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PAR I S FASHI O N W E E K

GR OW A V ICTOR Y GA R D E N

YO GA RETREATS

BEVERAGE SNO BBERY

NET NUT R A L I T Y

NOT FOR THE CULTURALLY SHELTERED MAIN STREAM

WE ARE jen beck Jen is an English Literature, Pre-Medicine University of Kansas 2010 graduate turned graphic designer. She returned to KU in the Spring of 2013 to pursue a second undergraduate degree in Visual Communications and is on track to graduate in May 2016. Jen currently works as a designer for KU’s Marketing and Communications Department and holds a design internship with Flory Design. In addition to her interests in literature and design, Jen is a musician, photographer, writer, cat parent, and outdoor enthusiast

alex lucas Alex is a a young graphic designer, graduating with a BFA in Visual Communication from the University of Kansas in May 2015. As well as studying French and studying abroad in Paris and London, I am fluent in both English and French and love working in both languages.

kristen mcgriff Kristen McGriff is a current student at the University of Kansas. Kristen is a junior, majoring in Visual Communications and concentrating in Art History. Kristen is currently the Creative Director for the Center for Community Outreach since Fall 2014. Kristen also manages marketing and promotions at Bullwinkles. Previously she has been a Creative with the Kansan from 2012-2014. She also design for the International Student Association as a Creative Director from 2011-2012. Kristen has 6 years of design experience and freelances when she has time. She also enjoys long runs, books, and lots of coffee.

clare szepski Clarissa Szepski spent half of her childhood in Orange, California and the other half in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, giving her the kindness of a Midwestern girl and the edge of a SoCal babe. Clarissa is a graphic designer, dancer, festie, dreamer and adventurer. She’s always seeking new experiences and eager to uncover the unknown. Pursuing a lifestyle of broad perspective and worldly knowledge gives her the versatility to become the designer she aspires to be. Her moto “life is beautiful, embrace it!” She became a layout designer for Label magazine in February 2015.

“IT’S OKAY IF EVERYONE IS DOING IT” Start Warming Up for the National Bike Challenge May–September, 2015 https://nationalbikechallenge.org/

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PA R I S FA S H I O N W E E K La mode est la vie! Exploring the wonder of Paris fashion week, so you can take your wardrobe from the mainstream shambles its currently in to très chique.

IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE

WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT ME explore net neutrality and learn both sides of the issue so you can be well informed about what goes on in the world

INSIDE THE NEW MACBOOK inside this springs hottest new computer . is is worth dropping the money for or is it passé?

OF TS B E V E R A G E S N O B B E RY 52 Crappy mass produced beer or micro brews Which would you rather drink? Read more to find out about the best coffee and beers in the world right now.

FRIENDS WHO DRINK TOGETHER STAY TOGETHER what are the newest and greatest drinking games. learn the rules and then compete against your friends while enjoying your craft beers.

PLANT YOUR VICTORY GARDEN what are the best methods to plant a garden in your house. what are the supplies you’ll need and what tips and tricks will make your victory garden prosper.

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FETISHES Do you like sitting alone, tattoos, or coffee? Check out this article on fetishes to learn more about the different obscure fetishes and definitions for each.

WA N D E R L U S T F E S T I VA L 40 Let’s be honest you are not looking so great, or feeling great for that matter.

Re-center yourself with the Wanderlust Festival! Relax and explore the wonderful world of yoga.

MAGIC MAN BEFORE THE WAVES

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APRIL 2015; THE RETINA MACBOOK

apple’s new ultra-thin 12inch macbook with retina display, launching april 10 in silver, space gray, and gold.

NEW FEATURES YOU HAVEN’T SEEN

ULTRA THIN DESIGN more portable than ever before, sleek and trendy to catch everyones attention.

SILENT OPERATION your ability to focus will be maximized for work or pleasure.

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There’s a new Force Touch trackpad that incorporates technology from the Apple Watch, bringing a new pressure-based gesture called “Force Click.” With a click followed by a harder press, users can do tasks

The MacBook includes a new “butterfly mechanism” for the keyboard keys, which makes them 40 percent thinner than traditional keyboard keys that use a scissor mechanism. According to Apple, the keys are also four times more stable, for greater precision when typing. Each key is individually backlit with a single LED for uniform brightness.

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Measuring in at 13.1mm thick, the new MacBook is 24 percent thinner than the existing MacBook Air, and it weighs just two pounds.

It has a 12-inch Retina display with a resolution of 2304 x 1440. It includes a full-size edge-to-edge keyboard with a speaker grille above, and it has Retina MacBook Pro-style black bezels. It comes in three colors that match the iPad and the iPhone options -- silver, gold, and space gray.

like pulling up a word definition, seeing a map, or looking at a file preview. The trackpad also incorporates haptic feedback for a tactile response when it’s used.

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The 12-inch MacBook is Apple’s thinnest, lightest Mac product to date. Unveiled during the company’s March 9 “Spring Forward” media event, the MacBook is a standalone product that is distinct from existing MacBook Air and Retina MacBook Pro lineups.

Like existing MacBooks, it incorporates 802.11ac and it includes Bluetooth support. It only has one port, though, a USB Type-C port that serves several different functions. It provides power, USB 3.1 connectivity, and DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI, and VGA capabilities.

The new MacBook uses low power 1.1GHz and 1.2GHz Intel Core M processors with Intel HD Graphics 5300, which let it have a fanless design with silent operation. Using terraced battery design, the MacBook offers “all day battery life” with up to nine hours of wireless web browsing and 10 hours of impressive iTunes movie playback.

REVAMPED TRACKPAD even better than before, users won’t need to fret about lagging anymore.

LOW-POWER INTEL CORE M PROCESSOR fast as lightning, the most efficient for users quick expectations.

RETINA DISPLAY wow, that looks good. clear, crisp, colorful.

SILVER, GOLD AND SPACE GRAY COLORS swag so good, it’ll melt your brain.

FA C E T I M E Apple has downgraded the FaceTime camera in the new MacBook when compared to the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro, likely due to size constraints. The MacBook has a 480p FaceTime Camera. It includes stereo speakers and dual microphones.

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Like the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro, the MacBook includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. It will ship with OS X Yosemite.

MODELS Apple’s new MacBook will be available in two configurations, with an additional 1.3GHz build-to-order customization option available for the processor. Apple offers 256 or 512GB of PCIe-based flash storage in the new MacBook.

USB-C; The MacBook’s thin design prevented Apple from including standard USB and MagSafe ports for charging and as a result, it has just one USB-C port. The port offers quick charging, USB 3.1 data transfer at speeds up to 5Gbps (Gen 1), and video output that supports HDMI, VGA, and DisplayPort 1.2 connections.

in the development of USB-C and hopes that it will become the new standard.

Apple is selling a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter for $79, allowing users to connect their MacBooks to an HDMI display while also connecting to a standard USB device and a USB-C charging cable.

USB-C is the first time that Apple has used a non-proprietary port for charging. iOS devices use a Lightning port, while previous MacBooks were equipped with a MagSafe charging port.

Rumors have suggested that Apple had a hand

There’s also a USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter that’s priced at $79, which allows users to connect their MacBooks to a VGA display while also connecting to a standard USB device and a USB-C charging cable.

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CONNECTIVITY

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The MacBook uses 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory and it appears to be limited to just 8GB. There is no 16GB upgrade option to increase the available RAM.

the art of

RACING GARTH STEIN

“VERY GENTLY. LIKE THERE ARE EGGSHELLS ON YOUR PEDALS, AND YOU DON’T WANT TO BREAK THEM. THAT’S HOW YOU DRIVE IN THE RAIN.”

everyone has a story to tell

“There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.�

tell yours with photos, videos, and text

NET NUTRALITY

Net neutrality (also network neutrality, Internet neutrality, or net equality) is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication.

