhole.com. Local craft beers, wines by glass/bottle, champagne cocktails. Meatloaf sandwich, pulled Peruvian chicken, homestyle vegan black bean burgers. $$ BW K TO D Tue.-Sat. WHISKEY JAX KITCHEN & COCKTAILS, 10915 Baymeadows Rd., Ste. 135, 634-7208, whiskeyjax.com. Gastropub has craft beers, burgers, handhelds, tacos, whiskey. $$ FB L D Sat. & Sun.; D Daily.
BEACHES
(Venues are in Jax Beach unless otherwise noted.)
AL’S PIZZA, 303 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-0002, alspizza.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. New York-style gourmet pizzas, baked dishes. All-day HH Mon.-Thur. $ FB K TO L D Daily
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DINING DIRECTORY ANGIE’S SUBS, 1436 Beach Blvd., 246-2519. ANGIE’S GROM, 204 Third Ave. S., 246-7823. F 2015 BOJ winner. Subs made with fresh ingredients for 25+ years. One word: Peruvian. Big salads, blue-ribbon iced tea. $ BW TO L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 2400 S. Third St., Ste. 201. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. ESPETO BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE, 1396 Beach Blvd., 388-4884, espetosteakhouse.com. Just relocated, serving beef, pork, lamb, chicken, sausage; full menu, bar fare, craft cocktails, Brazilian beers. $$ FB D Daily EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 992 Beach Blvd., 249-3001, europeanstreet.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. FLYING IGUANA TAQUERIA & TEQUILA BAR, 207 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach, 853-5680 F 2015 BOJ winner. Latin American, tacos, seafood, carnitas, Cubana fare. 100+ tequilas. $ FB L D Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 657 Third St. N., 247-9620. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
MELLOW MUSHROOM PIZZA BAKERS, 1018 Third St. N., Ste. 2, 241-5600, mellowmushroom.com. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. Hoagies, gourmet pizzas: Mighty Meaty, vegetarian, Kosmic Karma. 35 tap beers. Nonstop happy hour. $ FB K TO L D Daily METRO DINER, 1534 Third St. N., 853-6817. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MEZZA RESTAURANT & BAR, 110 First St., NB, 249-5573, mezzarestaurantandbar.com. F Near-the-ocean 20+ years. Casual bistro fare: gourmet wood-fired pizzas, nightly specials. Dine in, patio. $$$ FB K D Mon.-Sat. MOJO KITCHEN BBQ PIT, 1500 Beach Blvd., 247-6636, mojobbq.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Pulled pork, beef, chicken, Carolina-style, sides. $$ FB K TO L D Daily POE’S TAVERN, 363 Atlantic Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 241-7637, poestavern.com. Gastropub, 50+ beers, gourmet burgers, hand-cut fries, fish tacos, Edgar’s Drunken Chili, daily fish sandwich special. $$ FB K L D Daily RAGTIME TAVERN & SEAFOOD GRILL, 207 Atlantic Blvd., AB, 241-7877, ragtimetavern.com. F For 30+ years, iconic seafood place. Blackened snapper, sesame tuna, Ragtime shrimp. Daily happy hour. $$ FB L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 1018 Third St. N., 372-4456, saltlife foodshack.com. Specialties: signature tuna poke bowl, sushi, Ensenada tacos, local fried shrimp, in modern openair space. $$ FB K TO L D Daily SLIDERS SEAFOOD GRILLE & OYSTER BAR, 218 First St., NB, 246-0881, slidersseafoodgrille.com. Beach-casual spot. Faves: Fresh fish tacos, gumbo. Key lime pie, ice cream sandwiches. $$ FB K L Sat. & Sun.; D Nightly SNEAKERS SPORTS GRILLE, 111 Beach Blvd., 482-1000, sneakerssportsgrille.com. 2015 BOJ winner. 20+ tap beers, TVs. Happy hour Mon.-Fri. $ FB K L D Daily SURFING SOMBRERO, 222 First St. N., 834-9377. Oceanfront place serves authentic fare – like paella. Drink specials. Dine in or outside. $$ FB L D Daily SURFWICHES SANDWICH SHOP, 1537 Penman Rd., 241-6996, surfwiches.com. Craft sandwich shop; Yankeestyle steaks, hoagies, all made to order. $ BW TO K L D Daily
MOJO SMOKEHOUSE, 1810 Town Center Blvd., Ste. 8, 264-0636. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. WHITEY’S FISH CAMP, 2032 C.R. 220, 269-4198, whiteys fishcamp.com. F Real fish camp. Gator tail, freshwater catfish, daily specials, on Swimming Pen Creek. Tiki bar. Come by boat, bike or car. $ FB K TO L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
INTRACOASTAL WEST
AL’S PIZZA, 14286 Beach Blvd., Ste. 31, 223-0991. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 14286 Beach Blvd., 223-0115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., Ste. 14, 642-6980. F SEE ORANGE PARK. TIME OUT SPORTS GRILL, 13799 Beach Blvd., Ste. 5, 223-6999, timeoutsportsgrill.com. F Locally-owned-andoperated. Hand-tossed pizzas, wings, wraps. Daily drink specials, HDTVs. Late-nite menu. $$ FB L Tue.-Sun.; D Nightly
MANDARIN, NW ST. JOHNS
AKEL’S DELI, 12926 Granbay Pkwy. W., 880-2008. F SEE DOWNTOWN.
