January 2014

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Contents January 2014 66 Get in

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Need to satisfy a competition craving before next month’s Olympics? Look no further than the wacky world of weird sports: It’s filled with pancakeflipping, frog-racing fun for participants and spectators alike. Score!

For nearly four decades, an eight-mile run has been part of a Miami man’s daily routine.

Neither hurricane nor sickness can deter his dedication. What keeps him going?

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Long Run

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Adventure In Wichita

Yes, we’re still in Kansas—and there’s a lot to love here. Our travel guide to this modern Midwest destination will thrill art enthusiasts, history buffs, and underground explorers. Let’s go, Toto!

SWING OF FIRE

Who’s in for the next round of flaming tetherball?

LEADER OF THE PACK / A colorful collection of true believers rev up for Raven’s daily run. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY BETH KOETH

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Contents January 2014

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To-Do List Ten Action Items in This Issue 1 Do detective

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work Page 29

2 Blend bourbon and bitters Page 33

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3 Munch on

mozzarella Page 34

4 Rendezvous

in Rosemary Beach Page 36

5 Communicate

with confidence Page 39

6 Put a stop to

stalling Page 42

Front

12 Gary’s Greeting 14 Gary’s Greeting

16 18 20 22 26 29 33 39 45 51

en Español Star of the Month Freedom Story From the Editor Your Words Your Pictures Media Center Eat Drink Sleep Wise Guide The Numbers Business

Middle

66 Get in the Games 72 The Long Run 90 Your Adventure

In Wichita

Back

101 Promotional Series:

New Year, New You 117 Calendar 122 Fun! 136 Spotlight 139 Community Outreach 140 Products & Services 143 Flight Service 144 Terminal Maps 146 Information 148 Rapid Rewards and A+ Rewards Partners 150 Route Map 152 The “If” List

7 Make or break

a beauty habit Page 46

8 Keep a secret Page 48

9 Plan a day in Providence Page 54

10 Secure a career coach Page 56

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY BETH KOETH (RAVEN RUN), JUSTIN CLEMONS (WICHITA), JOSHUA SCOTT (RABBIT PHONE); ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES BAMFORD (2014)

Your Adventure In Wichita

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January 2014 EDITORIAL EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Jay Heinrichs CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kevin de Miranda EXECUTIVE EDITOR John McAlley ART DIRECTOR Emily Kimbro SENIOR EDITOR Alison Miller DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR Melanie J. Clancy TRAVEL EDITOR Amanda Gleason ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS Britta Hazel, Stefanie Pepping ASSISTANT EDITORS Gabbi Chee, Austin W. G. Morton PROJECT DESIGNER Eric Thurstin CONTRIBUTING SENIOR EDITOR Melinda Mahaffey Icden ART INTERN Leah Friedman EDITORIAL INTERNS Natalie Maneval, Annette Nevins CONTRIBUTORS Laura Lee Huttenbach, Mary Beth Koeth, Sol Neelman, Jill Coody Smits, Adam Voorhes WEB DEVELOPMENT, PACE INTERACTIVE Dena Caulder, Jason Dalton, Chad Hayton EDITORIAL INQUIRIES Spirit Magazine 2811 McKinney Ave., Suite 360 Dallas, TX 75204-8600 Letters to the editor may be mailed to the address above or submitted via the website at spiritmag.com.

SOUTHWEST INQUIRIES Comments directed at Southwest Airlines not pertaining to Spirit should be mailed to: Southwest Airlines Customer Relations P.O. Box 36647 Dallas, TX 75235-1647, or you can send comments via email by visiting the “Contact Us” page at southwest.com.

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I LUV this time of year—looking forward to what’s on the horizon and planning to accomplish the goals and resolutions that we set for ourselves. At Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways, this new year promises to be both monumental and historic.

Of course, we have not changed our mission, which is to excel in our airline operation and to provide the highest quality Customer Service— all with the low fares and convenient flight schedules you’ve come to expect

from us. We began that journey almost 43 years ago, determined to give America the Freedom to Fly. In 2014, we’re setting our sights on the international horizon as we look to bring that Freedom to other parts of North America.

This year marks the homestretch of the integration of AirTran into Southwest. What does that mean?

At this time next year, AirTran will be fully converted into our Company, and we’ll be flying as one Brand—a stronger and better

Customer Service in Action One of our Phoenix Customer Service Agents was at the gate podium recently when a young boy and his mother walked up. The boy was getting ready to travel alone for the first time, and our Agent noticed that he was visibly upset. It turns out he’d had to throw away his juice at the security checkpoint. Our Agent took him to the nearest airport store and bought him another juice and a box of Mike and Ike candy. The boy’s mother reports that when he came back to the gate he had the biggest smile on his face. Our superhero Employee had made his day!

Southwest Airlines. We’ll have one flight schedule, one set of Customer policies, and one Purpose: to connect you to the important moments in your lives with friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel.

AirTran has successfully served international markets for years, and as we inherit that footprint, Southwest will, for the very first time, plant our flag outside of the United States. We’re completing the necessary work that will enable us to do so, including the installation of a new international reservation system. A year from now, you could be reading Spirit magazine on your way to any number of warm, sunny destinations south of the border.

Another milestone in 2014 will be the lifting of the federal Wright Amendment restrictions in October, which will enable us to offer nonstop domestic flights to anywhere on our route map from our home base of Dallas Love Field. We’re putting the final touches on a total renovation of the airport, essentially giving our Customers a brand new Dallas Love Field just in time for the October celebration. I hope many of you have already experienced the first phase of this fantastic renovation.

We have many more big initiatives on our plate—far too many to list here. Needless to say, these are exciting times for our Company, for our Customers, and for our Employees.

But above all, our perennial New Year’s resolution is to become the world’s most loved, most flown, and most profitable airline.

Gary Kelly

Chairman, President, and CEO Southwest Airlines

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN SELLERS

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Me encanta esta época del año, esperamos con ansias lo que nos traerá el futuro y planificamos cumplir las metas y resoluciones que nos propusimos. Southwest Airlines y AirTran Airways prometen que este año nuevo sea tanto monumental como histórico.

Por supuesto, no hemos cambiado la misión de hacer que nuestra aerolínea sobresalga y proporcione el mejor Servicio al Cliente, siempre con tarifas bajas y vuelos convenientes, como esperas de nosotros.

Emprendimos este viaje hace casi

43 años, determinados a ofrecerles a los Estados Unidos la Libertad de Volar. En 2014, nos enfocamos en el horizonte internacional y en brindar esa Libertad a otras partes de América del Norte.

Este año finaliza la integración de AirTran y Southwest. ¿Qué significa esto? En un año, AirTran se habrá integrado completamente a nuestra Compañía, y volaremos bajo una sola Marca: una mejor y más fuerte Southwest Airlines. Tendremos un horario de vuelos, un solo grupo de políticas para los Clientes, y un

Servicio al Cliente en Acción Recientemente en Phoenix, uno de nuestros Agentes de Servicio estaba en el podio de la puerta de embarque cuando un niño y su madre llegaron. El niño estaba a punto de viajar solo por primera vez y nuestro Agente se dio cuenta de que estaba molesto. Resulta que en el control de seguridad había tenido que tirar su jugo a la basura. Nuestro Agente lo llevó a una tienda del aeropuerto y le compró un jugo y dulces. La madre nos informa que cuando regresó a la puerta, el niño tenía una sonrisa de oreja a oreja. Nuestro Empleado superhéroe le alegró el día.

solo Propósito: conectarte con los momentos importantes de tu vida mediante viajes aéreos amistosos, confiables y de bajo costo.

Desde hace años, AirTran sirve los mercados internacionales con éxito y como heredero, Southwest lleva nuestra bandera al exterior de los Estados Unidos por primera vez. Estamos haciendo el trabajo necesario para completarlo, incluyendo la instalación de un nuevo sistema de reservaciones internacionales. En un año, podrás leer la revista Spirit en camino a una gran cantidad de destinos calurosos al sur de la frontera.