NET NEUTRALITY BASICS

WHATS HAPPENING the fcc is deciding whether or not to change the regulations on the internet.

SHORT STORY they want to regulate it like phone lines, giving every website the same bandwith.

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Pro: Yes. Neutrality has been a core democratizing principle of the Internet since the day it was born. Internet service should be like phone service: the phone company can’t make the connection worse if they don’t approve of the person you’re calling.

Con: But times have changed. Today Netflix and YouTube videos clog our pipes with enormous amounts of data. Or consider the BitTorrent crowd, which uses our lines to download insane exabytes of software, movies and music— illegally. Or how about Google and Skype? They’ve created services that let people make phone calls—for free—on networks that we spent billions to build. Why shouldn’t all those services pay their share?

WHAT’S THE PRO it will allow every website no matter how small the equal internet speeds and opportunity to be viewed, not just the big spenders.

WHAT’S THE CON there will be slow downs because too many people are hogging the bandwidth, such as netflix and hulu.

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Okay, Pro, let’s start simple: What is this “network neutrality”?

Pro: It’s the idea that all Internet data should be equal. That the Comcasts and Verizons of the world can provide the pipes but should have no say in what passes through them.

The Internet providers shouldn’t be allowed to charge different companies more or less for their data or to slow down, or block, access to Web sites and services they don’t like.

NET NUT R A L I T Y

Pro, whose side do you represent?

Pro: Why, nearly every proconsumer organization on earth, including the Consumers Union and Common Cause. Also, the creators of the Internet (including Vinton Cerf) and the Web (including Tim Berners-Lee). And every true believer in free speech, innovation and the American way.

And you, Con? Con: I represent the companies that bring America its Internet, including Verizon, Comcast, AT&T and Time Warner.

“NET NEUTRALITY IS STIFLING INNOVATION” Pro: Because net neutrality protects innovation.

If big companies such as Netflix and Google could pay to get special treatment—faster speeds, more bandwidth—little start-ups would be at a disadvantage.

Con: Net neutrality is stifling innovation! If we could charge higher fees to the biggest bandwidth hogs, we could afford to build advanced fiber networks that permit all kinds of new Internet services.

Pro: But what about freedom of speech? Without net neutrality, Comcast could give priority to video from TV networks it owns—such as NBC— and slow down the signals from its rivals.

Con: We wouldn’t do that. Pinky swear. Verizon said that giving “unblocked access to lawful Web sites ... will not change.”

Pro: Oh no? Then why was Verizon the company that led the charge to strike down net neutrality in court?

Con: Ah, you mean the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals decision in January.

Yes, the court already struck down the Federal

Communications Commission’s 2010 net neutrality rules—proving that I’ve been right all along.

Pro: You were never right. The FCC lost that one on a technicality. And the American public will ultimately be the losers.

Con: You call that a technicality? It was the FCC itself that originally classified us Internet providers as an “information service,” which isn’t susceptible to much regulation, instead of a “telecommunications service,” which is. It’s the FCC’s fault.

Pro: On that point, you are correct. The FCC chair who voted for that initial misclassification.

THEY’RE NOT JUST BOOTS THEY’RE A STATEMENT

ASHTON GREY COLLECTION

THE MA FETISHE non-sexual

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sometimes you really love something inanimate, intangible, or non-human and that is okay. In regards to your loves they are no weird. A human can become obssessed with an idea or need in their personal life.

The need or want as long as it is in a healthy balance of obbsession then your desires are normal. If you feel you are overwhelming distracted with the idea or object, step aside and take a break. It may be influencing you in negative ways or distracting your work and accomplishments.

Submitted in the article are non-sexual fetishes that some you may have heard of and others you did not know they even existed.

All over the place I got submissions of weird fetishes and you guys are strange. Maybe not as strange as me all wanting to know your deepest darkest obsessions.

Enjoy reading these anomyous obsessions with amusing yet odd things.

NI C H ES

this story is not based on just one man. these are submitted fetishes by choosing of the author of article.

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N WITH ES

B Y MYS E L F, B U T I L I K E I T So far in life, I’ve had a strange relationship with aloneness. Even as a kid, I was more likely to choose being by myself over spending time with other people. Now, in my 30’s, aloneness is something I crave like food. I need to be alone a lot, in ways that are complicated and bewildering, I think, to some of the people around me.

I am good at being alone, it’s one of the things I like most about myself. I’m proud of it. Knowing that aloneness is something I’m not only comfortable with, but crave, has meant that I seem to need less of it. As long as I can close a door, or walk away, or sit by myself, I’m fine. Being alone makes me feel powerful and peaceful.

It makes me feel like my brain is a gold mine, and I’m so lucky to have this imagination. Being alone has always felt deeply indulgent to me, like a day off or being able to buy whatever you want. I can subsume the need, of course, if I have to, and there’s a part of me that thrives on crowds and bustle and ambient noise. Too much, though, and I get cranky and sad and thoroughly unpleasant.

I’ve always had this terrible itch for solitude.”

It’s important to know the difference between being alone and being lonely, and they’re often confused. For me, being alone is something I choose, loneliness is the result of being alone, or feeling alone when I haven’t chosen it, but they aren’t the same, and they don’t necessarily lead to one another.

It’s assumed that if you are alone, you must be lonely, or there must be something wrong, especially in a culture in which we emphasize the heterosexual couple as the symbol of the ultimate satisfaction. Spending time alone is a method of developing a relationship with myself.

I think, the idea that being alone is something we should avoid at all costs. Women who are alone, who live alone after a certain age, who aren’t partnered, are pathetic and deeply suspicious. Men who are alone are either oversexed, perpetual teenagers, sad, asexual creatures, or creepy perverts. Being by yourself is not a choice anyone in their right mind is supposed to opt for.

Charles Bukowski wrote, “Loneliness is something I’ve never been bothered with because

“I LIKE TO SIT ALONE”

places to dine in solitude DI N I N G S O LO

COPELLA 207 W. 14th Street New York City 24-hour gree lunchenette to just ease at the bar to lounging in a booth this is a hangout not to miss. Serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and super late munchies. (ratings 4 out of 5) THE BAZAAR 465 LA Cienaga Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Within the SLS hotel is a gem. A funky playground for the sophisticated young professional to unwind and lavish in a full course meal or grab a few martinis at the bar. (ratings 4 out of 5) ESSENCE BAKERY CAFE 825 W. University Drive, Tempe, AZ Needing a quick snack? Nothing like grabbing warm bakery goods and having a nice cup of whole bean joe with it. (ratings 4 out of 5) NOSTRANA 1401 SE Morrison Street, Portland, OR Bar and artisan pizzas. Taste new combinations of pizza while you are entertained by staff or the surrounding solo eaters. Non instrusive staff and the food is more delicious then you can imagine. (ratings 4 out of 5)

AUTOPHILE likes to be alone.

Often this man sits alone with a filled room of objects. he studies them and sees what is so interesting about the object. people find him lost in thought or staring blankly at the floor.

coffee shops to visit MONORAIL EXPRESSO 520 Pike Street Seattle, WA Outdoor seating only or just a pick up for coffee. It is Seattle’s favorite place for coffee on the run. (ratings 5 out of 5) LEMONJELLO’S COFFEE 61 E. 9th Street, Holland, Michigan Lovely local shop with amazing coffee, beautiful latte art, delicious bake goods (a lot of gluten free options), and an empahasis on community. They’re really supportive of the local scene; only brewing local coffee in the area. (ratings 4 out of 5) SPYHOUSE COFFEE ROASTERS 945 Broadway, Mineapolis, Minesota Unique coffee and a incredible atmosphere.