AL’S PIZZA, 11190 San Jose Blvd., 260-4115. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ATHENS CAFÉ, 6271 St. Augustine Rd., Ste. 7, 733-1199. F Dolmades (stuffed grape leaves), baby shoes (stuffed eggplant). Greek beers. $$ BW L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. DICK’S WINGS, 10391 Old St. Augustine Rd., 880-7087. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. FIRST COAST DELI & GRILL, 6082 St. Augustine Rd., 733-7477. Diner: pancakes, bacon, sandwiches, burgers. $ K TO B L Daily LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 11365 San Jose Blvd., 674-2945. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 12807 San Jose Blvd., 638-6185. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. NATIVE SUN NATURAL FOODS MARKET & DELI, 10000 San Jose Blvd., 260-6950, nativesunjax.com. F Organic soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, prepared foods. Juice, smoothie and coffee bar. All-natural, organic beers, wines. Indoor, outdoor dining. $ BW TO K B L D Daily THE RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL, 10131 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 12, 683-3773, redelephantpizza.com. Casual, familyfriendly eatery. Pizzas, sandwiches, grill specials, burgers, pasta, plus gluten-free-friendly items. $ FB K L D Daily
ORANGE PARK
CHEERS PARK AVENUE, 1138 Park Ave., 269-4855. $$ FB L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 6055 Youngerman Cir., 778-1101, dickswingsandgrill.com. 1803 East West Pkwy., 375-2559. 2015 BOJ winner. NASCAR theme. 365 varieties of wings, half-pound burgers, ribs. $ FB K TO L D Daily THE HILLTOP, 2030 Wells Rd., 272-5959, hilltop-club.com. Southern-style fine dining. New Orleans shrimp, certified Black Angus prime rib, she-crab soup, desserts. Extensive bourbon selection. $$$ FB D Tue.-Sat.
GRILL ME!
FORD ROBERTS
Grape & Grain Exchange, 2000 San Marco Blvd., San Marco BIRTHPLACE: Baton Rouge, Louisiana YEARS IN THE BIZ: 20 FAVE RESTAURANT (other than mine): Sidecar FAVE CUISINE STYLE: Anything I can eat with my hands. FAVE INGREDIENT: Cheese IDEAL MEAL: Food isn’t that important – company is important to me. When the food’s good, and you enjoy the people with you – can’t beat it. WON’T CROSS MY LIPS: McRib INSIDER’S SECRET: Balance CELEBRITY SIGHTING: Mark Brunell CULINARY TREAT: Waffle House, day after Christmas with my family.
DOWNTOWN
AKEL’S DELICATESSSEN, 21 W. Church St., 665-7324, akelsdeli.com. F New York-style deli has freshly made subs (3 Wise Guys, Champ), burgers, gyros, breakfast bowls, ranchero wrap, vegetarian items. $ K TO B L Mon.-Fri. THE CANDY APPLE CAFÉ & COCKTAILS, 400 N. Hogan St., 353-9717, thecandyapplecafe.com. Sandwiches, entrées, salads. $$ FB K L, Mon.; L D Tue.-Sun. CASA DORA, 108 E. Forsyth St., 356-8282. F Chef Sam Hamidi has served genuine Italian fare 35+ years: veal, seafood, gourmet pizza. Homemade salad dressing. $ BW K L Mon.-Fri.; D Mon.-Sat. OLIO MARKET, 301 E. Bay St., 356-7100, oliomarket.com. F From-scratch soups, sandwiches. Duck grilled cheese, seen on Best Sandwich in America. $$ BW TO B R L Mon.-Fri. SWEET PETE’S, 400 N. Hogan St., 376-7161. F All-natural sweet shop has candy made of all natural flavors, no artificial anything. Several kinds of honey. $ TO Daily ZODIAC BAR & GRILL, 120 W. Adams St., 354-8283, thezodi acbarandgrill.com. Mediterranean cuisine, American fare, paninis, vegetarian dishes. Daily lunch buffet. Espressos, hookahs. Happy hour Wed.-Sat. $ FB L Mon.-Fri.
FLEMING ISLAND
GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 1915 East-West Parkway, 541-0009. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 1800 Town Ctr. Blvd., 541-1999. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
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LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1330 Blanding Blvd., 276-7370. 1545 C.R. 220, 278-2827. 700 Blanding Blvd., Ste. 15, 272-3553. 5733 Roosevelt Blvd., 446-9500. 1401 S. Orange Ave., Green Cove, 284-7789, larryssubs.com. F All over the area, Larry’s piles ’em high, serves ’em fast; 33+ years. Hot & cold subs, soups, salads. Some Larry’s serve breakfast. $ K TO B L D Daily METRO DINER, 2034 Kingsley Ave., 375-8548. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. SNACSHACK, 179 College Dr., Ste. 19, 682-7622, snac shack.menu. F Bakery and café; bagels, muffins, breads, cookies, brownies, snack treats. $$ K BW TO B, L & D Daily
PONTE VEDRA BEACH
AL’S Pizza, 635 A1A, 543-1494. F ’15 BOJ. SEE BEACHES. DICK’S WINGS, 100 Marketside Ave., 829-8134, dickswings andgrill.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. LARRY’S SUBS, 830 A1A N., 273-3993. F SEE ORANGE PARK.
RIVERSIDE, 5 POINTS, WESTSIDE
13 GYPSIES, 887 Stockton St., 389-0330, 13gypsies. com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic Mediterranean peasant cuisine updated for Americans; tapas, blackened octopus, risotto of the day, coconut mango curry chicken. $$ BW L D Tue.-Sat. AKEL’S DELI, 245 Riverside Ave., 791-3336. F SEE DOWNTOWN. AL’S PIZZA, 1620 Margaret St., 388-8384. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES.
DINING DIRECTORY
ST. AUGUSTINE
8” deep
AL’S PIZZA, 1 St. George St., 824-4383. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. CARMELO’S Marketplace Pizzeria, 146 King St., 494-6658, carmelosmarketplace.com. New York-style brick-oven-baked pizza, fresh sub rolls, Boar’s Head meats & cheeses, garlic herb wings. Outdoor seating, Wi-Fi. $$ BW TO L D Daily DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 965 S.R. 16, 825-4540. 4010 U.S. 1 S., 547-2669. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. THE FLORIDIAN, 72 Spanish St., 829-0655, thefloridian staug.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Updated Southern fare. Vegetarian, gluten-free. Fried green tomato bruschetta, grits with shrimp, fish or tofu. $$$ BW K TO L D Wed.-Mon. GYPSY CAB COMPANY, 828 Anastasia Blvd., 824-8244, gypsycab.com. F Local mainstay 25+ years. Varied menu changes twice daily. Signature dish: Gypsy chicken. Seafood, tofu, duck, veal. Sun. brunch. $$ FB R Sun.; L D Daily MELLOW MUSHROOM Pizza Bakers, 410 Anastasia Blvd., 826-4040. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. METRO DINER, 1000 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd., 758-3323. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MOJO OLD CITY BBQ, 5 Cordova St., 342-5264. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. ONE TWENTY THREE BURGER HOUSE, 123 King St., 687-2790. From Carmelo’s owners. Premium burgers, made with beef from NYC butcher Schweid & Sons. Wood-fired pizzas, ice cream bar, Old World milkshakes. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SALT LIFE FOOD SHACK, 321 A1A Beach Blvd., 217-3256, saltlifefoodshack.com. SEE BEACHES.