Otro logro para el 2014 será en octubre, la eliminación de las restricciones federales de la Enmienda Wright, lo cual nos permitirá ofrecer vuelos domésticos sin escala a todos nuestros destinos desde nuestra sede en Dallas Love Field. Estamos haciéndole los toques finales para una renovación total en el aeropuerto, en esencia dando a nuestros Clientes un Dallas Love Field totalmente nuevo justo a tiempo para la celebración en octubre. Espero que muchos de ustedes ya hayan disfrutado de la primera fase de esta renovación fantástica.

Nos quedan muchas iniciativas grandes, y son tantas que resulta imposible enumerarlas aquí. Está de más decir que ésta es una época emocionante para nuestra Compañía, nuestros Clientes y nuestros Empleados. Pero sobre todo, nuestra eterna resolución de Año Nuevo es hacernos la aerolínea más querida, más volada y más rentable.

Gary Kelly

Presidente de la Junta Directiva, Director Ejecutivo y Presidente Southwest Airlines

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN SELLERS

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Diana Barth

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The word “star” has a wide variety of definitions. You may think of people who shine on the silver screen, sing the latest Top 40 hits, dance the cha-cha, or all three. But at Southwest Airlines, people like Diana Barth are the ones who truly shine. After more than 23 years as an Employee with the LUV airline, Diana’s Fun-LUVing Attitude, Warrior Spirit, and Servant’s Heart make her our favorite kind of triple threat.

Diana began her Southwest career as a Reservations Agent in Phoenix, assisting Customers over the phone.

Several years later, she shifted her star power to the ticket counter as a Customer Service Agent. Not long after that move, Southwest began service to Spokane, Washington, where Diana has been a Customer Service Supervisor since day one.

The relocation was not a tough one, as Spokane is where Diana was born and raised. Living there gives her the opportunity to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, including bike riding in the spring and snowshoeing in the winter. She also LUVs spending time with her adult children, Whitney and Dillon, and is still a member of the booster club at the high school they attended.

At the airport, “no two days are ever the same,” Diana says. There are occasionally irregular operations that require an extra level of attention, but she notes that the most challenging times can also be the most rewarding.

“We are put in a position where we really need to react quickly and think outside of the box.

“As Southwest Employees, we are encouraged to color outside the lines,” Diana adds. “It’s not only OK to have a sense of humor, it’s absolutely encouraged.”

This perspective is invaluable in her role supervising the Customer Service Agents in Spokane every day.

Diana, we consider Employees like you our greatest asset. When it comes to “stars,” you’re the kind we LUV to look up to. —Adam Rucker

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Diana delivers great service with style.

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For Emmy Award–winning sports journalist Graham Bensinger, living out of a suitcase is a way of life. As the creator and host of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, a nationally televised series, Graham travels near and far to conduct exclusive interviews with star athletes. While he calls St. Louis home, last year Graham spent more than 200 days on the road filming, meeting with network executives, and growing his business. (On a recent press tour, he traveled to 13 cities in eight days!)

Enter Southwest Airlines. As a small-business owner, Graham values the many benefits that Southwest provides over other airlines. For example, Graham says he’s saved a small fortune in change fees by flying Southwest—his plans can change at the last minute if an interview gets rescheduled, which affects not only Graham but also the entire production crew traveling alongside him. Plus, shooting on location requires a lot of equipment, so the fact that Southwest offers two free checked bags per Customer plays in his team’s favor.

As an A-List Preferred Member in Southwest’s Rapid Rewards Frequent Flyer program, Graham finds it easy to book reward travel at southwest.com using the bank of points that he’s accumulated. Although true vacations are few and far between due to his unpredictable work schedule, he’s enjoyed weekend getaways to cities like Chicago, New York, Phoenix, and Seattle courtesy of his Rapid Rewards Points. The fact that points don’t expire is an added bonus, and Graham enjoys sharing them with friends and family so that they can travel as well.

Graham is excited that Southwest will begin flying internationally later in 2014, as destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean are on his travel to-do list.

Graham, we’ll LUV seeing you next time you’re onboard one of our red-bellied jets, no matter where you’re headed. —Erin Terry

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From the Editor

Dear Reader, Boy, are you lucky. You get to read a story, starting on page 72, that contains some profound wisdom if you read it right. The story has to do with a man who, for years, has been a member of the United States Running Streak Association, an organization that is not about dashing around naked but running at least a mile every single day.

Words like “obsessive” and “guaranteed injury” come to mind. But the moral of the story, it seems to me, can inspire us to accomplish amazing feats. For instance, a person who writes just 300 words—more or less the length of this note—every day could complete 50 novels over the course of a career. (They might all be unreadable, but your bookshelf would inspire awe.)

While obsessive-compulsive disorder is a real and sometimes debilitating disease, a single-minded daily pursuit can make for the healthiest kind of obsession. My son, George, is the obsessive type. When he was 8 years old, I reported a story about a crazy bunch of

people called “peak baggers” who try to climb the 48 highest mountains in our home state of New Hampshire. I thought these people were funny; George thought it was the coolest thing ever, and he talked the rest of us into becoming peak baggers. I spent more than half my time traveling back then, but I came home over the weekends to hike with my family. George achieved “Forty-eighter” status when he was still 10, climbing Owl’s Head in a snowstorm. He and his sister, Dorothy Jr., grew up to become avid outdoorspeople. My wife, Dorothy Sr., continued the obsession by climbing a nearby mountain more than 100 times a year, two years in a row. Obsessive? To her it was a healthy habit and a continuing joy.

What’s your daily obsession, and where do you hope it leads? Write in to let me know at letters@spiritmag.com.

—Jay Heinrichs Editorial Director

STEP BY STEP

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TEGAN OWENS

Making daily strides helps you go the distance.

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Your Words

Dear Spirit,

I have been a Southwest customer for a very long time and have enjoyed your in-flight magazine many times over, but I must say this is the first time I have written a response to an article. Alex Sheen’s movement [“The Every Day Action Hero,” November 2013] couldn’t have come at a better time. His simple message of commitment honors his late father as well as the integrity within each of us. Spirit could continue to help spread that message by inserting a perforated sheet of 10 Because I Said I Would cards in the next few months’ worth of issues. Imagine the impact it would have. Thanks for capturing Sheen’s quest to change lives. It has definitely changed mine.

BY GABBI CHEE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS LANGER LETTERING BY WILL BRYANT

His inspirational message has changed the lives of people across the globe. How does Alex Sheen make a difference?

Simple: by keeping his word.

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—CHARLES JENKINS SAN ANTONIO

Brilliant idea! Anyone who wants to fund the effort should get in touch with us at letters@spiritmag.com.

SEND ’EM IN Write to us at 2811 McKinney Ave., Suite 360, Dallas, TX 75204 or email letters@spiritmag.com.

For comments or questions directed at Southwest Airlines that don’t pertain to Spirit, please visit the “Contact Us” page at southwest.com.

Our favorite letter each month wins a Spirit diner mug.

Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/spiritmag Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/spiritmagazine Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/spiritmagazine

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After reading “The Every Day Action Hero” in your November 2013 issue, I ordered Because I Said I Would T-shirts as Christmas presents for all of my family and friends. That simple idea is so powerful. I’m still contemplating what I will put on my card. Alex Sheen, your beauty lifts off the page in your quotes and in your smile. Your father is surely proud. Thanks for having such a positive impact on people.

The article on Alex Sheen and his Because I Said I Would organization touched me deeply in a few different ways. First, I pride myself on doing what I say I will do, and it felt wonderful to have the virtue of that acknowledged. Second, I realized I need to examine my own tendency to become irritated when I encounter people who don’t do what they say they will do. This is something I hope to work on. The long-range impact that Alex Sheen’s organization has had, is having, and will certainly continue to have is extraordinary. For this, I want Alex to know that I bow to him and to his steadfast willingness to keep his

— C AT H Y H O WA R D DALL AS

The shirts look terrific, too, Cathy.

Readers who want to buy them, along with other goodies, can do their shopping at becauseisaidiwould.com/store.

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Your Words word. I wanted him to know this “because I said I would.”

—MICHAEL DOUD SAN FRANCISCO

We’ll make sure Alex reads your letter and hears your sentiment, Michael. We promise.

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

I have many family members and friends who frequently fly South-

west. Recently, they brought your latest issue with Alex Sheen on the cover to my attention. It was very inspiring indeed. Thank you for meaningful articles that encourage all of us to do better.

