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in this issue 05.13 in every issue 4 editor’s note 9 local finds

cover story 12 farm to table Rebecca Pelfrey convinced her husband to buy land and become independent farmers. As it turns out, this was the perfect move for them.

fashion 5 petal power Summer’s newest blooms are brighter and bolder than ever before. It’s your time to blossom.

8 dress code With wedding season in full swing, you’ll need just the right thing to wear to be part of someone’s special day.

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health 18 a new brew Dane Breimhorst and Thom Foss team up to open the Twin Cities’ first gluten-free brewery.

nosh 16 q&a Golden Fig owner Laurie McCann Crowell shares her greatest passions.

20 the spice of life The Curry Diva strives to ‘nourish the body, feed the soul.’

22 ambitious cook Monique Volz of Maple Plain turns her passion into purpose.

24 summer dreams Pumphouse Creamery in Minneapolis serves up sweet treats perfect for warm weather.

just u 26 time for fun Events and entertainment in the Twin Cities.

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3 savvy’s mission Savvy Magazine aims to educate and inspire a community of Twin Citiesarea women who share personal stories and real-world information on how to feel, live and look the best they can. Through original reporting, local events and journalistic integrity, Savvy is the source for how to be healthy, happy, fashionable and connected.

love & life 28 savvy sun signs Teri Parsley Starnes, a professional astrologer living in Minneapolis, debuts her monthly horoscope exclusively for Savvy readers.

30 explore your intuition Jodi Livon, author, intuitive reader and resident psychic at Twin Cities Live, answers your questions about intuition.

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elcome to the new Savvy Magazine—the newly-madeover magazine. We’ve been working on unveiling this makeover for months. We pored over past issues, got feedback from readers, staff and our editorial board, and looked to our peers for examples of great work. We hammered out a vision for what service we wanted to provide, brainstormed creative new approaches to design and stories, and then even critiqued the mock-ups our designers came up with. It was truly a team effort.

So, voila. Here we are. We even updated our name: Savvy Magazine, a change from Savvy.mn Magazine. We began as a website (Savvy.mn), which is why we called ourselves Savvy.mn Magazine. But now our print product has grown and evolved to what it is today.

Everything must change, especially in order for it to grow. When I was hired last fall, I was tasked with the challenge of shifting Savvy for the better. It has been amazing to watch our abstract feedback from our weekly redesign meetings turn into tangible results – new fonts, new colors, new departments and features, new vision. New everything.

Rebecca Pelfrey knows all about taking new directions. After working in graphic design and art directions, she convinced her husband to buy land and become independent farmers. Now the two own Morning Glory Farm in Stillwater, which sells food directly to buyers. They’ve also got plans to offer outdoor pizza events, brew their own beer and teach cooking workshops. Read Pelfrey’s inspiring story on page 12.

It feels appropriate that we unveil our changes at a time when the seasons are changing, too. By the time this magazine comes out, it will be late spring heading into early summer. No doubt Minnesotans right now are thirsting for beverages with friends on an outdoor patio. For glutenfree folks (like myself ), we’ve got an article on page 18 about a new gluten-free brewery opening in St. Paul this summer; that should definitely quench your thirst.

We’ve got also got some fun new features to share. For example, take a look at Allison Roorda’s piece on Pumphouse Creamery in Minneapolis, page 24. And Teri Parsley Starnes, a Minneapolis-based professional astrologer, offers exclusive horoscopes for each sun sign. Check out her fantastic work on page 28.

One of my favorite things about Savvy is the loyal readership it has, and the community of women who gather around the magazine. I would love to hear what you think about the new Savvy. What resonates with you? What do you love?

What don’t you like? Let me know – I’m at editor@savvy.mn or (952) 345-6387.

Until next time, I hope your change of season is graceful and fun,

Britt Johnsen Editor in Chief

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fashion | weddings

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With wedding season in full swing, you’ll need just the right thing to wear to be part of someone’s special day.

Even if you’re not in the bridal party, being a guest can also cause some sartorial stress. Yes, all weddings are different, but there’s a basic code of conduct and dress that will serve you well no matter what kind of event you’re attending.

Laura Nelli, owner and designer of Nelle Handbags knows the ins and outs of weddings after seven years in the bridal industry, her own 2011 wedding and a frequent guest herself. “I think as a guest you should take your cue from the invitation and where the reception and ceremony are being held and your knowledge of the couple and weave that information into your own style,” she says.