It is like being in a secret club of coffee spies of tasty drinks. (ratings 4 out of 5) BREWED 801 W. Magnolia, Fort Worth, Texas Not only do they serve coffee but cafe meals are served to pair with specific beverages sugguested. You pair beer with food well you do this coffee too. (ratings 3 out of 5)

CO F F E E I S TH E WAY Starting the day with coffee gets my day going. Something about the smell of a hot pot of brewing coffee is an engergize boost. I usually go to small ally coffee place just a few blocks from my loft.

The community is thriving people communicating or just enjoying a crafted brew. I usually meet a few people that then provide my new ideas or different perspectives on work I may be doing for a book publishing company I currently work at. Just yesterday I met a top Skillshare teacher whose class I will now take this coming fall for fun.

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lover of coffee

Sitting days on end with a cup of coffee. This man drinks coffee 24/7. He loves the earthy tastes and deep aromatic tones the coffee gives.

Coffee is a good subject for breaks, working, or just getting together with friends. Coffee is part of my life and daily routine. I don’t think tea or just any beverage could replace my daily morning or afternoon or late night expresso after a meal.

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Not only is the community good, but the coffee is good too. Not burnt, not too hot, but just the right temperture. The cup of coffee keeps me fully charged and stimulate of creativity. The artisian blends and being able to customize my blend to my own taste is unqiue. All the coffee is tightly contained.

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COFFEEPHILE

TAT T O O P H I L E likes the pain of ink on body

Someone who enjoys the pain of ink all over their body. Tattooing anything and everything but with meaning on their body to symbolize and embody images.

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In fact, psychologists who conduct research on tattoos suffer from a mental block created for centuries that associated tattoos with an aberrant personality. Yet, as I’ve come to know more people with tattoos, I’ve discovered that tattoo designs always carry a meaning and tell you something about the person and his or her background.

The fact is, tattoo-lovers are a proud lot — they have consciously taken the decision to tattoo their bodies and would like to proudly declare that they are what they are. They are ordinary people like you and me, except that they have a strong sense of identity they have no intention of hiding. They are not scared of public opinion and would love to let others know what they believe in. And good for them! Over the centuries, instead of becoming an extinct practice, tattoos have gained in popularity — which only goes to prove that it has stood the test of time and is here to stay.

San Diego has plenty of proud tattoo artists, tattoo shops and a rich tattoo culture. With names like The Flying Panther Tattoo Shop, Avalon, Chronic, Guru, Body Mark’s Tattoo, Propaganda, Black Rose, and Vista’s recently approved first tattoo parlor, Frontline Tattoo, these shops are prospering as more people ink their bodies. You’ll never hear an “oops” at one of these premier tattoo shops.

Tattoos are a mark of the 21st century, and it’s estimated that more than 25 percent of people under 30 are inking their skin. Personal expression, youthful impulsiveness, drunken mistake — the fact is that while it’s trendy, cool and even sexy, there are murky risks to one’s health. Good tattoos aren’t cheap and cheap tattoos aren’t good, so be sure the little butterfly you think looks hot on your hip will be what you want 50 years from now, if you can still find it. In other words, think before you ink!

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The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. Honestly, I was raised to be among the latter group. After all, who did I know growing up in Newark, New Jersey, the Weequahic section, who had tattoos? Sailors, criminals, thugs, “greasers” and just “bad guys.”

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FA S H I O N

We are on the last leg of the marathon that is fashion month, as all eyes are now on Paris. Charles de Gaulle airport has seen a number of A-listers pass through its arrival gates - the likes of Kanye West and Joan Smalls have touched down in Paris.

you hear that sizzling sound? that is the dries van Noten show — on fire. This collection was smoking hot.

Only in the nimble mind of Van Noten could such disparate elements like a fireman’s coat, Scottish regimental trews, wrap around skirts, obi belts and exquisite Eastern-inspired hammered silver embellishment come together to create a show that burned with exotic beauty.

This was a rich, full-bodied collection that, through light layering of leggings under easy board shorts, or wrap skirts on top of trousers and shirts in dark moody prints,

all pulled together with highly ornate outerwear, became a sartorial lesson in controlled refinement. Nothing was out of place or left to chance. Even with all the beading and embroidery, the designer kept the collection feeling manly as well as exceedingly elegant.

He cleverly undercut the rugged style of a fireman’s coat by using bands of glossy grosgrain ribbon that just happen to look like a woodgrain finish. His relaxed slouchy suits had just the per-

fect hint of silk pajama to them. While quilted silk jackets, designed to suggest the luxe lining of outerwear, were nonchalant and yet glamorous in their own right.

There was much to admire in this show.

But it was the abundance of coverable coats that set the audience ablaze with need. Besides those fireman coats, there

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“FEELING MANLY AS WELL AS EXCEEDINGLY ELEGANT”

FA S H I O N

When is a rose not a rose? When it enters the imagination of Alexander McQueen’s creative director Sarah Burton and, in the Conciergerie, the former prison that once housed both Marie Antoinette and the Comtesse du Barry (among others), re-emerges as something else entirely: a lacquered jacquard single-breasted jacket, cut close to the bone; skeletal lace knit dresses glinting with gold; an entire gown of white frills like the most seductive Victorian underpinnings; a sheer chiffon dress speckled with blood-red blooms. Sitting in the arched stone bowels of the fortress, you could practically feel the ghosts lusting after such finery, applauding as they came.

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were pea-coats, anoraks, trench coats, parkas and straight-laced city coats to choose from; all in shades of indigo, olive green, black and plum.

And after the final winning look — a striking silver embellished coat —walked the runway, it became clear that for many people in the audience the only way to quench their flames of desire for this collection will be to buy Dries next season.

“optical lighting belts, polymorphic silhouettes, biomimetic structures, stainless steel weaves” Optical lighting belts, polymorphic silhouettes, biomimetic structures, stainless steel weaves — such is not the stuff of legend, or “Star Wars,” but an Iris van Herpen show. Teetering atop towers of 3-D-printed jagged crystals (O.K., shoes), the models moved at glacial pace, presumably on purpose, as they represented the terraforming of an alternative biosphere to “resemble” earth.That’s where the perfect ruby red jumpsuit came in, and it was clear that wild as this may sound, Ms. van Herpen’s vision is nevertheless, well — grounded, in very good clothes.

As the Valentino show closed, two middleaged men — one blond, one dark, with a simian expression — marched forth on the twin runways, and a murmur suddenly went around the crowd. Was that ­Ben Stiller? And Owen Wilson? It was!

As Mr. Wilson rounded the runway, he shed a layer, revealing silken printed pajamas and doing a little boogie to the sounds of the Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me.” The surprised spectators rose appreciatively to their feet (and then left).

Mr. Stiller and Mr. Wilson are filming a sequel to the fashion spoof “Zoolander” in Rome, where Valentino is based, and thought this would be a good way to announce it, the house’s co-creative director Pierpaolo Picciolo told Vanessa Friedman backstage after the show. Hey, it beats an ad in Variety.

No jus for you! Arriving 10 minutes late to the Chanel show at the Grand Palais meant being denied the grapefruit pressé, espresso and hunks of baguette that had been set up at a makeshift brasserie. “C’est fini,” said a waiter sternly as one editor lunged for a hard-boiled egg.