SAN MARCO, SOUTHBANK
BASIL Thai & Sushi, 1004 Hendricks Ave., 674-0190, basilthaijax.com. F Authentic Pad Thai, curry, tempura, vegetarian, seafood, stir-fry, specials. $$ FB L D Mon.-Sat. BISTRO AIX, 1440 San Marco Blvd., 398-1949, bistrox. com. F Mediterranean/French inspired; steak frites, oakfired pizza, raw bar seasonal selections. $$$ FB TO L D Daily DICK’S Wings, 1610 University Blvd. W., 448-2110. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
EUROPEAN STREET Café, 1704 San Marco Blvd., 398-9500. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. $ BW K L D Daily FUSION SUSHI, 1550 University Blvd. W., 636-8688, fusion sushijax.com. F Upscale sushi spot serves a variety of fresh sushi, sashimi, hibachi, teriyaki, kiatsu. $$ K L D Daily The GROTTO WINE & TAPAS BAR, 2012 San Marco Blvd., 398-0726. F Artisanal cheese plate, empanada, bruschetta, cheesecake. 60+ wines by the glass. $$$ BW Tue.-Sun. HAMBURGER MARY’S Bar & Grille, 3333 Beach Blvd., 551-2048, hamburgermarys.com. F ’15 BOJ winner. Wings, sammies, nachos, entrées, burgers. $$ K TO FB L D Daily KITCHEN ON SAN MARCO, 1402 San Marco Blvd., 396-2344, kitchenonsanmarco.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Local, national craft beers, specialty cocktails, seasonal menu, fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Sunday brunch. $$ FB L D Daily MEZZE Bar & Grill, 2016 Hendricks Ave., 683-0693, mezzejax.com. Classic drinks, basil martinis, 35 drafts, local/ crafts, Mediterranean cuisine. Hookah. HH. $$ FB D Daily METRO DINER, 3302 Hendricks Ave., 398-3701, metro diner.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Original upscale diner. Meatloaf, chicken pot pie, soups. $$ B R L Daily MOJO BAR-B-QUE, 1607 University Blvd. W., 732-7200. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. PIZZA PALACE, 1959 San Marco Ave., 399-8815, pizzapalace jax.com. F Family-owned-&-operated; spinach pizza, chicken spinach calzones, lasagna. Dine outside. $$ BW K TO L D Daily SCORES, 4923 Univ. Blvd. W., 739-6966. $$ FB D Nightly. TAVERNA, 1986 San Marco Ave., 398-3005, tavernasan marco.com. Chef Sam Efron’s authentic Italian; local produce, meats. Craft beers, craft cocktails. $$$ FB K TO R L D Daily
SOUTHSIDE, TINSELTOWN
ALHAMBRA Theatre & Dining, 12000 Beach Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com. USA’s longest-running dinner theater; Chef DeJuan Roy’s themed menus. Reservations. $$ FB D Tue.-Sun. BARBERITOS, 4320 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., Ste. 106, 807-9060. F SEE AMELIA ISLAND. DICK’S WINGS & GRILL, 10750 Atlantic Blvd., 619-0954. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK.
DIXIE
CHICKEN
DIM SUM Room, 9041 Southside Blvd., 363-9888, thedimsu mroom.com. Shrimp dumplings, sesame ball. Traditional
Hong Kong noodles, barbecue. $ FB K L D Daily EUROPEAN STREET Café, 5500 Beach Blvd., 398-1717. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE RIVERSIDE. JC HOMEMADE PASTRIES Filipino Cuisine & Karaoke, 12192 Beach Blvd., Ste. 3, 619-4303. Authentic Filipino fare. $$ Fri.-Sun. TO. LARRY’S Giant Subs, 3611 St. Johns Bluff Rd. S., 641-6499. 4479 Deerwood Lake Pkwy., 425-4060. F SEE ORANGE PARK. MELLOW MUSHROOM, 9734 Deer Lake Ct., 997-1955. F Bite Club. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE BEACHES. MONROE’S Smokehouse BAR B-Q, 10771 Beach Blvd., 996-7900, monroessmokehousebbq.com. SEE RIVERSIDE. OVINTE, 10208 Buckhead Branch Dr., 900-7730, ovinte. com. 2015 BOJ winner. European-style, influenced by Italy, Spain, Mediterranean. Small plates, entrée-size portions, selections from charcuterie menu. $$$ BW TO R D Daily STICKY FINGERS SMOKEHOUSE, 8129 Point Meadows Way, 493-7427, stickyfingers.com. Memphis-style hickorysmoked ribs, wings, pulled pork, barbecue – five legendary sauces and a dozen sides. $$$ FB K TO L D Daily TAVERNA YAMAS, 9753 Deer Lake Ct., 854-0426, tavernayamas.com. F Bite Club. Char-broiled kabobs, seafood, wines, desserts. Belly dancing. $$ FB K L D Daily
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DICK’S WINGS, 12400 Yellow Bluff Rd., Ste. 101, 619-9828. 2015 BOJ winner. SEE ORANGE PARK. HOLA MEXICAN Restaurant, 1001 N. Main St., 356-3100, holamexicanrestaurant.com. F Fajitas, burritos, daily specials, enchiladas. HH; sangria. $ BW K TO L D Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 12001 Lem Turner Rd., 764-9999. SEE ORANGE PARK.