She offered her insights on cracking the wedding dress code.

Be appropriate Some of the old rules do apply, including don’t wear white or red. The key is not to upstage the bride. “It’s a huge trend to dress your bridesmaids in white, but you as a guest should never do it,” she says. She does think a black dress is no longer taboo. “A basic black dress with a fabulous statement necklace or a printed scarf will take down the sexy level,” she says.

Go for simple, but distinctive Laura reiterated the guiding principle of wedding guest fashion: “You don’t want to outshine the bride,” she says. However, that doesn’t mean you have to look drab.

Though they’re a trend, she suggests staying away from prints and sticking with a single color and adding your own flair through the accessories. You can incorporate the prints trend through a handbag or a shoe. “It’s a really safe way to incorporate trends,” she says.

Don’t forget comfort It’s all about the feet. “You want to enjoy the wedding, dance and navigate any uneven ground,” says Nelli, who favors a low classic

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BY SARA GLASSMAN pump. She added that it’s a good idea to bring a wrap too – the formal way of layering.

Stick to a single statement Make your mark with one major piece and then keep everything else you’re wearing more subdued “If you were to have a statement bag, I would do a really pretty earring that highlights your face, a statement bag and a great basic shoe or if you do a statement necklace, no earrings, a simple thin bracelet and a basic shoe,” she says.

Keep quiet “You should not wear clothing that creates noise,” Nelli says. Right now, it’s trendy to stack bangles, but you don’t want to grab anyone’s attention during the ceremony or reception.

Finishing details You’re never fully dressed without a “a bright, bold beautiful lip.” Laura likes Bobbi Brown’s Coral Pink Moisture-Rich Lipstick.

She suggests guests steer clear from updos and go for simple hair that’s pulled back or in your everyday style with a little something special. That’s right, not even your tresses should be competing with the bride.

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Farm to Table

Rebecca Pelfrey convinced her husband to buy land and become independent farmers. As it turns out, this was the perfect move for them.

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any people enjoy cooking, like animals, love the outdoors, and care about where their food comes from. But not many people gather up those passions and manage to convince a non-farming spouse that it might be nice to move from a suburb to a farm and strike out on their own.

Rebecca Pelfrey is one of those rare people. Back in 2000, she found a 50-acre site outside of Stillwater that she thought would be a perfect place to revisit her childhood love of animals, especially horses. But it

was also perfect in that instead of being a run-down old farmstead, the land had been nicely cultivated into something akin to a pristine country estate—a much easier sell to her non-farming husband. “We started with a couple of chickens and a couple of horses,” Pelfrey says. “Then we added a lamb, added a pig, and pretty soon I’d become an advanced hobby farmer.”

The “advanced hobby farm” now comprises a 30-ewe breeding flock and 20 Berkshire hogs, along with the chickens and some cows.

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direction, although she also spent some time working as a horse trainer.

It was the fateful trip to the farm for sale that brought back the idea of raising and training horses. Her husband was amenable to that idea and willing to commute to his work in Golden Valley.

“But he didn’t know he was marrying a farmer,” Pelfrey says, laughing. “Here we had this beautiful land, and it seemed wasteful not to use it.”

Her husband is still mostly hands-off.

“I’m the farmer and the farmer’s wife,” she says. “If only I could have a wife!”

Putting that beautiful land to work also allowed Pelfrey to pursue another passion: cooking and good food. “I like to eat something somewhere and then try to reproduce it,” she says. The farm gave her a unique angle to pursue; when she discovered that Berkshire pork tasted far better to her than standard grocerystore pork, she brought a couple of pigs to the farm and began raising them.

Why is Berkshire better, in her opinion?

“It’s a heritage breed that grows slower than commercial breeds,” she says. “Plus it’s darker meat, naturally marbled, with a very unique flavor.” It’s so unique and delicious that her children will no longer allow her to serve anything else.

As it turns out, pigs can be for more

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the farmer and “theI’mfarmer’s wife.”