—DENICE MILLER COLUMBUS, OHIO

Thank you, Denice. We pride ourselves on our stories with heart, and we’re glad you noticed.

SAID AND DONE

As the founder of Because I Said I Would, I want to express my deepest appreciation for the article you ran about us in Spirit. The response has been incredible.

I can’t thank your readers enough for the generosity and kindness they have shown. With their help, we have been able to hire Amanda, previously our Chief Volunteer, as our first full-time employee. I have even received requests to share our message at events around the country. Additionally, our inbox is full of hundreds of messages from folks who have read the article.

Many of these messages include stories about how the person read it while flying across the country to fulfill a promise. At this very moment, I find myself in the same place. I am typing this while aboard a Southwest flight to Sacramento, where my grandma is in intensive care. I will be there for her in her time of need. Too often we rush to buy plane tickets to see someone die, but not to see them live. It’s days like today that make you think about how you spend your life. Thank you for all you have done for Because I Said I Would. We will never forget the time we were on the cover of Spirit.

—ALE X SHEEN L A K E W O O D, O H I O

Your letter means a lot to us, Alex.

We’ll be thinking about your grandmother—and about how we spend our own lives. Thanks for being such a profound inspiration to us and to so many of our readers.

CORRECTIONS

In an online version of “The Every Day Action Hero” [November 2013], we incorrectly stated that Matthew Cordle had been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison on October 10, 2013. Cordle was actually sentenced to six and a half years on October 23, 2013.

We neglected to credit illustrator Jason Schneider for his work on page 52 of the December issue [“Helping Hands,” Wise Guide]. We regret these errors.

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PIC OF THE MONTH His name may be Bugsy, but this beaming bulldog is definitely a lover, not a fighter.

Photo by Brianne Vescovi; Tyrone, Pennsylvania HIGH SPIRITS The magic of Disneyland just might sweep you off your feet.

Photo by Alex Moreno; Fremont, California

THE POINT OF SNOW’S RETURN A wintry walk in lovely Lake Tahoe.

Photo by Alice Wertz; Oakland, California

Send Us Your Snaps Submit your photos at spiritmag.com or tag us on Instagram @spiritmagazine.

If we select your snapshot as our pic of the month, we’ll send you a Spirit diner mug.

SKI AMIGOS A day spent crisscrossing the slopes at Colorado’s Loveland Ski Area? Sounds like a bright idea to us. Photo by Dan Rose; Castle Rock, Colorado

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Dramatic Turn

HBO’s impressive string of Sunday-night dramas continues with True Detective, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as weathered investigators brought back together after 17 years to revisit a murder case. Set against a lush Louisiana backdrop, the eight-episode miniseries moves back and forth through time as the leads struggle to make sense of both the case and their own lives. We suspect it’ll be a hit—albeit a dark and troubling one.

DATE January 12 TELEVISION True Detective

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An intelligent rom-com geared toward adults

Animated animal aims to redeem himself

(Boy + spaceship) + (girl + monster) = adventure game

THE CAST

Acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini

Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser

Mind of Tim Schafer, voice of Elijah Wood

THE GIST

After emigrating from the USSR in the ’70s, young Shteyngart goes through growing pains in NYC.

Single mom Eva faces a dilemma when she discovers her boyfriend is her new friend’s ex.

Surly the purple squirrel plots to rob a local nut store after he torches his park’s winter food supply.

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Director Nicole Holofcener’s critically acclaimed film stars the red-hot Louis-Dreyfus, on a roll with Veep Veep.

Kids will likely enjoy Surly’s fast-talking ways and gang of furry friends (not to mention the occasional fart joke).

Game designer Schafer raised more than $3.3 mil on Kickstarter, from a record-breaking 87,000+ backers.

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Music Jennifer Nettles DATE January 14 IN SIX WORDS Sugarland singer-songwriter releases first solo album THE CAST Nettles, buoyed by legendary producer and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin THE GIST On That Girl Girl, the Georgia peach delivers a stripped-down slate of songs that speaks to her musical roots.

SELLING POINT Critics adored the title track, which debuted in August, raising anticipation for the album and forthcoming 30-city tour.

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Eat Drink Sleep

1¾ ounces Eagle Rare bourbon 1 ounce Becherovka liqueur ¼ ounce maple syrup 1 tiny pinch salt Combine ingredients in a mixing glass filled with cracked ice. Stir until cold, then strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a wide orange peel, expressing oils over the drink.

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Lindsey’s Lament

STYLING BY ROBIN FINLAY

“Lindsey is a friend of mine, and her favorite drinks are what she calls ‘brown, bitter, and stirred.’ I wanted to make her something she'd like, so I started with bourbon and Becherovka, which is an herbal bitters that has a lot of baking-spice notes to it.

Then I remembered reading an article that suggested adding salt to make cinnamon pop. When I did that, the drink just came alive. All I needed was something to

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bridge those flavors, and I landed on maple syrup.

The drink has all those sitby-a-fire-on-a-cold-night components to it. We get so few truly cold nights in Austin that, when we do have one, it’s a real treat to drink a cocktail like this.”

WHO Bill Norris, beverage director WHERE Midnight Cowboy WEB midnightcowboymodeling.com

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Eat Drink Sleep

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1. Dry mozzarella, and slice in half.

Place flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs in three separate shallow dishes. Dredge each cheese half in flour, eggs, then breadcrumbs, and set aside.

2. Warm oil over medium heat. Panfry

mozzarella until soft and golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Serve with marinara sauce and roasted peppers.

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STYLING BY ROBIN FINLAY

“At the restaurant, which opened last summer, we embrace Italian dishes that are familiar and authentic.

I’m Sicilian, so that kind of cooking is very close to my heart. Growing up, my family shared many memories around the dinner table, and I hope to recreate that kind of interaction for our guests. My style is ‘less is more.’ I keep it simple, try to stay seasonal, and concentrate on getting high-quality ingredients and using proper techniques. This is a good example of that. I get beautiful mozzarella, bread and fry it, make a simple caponata, and serve it with a nice tomato sauce. It’s a great way to start a meal at your home, and it’s a real crowd-pleaser. Who doesn’t like fried mozzarella?”

WHO David Viviano, executive chef WHERE Trecento Quindici Decano, at The St. Regis Aspen Resort WEB stregisaspen.com

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RENT WHEELS from Bamboo Bicycle Company.

The shop offers bikes, tandems, and trikes—all ideal for cruising Highway 30A’s scenic pedestrian pathways. bamboobicyclecompany.com

OPEN A BOOK at The Hidden Lantern, a shop whose titles run 10,000 deep. If you’re a methodical planner, send the store the name of your beach read, and a reserved copy will be waiting for you when you arrive. hiddenlantern.com

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While You’re There

SOOTHE YOUR SKIN at

Situated a block from the Gulf of Mexico, in the Northwest Florida community of Rosemary Beach, this 5-month-old hotel exudes a modern beach-house vibe. Each of the 55 rooms comes with a private balcony, an Apple TV, and an iPad equipped with the Intelity ICE app, which you can use to make a restaurant reservation, order room service, or request housekeeping. Four spa treatment rooms front the hotel’s heated pool. On a breezy deck above it are four couch-equipped cabanas plus a bar, Sol Luna, where you can slice into a wood-fired pizza or sip on a Death in the Afternoon— a cocktail rumored to have been created by Hemingway himself.

Sick of sitting around? Pick up a match at the esteemed Rosemary Beach Fitness Center & Racquet Club; guests get free access.

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Wise Guide

Q+A

Choice Words Master negotiator Ron Shapiro offers a crash course in effective communication.

What about when proposing budget changes?

Be clear about the funds you seek and what they’ll be used for. While communicating your request, show that you’ve done your research by noting precedents and comparable situations. Know that it’s OK to ask for a little more than you need, but stay within reason.

If you’re denied, try not to take it personally.

Remember, it’s the idea being rejected, not you.

Ronald M. Shapiro is the author of Perfecting Your Pitch: How to Succeed in Business and in Life by Finding Words That Work.

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What can you do to prepare for a pitch?

I use a simple, systematic approach that I call the three Ds: draft, devil’s advocate, and deliver.

Start by writing out every point you want to make or feeling you want to express.

Next, find a friend or associate who can objectively suggest revisions. Finally, practice—preferably with another person.