MOLLY BROWN’S PUB & GRILL, 2467 Faye Rd., 683-5044. F $$ FB TO L D Daily
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BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT, 1534 Oak St., 355-3793, black sheep5points.com. New American, Southern; local source ingredients. Rooftop bar. $$$ FB R Sat. & Sun.; L D Daily BOLD BEAN COFFEE ROASTERS, 869 Stockton St., Stes. 1 & 2, 855-1181. F 2015 BOJ winner. Small-batch, artisanal coffee roasting. Organic, fair trade. $ BW TO B L Daily BREW FIVE POINTS, 1024 Park St., 714-3402, brewfive points.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Local craft beer, espresso, coffee, wine. Rotating drafts, 75+ can craft beers; sodas, tea. Rotating seasonal menu: waffles, pastries, toasts, desserts, specialty coffees, craft beers. $$ BW K B L Daily CORNER TACO, 818 Post St., 240-0412, cornertaco.com. Made-from-scratch “Mexclectic street food,” tacos, nachos, gluten-free, vegetarian options. $ BW L D Daily. DERBY ON PARK, 1068 Park St., 379-3343. New American cuisine, upscale retro air in historic landmark building. Shrimp & grits, lobster bites, 10-oz. gourmet burger. Dine inside or out. $$ FB TO Wknd brunch. B, L D Tue.-Sun. EDGEWOOD Bakery, 1012 S. Edgewood Ave., 389-8054, edgewoodbakery.com. 68+ years, full-service. From-scratch pastries, petit fours, pies, custom cakes. Espresso/pastry café: sandwiches, smoothies, soups. $$ K TO B L Tue.-Sat. EUROPEAN STREET CAFÉ, 2753 Park St., 384-9999. 2015 BOJ winner. 130+ import beers, 20 on tap. Sandwiches. Outside dining at some EStreets. $ BW K L D Daily GRASSROOTS NATURAL MARKET, 2007 Park St., 384-4474, thegrassrootsmarket.com. F 2015 BOJ winner. Juice bar; organic fruits, veggies. 300+ craft/imports, 50 wines, meats, deli, raw, vitamins. Wraps, sandwiches. $ BW TO B L D Daily HAWKERS ASIAN STREET FARE, 1001 Park St., 508-0342, hawkerstreetfare.com. 2015 BOJ winner. Authentic dishes from mobile stalls. $ BW TO L D Daily IL DESCO, 2665 Park St., 290-6711, ildescojax.com. Modern Italian cuisine. Handcraft cocktails. $$-$$$ FB TO K L D Daily JOHNNY’S Deli & Grille, 474 Riverside Ave., 356-8055. F Casual; sandwiches, classic salads, homefries. $ TO B L Daily KNEAD Bakeshop, 1173 Edgewood Ave. S., 634-7617. Locally-owned, family-run; made-from-scratch pastries, artisan breads, pies, sandwiches. $ TO B L Tue.-Sun. LARRY’S GIANT SUBS, 1509 Margaret St., 674-2794. 7895 Normandy Blvd., 781-7600. 8102 Blanding Blvd., 779-1933. F SEE ORANGE PARK. METRO DINER, 4495 Roosevelt Blvd., 999-4600. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE SAN MARCO. MONROE’S SMOKEHOUSE BAR-B-Q, 4838 Highway Ave., 389-5551, monroessmokehousebbq.com. Wings, pulled pork, brisket, turkey, chicken, ribs. Sides: beans, baked beans, mac-n-cheese, collards. $$ K TO L Mon.-Sat.; D Fri. MOON RIVER PIZZA, 1176 Edgewood Ave. S., 389-4442. F 2015 BOJ winner. SEE AMELIA ISLAND. MOSSFIRE GRILL, 1537 Margaret St., 355-4434, mossfire. com. F Southwestern fish tacos, enchiladas. HH Mon.-Sat. upstairs lounge, all day Sun. $$ FB K L D Daily O’BROTHERS Irish Pub, 1521 Margaret, 854-9300, obroth ersirishpub.com. F Stilton crust shepherd’s pie, Guinness mac-n-cheese, fish-n-chips. Patio. $$ FB K TO L D Daily PATTAYA Thai Grille, 1526 King St., 503-4060. SEE BAYMEADOWS. rain dogs, 1045 Park, 379-4969. ’15 BOJ. Bar food. $ D SBRAGA & COMPANY, 220 Riverside Ave., Ste. 114, 746-0909, sbragadining.com. Chef Kevin Sbraga has a contemporary approach to local influences. Go-to dishes: hog & hominy, fish fry, carrot ceviche. $$-$$$ FB TO L D Daily SOUTHERN ROOTS FILLING STATION, 1275 King St., 513-4726, southernrootsjax.com. ’15 BOJ winner. Healthy, light vegan fare; local, organic ingredients. Specials, on bread, local greens or rice, change daily. Coffees, teas. $ Tue.-Sun. SUSHI CAFÉ, 2025 Riverside, Ste. 204, 384-2888, sushicafe jacksonville.com. F Monster, Rock-n-Roll, Dynamite Roll. Hibachi, tempura, katsu, teriyaki. $$ BW L D Daily
grad, is a fan of this informative local magazine, I DON’T THINK I REALIZED HOW SOUTHERN as am I. After inspecting the board for the daily Northeast Florida really is until I started writing specials, I chose a seat at the counter and began the for Folio Weekly Magazine, which forced me challenging task of settling on a single entrée. I was to break away from my regular dining habits sold on the appetizer of fried green tomatoes ($8) in search of something different. During these when I saw the magic words “cilantro buttermilk” restaurant escapades, I’ve discovered the vast in the ingredients. Gamble helped me pick the Yard world of Southern cuisine beyond the pail of KFC Bird ($12) for my main dish. Her favorite dish is their drumsticks. This world includes non-greasy food tacos, which I’ll have to try next time. and, even better, amazing chefs and restaurant My fried green tomatoes were atop a bed of owners. Down here, it ain’t just about hearty food greens, with a side of black-eyed pea salsa. Just … – it’s about the people who make that good food yum. The peas were in a sweet and tangy chilled possible, like co-owners Terri Gamble and Chef vinaigrette. I ate all five tomatoes, pausing only Jeff Sapp of THE BLUE HEN CAFÉ. when my entrée arrived (very speedily, too). I dived The Blue Hen has been in its location for about right into the Yard Bird: crunchy chicken over grits, a year. Previously, it was on King Street and called slathered with Vidalia onion Yard Bird. When I asked how the gravy. I thought my palate would new name originated, Gamble have a hard time accepting the explained that the restaurant kept BLUE HEN CAFÉ grits, which looked so much the same hen-themed décor when 117 MLK Ave., St. Augustine, like mashed potatoes, but the it moved. A fan suggested the 217-3777 approval was easy, due to how name Blue Hen and it stuck. creamy and delicious the grits The first thing to note about were. A side of collards that tasted even better Blue Hen is the parking. If you avoid St. Augustine with the local hot sauce Gamble recommended because of the parking hassle, fear not. Street completed the dining experience. parking is a thing in Blue Hen’s neighborhood of Gamble and Sapp offer the kind of warmth Lincolnville. After driving in circles around the place, any truly Southern restaurant should have. At Blue I found a spot in front of someone’s house, hoping I Hen Café, the vibe is chill and the food is great, so wouldn’t get an angry note on my windshield. Good every breakfast and lunch is like a group hug, y’all. news – I didn’t. Turns out, most Blue Hen patrons Rebecca Gibson take advantage of street parking if they can’t fit into mail@folioweekly.com the small lot beside the restaurant. ___________________________________ When I walked in the café, my attention was ___ immediately drawn to a stack of the region’s own Read about many more of Rebecca’s local dining Edible Northeast Florida magazine on the counter, adventures at somewhereinthecityjax.com. which was a good sign. Gamble, a Flagler College