But it was closer to what she truly wanted to do. She wasn’t raised on a farm, but grew up in Nebraska, living close to REBECCA PELFREY a river and vast undeveloped land. Days were spent exploring on horseback, and early ambitions focused on a cabin in the land. By the time she went to college the mountains with a horse, cow and and met her husband, other interests led chickens, living the self-sufficient life off her to a career in graphic design and art

than just eating. Pelfrey’s pigs are not just free-range, but allowed to root, because their predilection for rooting means they act as porcine rototillers, turning over the ground that becomes the annual vegetable garden. “Some farms prevent the pigs from rooting,” Pelfrey says. “But it’s their nature. They have to be monitored so they don’t dig too deep, but they enjoy it.” Bonus—the fields are tilled without machinery.

Pelfrey’s farm is organic, and her animals are fed with organic feed, in addition to being humanely raised. She likes knowing where her food comes from and how it’s raised, and she envisions a future in which many others learn via her farm. Her goal is “50 Families on 50 Acres”— in other words, she wants her farm to feed 50 families. Right now she feeds about 30 families and plans to increase the vegetable production to raise those numbers.

Feeding is only part of the goal, though. Pelfrey wants to help people learn about the intricacies of farming and food.

Currently she hosts two annual events for her customers, a Cinco de Mayo festival and a fall Pork Fest/Oktoberfest. For both occasions, she provides meat from her farm which she cooks herself. Near future plans include adding an outdoor pizza farm. One of her customers is a builder who works with her on a barter

system, and he took a course at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais on building outdoor ovens. Pelfrey envisions such an oven at her farm, not only to provide events (with pizzas made with sausage and cheese made on the farm as well as vegetables grown there) but also to develop workshops where she could teach people how to cook and bake in an outdoor oven.

She’d also like to teach people about

the “nose to tail” approach to buying half or whole animals for consumption. “So many people are used to buying meat at the grocery store,” she says. “They like pork tenderloin. Then they buy half a hog and say, ‘Where’s the tenderloin?’” As it turns out, the tenderloin is the meat that’s normally attached to the bone in a pork chop—which is how Pelfrey’s customers receive it. Adding workshops to teach people about the different cuts they’re getting, and what to do with them, would reduce the hesitance some new customers experience, she says.

Cooking in general would be another focus for Pelfrey. “I want to do farmerchef events, teach people to cook real food,” she says. These could be anything from making lard to making cheese to the myriad ways cooks can use the tender pork shoulder cut.

Pelfrey invites the local elementary school for a field trip each year, relishing the opportunity to teach kids at a young age about where their food comes from and life on a farm. It’s not an easy life, but it can be so rewarding. “The thing you love and hate is that you’re out there every day,” she says. “That physical work, being outdoors—it can be wonderful, and other times, not.”

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nosh | q & a

Golden Fig owner Laurie McCann Crowell shares her greatest passions.

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1. What’s your background and how did you get involved in the Golden Fig? I actually went to school for architecture and interior design but after spending some time working at a specialty food shop in East Hampton, N.Y., I fell in love with food and never looked back. I started making the vinegars as gifts in the early ‘90s and they just kind of rolled into new ideas for new goodies, and before I knew it, I was making over 100 products. After having sold at the St. Paul Farmers Market for almost 10 years, I decided a store was in order, and I opened the shop on Grand Avenue in 2006.

someone find that perfect gift. I love giving someone the confidence to try to cook something they never have [cooked before].

I adore the smiles on people faces when they taste something new. I love the feeling I get when I know how many small, local businesses we support. I love the feedback I get from viewers at Twin Cities Live after a segment and they tell me how much they loved the dinner they made because of me.

I love it all.

2. Who is your role model or someone you look up to?

I have been very influenced and continue to be inspired by Ina Garten from the Barefoot Contessa, whose shop I worked at in New York.

4. Describe your best day at work.

Being on the floor all day, talking to people about the fabulous cave aged cheeses, or grass fed beef, or artisan breads or handmade truffles. Introducing shoppers to all our great farmers, growers and producers.

There really isn’t anything I like quite as 3. What do you love most about what much as talking. you do?

Gosh, other than the bookkeeping, I love 5. How do you define success? everything about what I do. I love helping I define success by how happy I am.

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brewing DIFFERENTLY Dane Breimhorst and Thom Foss team up to open the Twin Cities’ f irst gluten-free brewery.