Sitting in the second row wearing a camelcolored turtleneck sweater, brocade skirt and black high-heeled sandals was Lauren Santo Domingo, the founder of the online trunk show Moda Operandi. She looked ravishing, despite having begun dinner at 1:30 a.m. the night before. “Chanel shows have the harshest light,” she said. “I won’t look at your pores if you won’t look at mine.”

Before dinner, Ms. Santo Domingo had attended the Kanye West concert at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, where she said the singer had halted one number to request “more clouds” from his special-effects guy

ben stiller and owen willson walking the runway for valintino to promote their new movie ZOOLANDER 2

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MUST HAVES 10 best fashions from paris

1. Dris Van Norton Lime Coat 2. Moma Bomber 3. Prada Peacoat 4. CĂŠline Bucket Bag 5. Stella McCartney wet hair poney 6. Patent Leather anything 7. Valentino Pattern Dress 8. Iris van Horton crystal heels 9. Alexander McQueen Coat 10. Valintino Orange Gloves

The lights went down, and the runway went up — and up, and up, over the heads of the audience, to reveal an entire stadium-length sound system beneath. Then down it came, partway, and out the models stalked to the shrieks of “Pretty Boy,” written just for Saint Laurent by the Felines, an all-female garage punk band: fishnets ripped, hair akimbo.

And they kept coming, in crinoline-lined distressed prom dresses and skintight leather minis, men’s wear jackets and sheer polka-dot shirts, sequined sheaths and multicolored fur chubbies —an army of morning-after Lolitas 53 strong with Hedi Slimane of Saint Laurent their puppet master. Not so much pretty boys as pretty babies after all.

Patent leather, in all its glossy glory, has made a return to the runway in a big way for the fall/winter 2015 season — from a prim and proper skirt suit at Emilia Wickstead and J.W. Anderson’s ode to the ’80s in London to thigh-high boots at Versace. In Paris, especially, we’ve seen lots of black patent leather outerwear.

First, Jonathan Anderson’s flirtation with the decade of excess at Loewe (right) included a loose coat. At Maison Margiela, (at left) John Galliano’s debut prêt-à-porter collection for the brand featured a sleek, floor-grazing belted coat. Finally, at Dior, (center) Raf Simons’s interest in the material (as evidenced by his couture presentation in January) was again demonstrated by a netted black patent coat.

“It’s really quite directional in an effortless way,” says the hairstylist Eugene Souleiman of the look he created for the Stella McCartney fall 2015 fashion show.

“The collection is really very beautiful, so I didn’t want

to do romantic, I didn’t want to do pretty, I didn’t want to do glamorous. I wanted to do something that wasn’t so refined.” Backstage at the Paris Opera House, Souleiman spritzed models’ dry hair until damp and used his fingers to work through piles of mousse to achieve a wet-look effect with texture and hold The crowd waiting for the Giambattista Valli show at the Grand Palais on Monday was meted inside slowly, with multiple security checkpoints that drew petulant utterings of “tsk tsk” and “ooh la la” from impatient guests. A V.I.P. entrance remained untrammeled. For whom could it be? Not Kanye. At 27 minutes after the step further, with vintage-style jewelry that decorated the face. The hair was less Victorian than the clothes: an updated Josephine Baker look, with curls plastered to the face and two braids in back. (We wonder whether he’s been listening to FKA Twigs.)

“ALTERNATIVE BIOSPHERE TO RESEMBLE EARTH” Fold me up, fold me down. Origami may be a paper art, but on Saturday morning in Paris Junya Watanabe transformed it into clothes: basic black and gray jackets, dresses and coats worn over white shirts but honeycombed, concertinas, mille-feuilled and otherwise engineered into something else entirely. Some pieces resembled a sea urchin’s spikes; some called to mind the carapace of a giant squid (careful how close you get), others a beachcomber’s net. Careful, or you’ll get caught in the fashion fray.

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You may have noticed the trend where patterns are being mixed and matched. The newest up and coming styles involve “power clashing”.

Follow these FOUR BASIC RULES on how to mix and match different patterns with the perfect amount of style, and how to avoid giving the others around you sea sickness from your nauseating pattern mixing.

4 BASIC RULES OF PATTERN MATCHING

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If you decide to mix patterns that are total opposites from each other a great idea is to use patterns that have similar colors in them. This will help with the harmony and keep people from being too shocked.

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When in doubt just do it. Don’t be afraid to get crazy and be bold. If your happy with it then it looks good. Your the judge of what is good no one else.

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4C O N T R A S T

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Another option when mixing patterns is to mix similar patterns at a different size. If you do pokadot pants try doing the same on your shirt but smaller pokadots.

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Often times shock can be your best friend when mixing patterns. Sometimes using two patterns that you think would never go together may be your best bet. They may be so opposite that they even each other out and make a complete and fashion forward composition.

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regardless of what starts you on your path, wanderlust is an experience that leaves you different than when you came — with new ideas, new friends, newly discovered abilities, and greater peace. find your true north. something was amiss at snowmass village on thursday in July. Wildflowers freckled the meadows and aspens quivered with dollar-size leaves the way they always do. But the heat of summer had also brought an unusual new crowd to this tony Colorado ski resort: fit women wearing colorful spandex ensembles; dreadlocked dudes with tattoos and swami pants; and hippies wrapped in batik, sipping kombucha.

PRACTICE yoga & meditation programs Whether you’re an experienced yogi, meditator or are brand new to practice, you can create your ideal day at Wanderlust. There are classes for all levels, from beginner to expert, as well as a wide variety of practice styles and venue types. Mix in meditation or relaxing yin classes with sweaty, uplifting vinyasa, or challenge yourself with something completely new like standup paddleboard yoga or aerial yoga. Feel the energy of hundreds of yogis moving together in our flagship outdoor venue, get a lift to the top of the mountain to practice under the skies at 6,000 feet, or drop into an intimate, indoor class accompanied by a live musician or DJ. Each festival offers a taste of internationally recognized teachers as well as top local instructors.

“Kashi bars! High fives! Hugs!” hollered one mop-headed young man in front of a Kashi booth, where his pink-cheeked colleagues doled out free granola bars and tubs of cereal.

Nearby, women hawked samples of cold-pressed juices and Resource bottled water, which, infused with natural salts, promised drinkers “Electrolytenment.” Beneath white tents, vendors sold bowls of raw veggie pulp and dandelion chicory chai drinks, figurines of Indian goddesses, organic-cotton dresses in an array of earthy hues, and books on color therapy and living by the light of the moon. The scent of burning sage and incense wafted through the air.

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This was the Wanderlust Festival, a four-day celebration of music, health, yoga and New Age spiritualism of various stripes that calls itself an “adventure of mind, body and soul.” The brainchild of a yoga teacher and a couple of music managers, Wanderlust started as a one-off event in Squaw Valley in 2009. It quickly grew to a nationwide series of festivals and events and is now a veritable phenomenon, particularly among the young, urban, well-educated women who are its primary adherents.

This year, seven festivals and six one-day urban events dot the United States and Canada, and the series is launching new festivals in Australia and New Zealand. In September, the company will introduce Wanderlust 108, the first “mindful triathlon,” which includes a 5K run, guided meditation and a 15,000-student yoga class with hip-hop music spun by a DJ named MC Yogi. Although Wanderlust’s events are still centered on yoga, the festival has expanded to new activities, including meditation hikes, rafting, mountain biking, classes in parkour, hula-hooping and ChiRunning.

I’ve practiced yoga for more than a decade and have reaped tremendous benefits, both mental and physical, but I’m more of an occasional fan than an unswerving disciple.