By doing so, you’ll not only prepare yourself for questions that might arise, but you’ll increase your comfort level, allowing you to communicate with confidence.

Any tips on asking for a raise?

Craft a message that outlines your accomplishments, your compensation history, and, if known, comparable salaries. You should

have a number in mind. Once you’re in your boss’s office, express appreciation for opportunities, yet be firm in discussing your contributions.

Anticipate questions that might arise, and have answers ready.

Speak with selfassurance, and remember that it’s what you say and how you say it that counts.

What types of language should you avoid altogether?

In any scenario, keep from using words that attack or show anger.

You should also steer clear of generalizations and overstatements—things like always, never, and all.

And avoid unreasonable demands. Trust and credibility take time to build and can be easily lost if you fall into these communication traps.

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S U RV E Y S AYS

Staying Power What’s the best way to keep a New Year’s resolution?

Allow yourself to keep your resolutions 80 percent of the time and fail to keep them 20 percent of the time. Many resolutions are abandoned due to the fact that “perfect is the enemy of the good.” It’s not necessarily realistic to be 100 percent compliant. So forgive yourself for the one meal that didn’t meet the diet, the day you missed working out, or the lapse in your resolve at the shoe store because that’s what will help you stay motivated.

Ellen Meier SAN DIEGO

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the winner a bottle of wine of his or her choosing—with no dollar limit. Paul has expensive taste in wine, so it was a good motivator!

Lorraine Farrell HOOKSETT, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Pull up your list of resolutions once a month, and go over them. It’s hard to keep big-picture goals constantly in mind with all of the little day-to-day distractions that occur. I find that the monthly review helps remind me both of what I’ve (hopefully) already accomplished and what I had intended to strive for in the first place.

Mary Donatelli PHILADELPHIA

Don’t choose a resolution you know you can’t keep. Being realistic and starting small will help you actually achieve some success, which should lead to setting greater goals. Also, be sure to celebrate your progress along the way.

Charlie Riley

We Ask, You Answer

If you could bring back any fad, which one would it be? Email your response to letters@spiritmag.com with the subject line “We Asked.”

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T OP F I V E

Don’t Delay Efficiency pro Timothy Pychyl helps you end the cycle of procrastination.

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Be Specific “Vague intentions, like ‘I’ll do it this weekend,’ lack the power to move us to act,” Pychyl says.

“Instead, be precise when setting goals.

Research has shown that connecting tasks to actions is most effective. For example, tell yourself: ‘As soon as I finish my coffee Saturday morning, I’m going to....’”

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progress on a goal will spur further motivation and action.”

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Use Willpower Wisely “We often fail to start on a project at the intended time because our get-up-and-go has gotten up and gone. Avoid burnout by tackling dreaded duties first thing. If you’re still having trouble getting started, remind yourself of the value of the task at hand and why you’re doing it.”

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Curb Cop-Outs “Avoid statements like ‘I’ll feel like doing this tomorrow’ or ‘I work better under pressure.’ The truth of the matter is usually ‘I only work under pressure,’ and research has demonstrated that we actually make more errors when doing so.

When you challenge such thoughts, you’re able to see how irrational they really are.”

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Pinpoint Emotions “The less we identify our emotions, the more we

procrastinate. By being mindful of our feelings, we can recognize what’s making us want to run away from a task—whether it’s fear, frustration, or boredom—and use it to move forward.

Negative emotions do not define us. But if we let them, they will undermine us.”

Timothy A. Pychyl is the author of Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change.

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The Numbers

There are now more than

7,1oo,ooo,ooo mobile devices on Earth.

In other words, humans are outnumbered by pinging smartphones and glowing tablets, at least according to a report from computer networking company Cisco. In 2013, mobile Web traffic from phones alone accounted for more than 17 percent of all Internet usage, and Cisco is predicting quite the boom in years to come.

“By 2017, there will be more than 10 billion mobile-connected devices.

That’s an average of 1.4 devices for every man, woman, and child on the planet,” says vice president Doug Webster. Oh, and forget 4G— network speeds are expected to be up to seven times faster within four years. Unrivaled speed and ballooning numbers? The rise of the machines is upon us! This sounds like a job for Schwarzenegger.

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Women keep the same makeup routine for years.

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Been swearing by Rum Raisin lipstick forever? You’re not alone. A survey by CouponCodes4u.com found that on average a woman keeps her beauty regimen for more than a decade, with 56 percent saying they’d only ditch an adored product if it was discontinued.

A signature style isn’t a bad thing, says makeup artist Amy Nadine, who works with stars like Susan Sarandon. “If [a woman] has found a look that works, but her hair and clothes evolve with the trends, it’s fine.” But if Clinton was president when you last updated your look, why not try something new?

The trick is starting small. Rather than going for a total makeover, “pick one feature at a time,” Nadine says.

Change—it can be a beautiful thing.

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of IT professionals keep their job a secret.

And no, “IT” is not a new code name for the NSA. According to a survey by TEKsystems, an IT staffing and services company, more than onefourth of tech workers hide their day job to avoid endless service requests from friends and family. Otherwise “someone finds out they work in IT, and the questions range from ‘How can I get my wireless router to work?’ to ‘What software should I be using?’” says Jason Hayman, a TEKsystems research manager.

The poll also revealed that 57 percent of senior-level employees are expected to be available 24/7—further fueling the desire to separate their home lives from work.

Despite such nuisances, more than 80 percent wouldn’t change careers. Now that’s what we call tech support.

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UC San Diego Defining the Future of the Public Research University

We are committed to being a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university that provides opportunity for all.

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla UC San Diego

In just ten years the Rady School of Management has emerged as a leader in faculty research and entrepreneurship.

At the University of California, San Diego, our culture of collaboration sparks discoveries that advance society and drive economic impact. An outstanding faculty is the hallmark of any great university – and UC San Diego students learn from the best, including Nobel laureates, MacArthur fellows and National Academy members. We are one campus with multiple pillars of excellence, a top ten public university that is transforming lives, shaping new disciplines and advancing the frontiers of knowledge.

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LEADING MINDS, UNCOMMON SCHOLARS WALTER MUNK

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At age 96, Kyoto Prize recipient Walter Munk is still an active researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Meteorologists who forecasted Hurricane Sandy were building on Munk’s waveforecasting work from 50 years ago.

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Best Neurosciences and Neurobiology graduate program in the nation U.S. News & World Report

Neuroscientist Jacopo Annese has received worldwide recognition for establishing an innovative brain bank, preserving human brains together with the individual’s medical and life history to create ‘blueprints’ of human cognition.

JAMES FOWLER JACOPO ANNESE

James Fowler is a professor of medical genetics and political science.

National media have featured Fowler’s studies regarding social networks, real-world connections and behavior, placing him in the pop culture limelight.

ADAH ALMUTAIRI Adah Almutairi directs the Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine, creating nanoparticles that deliver drugs when triggered by light and other tools that push the frontiers of how disease is treated.

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TODD COLEMAN Todd Coleman is a young and innovative faculty member in bioengineering. His research focuses on wireless tattoo technology to transmit vital medical data, bringing yesterday’s science fiction into today’s reality.

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Take your business online today Volusion stores average 3x more sales than the competition

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Business

L E S S ON

Blake Mycoskie FOUNDER OF TOMS SHOES

Why is giving back good for business? “Giving back feels good, and that alone is a reason to make it part of your life and part of your business—but it has a positive ROI as well. When you incorporate giving into your business model, your customers become your marketers. We’ve certainly seen that with TOMS. People don’t just wear the shoes or the sunglasses; they’re evangelists for our ‘One for One’ mission. It also translates to attracting equally passionate employees who have a desire to be part of something bigger than themselves. Any business can do this, and you don’t have to be offering a percentage of your profits.

It can be as simple as encouraging your employees to be engaged with their local community a number of days out of the year and allowing them the time to do so.”

Blake Mycoskie is the author of Start Something That Matters. He recently launched TOMS Marketplace, an e-commerce platform featuring a curated selection of goods from other philanthropy-minded companies.

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Stress Test Keep tabs on your wellness wherever you are.

Heading into a high-stakes meeting but feeling a little off ? Gearing up for a big day but wondering why your energy is a no-show?