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By Britt Johnsen

health | gluten-free beer

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ane Breimhorst and Thom Foss make for complementary brewery business partners: Foss, who used to work in IT and now works in marketing and public relations, says he’s more of the numbers guy; Breimhorst, a stay-at-home Dad who a few years ago was diagnosed with Celiac’s disease, is the hand-shaker. He’s the guy who’s attending community meetings and telling everyone about St. Paul’s first gluten-free brewery, which the two are set to open this summer.

The brewery will be a one-of-a-kind establishment. It’s currently in the planning stages, but Foss and Breimhorst say their new 5,000-square-foot brewery, Burning Brothers Brewing, will be opening near Fairview and University Avenues in St. Paul. They’ll offer exclusive gluten-free beers, recipes they developed themselves after Breimhorst was diagnosed with celiac disease a few years ago.

Breimhorst says that when he was diagnosed, he felt devastated. The treatment for celiac disease is a gluten-free diet. He

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had been a cook at the Loring Pasta Bar, an establishment full of gluten in its beers, pastas, breads and more. But he wasn’t going to let his condition overcome him; he instead began developing recipes for beers. He has a distinct sense of taste and noticed that many of the gluten-free beers on the market today use brown rice syrup, leaving a finishing taste like that of a diet soda. What he and Foss are aiming to offer is a beer not just good enough for gluten-free beer drinkers; instead they want a beer that is delicious and satisfying whether a person is gluten intolerant or not.

In other words, a good beer is a good beer, and that’s what the two want to create.

“What we’ve done is we’ve figured out the use of different adjuncts and grains, malted and kilned ourselves,” Breimhorst says. “I want people who have a choice or don’t have a choice, to enjoy and kick back, and worry about something else that’s more important.”

He and Foss became friends nearly 20 years ago when some mutual friends introduced them to each other, and they’ve

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been putting their heads together for adventures ever since. Breimhorst has been a cook, a comedian, has worked to help children with mental illness, and even spent some time as a debt collector. Foss did a two-year stint in the National Guard and went to college in Mankato before launching his career. After he and Breimhorst met, they got into fireeating at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival – thus the name for their new brewery.

They plan to offer stouts and pale ales, a niche in the gluten-free beer market that has not been filled, Foss says. Also on their wish list is to create a taproom that will be a gathering place for the community. “I definitely can foresee that as a destination for people who are gluten-free,” he says.

These are big dreams, but Breimhorst says their vision is clear.

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nosh | curry diva

Curry Diva strives to ‘nourish the body, feed the soul’

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Nights every Monday.

“Her food heals. I’ve heard stories about her raw kale salad being the only food a friend could eat during chemotherapy, and that it actually contributed to his healing process,” Shimp says. “Her flavors are like no other type of food I know.”

Jansz, who once cooked for holistic health guru Deepak Chopra, cautions home chefs away from buying prepackaged spices, insisting the best way to buy spices is whole and fresh from a local co-op. Buy what you need and grind the spices at home in a small coffee grinder.

Also, don’t be afraid to experiment with spices in your everyday meals, such as meatloaf or spaghetti, the Diva suggests.

Until you try, you don’t know what you’re missing. “How can it hurt?”

Where can you find The Curry Diva?

Curry Nights: Mondays from 5-9 p.m. at Highland Grill in St. Paul Curry Pickup: Pickup pre-made Sri Lankan curry dishes on scheduled days. (Sign up through her mailing list at thecurrydiva.com) Diva Dinners: Monthly events open to the public where Heather Jansz prepares a four-course meal for 16 diners. Private Diva Dinners are also available.

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Big hair. Big passion. Big food.

Step into her kitchen and you’ll likely be bowled over by the aromatic flavors of cardamom, cinnamon and cumin. Taste her chutneys – spicy, sweet and savory all at the same time – and you’ll feel like you’ve been transported to the Southeast Asia.

Jansz, better known as The Curry Diva, has been awakening the senses and palates of Minnesotans since the 1970s, showing locals there’s more to a good spice rack than salt, pepper and garlic bread sprinkle.

A native of Sri Lanka, Jansz’s personal mission is to bring the exotic flavors of the East to your table.

“We crave our curry,” Jansz says of Sri Lankans. “It’s like a drug.”

While many people assume curry is just a spice, it’s actually a style of cooking, says Jansz, the longtime owner/chef of Uptown’s defunct Sri Lanka Curry House.