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Dear Davi, Pet food labels are so confusing! With terms like “natural,” “beef flavoring,” and “grain-free,” how do I know if I’m being duped? Sincerely, Charlie Hi Charlie, The struggle is real. Not all words stamped on bags and cans have regulated defi nitions, so it’s easy to be fooled by gimmicks. I’ve fetched a list of terms and what they actually mean when used for dog and cat food. Some might surprise you. NATURAL: Some say it means whole, like whole grains, or whole chickens. Others think it means food that’s unprocessed. The term is basically about not using chemicals to create food. We can thank our lucky dogstars that the AAFCO has adopted “nothing artificial” as its standard for natural pet food. That said – take a closer look at your label. Are chemicals, like propylene glycol, on it? It’s not natural. Have artifi cial flavors or colors been added? It’s not natural. Choose a diet with a single meat source and a few simple ingredients. Chances are, it’s natural. ORGANIC: Like human food, dog food can be labeled organic if a certain percentage of the ingredients are grown without pesticides or fertilizers. Simple math: “100 percent organic” means all ingredients should be organic, while “made with organic ingredients” means 70 percent of the food is organic. Even though organic food might be safer, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s healthier than other highquality foods on the shelf. HOLISTIC: A Sage Balochi once howled, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” Sounds wise, but what does that have to do
with holistic dog food? Though the term has never been defined legally and is often used loosely, holistic food begs to meet the needs of the whole animal. From what I’ve learned, most holistic dog foods usually replace by-products and fillers with fruits and vegetables, which are healthier and taste great. GRAIN-FREE: Grain-free has become wildly popular for dogs panting to mimic their ancestral diet. And it’s easy to see why. These recipes have more meat protein and animal fats. But is grainfree good for you? It is good if you have allergies or grain intolerance. You might also want to switch if you’re active and need a high protein diet. Do not assume grain-free is carb-free. Many recipes replace grains with other carbs, like potatoes, and this could make you fat. I’ve also learned some grain-free diets can lead to kidney failure and digestive issues, so if you’re a senior dog or have health problems, stick to a diet lower in protein and higher in fi ber. A good rule of paw – read the labels to find a food that provides complete, balanced nutrition and always consult your veterinarian before making any major changes to your diet. Davi mail@folioweekly.com _______________________________________ Davi is a brown dachshund with an appetite for adventure. He loves sweet potato treats, playing at the park with friends, and exploring the unknown.
BEASTS OF BURDEN: PET TIP OF THE WEEK COLD, HARD FACTS Cold temps are here and The Association for Professional Dog Trainers recommends these simple winter tips to ensure your pet’s safety and comfort until spring. • NAILS may require more frequent trimming, since your dog is spending more time indoors on soft surfaces. • AFTER BATHING, make sure your dog is completely dry before allowing him or her to go out. You may even want to switch to a waterless shampoo for the winter. • EXAMINE THE PADS of your dog’s feet for signs of cracking or irritation, which occurs more frequently during winter months. Your vet can recommend a treatment.
U P C O M I N G CHARIOTS OF FUR Ready to run a 5K? Register to participate in the Chariots of Fur Beach Run 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at SeaWalk Pavilion on Jax Beach. The Beach Run & Festival, also featuring a 1-mile fun run/walk, is an annual fundraising event that benefits the work of St. Francis Animal Hospital. Post-race festivities include live music, vendors, contests, food trucks, dogs available for adoption, kids’ activities, a raffle with great prizes and a silent auction. Visit ChariotsofFur5K.org for all the details. NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEKEND Have you recently adopted a homeless pet? 42 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 20-26, 2016
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PetSmart Stores throughout the region are handing out free adoption kits, featuring offers on food, litter, products and services. To score your free kit, just bring your adoption papers to the nearest PetSmart store and learn the details of this event, held Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 14. 888-839-9638, petsmart.com/adoptions. FIRST COAST ANGELS First Coast No More Homeless Pets hosts a charity event of dinner and drinks 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25 at Cassat Avenue Clinic, 464 Cassat Ave., Jacksonville; tickets $103.49-$709.95, 520-7900, fcnmhp.org, eventbrite.com. The event benefits FCNMHP’s Angel Fund and the completion
of the new Cassat Clinic, opening this spring. With the capability to serve three times as many pets, the new clinic is a significant milestone in spreading its no-kill mission. FCNMHP started the program to combat economic euthanasia, a statistic documenting the number of pets euthanized every year from lack of funds. These pets could be saved, as many of their aliments are treatable – just expensive. KITTEN UNIVERSITY! Kittens need lots of help to grow up. The Jacksonville Humane Society wants you to enroll as a volunteer in Kitten University – be a big part of folks making a difference in the lives of kittens who will grow up to be loving cats. Give a few hours a week of TLC to the wee ones and get love back in return. Jacksonville Humane Society, 8464 Beach Blvd., Southside, 765-8766, jaxhumane.org.