Still, something — simple curiosity, perhaps — spurred me to sign up for the new Wanderlust Festival at Aspen Snowmass in early July. I didn’t expect transformation — Wanderlust’s tag line is “Find Your True North” — but I was hoping for a little fun.

LISTEN headliners, new artists, and beyond Music is the beating heart of Wanderlust Festivals. True to the name, the music lineup is just as much about discovery as it is about seeing artists you know and love. Revel in a wide variety of musicians in myriad settings, from epic main stage acts to intimate acoustic shows to the many performances accompanying the yoga classes.

Past performers include Moby, Common, Spoon, Girl Talk, Michael Franti, Andrew Bird, Ziggy Marley, and many others. And if you get inspired by the artists on stage, you can try your hand at a few tunes with drumming, guitar, and other music workshops.

capering and connecting My first class was capoeira, with a teacher named Alfred Kendrick. I pictured a pale, doughy Brit, but Alfred turned out to be an energetic 6-foot-2 dreadlocked African American man from Los Angeles with the body of an underwear model. (“He’s like a wedge,” said one awed student.) On a lawn facing verdant ski slopes, at 8 in the morning, Alfred explained that capoeira, a dancelike martial art, developed in Brazil as a way for African slaves to covertly practice self-defense.

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I know that my personality tends toward the cynical, so to coax myself out of my reserved nature, I decided to try everything on offer. First, this meant food. Samples were flying, so I tried a So Delicious coconut-milk ice cream sandwich, a Kashi chocolate-chip chia-seed granola bar and a pear-flavored frozen kefir bar. I sipped multicolored probiotic drinks from tiny plastic sample cups and slathered on organic sunscreen. I made a mandala by gluing grains and nuts onto paper and affixed a free “Exhale Your Love” temporary tattoo to my arm. I said yes to so many things that I found myself late to my hula-hooping class.

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“Sometimes you’re like a cat, sometimes a snake, sometimes a flower,” he said as he contorted his giant frame into graceful kicks, blocks and handstands. “It’s about finding balance within movement.” None of the 22 students looked like cats or flowers — nor as elegant as Alfred — but in minutes he persuaded us to try lunges and squats and blocks. Mostly, we were just rolling around on the grass. I may have looked ridiculous, but I felt pretty good. I wondered whether the popular appeal of Wanderlust was really due to the simple fun of moving an office-worn body in strange new ways.

EXPLORE hikes, runs, biking & more Get outdoors and dive deep into the surrounding natural beauty with one of Wanderlust’s many guided adventures. Lace up for a trail run or sunset hike, drift off during a mountaintop meditation with live music, or amp up your adrenaline on a mountain biking tour. Our local guides will take you to new heights – literally!

APRIL 26, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 Phoenix Phoenix, AZ

MAY 2, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

MAY 9, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 San Diego San Diego, CA

MAY 16, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 San Francisco San Francisco, CA

MAY 16, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, AU

MAY 30, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 Chicago Chicago, IL

MAY 30, 2015 WANDERLUST 108 Brisbane Brisbane, QLD, AU

JUNE 5 - 7, 2015 WANDERLUST FESTIVAL Snowshoe, WV

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YES TO LIFE When I arrived, Shakti Sunfire, a lithe young woman in a midriff-baring sunflower sport top, cut-out green spandex and aviator sunglasses, was telling her 50 or so female students to “connect with the Earth!”

“Even in utero, there’s rhythm!” she cooed into her microphone over the din of dance music thumping in the nearby “D’Om,” a round tent stocked with Lululemon tights, tops, and trucker hats. “The intelligence of our body knows rhythm, we just want to remember what we already know!”

I picked up a hula hoop and tried bouncing my hips, absurdly, like the rest of the class. Shakti told us that it’s all about “attunement,” and that most of the time, if you can’t keep the hoop on your hips, you’re trying too hard. Call me an overthinker — I was absolutely terrible at hula-hooping.

But that didn’t stop me from trying for more than an hour, during which I nailed myself in the head about 12 times. By the time Shakti was talking about psycho-spiritual states and neural pathways and the mind-body connection, I was tuning out, because I could finally keep the hoop on my hips for more than four seconds.

Later, I wandered over to a tantra yoga class at a studio called The Greatest Place, which turned out to be a large carpeted conference room in the Westin Hotel. Round stickers on the floor indicated where I should place my mat. They said things like “This is your life,” “Unfold and Fly,” and “Create awareness.” The teacher, Rod Stryker, stood on a stage framed by a giant lotus flower and launched into an introductory talk.

“Is God Shiva or is God Shakti? That’s been debated a long time,” he said as some 200 people sat on the floor listening.

“You are the universe and the universe is you.” My woo-woo detectors blared, but I gleaned that the theme was finding balance — literally and metaphorically — between stillness and movement. I followed the class through a series of downwardfacing dogs and twists and chaturangas — yogi push-ups — while chanting “Om.” “When you leave, life will be a little brighter,” Rod said. “You’ll love everyone a little more than when you came in.” When I exited, the world wasn’t brighter. It was cloudy. But I did feel, if a little confused, nicely loose and relaxed.

LEARN speakeasy talks The Speakeasy is Wanderlust Festival’s lecture series on subjects pertaining to the mindful life. With an inspiring lineup including prominent authors, yoga teachers, musicians, health experts, business leaders, and filmmakers, the Speakeasy provides a casual setting for speakers to offer a short lecture and respond to attendees’ questions. Past speakers have included Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Mark Hyman, Sharon Salzberg, Joel Salatin, and Chris Sacca. It’s a chance to interact with, and learn from, some of the most engaging thinkers at Wanderlust.

That night, I attended the Wanderlust Spectacular at a stage set up on a ski run. A DJ spun tunes as the emcee, a beautiful dark-haired lady in a short gold dress and a top hat, walked onto the stage in a mist. “Raise your hand if you want a spectacular life!” she roared to a screaming crowd of several thousand. “There’s only one thing in the way — fear!”

Over the next hour, a very buff man in small white underpants performed acrobatic yoga poses. A striking longhaired redhead played electric violin. A woman walked along on a tightrope, and another balanced precariously on a man’s feet while performing bendy postures. Finally, the crowd joined the cast in a guided Bollywood-style group dance, and performers in black ninja suits twirled about with glow-in-the-dark hula hoops.

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“ do you feel fully expressed in the world?” boomed the emcee. “Yes to self-expression! Yes to speaking your truth! Yes to life!” “Yes! Yes! Yes!” chanted the audience.

I felt a little bewildered by all this aggressive positivity, and it was admittedly tempting to poke fun at the self-help platitudes. But I know from experience that it’s easy to miss opportunities to learn when you are too cool to be open-minded.

I couldn’t begrudge participants their own experience, and everyone, including the performers, was having such a genuinely good time. “This is just pure awesomeness,” I overheard one woman say.

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UNPLUG FROM

local & sustainable foods Grass-fed, cold-pressed, small-batch, gluten-free … if it’s got a hyphen and is good to eat, it’s likely at Wanderlust. Wanderlust offers healthy fare throughout the festival, whether you’re grabbing a quick bite from the hand-picked vendors in the Food Co-op or sitting down at the Farm to Table Dinner, the mountain top local food experience. For those with a wee bit of thirst, they also offer Wanderlust Uncorked, small gatherings featuring the best craft wine and beer, and even better company.

Over the weekend, I realized, despite my skepticism, that the vibe wasn’t pretentious or dogmatic but almost radically inclusive. “Wanderlusters” ranging from an investment banker and civil engineer from Denver to yoga instructors from northern Alberta were happy to strike up conversations with me. Some people glimmered with transformation, but most simply seemed content to try new things, listen to good music, and have a nice time in the mountains.