Every curry chef has his or her own combination of spices, says Jansz, noting her Diva blend is comprised of “all the essential spices,” including curry leaves, lemon grass and green cardamom pods.

But spices are more than just good flavor, they’re good for you.

In hot, humid climates, like Sri Lanka, spices were originally used for preservation, says Jansz. Many spices have anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that make them great for digestion and overall bodily health, she says.

Jansz approaches her cooking through the lens of Ayurveda, an Indian holistic health system that focuses on maintaining balance of the mind, body and soul through good nutrition. Ayurveda, the sister science to yoga, is often seen as a way to prevent and treat illnesses.

“The way we eat…is meant to fix the body,” says Jansz, whose food is all gluten-, dairy- and fat-free.

Spices and oils play important roles in the Ayurveda diet, which touts the importance of all six tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and astringent.

While most Americans only activate the first three, Ayurveda strives to incorporate all six in at least one meal a day to ensure a balanced diet.

Jansz is a pioneer in Twin Cities’ Ayurvedic style of cooking, says Stephanie Shimp, co-owner of Highland Grill in St. Paul where Jansz hosts Curry

nosh | curry diva 3 Spices and their Health Benefits Turmeric A powerful antioxidant and antiseptic, potent anti-inflammatory.

Fresh is best, but the turmeric powder is very good, too.

Cardamom Lowers blood pressure, prevents blood clots and settles the stomach.

The best in a cup of tea.

Black Pepper This spice acts as a diuretic.

It helps all the other spices get activated in the body and aids in digestion.

It encourages you to sweat and rids the body of harmful toxins.

Black pepper oil is great for aches and pains (and perfume).

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In a wok or a fly pan, heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic brown for just a few moments. Then add leeks with all the dry spices and cook for another few moments. Add all the veggies and some of the salt to taste. Add in the quinoa and mix really well.

Take it off the stove and add last add the chopped cilantro and pumpkin seeds and more salt to taste, if you like.

To make this dish even healthier, add 1 teaspoon of turmeric into the water when boiling.

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Monique Volz of Maple Plain turns passion into purpose.

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onique Volz is always cooking up something good. She’s on the road most weekdays, consulting major food brands on public relations and social media. But weekends are spent in her kitchen – from sun up until sun down – as she experiments with new recipes for her blog, AmbitiousKitchen. com.

This is nothing new for Volz. “When I was in college, I was always baking and cooking, taking cookies to parties,” she said. “Every second that I wasn’t focused on my school work, I was in the kitchen. “ The Maple Plain blogger grew up in a family that was passionate about good food. Her mom’s side of the family is Puerto Rican, with an affinity for

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flavorful food. “My grandma is probably the best cook ever,” she said. Meanwhile, she has fond memories of frequently baking cakes, cookies and pies with her dad.

During college, she began following favorite food blogs and, after graduating, she decided to start her own site.

Ambitious Kitchen launched in August 2011, but Volz rarely posted recipes more than once a week. A year later, as she got more serious about developing her recipes, posting frequently and photographing her food with a new DSLR camera, Volz said her blog traffic grew “exponentially.”

Today, she spends two to three hours per trip to the grocery store, laughing that “nobody ever wants to go to the store with me!” As she walks the aisles, she waits for inspiration to strike and then fills her cart with ingredients for her next experiment. Popular recipes on the blog range from a Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Chili with Smoked Chipotle to a Vegan Detox Green

Monster Smoothie. In homage to her dad, who passed away when Volz was 18, she also offers plenty of cookie recipes to readers. Her favorite creation so far?

Nutella-Stuffed Brown Butter and Sea Salt Chocolate Chip.

Volz is grateful for the ways her blog has brought new connections and opportunities into her life. For instance, when the Greek yogurt brand Fage held a recipe contest last year, its PR firm reached out to Volz, encouraging her to enter. Her dark chocolate cheesecake recipe won and last November, she got to cook with celebrity chef Bobby Flay at his New York restaurant, which also served her winning recipe to guests.

Volz has high hopes for Ambitious Kitchen’s future, with plans to expand her content to incorporate additional passions like beauty products, photography and travel – and eventually focus on the blog full-time. She credits her readers for keeping her motivated.

“I love my readers,” she said. “Every day, I get emails that are incredible –

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Maybe ice cream made with local, allnatural ingredients from the Pumphouse Creamery on Chicago Avenue.