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BENEDICT Wanted: Blind Date OK, so you probably noticed from my photo that I’m blind in one eye. That just means EYE have eyes for only you! Get it? BOL! There’s more where that came from. When I’m not cracking jokes, I’m rolling over for belly rubs and sitting for treats. Once we meet, you’ll see why I’m a keeper! Adopt me and EYE will love you always. BOL! For adoption information, visit jaxhumane.org
BARK & BOWL IV Make plans with your best friend. The North Florida Chapter of the National Canine Cancer Foundation hosts a fun event that benefi ts dogs everywhere while striking out canine cancer, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Bowl America Mandarin, 10333 San Jose Blvd., 571-5829. Bowling, drink specials, and raffle prizes. Donations are taxdeductible, 877-411-3436. DOGGIE DIPS Fernandina Beach Parks & Recreation Department is sponsoring this fun swimming pool activity for dogs and their owners, held from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, Feb. 27, March 26 and April 23 at Atlantic Recreation Center, 2500 Atlantic Ave., Fernandina Beach; and at MLK Center, 1200 Elm St., Fernandina Beach. The fee is $5 per dog. There are guidelines for this: No dog bullies, two dogs per owner maximum, and no humans in the pool. For details, call 310-3350 ext. 1. Proceeds support a free swimming lessons program for humans.
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DIVA Real Housewife Needs Help If you’re reading this, you know my desperate plea for help. The folks at the Humane Society are quite amicable, but I’m clearly not the center of their universe, as a cat as gorgeous as I am should be. Even worse, they feed me sub-par kibble in a plastic dish, though I demanded Ahi tuna in a crystal bowl. Today they tried to give me off-brand catnip! The nerve! Please adopt me and place me enthroned again at my proper status: the royal ruler of all I survey. For adoption details, visit jaxhumane.org
PAWS PARK, WINGATE PARK Open 5 a.m.-10 p.m. daily (closed Thur. for maintenance) at 199 Penman Rd. S., Jax Beach, 247-6236. Membership is $50 – and here’s what you and your pup can enjoy: large dog area, small dog area, handicapped parking, restrooms, automatic watering bowls, benches, trees, poop bag dispensers and waste bins. To see your pet event here, send event name, time, date, location with complete street address and city, admission price, contact number/website to print, to mdryden@ folioweekly.com – at least two weeks before the event.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The next four weeks could potentially be a Golden Age of Friendship, a State of Grace for Your Web of Connections, a Lucky Streak for Collaborative Efforts. What can you do to ensure these cosmic tendencies will be fulfilled? Try this: Deepen and refine your approach to schmoozing. Figure out what favors would be most fun to bestow, and do so. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t socialize aimlessly with random gadabouts, but gravitate toward those with whom you share high ideals and strong intentions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On a clear day, if you stand at the summit of Costa Ricaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mount IrazĂş, you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to get there. You can hop a tourist bus in the nearby city of San JosĂŠ, and be 11,200 feet high two hours later. This is a good model for your next assignment: Go on a stress-free jaunt to a place that affords a vast vista. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually do that, at least slip away to a fun sanctuary, get inspired to think big thoughts about long-range prospects. You need a break from all that shrinks or numbs you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A filmmaker working on a major movie typically shoots about four pages of the script a day. A TV show director may shoot eight pages. Your life story in the near future may barrel through the equivalent of 20 pages every 24 hours. The next chapter is especially action-packed. Plot twists and mood swings come at a rapid clip. This doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a problem as long as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re primed for high adventure. How? Take good care of your basic physical and emotional needs so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in top shape to enjoy the ride. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The city of Paris has formal tours of its vast sewer system. Commenting at an online travel site, one tourist gave the experience five stars, writing, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great change of pace from museums full of art.â&#x20AC;? Another said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting detour from the cultural overload that Paris can present.â&#x20AC;? Wrote a third tourist, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a slight smell but it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overpowering. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fascinating look at how Paris handles wastewater treatment and clean water supply.â&#x20AC;? Nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great time to take a break from bright, shiny pleasures and tour your psycheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subterranean maze. See it not as a scary challenge, but a fact-finding exploration. How will you have to deal with messy, broken, secret stuff? Take inventory. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I look at a sunset, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Soften the orange a little on the right-hand corner, and put a bit more purple in the cloud color.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Pioneering psychologist Carl Rogers was describing how he saw the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to control a sunset,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I watch it with awe.â&#x20AC;? He had a similar view of people: â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the most satisfying experiences is just fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset.â&#x20AC;? Your assignment? Try Rogersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach. Your emotional well-being thrives as you keep from trying to â&#x20AC;&#x153;improveâ&#x20AC;? folks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; see and enjoy them for who they are. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The future is headed your way in a big hurry. It may not be completely here for a few weeks, but even then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ahead of schedule. Should you be alarmed? Should you work yourself into an agitated state and draw premature conclusions? Hell, no! Treat this sudden onrush of tomorrow as a bracing opportunity to be as creative as you dare. Cultivate a beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. Be alert for openings you assumed would take longer to appear. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): More than onethird of all pregnancies are unintended. The two people involved arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually trying