If you were going to pick a place to be transformed, however, this would be a pleasant one. In Aspen and Snowmass in midsummer, everything living is glowing green, wildflowers dot the slopes, and rows of violet mountains fade in the

My favorite part arrived in the early evening, at a photography workshop led by Ali Kaukas, a peaceful Vermonter with big feathery earrings and an earthy, Peruvian-looking top. Ali didn’t really want to teach anything; she just wanted to set us loose in a grove of aspens, which suited me just fine. I was paired with a 9-year-old named Phoebe, who happened to be one of the founders’ daughters. We tromped through waist-high grasses taking pictures of each other as the lateafternoon sun slanted through priest-white trees. My body felt loose and pleasantly tired, my mind clear and peaceful.

“Strike a pose!” Phoebe said. I acted like a model and made funny faces. She climbed a tree and swung from the branches. Perhaps, I thought, what Wanderlust is really about is this right here: play.

I may not have figured out how to massage my kidneys or connect with the sands of eternity, as some instructor suggested, but that’s okay. I suspect that what I came here to do was, in the end, something I forgot long ago and something Phoebe does instinctually. I came to take myself just a little less serious.

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The next day, I continued to try everything. I took a class called “Quest for Truth” in which the teacher, Ashley Turner, a muscular woman with a blonde mane and striking light eyes, instructed us to wrap our tails around a seven-milewide crystal deep in the earth. I attended TED-like talks in the Speakeasy, a small theater where a naturopathic doctor extolled the health benefits of connecting to nature and a campaign strategist expounded on political organizing. I wobbled on a paddleboard in an alpine lake ensconced in spruce and blue wildflowers, and I practiced flow yoga in a room throbbing with black lights and hip-hop music.

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distance come dusk. Many of Wanderlust’s yoga classrooms are open-air with gorgeous views of the Rockies, and everywhere, people partake in wholesome activities like hiking and biking.

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THE ORDINARY. ADVENTURE AWAITS.

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EVERAGE OBBERY

Whether your cup of tea is coffee or beer, there is a new standard of quality being set for the beverages in this generation. Craft beer in the United States has exploded in popularity during the last few years, and with it, has come a generation of beer lovers with a taste for quality. Whether the brewery focuses on providing for its local community or on growing a wide reputation of excellence across the country, the craft beer trend has proven to be key to the United States Beer industry growth.

“People want to drink something interesting,” Jeremy Danner says, ambassador brewer at Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri. “They want to be wowed and enjoy themselves.”

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the process of making coffee in the morning is as therapudic as the routine itself, nowadays. As craft brewing companies conitnue to experiement with how to make the 5 o’clock pint less of a mundane act and more of an an artform, and as coffee shop move away from the Starbucks “fast cup-of-joe to-go” mentality to focus on quality methods of making a fantastic, worth-the-wait coffee, the beverage world is becoming a more opinionated place.

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craft beer, pour overs, IPAs, chemex, porters, daily cortados, saisons, french press, and why they’re so damn hip

“WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT ALL BEERS WERE JUST CALLED BEER OR MAYBE BREWSKI”

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To help satisfy expectations among Boulevard customers, in their 2014 summer lineup Danner and the Boulevard brewers turned to a 200-year-old “throw-back” German beer At another San Diego outfit, Aztec Brewing Co. head brewer Paul Naylor agrees change style: the gose (GO-suh). is in the air. “It seems no one wants just plain Their interpretation of what he calls a “low- beer anymore,” he says, obviously jazzed at ABV sour” received a dose of coriander and the prospect. sea salt during the boil before it was infused with hibiscus flowers. The resulting vibrant pink Hibiscus Gose flew out the doors during its limited release. Emerging beer styles— brews based on rare or experimental recipes that often kick off widespread fads among brewers—are something Danner and the rest of the Boulevard crew think a lot about.

By the fourth quarter of 2014, they were alTo give customers the variety they crave, ready planning ahead for summer 2015.

Naylor is deploying a wide range of ingrediTwists in the lineup are necessary to satisfy ents, including Mexican cinnamon, coffee or customers’ ever growing palates as the craft cacao nibs (Noche de los Muertos, Russian beer market matures. In 2015, Danner ex- imperial stout); cilantro, lime and ghost peppects shandys will be back in vogue, such per (Aztec Sacrifice Red IPA); hibiscus flowas Boulevard’s Ginger-Lemon Radler, which ers, ginger and allspice (Hibiscus Wheat); and combines an unfiltered wheat beer with a chipotle peppers (Chipotle India Pale Ale).

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"it seems no one wants just plain beer anymore.”

citrus soda. And he’s hardly the only brewer concerned with staying ahead of the pack.

“Not everything is necessarily wild and intense,“ Naylor says, “but clients drink up these new flavors. Infusing flavors into beers is going to be big [in 2015].”

#beersnob While wine snobs have blighted the earth for thousands of years, beer snobbery is a relatively young art, especially in the U.S. This is because every beer in the country once tasted exactly the same. Oh sure, there were Bud lovers and MGD aficionados who would swear they could tell the difference, but if you gave them a blind taste test, you’d soon discover they’d just keep asking for another “test taste” until there wasn’t any beer left and they were passed out on your cheap sofa.

Furthermore, beer was considered the balm of the common man, it was not something you swirled in a glass and judged by its “nose.” It was something you swilled from a plastic cup and sometimes shot through your nose.

natural then, with so many different beers to choose from, that a learned cadre of beer experts would appear to explain to the unsophisticated masses what is “good beer” and what “has the nose and character of a harbor-town harlot with a penchant for walking into walls caked with manure.”

Thus arrived the beer snob.

When you were a teenager you probably thought all beers were just called “beer” or maybe “brewski” if you were feeling technical. But as a beer snob you should be aware that there are many subcategories of beers, in the same way that certain dogs are called “Cocker Spaniels” and “Rat Terriers,” and some large rats are called “Chihuahuas.”

"beer was considered the balm of the common man.”

Then the microbrewery revolution swept the country and soon every abandoned firehouse, bank and shoe factory was outfitted with a vat and turning out every possible form and flavor of beer you could imagine, and some you would rather not. It was perfectly

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world beer festival

big beers, belgians & barleywines festival

A celebration of beer culture and education, the World Beer Festivals (held by All About Beer) bring together the best of international, national and local beer. Currently held in Durham, NC; Raleigh, NC; Columbia, SC; and Cleveland, two more locations will be announced in early 2015.

Now in its 15th year, this celebration of high-alcohol beers is held at a ski resort in the high elevation town of Vail, west of Denver, in the Rockies. Traditionally brewers bring out rarities for the attendees. Often described as a “bucket list” festival by brewers themselves.

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Drinking great beer should not be a solitary experience.

There is something satisfying about gathering with likeminded enthusiasts in a special setting while sampling lagers and ales from near, far and wide. Sure, beer fans all have brews that define their personalities—but how can you really know if you’re more of a Ginger-Lemon Radler than a Bourbon Barell Porter unless you explore more options?

Beer fests are like college for drinking (well, college is college for drinking too), places where we can experiment with our tongue while meeting drinkers from all over the world. Like good college counselors, we’ve narrowed down the massive lists of US beer fests to help you expand your knowledge. And your waistline.