Put your finger on it with Tinké. Just one touch on this mobile monitoring device will measure your heart and respiratory rates, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate variability.

If your reading points to rising stress, Tinké will guide you through a controlled breathing exercise to get you back to your happy place before entering the boardroom.

The pocket-size square is compatible with iGadgets (iOS 5.0 or higher) and employs two healthsummarizing scales: the “Vita Index” indicates fitness and the “Zen Index” denotes wellness. Repeat after us: Ohmmmmmmm. $119; zensorium.com

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\ fəb-iŋ\ noun As coined by Australian advertising agency McCann Melbourne: the act of snubbing someone by deliberately looking at your cell phone instead of paying attention to them.

U S AG E: When her boyfriend’s head remained buried in his Blackberry for the duration of dinner, she finally snapped, “What’s with the phubbing, Romeo? Is it something I said?”

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THIS IS PHOENIX. Somewhere, winter comes in shades of gray. Somewhere, a trip to the mountains takes hours.

Somewhere, surfing requires an ocean and the only place you’ll see a wild horse is on the grille of a sports car.

But not here. Not in Phoenix.

Here, winter is just another season for sunshine. Here, lobbies and trailheads are separated by mere minutes. Here, any resort guest can hang ten, and wild horses still roam free on public lands.

This is Phoenix. Why take your next vacation merely somewhere when you could make it memorable here?

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Downcity This historic pocket of Providence is only looking up.

1 Home Base Hotel Providence touts marble-clad bathrooms, art

by RISD grads, and a pet-friendly policy—all behind an exquisite 1897 façade. Sixteen of its 80 rooms are “author suites” inspired by New England scribes.

Choose among Poe, Alcott, and others, then scan the bookshelf for a scintillating read.

From $109; hotel providence.com

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2 Pick-Me-Up Coffee snobs salute Tazza, where you can specify how you’d like your joe prepared: drip, siphon, pour-over, or pressed. Grab a muffin or scone from the coffee bar, or, if you’ve got time, take a table in the main dining room, where you can feast on brunch fare that ranges from smokedsalmon eggs Benedict to lemon ricotta pancakes. tazzacaffe.com

3 One-Stop Shop Built in 1828, The Arcade is North America’s oldest indoor mall.

It reopened in October after an 18-month restoration and now houses small businesses like Dash, a bike shop; and Sugar Coated Heaven, a sweets emporium by Johnson & Wales student Jennifer LaSala. arcade providence.com

4 Evening Eats After earning acclaim at other Providence eateries, chef Ben Sukle set up his own shop, Birch, this summer. The tasting menu is a tour de force of coastal New England cuisine: Think grilled quahog clams and crispy Vermont quail. Rather than tables, the intimate space sports 18 bar seats, making it especially inviting to solo travelers. birchrestaurant.com

5 Nightcap Star barman Jay Carr takes the stage at The Eddy Eddy, Downcity’s first craft cocktail spot.

Opt for the Oude of Silence, an herbal tipple made with Scotch, Genever, Chartreuse, and Benedictine. At the U-shaped bar, you can watch your drink being made and quickly get Carr’s attention should your glass runneth empty. eddybar.com

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SCHOOL

Guidance Counselors Both sides benefit from a top-flight mentor relationship.

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QUACKING UP

Young’uns who ask questions with get great things out of a mentorship.

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“Mentors are essential because we’re all victims of living in our own heads, and it’s critical to have a third party give outside perspective on things we struggle with,” says organizational psychologist and executive coach Michael “Dr. Woody” Woodward. Without that honest and informed feedback, he says, it’s easy to “get wrapped up in your self-talk and for beliefs to get in the way.”

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A workplace guru can be anyone who helps you assess whether your routine is on a roll or in a rut. tor can help us uncover strategies and ideas we may never have considered. And while Macbeth might have benefited from a fair and knowledgeable sounding board on a murderously different level, there’s something in it for both sides of a professional mentoring relationship.

THOSE WHO CAN, DO. AND TEACH. When D’Wayne Edwards started out in footwear design more than 20 years ago, he had a lot of talent but little formal education. One of six kids growing up in a single-parent home in Inglewood, California, Edwards was fascinated with drawing sneakers. In high school, he won a Reebok design competition, fueling his dream to become a footwear designer.

Design school was not in the budget upon graduation, but he balked at advice to forget footwear and focus on a career in the military or fast-food restaurant management.

Instead, he attended night school and lucked into a life-changing job as a temp at shoe company LA Gear.

Fully aware of his good fortune in landing the gig, Edwards made himself known as the kid who put shoe sketches in the suggestion box. Six months and 180 drawings later, company founder Robert Greenberg rewarded Edwards’ determination by hiring the 19-year-old and taking him under his wing. Today, Edwards credits his mentor with paving his way in the business. “He was running a major company and gave me a start. I asked a lot of questions, and he always had an open door.”

Edwards still feels Greenberg’s influence every day. There are the little things—like getting an idea recorded the moment he has it and reading industry news each morning. And the big ones—like valuing

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hard work. Edwards says Greenberg’s crazy work ethic “taught me that no matter how important you become, there’s another level of effort required to stay there.”

Eventually, Greenberg left LA Gear to start Skechers. Edwards followed him there and, by age 28, had launched his own brand.

In 2000, Edwards was lured to Oregon by Nike, where, in 2007, he achieved high-top immortality when he became one of only six people ever to design an Air Jordan.

In 2011, he gave it all up to open Portland-based Pensole Footwear Design Academy and become a fulltime mentor. Edwards says, “I had reached the peak in my industry, and my calling was to provide the pathway I didn’t have and to open the door for the next generation of talent.”

That calling to help people achieve their dreams is another thing Edwards learned from Greenberg.

“I want him to know the opportunity he gave me in 1989 is living on today through the students I’m reaching.”

That legacy of mentorship is definitely alive at Pensole. Edwards describes the four-week program as “a farm system” for the footwear design industry. So far, the system is more Boston Red Sox than Bad News Bears, sending up more than 60 former students to work professionally for brands like Nike, The North Face, Under Armour, and Adidas. Win-win-win.

MENTEE, KNOW THYSELF As the more than 600 kids who apply for every 20 slots at Pensole can attest, securing a quality mentor is no easy feat. In fact, some experts say mentorship is on the decline. In their book Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of

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Entrepreneurship, Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler suggest that ever-shrinking employee tenure, increasingly burdensome workloads, and a fiercely competitive job market are making traditional mentorships a scarce commodity.

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Depending on your circumstance, Woodward says, the right player might be within your own company if they can “help you understand the politics, history, culture, and traditions of the place.”

While some of that can come from your boss, “it’s important to find someone who can give you off-therecord perspective,” he says.

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But don’t fret if finding a mentor within your workplace is unrealistic. Woodward says a guru can be anyone who helps you assess whether your routine is on a roll or in a rut. Are you a female writer, a Hispanic engineer, a food-truck entrepreneur? Woodward suggests seeking out special-interest groups and joining local chapters of professional organizations.

If these avenues are dead ends, there is always what might be called the “Hot Pursuit” strategy.

That is, do some research on your industry, focus on key players, and doggedly pursue them—in a nice way. Sending a message via LinkedIn, for example, may, in a kinder, gentler form of cold call, yield a connection.

Wherever you look, Woodward says it’s key to find someone who will be “open, honest, and direct.”

The flip side of seeking honesty is being tough enough to take the advice to heart. He says, “If you’re not willing to hear it, there is no value in the relationship.”

Or relationships. Woodward says that the mentor capable of counseling you in a nonprofit work environment won’t necessarily be the person to guide you through freelance nation. “I hear people talking about having a mentor, but it’s important to think about multiple mentors that fit with the circumstances in your life.”

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professional,” expresses a desire to secure you as a mentor, then proceeds to ask for more information about your work and how you might help them succeed.

While that all-caps flattery may lure you into opening the message, you’ll soon decide a mentee who doesn’t bother to learn your name isn’t likely to be worth your effort.

Delete.

“You need to demonstrate your potential, make a good impression, and [show] that you’re worth getting behind,” Woodward says.

“They have to look at you as someone who is going to listen, take feedback, and do something with it.”