to make a baby, but their contraceptive measure fails or one isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used at all. According to my analysis, heterosexual Libras are more prone to this accidental experience now. In general, Libras of every preference must be careful and precise about what seeds they plant in the weeks ahead. The new growth you instigate may have far-reaching consequences. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let your choice be reckless or unconscious. Formulate clear intentions. What do you want to give your love to for a long time? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I was a rock musician for years, which meant I rarely went to bed before dawn. I used to brag that my work schedule was 9-to-5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., that is. Even after I stopped performing regularly, I loved keeping those hours. It was exhilarating to be abuzz when everyone else was asleep. But two months ago, I began an experiment to transform my routine. Now I awake at dawn. I spend the whole day consorting with the source of all life on Earth, the sun. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been contemplating a similar shift in your instinctual life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; any fundamental change in relationship to food, drink, exercise, sleep, perception, laughter, love-making â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the next few weeks are a good time to do it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarians are often praised â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but sometimes criticized â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for being such connoisseurs of spontaneity. Many admire your flair for unplanned adventure, even though we may flinch when you unleash it. You inspire us and also make us nervous as you respond to changing circumstances with unpremeditated creativity. All these issues are hot topics in the weeks ahead. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a phase of your cycle when improvisational flourishes are in spotlighted. I promise to learn all I can from interesting detours resulting from your experimentation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn world-changer Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail on 29 occasions. His crimes? Drawing inspiration from his Christian faith, he employed nonviolent civil disobedience to secure basic civil rights for African Americans. He believed so fiercely in his righteous cause, he was willing to sacrifice his personal comfort again and again. The months ahead are a great time to devote yourself to a comparable goal. Now is a good time to intensify your commitment. Dare you to take a vow. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Moundbuilder birds are born more mature than other species. As soon as they peck themselves out of their eggs, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wellcoordinated, vigorous enough to hunt, and capable of flight. I see a resemblance between them and many Aquarians. As soon as you hatch new plans or projects â&#x20AC;&#x201C; wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be long now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ready to operate at almost full strength. There wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be false starts or rookie mistakes, nor do you need extensive rehearsal. Like the mound-builders, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re primed for an early launch. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not purely and simply a Pisces, because though the sun was in that astrological sign when you were born, at least some of the other planets were in different signs. This is a good reminder that everything everywhere is a complex web of subtlety and nuance. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delusional to think anyone or anything is neatly definable. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always important to keep this in mind, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even more crucial than usual to do so in the weeks ahead. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re entering a phase when the best way to thrive is to know in your gut that life is always vaster, wilder, and more mysterious than it appears. If you revere the riddles, the riddles will be your sweet, strong allies. Rob Brezsny freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD NEW GRADE INFLATION
TASTES LIKE HAGGIS
They are simply “’spas’ designed to attract teenagers,” according to one university official — plush, state-of-the-art “training” complexes built by universities in the richest athletic conferences to entice elite 17-year-old athletes to come play for (and, maybe, study at) their schools. The athletes-only mini-campuses have private housing and theaters, laser tag, and miniature golf. The schools are in a $772-million-plus “arms’ race” (according to a December Washington Post investigation) because soon after one school’s sumptuous, groundbreaking facility opens, some other school’s more-innovative facility renders it second-rate. As one university official put it, the “shiny objects” have “nothing whatsoever to do with the mission of a university.” Donors and alumni provide much of the funding, but most schools by now also tap students’ “athletic fees.”
Michael McFeat, a Scottish man working on contract for a mining company in Kyrgyzstan, was arrested in January after he jokingly called Chuchuk, the country’s national dish, “horse penis” on Facebook. (Chuchuk is a sausage made from horsemeat.) The crime he was charged with carries a five-year prison term.
IDIOT WIND
AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO
NPR’s “Morning Edition,” reporting on the violent tornadoes that hit North Texas on the night after Christmas, interviewed one woman who said she was luckier than her neighbors because of her faith. She was entertaining 10 relatives when she heard the “train-like” sound of the winds approaching and took everyone outside to confront the storm: “We … started commanding the winds because God had given us authority over … airways. And we just began to command this storm not to hit our area. We spoke to the storm and said, go to unpopulated places. It did exactly what we said to do because God gave us the authority to do that.”
WEIRD SCIENCE
The most promising current concussionprevention research comes from a study of woodpeckers, according to a December Business Week item. Scientists hypothesize that the birds’ apparent immunity from the dangers of constant head-slamming is because their neck veins naturally compress, forcing more blood into their craniums, thus limiting the dangerous “jiggle room” in which brains bang against the skull. A team led by a real-life doctor portrayed in the movie Concussion is working on a neck collar to slightly pinch the human jugular vein to create a similar effect.
HURL FOR THE KIDS
Researchers from the University of York and University of St. Andrews wrote in the journal Biology Letters in December that they observed wild male parrots using pebbles in their mouths to help grind seashells into powder and hypothesized that the purpose was to free up the shells’ calcium in “vomitable” form so that they could pass it to females before mating, to help improve their offspring’s health outcomes. Factory worker Thanakorn Siripaiboon was arrested in December in a Bangkok suburb after he wrote a “sarcastic” comment on social media about the dog that belongs to Thailand’s king. For the crime of “insulting the monarch,” Thanakorn faces 37 years in prison.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
The Netherlands government, seeking to boost the economy and simultaneously improve highway skills, enacted legislation in December to allow driving instructors to be paid in sexual services, if the student is at least 18 years old. Though prostitution is legal, the transport minister cautioned the “initiative” for the new arrangement must be with the instructor so that the country gets bettertrained drivers as a result.