The Pumphouse Creamery celebrated its 10-year anniversary in May, after owner Barb Zapzalka opened the store first in 2003.

She didn’t start out making ice cream, though. “I was working as a computer programmer before this job,” she says. “I didn’t want to do that as a long-term career.”

Zapzalka had work in restaurant management when she was in college and wanted to get back to working with food.

During the course of trying to find the right niche for herself, she started researching how to make commercial ice cream.

“Pretty soon, I’m writing a business plan,” she says.

Zapzalka ended up leaving her computer programmer job about three months before the Pumphouse Creamery officially opened. While the small shop by 48th Street and Chicago Avenue was under construction, she continued to teach herself about ice cream and making ice cream in preparation for her new career.

“The most surprising thing for me was the physical part of the job, being on my feet all day,” she says.

Another big change for Zapzalka was trying to do 50 different things each day. In being the owner and manager of Pumphouse Creamery, she made herself responsible for hiring workers, managing the store and inventory and making the ice cream, one of her favorite parts of the job.

The creamery has only one ice cream machine that makes a batch of five gallons

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Pumphouse Creamery in Minneapolis serves up sweet treats perfect for hot weather.

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“I’m very picky about the ingredients,” she says. “I try to use as much organic as possible. I try to use as much local as possible.”

She says that’s what makes Pumphouse Creamery unique among ice cream shops: the quality of the ice cream and the fact that the actual owner is the one mixing it up in the back.

As the owner, Zapzalka also has to try to gage what is going to sell. She says she keeps an eye on the weather, which can affect her business. “During the summer, we’re the busiest,” she says.

She also has to negotiate inventory and freezer space for all the products, especially in the summer when Pumphouse Creamery sells more ice cream.

But Zapzalka says she is enjoying her time as the owner of an ice cream shop.

“I love being able to make a living off of something that I love doing,” she says. “I enjoy that people do enjoy this ice cream. That’s the biggest compliment for me.”

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just u | events ARMED FORCES DAY WWII WEEKEND

MN ZOO EXHIBITS: ‘AFRICA!’ AND ‘DINOSAURS!’

The World War II Historical Reenactment Society will present an Armed Forces Day program.

Time: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, May 18; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, May 19 Cost: $7 or $5 with a non-perishable food item; WWII Veterans and children 5 and younger free Location: Dakota City Heritage Village, 4008 200th St., Farmington Info: dakotacitywwii.yolasite.com or (612) 432-2231

Two popular exhibits return for the summer of 2013 – Africa! and Dinosaurs! Travel into the heart of the African savannah, complete with giraffes, ostrich, bongos, wildebeest and guinea fowl. The Dinosaurs! exhibit also returns to the zoo this year, featuring Tyrannosaurus Rex, Giganotosaurus, Brachiosaurus and many more.

Time: May 25-Sept. 2 Cost: Adults $18; children 3-12 and seniors 65 and older $12; children 2 and younger free; Dinosaurs! is a separate fee attraction.

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The Lumineers will perform a folk rock concert. Also appearing will be special guests Cold War Kids and J Roddy Walston and the Business.

Time: 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 31 Cost: $30-$45 Location: Target Center, 600 First Ave. N., Minneapolis Info: targetcenter.com or (612) 673-0900

Grand Old Day is held along Grand Avenue, Saint Paul’s premier shopping, dining, and entertainment district.

Vendors will offer foods, goods and services along Grand Avenue. The parade is the second largest in the metro area.

Time: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, June 2; 9:30 a.m. parade begins at Dale and Grand, and proceeds west along Grand to Fairview.

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Time: 2-8 p.m. Sunday, June 9 Cost: Free Location: Staring Lake Amphitheatre, 14800 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie Info: edenprairie.org

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ARIES MARCH 21 - APRIL 19 You have the opportunity to really slow down this month, but will you? You’ve been pushing yourself into new areas for a while. This expansion is exhilarating but can also be exhausting. Other people may be telling you to get more in touch with your emotions. This is good advice.

There is a burst of mental energy at the beginning of the month, and then you find yourself wondering why your message is not easily reaching others.

The three-week Mercury retrograde period that begins on June 26 invites you to work on communicating from a deeper place. Perhaps the patience you will be forced to develop will help you focus better.