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#beerfestivals #2015

AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF BREWS ale: some purists will tell you this English brew is not really beer at all, but these are the same type of people who will tell you that drinking a case of beer in the company of your dog is not a “kick-ass time.” bitter: this hoppy English stalwart is a favorite among elderly men who smoke pipes, carry change purses and will insist that Field Marshal Rommel was “indeed crafty as a fox, but no match for this cunning English bulldog.” bock: this German beer is named for the billy goat, because, just like a billy goat, it’s lively, strong and smells like a billy goat. doppelbock: German for double billy goat. You get the idea. export: this is a type of beer so awful the locals refuse to drink it, so the brewery ships it off to foreigners who don’t know any better. fruit: these flavored beers were introduced to appeal to women and certain men who get very defensive when you inform them they are plainly homosexual. lager: there are those who like to say this light, golden beer is served cold so as to distinguish it from urine, but the truth of the matter is urine also has a much better head. malt liquor: some will argue this is not beer at all, but let me tell you something: if it tastes like a duck, smells like a duck and makes you walk like a duck, it is probably malt liquor. porter: this strong beer was named for the rugged laborers who made it popular in Old England and would quite frankly drink billy goat sweat if it got them drunk.

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oregon brewer’s festival

great american beer festival

Oregon throws its own midsummer suds fest each year so it can remind the other, lessfortunate 49 that it has enough craft breweries to share two with each state. In 2013, the 26yr-old event expanded to five days to accommodate the 80,000 beer lovers that flood Stumptown to sample 82 local and national breweries’ wares, which range from one-off brews to perennial favorites. The styles here are vast -- sessions, Belgians, and pilsners live in harmony at this waterfront throwdown.

Now in its 15th year, this celebration of high-alcohol beers is held at a ski resort in the high elevation town of Vail, west of Denver, in the Rockies. Traditionally brewers bring out rarities for the attendees. Often described as a “bucket list” festival by brewers themselves.

#dailycortado amy virginia buchanan, a Brooklyn based performance artist, producer, actor, clown, musician, and an old friend near and dear to my heart, has been beautifully capturing the elegance and artistic quality of the coffee boom through a series of Instragram photos under the hashtag #dailycortado. She was kind enough to answer a few questions about coffee, craft beer, and beverage snobbery in general: What is your absolute favorite part of your morning cup of coffee ritual?

The familiarity. This city is so big, and there’s something great about having spots that feel like me, where a barista knows me, and I can consume something that tastes good, and do whatever it is that I need to do right at that moment, whether it’s getting a bit of work done, reading a book, or just sitting and thinking for a moment. The point, though, is that it’s a repeatable (and lovely) piece of my day that’s just about me.

What draws you to the cortado? Why not americanos, mochas, or a simple cup of drip coffee ?

Oh the cortado. Bless it. It’s the perfect ratio of milk and espresso. If you’re using a single origin espresso, something delicate with an interesting flavor profile, the notes will still come through in the taste. The milk

won’t overwhelm or drown the intricacy of the bean/roast. When done right, the milk is warm, not hot, and the micro foam is so thin, and those two elements make for a natural sweetness to the milk that is just perfect. A cortado will never require sugar. Americanos are fine if the shot dropped in them is perfect, a mocha’s just a bit too slutty, and drip coffee is great, but I’ll only ever go for it when it’s been mindfully dialed in.

As an experienced barista, do you prefer to buy coffee at a cafe or make it yourself at home?

Buy at a cafe, always. If I had the proper set up (scale, timer, better grinder, etc) at home, then maybe, but even still. I liked making coffee in a cafe, and I like drinking coffee in a cafe. It’s an experience.

Why do you think there is a surge in new coffee-making processes (Chemex, V60, etc) appearing in cafes?

What does this add to the coffee experience as a whole?

Coffee is being more responsibly, carefully, and artfully sourced and roasted, so it only makes sense that the methods of preparation are being given similar consideration.

It’s transitioned from just something you drink in the morning to full on art, and people get passionate/innovative when it comes to their art.

"OH THE CORTADO. BLESS IT. IT’S THE PERFECT RATIO OF MILK & ESPRESSO”

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photos by @amyvirginia [Tl] EVERYMAN ESPRESSO 2, a colorful espresso bar in SOHO NYC, NY. Known for knowing how to pull a good shot. [TR] BLACKTOP (@ BLACKTOPCOFFEE), the new darling cafe of Downtown LA, CA, also features a brunch menu and a Juice Served Here pop-up shop. (BR] GO GET ‘EM TIGER (@GGET), a famous coffe shop in LA, makes their own almond/macadamia nut milk for a way too good iced latte.

Not a cortado, but a pretty good excuse to break a juicing cleanse on a hot day.

HUNGRY GHOST @hungryghostbrooklyn is one of Amy’s favorite Brooklyn cafÊs that uses Stumptown roasted coffee and also happens to serve her favorite doughnuts from a place called Dough. photo credit @amyvirginia.

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Do you consider yourself to be a coffee snob? Why or why not?

I find the phrase “coffee snob” to be so tacky, however I am definitely particular about my coffee. Coffee snobs tend to be the type of person that think they know everything about coffee. But I feel quite the opposite. The more I learn, the more I understand that there’s so much more to know.

It’s a continued education, that comes with a knowledge of what is good.

So, let’s just say that I have very good taste in coffee. I think this attitude is common among people who work in specialty coffee. The real “snobs” tend to be people that are primarily consumer enthusiasts.

Now I know that you post mostly coffee photos on Instagram, but if I remember correctly, you’re a beer gal as well. Have you been participating in the craft beer frenzy? (aka, do you buy, consume, or rave about the latest beer that you are in to) Absolutely. I pretty much only drink craft beer (or PBR).

Though, admittedly, I’m not as knowledgable about craft beer. I just know that I like things that taste very good.

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What prompted the #dailycortado hashtag?

It was started by my friend, Patrick Janelle (Can be found on Instagram @aguynamedpatrick). It’s actually a bit of a phenomenon, but then again, when it comes to social media, Patrick is a bit of a phenomenon. It’s one of the only hashtags that I actually make use of when posting. That and #catsofinstagram and #avocadotoast.

“it’s a continued education, that comes with a knowledge of what is good.”

What do you love the most about a good pint of craft beer? How does the experience differ from a standard lager or commercial beer?

It’s interesting. Or delicate. It’s obviously well thought out and has a history for why it tastes the way it does. It’s also something that an individual has put out into the world, that tastes like them. Well, not like them, but it is definitively their art. I also only typically drink beer (or any alcohol) when I’m out, and craft beer is usually also presented interestingly. It’s a whole experience. (just like coffee!)

Would you pay extra at a bar for craft beer?

Again, absolutely. It’s something that has required so much more actual human attention and care, and that alone is worth paying an extra dollar or so. If I want nice things, I understand that they will cost more, but if I’m going to spend money anyway, why not spend it on something great.

When do you find yourself drinking a super nice beer? After a long day? At a social gathering or party? As a treat or special occasion? You seek it out and go to breweries?

At a bar. I typically don’t drink beer at a restaurant, unless it’s a hot day and I’m sitting outside and there’s guacamole, or if it’s a pairing. Beer, for me, is for bars. Whether or not I am with friends or alone depends on the day. I’m not really one for breweries, but I’m also not really one for tours in general. Walking around with a group of strangers is not ideal.

Anything else you would like to add?

Nope. I’ve definitely said plenty and am hella self aware now. Oof.

SO NEAT

TRUE AMERICAN

True american is a game devised by the characters of the fox sitcom, New Girl. So it is 50% drinking a ton and yelling out crazy phrases. these rules are the same rules that game from the tv show, New Girl. You will understand the supplies you will need, how to set up, and the rules of the game.

BE A TRUE AMERICAN

PAWNS 24 Pack of beer of your choosing suggest not to do craft beers.