TAKE MY BALL AND GO HOME
In November, the president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, in the stands but “bored” with his country’s “Super Cup” soccer final that had been tied, 1-1, for a long stretch, ordered officials on the field to stop play abruptly and proceed to a game-ending 10-kick “shootout.” The Tevragh-Zeina team won. Chuck Shepherd weirdnews@earthlink.net
HAD ME AT GO ’NOLES! Seminole/Armada games, losing beer pong, Pub subs, laughs, cheek kisses = last “first date” I want. You stole my heart; don’t want it back. The start of something sweet? Say you agree; stay forever! When: Oct. 3, ’15. Where: The Garage/Baseball Grounds. #1587-0120 WATER AISLE You: Commented on water price; beautiful blond hair, jeans, sweater, very warm and kind. Me: Gray hair, blue eyes, shirt, jeans. We both drink coffee; would love to share a cup with you. When: Jan. 9, morning. Where: Walmart@foursquare/U.S. 1 & Southside. #1586-0113 CHAMBLINS CHAMPION You had two enormous boxes of books. I held the door open for you. You: Blonde hair, glasses, great smile. Me: Tall, blonde. Would love to discuss literature sometime! When: Dec. 29. Where: Chamblins Uptown. #1585-0106 WELCOME TO ME! You: Tall in dress shirt and tie. I walked by to get your attention, but you were on Bible app on phone. Please come back next Sunday, and I will try again. When: Jan. 3. Where: Moe’s @ Avenues. #1584-0106 NEED TLC You: Raven-haired nurse; funky glasses, chatting with co-worker. Me: Curiously smitten; backpack, sling; visiting pre-op over year ago, saw you eating fresh. We have some FB friends in common. Who are you? When: Oct. ’14 & now. Where: St. Vincent’s Subway/FB. #1583-0106 LET’S RIDE TOPLESS TOGETHER You: Sexy, dark, handsome, sideways ballcap-wearer, BMW convertible. Me: Hot pink, caramel-covered sweetness, MB convertible. Pressed my horn, blew a kiss. Like a real one in the woods? You know where to fi nd me. When: Dec. 26. Where: Leaving UNF Nature Trails. #1582-1230 JAX BEACH EARLY MORNING PHOTOS Enjoying sunrise near 34th Ave.; struck up conversation. Asked to take photos of you. You: White shorts; got a little wet as waves caught you. Never gave you my card to send the pix. When: Sept. 28. Where: Jax Beach 34th Ave. S. #1581-1230
GREEN SUNGLASSES I see you everywhere. Can I take your sunglasses and smack you with them? You’re too cute for your own good. You’ll never notice me though... When: Every day. Where: FSCJ. #1574-1209 FOUND UR GIFT CARD, DONATED Target gift card, “To: J_ From: W_” Used card and my $30, bought and donated socks to Salvation Army. Sorry didn’t find you; hope you understand & appreciate doing good for others. When: Nov. 22. Where: Southside Loop parking lot. #1573-1202 CELTIC CUTIE @ CELTIC FEST You hugged me. I gave you band picture. You left with your friends too soon. Been thinking about that meeting ever since. Would like to continue where we left off. When: Nov. 14. Where: Jax Beach Celtic Fest. #1572-1125 LAVENDERISH HAIR You: Cute, blondish lavender hair, print dress; dropped phone outside library reopening. Me: Riverside guy, glasses, blue shirt; picked up phone, chatted. Met again; you left. Wanted to talk more. Like to get acquainted further. When: Nov. 14. Where: Willowbranch Library. #1571-1125 LITTLE RIVER BAND CONCERT You: Tall, long-haired dude, very handsome. Chatted in box offi ce @ Florida Theatre. Me: Too shy to introduce myself. I’ll be @ Art Walk Nov. 19. If feeling’s mutual, bring me a flower. When: Nov. 5. Where: Florida Theatre. #1570-1111 FIRST WATCH HOT BREAKFAST You: Hot guy, adorable dog; sexy smile, gorgeous blue eyes, captured my heart. Me: In love with you. Hoping you’ll give me chance someday to be your Queen. Let’s run away to the islands together. When: Oct. 31. Where: First Watch Ponte Vedra. #1569-1104 IT MATTERS To me ... in my dreams. Remember still, our time. Your lips, your intoxicating scent. US, together. One night of bliss maybe? Mexican magic? When: Oct. 7. Where: Los Portalas. #1568-1104
TATTOOED REDHEAD HOLDING ARCHAEOLOGY BOOKS After clarifying sweater was indeed women’s, you laughed at my remark about you fitting into clothes. Our interaction made my day. Judging from book cover, know carbon dating’s your thing. Coffee dating sometime? When: Dec. 11. Where: UNF Bookstore. #1580-1230
MOM WANTS YOU Daughter and I outside Lynch’s. You: LEO on bicycle, handsome, great calves! Later, dealt with Walgreens drunk. Little shy … my daughter said to get your attention. Drinks, Super Troopers, Training Day … what’s your speed? When: Oct. 13. Where: Lynch’s Jax Beach. #1567-1028
PUT MY FIRE OUT You: Cute fireman, glasses, looking at stuffed dinosaurs. Wish you’d put my burning desire for you out with your big fire hose. Me: Brunette, yoga pants, hoodie. Too shy to introduce myself. Wish I’d said hello. When: Dec. 9. Where: Publix off Kernan & Atlantic. #1579-1216
YOU WAVED BACK GRINNING You: Bad-ass-looking guy, big black truck. Me: Soccer-mom-looking girl, silver minivan. Waved at you driving on 295-N, played a little cat-and-mouse, you got off on I-95-S. Let me prove looks can be deceiving. When: Oct. 3, 7-ish. Where: 295 North. #1566-1021
ALRIGHT NOW! You: Tall, handsome, sweet leaf. Me: Just a duck. Let’s play Jenga @ Across The Street! When: Dec. 1. Where: Post & Edgewood. #1578-1216
NOTHING MATTERS Self-hypnosis can’t stop me thinking from of you. No matter where I go and what I do, I still remember those beautiful eyes and the way my heart jumps when I see you. When: Oct. 6. Where: Luigi’s Pizza. #1565-1014
GOOD LUCK CHARM TEACHER You: Blonde, glasses, long red skirt and shirt, wrist tattoo, near where I studied for final, grading papers. We talked, you said good luck, get sleep. Me: Gray sweater, white collared shirt. Coffee, talk again? When: Dec. 3. Where: Bold Bean Coffee Roasters Riverside. #1577-1209 GIFT WRAP MY HEART You: Beautiful, tall, brunette, green eyes, longest eyelashes ever. Me: Secret admirer. We chatted; fell for little freckle by your left eye, infectious smile. Could listen to you talk gift-wrapping all day. Burger and fries? When: Last week. Where: MOSH. #1576-1209 PLUMBA A penguin sighting that can only compare to Anton Ego’s flashback in Ratatouille; you bring me back to 46 | FOLIOWEEKLY.com | JANUARY 20-26, 2016
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HOT MINI DRIVER You: Getting in red Mini near SunRay, hot white-rimmed glasses. Drake blasting from car as you almost hit in crosswalk; gave me a thumbs-up. Me: Tall skater nerd, Donuts For Jesus shirt. You Let’s hang out. When: Sept. 29. Where: Five Points. #1564-1014 TALL, DARK, HANDSOME, PATRIOTS FAN Jags/ Pats game. You: Pats shirt, jeans; with friends by bus watching game. Me: Short wavy auburn hair, Jags tank, cut-offs. Locked eyes as I went to sit. Heart skipped a beat at your handsomeness. Drinks on me, celebrate your win? :) When: Sept. 27. Where: Mellow Mushroom Jax Beach. #1563-0930
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