In choosing who to mentor, Edwards says he’s most interested in those who prove they are willing to work. He tells his students,

“There will always be people who are more talented than me, but no one will outwork me.’”

His best tip, though, is the most fundamental one. “Early on, I saw the value in asking and receiving.

Some people don’t even ask.”

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? Of course, you can’t have the Karate Kid without Mr. Miyagi, which means those with enviable skills must find worth in sharing their hard-earned wisdom. As it turns out, there are reasons aplenty.

For those in senior positions, Woodward says, “It’s a good way to get perspective. It’s a way to be reminded of what it’s like to start out. It’s also a way to give back.”

But there’s more to it than fulfilling some karmic professional obligation; you may just learn something. Edwards says his students often remind him he doesn’t know everything. “This industry is young and current. When I’m mentoring, I’m learning from them as well, so I see it as a trade.”

Don’t take on a protégé just to say you have one, Edwards advises. “Not everyone is cut out to be a mentor. It’s something people like to say they are,” but it can be counterproductive if handled poorly.

SO MAYBE IT’S TIME to consider whether a mentor can help you launch or make it to the next rung.

If you do find yourself in a symbiotic relationship with a knowledgeable colleague, remember to keep a good thing going.

As Edwards relates to each of his students, “I wouldn’t have achieved all of this without guidance, so I challenge them to mentor not one, but two, so it keeps multiplying. That’s what it’s about.

If it stops with you, the chain ends.”

Jill Coody Smits is an Austin, Texas– based journalist. Find her online at blueseedcommunications.com.

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The premise of It’s Just Lunch is simple: a lunch date or drink after work is the ideal first date. It’s a no pressure, relaxed setting where you can actually talk face-to-face.

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It’s Just Lunch’s clients often refer to their matchmakers as their “dating wingmen” (or wingwomen) because they handle all of the dating logistics.

Herington describes her role, saying, “We’re genuinely interested in understanding our clients. We listen.

We really get to know your personality and what you’re looking for in that significant other.” Every IJL match is hand-selected. There’s no online profile for the world to see and it’s all confidential. After the date, It’s Just Lunch matchmakers receive feedback from each client in order to fine-tune their next match. “We offer something online services don’t: someone to talk to,” Herington says. Imagine having a full-time dating wingwoman who really understands you, working for you while you’re focusing on your career and personal obligations.

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Herington reminds singles who contact her that they can have a career and a relationship. They just have to “date smarter.” “If finding someone to share your life with is important to you, you can make time and have it all,” she says. “If you don’t have time to do your taxes, you hire a CPA. If you don’t have time to manage your investments, you hire a financial planner. It’s Just Lunch helps you make time for the things that matter. IJL helps you date smarter.”

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Since 1893, the frog jockeys of Calaveras County, California, have egged on their leggy charges at the Jumping Frog Jubilee.

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S SHAUN WHITE, America’s most famous flame-haired athlete, attempts to Double McTwist his way to a third gold medal at next month’s Olympics in Sochi, Russia, it grows harder to remember the days when snowboarding was considered weird.

Only a few decades ago, snowboarding was seen as a fringe sport, one best left to grungy teens and reckless lunatics.

In fact, in the ’80s, few ski resorts even allowed snowboarders on their slopes.

How things change. It raises the question: What will be the next weird sport to morph into a gold medal– worthy sensation? Ice golf? Lightsaber fencing? Extreme pencil fighting?

Okay, probably none of those. But that doesn’t matter to the weekend warriors who participate in the countless odd competitions played out across America each year, from Big Wheel races in the streets of San Francisco and chuck wagon dashes in dusty Clinton, Arkansas, to the mud football championships in North Conway, New Hampshire.

Sol Neelman would know. For more than eight years, the Portland, Oregon– based photographer has traveled the country documenting our affinity for off beat athletics. “Most of these events have a similar sensibility and humor, a lightheartedness,” Neelman says.

“People are doing it because they want to have fun, and that’s what I come across almost all the time. The common denominator is usually costumes, cheap beer, and lots of laughter.”

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For photographer Sol Neelman, this snap of San Francisco’s annual Big Wheel race so captures the spirit of these oddball adventures— the costumes, joy, community, and fun— that he used it as the cover of his aptly titled book, Weird Sports.

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The dudes who get down at North Conway, New Hampshire’s Mud Bowl do it for a good cause: The annual fall event has raised more than $800,000 since 1976.

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Each year on Fat Tuesday (aka Pancake Day), the ladies of Liberal, Kansas, go apron-to-apron with their counterparts in Olney, England, for a shot at griddle cake– flipping immortality.

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and a former fitness editor at British GQ. “They’re just not mad enough.” Contrarily, the diverse world of wacky sports, he says, “appeals to our sense of individuality. People don’t want to conform, go along with the rules, or buy all this equipment. They’d rather make something up as they went along.”

Compared to traditionally strenuous sports, these bizarro endeavors tend to be blessedly easy. “These are sports that anyone can do,” says Neelman, who estimates that he has photographed almost 200 of these madcap competitions. “Some are a little more nuanced than others, and some are definitely more athletic, but if you want to try the Santa Speedo Run, anyone can do that.” Plus, the majority of these alternative sports don’t require fancy gear.

All you need for Liberal, Kansas’ International Pancake Day race are a few basic pantry supplies, an apron, and a skillet. The frog jumping competition in Northern California’s Calaveras County requires only the frog.

There’s just something about all that weirdness—the frogs, the tiny trikes, the mud—that brings people together.

These unconventional sports offer an opportunity for those with quirkier (dare we say, geekier?) interests to emerge from the shadows and embrace their passions. “I think these sports are a chance for people to say, ‘You know what? I love surfing, I love my dog.

Now I want to hang out with people who love dog surfing,’” Neelman says.

There’s no real glory to be won in, say, a beard-growing contest, no medals or magazine covers to be had. And that’s the point. “These are people doing things because nobody is watching.”

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The Dirty Dash—a filthy fun-run organized across North America—gets so grimy that participants are asked to ditch their shoes (for charity) when it’s done.

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Humps aren’t the only thing you’ll find at Virginia City, Nevada’s annual International Camel Races—the post–Labor Day event also features ostriches and zebras, oh my!

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Arborists from 17 countries and kids of all ages harnessed up in Portland, Oregon, for the 2012 ISA International Tree Climbing Championship.

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Every day for the past 39 years, a man nicknamed the Raven has tackled an 8-mile run along Miami’s South Beach. It’s an incredible streak— and as inspiring as it is exhausting.

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Dark aviator sunglasses cover the top half of his face, filtering the mid-October daylight and leaving open to the elements a pair of chapped lips that, at the moment, are curling into a smile.

Raven is pleased that so many of his disciples have turned out for his 63rd birthday.

We are celebrating the only way we know how—by joining Raven for his eight-mile run in the South Beach sands. The first person in the group to spot me is Lorenzo, aka Butcher. It is 5:40 p.m., and I’m running late. “Hurry up, White Lightning,” he shouts. “Get in the picture.”

Picking up my pace, I slip into the shot before the shutter clicks. Butcher extends a closed fist, and I return the customary greeting by pounding

his knuckles. Dave “Saltshaker” offers another fist bump. A financier in his early 60s, Saltshaker has just come back today from his summer home in Rhode Island.

“I guess it’s time for roll call,” Raven announces, commanding our attention.

And with that, as he has done every day for the past 39 years, Raven takes his first steps away from the lifeguard stand. His upper back, hunched over a deeply tanned torso, turns his body into a 5-foot-10 apostrophe. After so many years, tight ligaments have shortened his stride. His right foot lands heavier than his left, giving Raven the gait of a graceful pirate with a peg leg.

Falling in behind our leader, the flock heads south to Government Cut, the southernmost point of Miami Beach. From there, Raven’s eightmile birthday course will take us north to 47th Street and back to the Fifth Street lifeguard stand. There are so many runners in attendance that today’s roll call—the ritual reciting of nicknames bestowed upon each runner by our affectionate host— will occupy at least the first mile.

“Right here, on my left,” Raven begins. “He’s had many a near-death experience—he’s Close Call!” The group claps as Close Call, a middleaged Mensa member from Finland, ducks his chin into his chest and smiles shyly. “In front of us, wearing pink, she’s hot, she’s spicy, and she’s from Chile—she’s the Chili Pepper!” Her long, curly hair bouncing beneath a white visor, the bubbly real estate agent waves with the poise of a beauty pageant contestant.