You will be drinking a lot

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Players take turns trying to win moves in order to navigate the tables, chairs, and cushions which are your only escape from the molten lava floor. At the center of the game is a castle made of a bottle of alcohol and many beers. As players traverse the game area, they remove beers and drink them. Once all of the beers have been removed, the first player to reach the bottle of alcohol, finish their beer, and take a swig from bottle wins game.

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W H AT ’ S T H E S K I N N Y ?

SOCIAL

SETUP Before the game starts, determine how many beers total should be consumed and setup the Castle with those beers as the Pawns. Using the lines of Pawns as barroers between the zones, designate each zone, making sure to have 5 spaces in each zone as described above.

Teams are optional.

KINGS 1 Bottle of Jack Daniels or whatever is in your pantry because that is a true american

LANDMARKS Lots of furniture and pillows the more you have the more you can jump on away from the lava.

“ABE LINCOLN, GEORGE WASHINGTON, CHERRY TREE!� the castle The castle is made up of one bottle of liquor and many cans of beer (you decide how many based on the number of players.) The liquor is the king and sits in the middle of the castle. The cans of beer are the pawns and the soldiers of the Secret Order. The pawns are lined up in four lines radiating outward from the King. These lines of Pawns also signify the barriers between each zone. The game ends when all of the Pawns have been removed and a player drinks from the king.

the zones There are four zones, each with five spaces where a player can stand. The center space in each zone is the only space where the pawns can be taken and thus it is the closest spaces at the beginning and end of the zones are the farthest awau from the castle.

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G A M E P L AY Players move around the game area in a clockwise direction. The player whose turn it is always moves one space; however , the other platers must “win” their moves. This player has three ways to provide the other players with a way to win their move.

Start the game with a shotgun tip-off! And shout the flowing: “Abe Lincoln, George Washington-Cherry Tree!”

“1,2,3,4,JFK-FDR”

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HOW TO GROW A VICTORY GARDEN

truth: there are many awesome reasons to live in the city, but growing a garden is certainly not one of them.

with that in mind, we tapped the experts at the super-cool Sprout Home store to show us 5 types of urban gardens you can cultivate yourself — no lawn required.

From gorgeous terrariums to indoor herb plants, greener pastures are, indeed, ahead.

SUPPLIES YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED

LAVA ROCK acts as drainage system and gives the water that you give your plants a place to go, so your roots can still have access to it without sitting around them, causing rot.

CHARCOAL acts as a water filter to keep your roots clean and your plants happy.

POTTING SOIL tropical plants require a typical potting soil, while a succulent or cactus terrarium needs something special.

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STEP 1 Start by adding a layer of lava rock at the bottom of your container.

STEP 2 Next, add a layer of charcol.

STEP 3 Consider using layers of colored sand. “Sand and rock create interest in the bottom of the container to attract the eye and [allows you to] color coordinate with your decorating scheme or trends,” says Trover.

[PRO TIP] plants should be removed from their containers, their soil massaged off, and planted in place & moss can sit directly on the surface and need not be planted.

SUCCULENT SOIL holds all the plants in place but allows almost 100% of the water to drain to the bottom. succulents like to have wet feet and dry ankles, so they require this different soil type to be happy and thrive.

STEP 4 Next, add a layer of potting soil.

STEP 5 Start adding your plants and live moss.

CONTAINERS the type of plant often determines the style of pot. air plants like shallow, hermit bowls. terrariums look best in glass vases and flowers can be as deorative

SELF- WATERING CONTAINER it holds enough water for several weeks and is great for the household on the go with little time to remember plant maintenance.

A GREEN THUMB it will come with time. promise.

PLANTS duh.

DI Y

You need not have a yard to cultivate something green and beautiful — you can have it all indoors with a terrarium.

Just be warned: Whether you choose woodsy and tropical plants or a desert cactus, maintenance is a must.

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1T E R R A R I U M S

2G E T P O T T E D

So, maybe you decided to grab a plant on a whim, and now, you’re thinking, “What next?” Trust, there is more to that little sprout that just plant, soil, and pot alone. “We like to combine several different plants into a single container, which is sometimes a traditional pot, sometimes a cereal bowl, or the like,” says Trover. “Cover the soil with mosses or orchid bark and give it a little personality. It takes a typical low-light plant to the next level and really shows off your green thumb.”

STEP 1 Gently massage soil off the roots of the plants you want to use.

STEP 2 Dig a hole and cover roots with soil and press down slightly to secure in place.

It’s that easy! Note that the plants can snuggle up against one another to give things a close, lush feel.

4B L O O M I N B U D S

Okay, so your green thumb is more yellow... Ditch the soil (and the maintenance!) and work strictly with florals instead. “The misconception about floral is that it is expensive and only for special occasions,” says Trover.

“Instead, a few frugal stems can be turned into something amazing.”

STEP 1 Cut the bottom of the stems, so they should last a solid week on your nightstand, console table, or kitchen counter.

STEP 2 Arrange a small bouquet of your freshly cut stems. Add a little greenery with your florals for dimension.

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3A I R I T U P

STEP 2 Nestle your air plant (s) into your moss and bark arrangement. They literally just sit in the bowl without any other special care.

Hello, lazy-girl gardener!

And there you have it! This process is supersimple — and sure does beat all of that watering and soil mumbo-jumbo.

STEP 3 Arrange florals and greenery into the container of your choice — any size will do. In fact, in this case, bigger is not necessarily better. “More petit containers will make a few stems feel huge, instead of a larger container making your beautiful flowers feel dwarfed,” says Trover.

[PRO TIP] When it comes to choosing your florals and greenery, "look past your grocery store and check out your local floral shops," says Trover. "You can easily buy stem by stem instead of being married to a large bouquet of things you may or may not want. Likewise, they’ll often separate stems, giving you a deal when you only want single flowers instead of a piece that might have two blooms."

DI Y

STEP 1 Arrange your moss and orchid bark in a shallow container. There is no right or wrong method — have fun and experiment!

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So, air plants are kinda the “new black” in the foliage world. Why? They don’t require soil like their leafy cousins. All you need to do is make sure you place ‘em in bright, filtered light — something we can all easily do.

“INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR KITCHEN IS KEY; OTHERWISE, YOU’LL FORGET TO USE THEM!”

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5E D I B L E S

While you may not want a stream of light beaming through your window when you’re still trying to sleep in the morning, it certainly is helpful if you’re trying to grow herbs and other edibles. According to Trover, “These plants require frequent watering and bright light. And, there are a lot of ways to make them look extra-attractive instead of just being a pot on your counter. Integrating them into the landscape of your kitchen is key; otherwise, you’ll forget to use them!”

STEP 1 Start with your self-watering container, such as the Delta 20. “These containers are a blessing to the average home owner,” says Trover. “Edibles, especially, require extra moisture and sun than your average plant and quite often can be difficult to keep up with. This container holds enough water for several weeks and is great for the household on the go with little time to remember plant maintenance.”

If you opt to try the self-watering container, don’t forget to follow the directions! Like learning how to walk before you can run, “you’ll need to water from the top for a few weeks until the roots are long enough to suck up the water below,” says Trover.

STEP 2 Add some water-wicking rock to ensure your herbs and edibles are getting the necessary nutrients to make it as an urban garden. “This is an important step, as the rock wicks the water up from the container’s storage hold and feeds the roots as frequently as they need it — not when you remember,” says Trover.

STEP 3 Just dig a hole in your soil and plant!

Not sure which herbs to plant where? Not to worry! “Most herbs grow great in conjunction with one another,” says Trover.

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