TAURUS APRIL 20 - MAY 20 You understand the need to balance resources. When others around you are frantically losing their heads, you keep a steady pace. This quality of yours has been tested over the past few months but you get support at the time of the Full Moon in Capricorn on June 23. The entrance of Jupiter into the sign of Cancer a few days later is a burst of energy. You can be a rock for others but need to bring more beauty into your life for your own pleasure. Enhance your home. This is a project that usually delights you.

Other people seek your eye for beauty.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 21 The desire to learn and connect with others is stronger than usual because Mars, the planet of action, is in Gemini all month. In addition, Jupiter, the planet of expanding opportunity is completing its year-long transit of your sign. Time to think back over the year; what new things have you begun? The temporary setbacks and challenges you experienced taught you valuable lessons. You can take that wisdom into communication and relationships. The New Moon on June 8 is a perfect opportunity to reflect on the future you want to create. On June 26, your ruling planet, Mercury, stations retrograde. Time to slow down and be careful with the details. Learn to trust your emotions.

CANCER JUNE 22 - JULY 22 You are having a big month that could translate into a big year too. Jupiter leaves Gemini to enter Cancer for one year. You might be involved in caring for others in some way, but also take this opportunity to care for yourself and dare something new.

Your emotional instincts are strong and others will see you as a source of strength. Watch out for doing too much for others. The Full Moon on June 23 is a great time to notice how to balance home and work. June 26, Mercury stations retrograde in your sign. The next three weeks will be an opportunity to notice your expectations for communication in relationships.

LEO JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 Lately, you’ve become tired of feeling so sensitive about whether other people truly appreciate you. However, the internal work you are doing will help you get your gifts out into the world. Does your home life support your creativity in the way it could?

What changes can you make? Mars, the planet of action, is your ally of inspiration this month. Be bolder about your ideas and let yourself run with them. You may find that you are less self-critical when you focus on helping others. On June 27, Venus, the planet of love and beauty enters your sign for almost one month. This could be a delicious time for romance as well as creativity.

VIRGO AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 22 After a year of being over-stimulated mentally due to Jupiter’s transit of Gemini, you welcome a chance to focus on simple pleasures. But first, you have one more month of being very busy and needing to cope with lots of new input and projects. Emotionally, you understand that you need to slow down so you can take better care of yourself. The time around the New Moon on June 8 may be a stressful one, but by the Full Moon on June 23, things have calmed down for you. Pay attention to miscommunications and travel mix-ups as your ruling planet, Mercury, stations retrograde for three weeks on June 26.

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love & life | astrology Teri Parsley Starnes is a professional astrologer living in Minneapolis. Her monthly horoscope is written exclusively for Savvy readers. Learn more about Starnes’ business, Starsdance Astrology, at starsdanceastrology.com.

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LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 23 You may feel a bit weary of needing to put out the fires of misunderstanding around you. The tension in relationships might be high and you are wondering what you can do about it. As the natural peacekeeper of the zodiac, you are being challenged to find the point of balance between extreme positions. With Mars moving through Gemini, another air sign, you feel bolstered by a renewed ability to communicate. However, not all is simple, as you will be tested by the Mercury retrograde that begins on June 26. The real test will be to let your emotional awareness lead you.

Develop your intuitive skills to solve your most perplexing problems.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22 Saturn, the planet of responsibility, is moving through your sign, giving you the feeling that everything important in your life has become hard work. You get help this month, not to lighten up exactly, but to rely on spiritual states that inspire you to undertake these important projects with a new sense of meaning. You are making a breakthrough in understanding yourself and others. Keep an open mind, as it is easy to form judgments about others. Now is the time to act with compassion too. Extend that concern towards your own heart as well. You are developing new healing powers even if you don’t know it yet.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 21 You may be provoked this month as Mars moves through Gemini, the sign opposite your Sun. Watch out for arguments. Other people have an opinion about how you run your life. Perhaps you are also wondering why you feel so restless and what your life is all about. As Jupiter, your ruling planet, enters the sign of Cancer for the next year, you will be pulled between home and adventure.