In the thick of today’s pack is Chocolate Chip— “He eats chocolate four or more times a day”—a retired endodontist who always brightens the beach with a joke at the four-mile mark. Then there’s a 77-year-old former mechanic wearing two knee braces—“If you have a boss you don’t like, have him hire Chapter 11!”—whose resume lists five airlines, two boatyards, and a restaurant as places of employment that went belly-up. Runners from 12 different countries and four generations join us on this day.

Even the thing we have in common divides us.

Breaking away from the pack early, Issie “Dizzy,” a Cuban-American middle school principal, is training for a 75-mile ultramarathon. And though he isn’t present on Raven’s birthday run, Ed “Hurricane,” at 82, regularly power walks the

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eight miles while blasting classical music out of padded headphones. I used to run cross-country and can finish a mile in under seven minutes, but with Raven I slow down in order to hear his stories, delivered at a 14-minute-mile pace. Running with Raven is like listening to a live podcast. He has the crystalline voice of a radio announcer.

To Raven’s right, I spot Zane “Giggler,” who has just retired after 30 years as a Miami Beach lifeguard. “Good to see you, Giggler!” I shout.

Raven nods. “You know, Giggler’s run at least once a year for the last 24 years. I’m not supposed to have favorites, but he’s one of them.”

An avid flute player, Giggler doesn’t leave home without his plastic recorder, which bounces against the beads that drape his neck. The instrument adds to his eclectic apparel of hiking boots, black socks, khaki shorts, and a button-down, topped off with a wool chauffeur’s cap. “When did you meet Raven?” I ask.

“My first day on the job back in 1982,” he says.

“But I’d already heard about him. Other lifeguards told me you could set your watch by the Raven.”

It took Raven eight years to convince him to attempt the eight miles. “It was all soft sand back then,” Giggler recalls. “And it would just grab your every step, pulling you into the ground.”

Before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished its Miami Beach oceanfront reclamation project in 1981, Raven ran close to the water on a narrow beach, his feet sinking into deep, thick sand. But even on a firmer surface, Giggler says he struggles: “My body, at the six-mile mark, will just say, ‘What are you thinking?’ Then tomorrow I guarantee you I’m not waking up and thinking about running another eight.”

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HE RAVEN FITNESS plan probably isn’t for everyone. It goes something like this: Wake up. Run eight miles.

Repeat every day for 39 years. And there’s more to it. Two hours before the run, Raven bikes six blocks from his Ocean Drive apartment to the outdoor gym at Ninth Street.

There, with young bodybuilders and gymnasts swinging from the monkey bars in the background, Raven drops to the sand in push-up position. He completes one set of his age, plus one rep, then moves to the pull-up bar. He grunts through three sets of 20, followed by a 45-second hang with the bar resting against the back of his neck.

That happens, as one might guess, every day.

It turns out Raven isn’t alone in his everyday running habit. In the late-1990s, he answered a

THE USUAL SUSPECTS Although the daily Raven Run has attracted thousands of curiosity streakers, its colorful regulars include (from left) Giggler, Butcher, Chapter 11, Chili Pepper, Extra, Molder, Chocolate Chip, and Close Call.

call from a reporter named George A. Hancock, who was putting together a list of American streak runners. At the time, Raven’s streak of 8,000-plus days didn’t even make the top 10. The longest-running streak—16,437 days—started in 1968, seven years before Raven’s. The owner of that streak, Mark Covert, just “pulled a Cal Ripken,” according to the U.S. Running Streak Association’s president, Mark Washburne, and voluntarily ended the run this past July.

Ranked No. 8 in America today, Raven is among more than 400 runners on USRSA’s active streak

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list. Association by-laws define a streak as “running at least one continuous mile within each calendar day under one’s own body power (without the utilization of any type of health or mechanical aid other than prosthetic devices).”

All running surfaces—roads, tracks, and treadmills—meet the criteria.

“I’ve run every day, but I’ve done it in various states and countries,” says Washburne, whose own streak is about to turn 24 years old. “The fact that Raven runs the same course every day—that really separates him from the list. I don’t know

anybody else who’s done that.” Two years ago, when HBO’s Real Sports producers called Washburne looking for someone to feature in a segment on obsessive runners, he suggested Raven.

“A lot of reporters say we’re obsessed, but we like to say we’re dedicated. We prefer a positive spin,” explains Washburne, on the phone from his home in New Jersey. “I mean, he’s doing something healthy, like brushing your teeth every day.”

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RAVEN RISING His daily routine includes three sets of 20 on a South Beach pull-up bar, and the notation of his soaring mileage.

was shuttling back and forth from the bathroom with an exhausting bout of food poisoning when his internal clock struck “eight miles.” He walked to the beach, taunting Mother Nature with the thought, At least it can’t get any worse. Just then, he recalls, “The sky turned black. There was a coldness in the air, with lightning everywhere. I knew it was going to be bad.” After three-tenths of a mile, golf ball–size hail hammered his shoulders and face. Pulling his glasses off so they wouldn’t break, he felt lumps rising on his scalp.

“The surfers had their boards covering their heads. You could hear the pounding—boom, boom, boom.”

During that same storm, Giggler took refuge in his lifeguard stand. “I remember the captain pulled up in the truck and told me to get in, and I was like, ‘Uh-uh, no way. I’m not stepping one foot out there,’” Giggler recalls. “All of a sudden, I see Raven coming towards us with blood running down his face. He was getting bludgeoned— like, stoned by God. All I could do was laugh.”

One lifeguard stand later, Raven ducked under an awning to take refuge. “If I had run two or three more minutes, I could’ve died. So I stopped and ran in place for 10 minutes,” he says. “That was a hairy one. But the fear at least made my food poisoning go away.”

A story like that should finish with, “That was the worst weather I’ve ever run through.” But it doesn’t. On October 15, 1999, Hurricane Irene

blew 86-mph winds in Raven’s face. “It wasn’t the strongest hurricane we got,” Raven says.

“Andrew was stronger, Wilma was stronger, but those came in the morning. Irene came at 5 p.m., just as we got to the beach.” Three runners— Gringo, Springman, and Raven’s girlfriend, Miracle—joined him. While his companions wore hooded windbreakers and goggles, Raven, as always, went shirtless. “Gringo was having a blast, doing airplanes,” recalls Raven. “But for me it was extremely painful. In those winds, the sand feels like needles. And it stuck to me for two weeks.”

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VEN ON A RAINY Friday evening South Beach is astir. Louboutin stilettos click against the pavement. Couples hug under umbrellas, and valets park Maseratis.

Waiting on the sidewalk for a sit-down interview, Raven is wearing his street uniform of black pants and a shoelace belt. Up top, chest hair pours out of his unbuttoned black Levi’s jacket.

“I’m sorry I’m late,” I say, wiggling out of my raincoat. “I tried to call, but you’d already left.” Without a cellphone or a computer, Raven can only be reached in person or on his landline.

As we take our seats at a busy Starbucks, customers stare, making Raven uncommonly self-conscious. “I think they’re trying to figure us out,” he says, pointing to a family of four whose eyes are fixed on our table. The background music steals his focus. When “What Becomes

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of the Brokenhearted” fills the air, Raven sings along. “This was a hit when I was in high school,” he says. Almost everyone here looks like someone who has crossed his path, and he points out the resemblance. By the time the coffee shop closes, we haven’t covered much ground.

“Would you be more comfortable if we talk at your apartment?” I ask.

“I think so, White Lightning,” he says. “But I have to warn you, it’s a little messy.”

The following night, relaxing on the torn cushion of his black leather sofa, Raven is articulate and methodical. Next to him, stacked higher than his head, red and blue plastic crates overflow with LPs, cassettes, and old newspapers. Shoeboxes stuffed with letters teeter above them. A cut-out photograph of Johnny Cash, wearing his trademark black button-down shirt, is taped to the wall above Raven’s first record player. Below that, he has pinned a Nixon bumper sticker saved from the 1968 campaign.

“I like to collect things,” he says, putting it mildly.

“Some say hoarder. Miracle says saver. I say collector. I think it came from my childhood. We didn’t have much money, so everything I got, I cherished.”