Adjustments need to be made to ensure that you are taking care of your responsibilities. However, honor your way of moving through the world. Use your excellent sense of humor to roll with the miscommunications sure to arise during the Mercury retrograde starting June 26.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 19 Relationships show you another side of life. You’ve been on a mission to gain more stability and authority and you have the skills to do this but it feels like something is missing. With so many planets moving through the sign opposite yours, you have plenty of opportunity to soften your stance and listen to what those around you also need. The Full Moon on June 23 is a time to open up to what others are telling you. As Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer a few days later, you will have at least three weeks to listen and respond in new ways.

Patience brings clarity.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 18 You are eager for more freedom. It might seem like everyone around you is trying to play it too safe. An emphasis on security goes against your natural instincts to rebel. Others in your life are asking for more emotional connection and confusing communication makes it harder to understand what they are asking you to do. When you feel like you’ve reached a dead end, do something new and unexpected. You may want to spend time alone and then come back to the issue. Even though it can be challenging, someone else’s perspective teaches you important lessons. Take note of the role emotions play in solving community issues.

PISCES FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20 Tune out the busy world and make time for yourself. With a heart as big as yours, it is easy to get overwhelmed.

Energetic Mars is moving through Gemini this month, increasing the probability of distraction, so seek calming activities to maintain your focus. Saturn, the planet of structure and Neptune, your ruling planet, are in a very supportive relationship with each other. You will benefit from creating new order in your life, whether it is a spiritual practice or a reorganization of your workspace.

Jupiter’s entrance into Cancer for the one year is a boost of energy.

Trust your instincts. You feel more resourceful. Your intuitive gifts can help sort out miscommunication.

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YOUR INTUITION with Jodi Livon

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odi Livon, author of The Happy Medium, intuitive coach and resident psychic at Twin Cities Live, says everyone is intuitive.

Each month readers ask Livon about their questions around intuition and all things supernatural. In this month’s edition, readers ask about handling psychic abilities, career coaching and unresolved questions with loved ones who have passed.

If you want to know if you have psychic abilities, but aren’t sure you can handle the responsibility that comes with it, is there a way to “test drive” it before you decide? It’s always scared me, but I feel could have that ability and would like to find out, but I don’t want to be emotionally carried away by it, or for it to consume a large part of my consciousness and life.

Evidently you have a good sense of boundaries or you wouldn’t be asking this wise question! When something devours a large part of our life, our boundaries are askew. Decent boundaries protect us. When we experience a dropin insight, which is an insight that drops in unexpectedly and appears like a clear flashing thought or impromptu waking vision, it’s prudent to be conscious of how we react. If we sense something negative about another person for example, and tell him or her, the information can act like a

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powerful flare tossed into the unconscious mind. So remember that wisdom and intuition are partners, let them both do their job and intuitively check the facts.

When we intuitively sense something about someone we should write down what we see and how exactly we feel and let it go.

Later we circle back and see if it came to fruition. This technique can be done with any insight. It increases confidence and strengthens our abilities.

If a loved one who has passed is starting a new journey on the other side, how does the way we think of them, or carry our unresolved questions affect their new journey?

The love we feel for another soul travels with them to the other side. The love they feel for us travels also. Love is the gateway into resolving karmic issues. Karma is the law of cause and effect. Our deeds, past and present, determine our future experiences.

If we are unresolved about something or perhaps, down right angry at someone here or on the other side, the vibration radiates through our spirit and can create events that are less than desirable. Those on the other side are aware of this but do not suffer in the same way. The most common message I receive from those in spirit is regret about unshared love and forgiveness.

So resolve, love and forgive; that’s best for every soul involved.

With the help of your spirit guides, are you able to give guidance to your clients on their job search or in career coaching?

I started this work as a corporate psychic so am highly experienced at speaking the corporate language and frequently help my clients navigate through the ups and downs of career transformations. The soul doesn’t differentiate between ‘personal’ and ‘career’ life. In other words, in matters of the soul, everything matters. When I conduct a reading, all guides present and those in spirit provide meaningful information that speaks to my client’s question and is truly custom-made for my client’s soul expansion.

Send your questions for Livon to Savvy. mn Editor in Chief Britt Johnsen, and your question may appear in an upcoming edition of the magazine. Johnsen is at editor@savvy.mn or 952-345-6387.

Jodi Livon is an author, resident psychic at Twin Cities Live, and she’s an intuitive coach for the business sector. She also offers readings for individuals. Her website is www.TheIntuitiveCoach.com.

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