RAVEN ISN’T FAZED WHEN PEOPLE CALL HIM CRAZY. “I JUST SAY, ‘THIS IS WHAT I DO. IT’S WHAT WORKS FOR ME.’” FAITH HEALING “Nobody sees what I see,” says Raven’s girlfriend, Priscilla “Miracle.” “The pain he’s in is awful.”

Looking around at the fortress of clutter that wreathes his private life, it’s hard to connect this Raven with the spirited raconteur who, every day, assembles a diverse bunch of individuals in the name of community and exercise. His followers would be surprised to discover that, as a boy, their talkative leader was painfully shy. “If I had to describe my childhood in one word, it would be lonely,” he says.

An only child of divorced parents growing up in Miami’s South Beach neighborhood, Raven— né Robert Kraft—had little interaction with kids his own age. Now a gleaming mecca for the rich and famous, South Beach, circa the 1950s, was wall-to-wall with retirement homes. “We used to call it God’s Waiting Room,” Raven says.

“Old people would just be out on the porch, waiting to die.” When he was made to repeat first grade, his teacher wrote on his report card: Robert has trouble socializing. When he’s spoken to, he just nods.

A single mom, Mary Cooper Kraft worked the graveyard shift at a 24-hour drugstore store while her son spent nights alone. In the morning, he would lie awake, frozen in bed, until he heard his mother’s high heels scale the wooden steps of their apartment. “I’d breathe and think, Phew, I can live another day. She’s here. I’m going to get fed.

I was terrified of being an orphan.”

Robert was excited when his mom started dating an older man with a car, but the happiness wore off quickly when “the Eagle” (as he’d nicknamed him) returned to his drinking, gambling, and womanizing ways. After learning the goodfor-nothing was going to become his stepfather, Robert, age 14, put on a black shirt. “I looked in the mirror and said, ‘That’s me. Other people can wear colors, but I’m only wearing black.’”

His dark wardrobe drew attention from classmates, who taunted him with lyrics to the popular Rolling Stones song “Paint It Black.” Irked by their teasing, and apathetic to his studies, Robert dropped out of high school at age 16, with dreams of becoming a Dylanesque songwriter.

He bought a Greyhound bus ticket to Nashville, Tennessee, where The Johnny Cash Show was filming its first season. Robert waited around back at the Ryman Auditorium to shake Cash’s hand and slip him a lyrics sheet. “Security back then wasn’t as tight,” he recalls. “You could actually talk to people.”

For songwriting inspiration, Robert visited the post office to study Most Wanted posters. “Fugitive on the Run” was one of the songs he penned

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in Music City. But the pressures of self-promotion in such a bustling industry town ate at Robert’s soul, and he missed South Beach. “I had to be someone I wasn’t,” he remembers.

“My stomach was always growling and churning. I think I had ulcers.

I didn’t feel right.”

In one last effort, Robert pressed a new song into Cash’s palm after another broadcast at the Ryman. Cash told Robert, “I’m writing all my own stuff now, buddy, but maybe this guy can help you out. He’s a songwriter.”

Cash nodded to the man on his left, whom Robert already knew. “I’ll never forget it,” he says. “Johnny turned and gave him my lyric sheet. The guy seemed a little high or stoned or something. But he didn’t say a word.

He just took my song and stuck it in his right pocket.” The lyric was untitled and without a copyright. “I just figured if he liked it, he would call me.”

Six months later, back in South Beach, Robert was listening to his

WHAT STARTED AS A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION HAS COVERED OVER 100,000 MILES. THAT’S A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD—TIMES FOUR. transistor radio when from out of its speaker came a brand-new Waylon Jennings record. It took Robert two lines before he recognized the words.

Wait a minute, he thought. I know those lyrics. I wrote those lyrics.

He sprinted back to his mother’s apartment and, fingers shaking, dialed the radio station, thinking, This is it. I’ve finally made it. The radio DJ picked up, and, before he could even say hello, Robert interrupted him. “Who wrote that Waylon Jennings song you just played?” he asked. “Who’s the songwriter?”

The DJ told him the name, and it was not Robert Kraft.

Without proof, Robert had no recourse—and his downward spiral began. “I became very angry, with a hair-trigger temper,” he recalls. “I felt like everybody was against me.

My father had left, my mom married the Eagle, my song was stolen—everything. Life was against me. I couldn’t trust anybody.” He started drinking and hanging out with unsavory characters. As Robert tumbled into depression, his song climbed higher and higher up the charts.

Two years after his aspirational journey to Nashville, Robert was slumming it at the old pier in South Beach when “Bulldog,” a Vietnam

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veteran and fighter at Miami’s famed Fifth Street Gym, struck up a conversation with him.

“Come on, Johnny,” Bulldog said in a thick Brooklyn accent, referring to Robert by an all-purpose nickname. “I’m about to do my roadwork.” Roadwork—jogging and throwing punches—didn’t really appeal to Robert, but with nowhere else to go he followed

Bulldog. After a mile, the fighter was still chatting casually as Robert gasped for air. “You can do it, Johnny,” Bulldog said. Robert decided that, even if he dropped dead, he wasn’t going to stop. Fortunately, roadwork was only two miles that day. Panting but still jogging, Robert finished just steps behind Bulldog. And for the first time in a long time, he felt good.

He joined Bulldog a couple of times a week, and by the end of 1974—a few years into the routine—Robert was running almost every day in the soft sand. The run and regimentation eased his anger. He gained confidence.

He became friends with the lifeguards, gym rats, and free spirits of South Beach, one of whom landed Robert a job as a nighttime security guard, a gig that paid the bills and didn’t interfere with his running schedule.

Along with the new persona came a new name. Inspired by the mysterious black attire, nocturnal tendencies, and deep interest in songs and songwriting, Bulldog dubbed his friend “the Raven.”

January 1, 1975, was a clear, crisp, and sunny day in South Beach. With Bulldog running by his side, Raven made a New Year’s resolution: “I’m going to run a whole year straight—every day, eight miles.” Eight miles because, he says, “nine was too much, and seven wasn’t challenging.”

Bulldog laughed. “Come on, Johnny. What are you thinking?”

But Raven was determined.

Watch me, he thought.

After three miles, Bulldog broke off, and Raven kept running. “I had never gone through with a goal in my life, except to get to Nashville,” he remembers.

“And with that, everything fell apart. This was going to be my thing. I built my whole world, my whole life, around that run. I had no idea what I was getting into.”

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ACK ON THE beach a few weeks after his birthday run, Raven apologizes for his sluggish pace. “I’m sorry I’m going so damn slow, White Lightning. My legs feel like they are on fire. Hold on, I gotta bend again.” With that, he falls forward in the sand, onto his hands. Pain in his lower back

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pushes an involuntary growl from his lips as he stands back up. “It’s like someone’s taking my nerves and twisting them. I’ve never been shot, but I imagine this is what it feels like.” Grimacing, he pushes his thumbs into his tailbone. “If the pain would just go away, I’d be in such good shape.”

Raven has been diagnosed with severe spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column around the spinal cord, which compresses nerve roots. He also lives with arthritis, sciatica, and scoliosis. Most people in his condition would have already had surgery, but recovery would keep Raven off the sand, and without health insurance Raven can’t afford an operation. “Whether he can continue for another three months, or six months, or a year—it’s really up to his pain tolerance,” says Vivian Hernandez-Popp, his physician.

“Sometimes,” Raven says, “I can’t even stand up to brush my teeth.”

What does a person do when the thing he loves is both killing him and keeping him alive?

Without giving his body time to heal, Raven reinjures himself every day. Little wounds nag for weeks. In the HBO Real Sports segment, which aired in 2011, the reporter suggested that on his next hospital visit Raven should maybe run “over to the psychiatric ward.”

Raven isn’t fazed when someone calls him crazy. “People tell me that all the time,” he says. “I just say, ‘This is what I do. It works for me.’”

Though he has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he’d prefer not to take medication for it.

“It’s a part of me,” he says. “I don’t want to take pills that make me not be myself. People depend on me to be out there, and I don’t want to let them down.”

And what about when people tell him to take a day off ?

“I say, ‘You’re probably right. I probably would be better if I took a day off.’ Most people need days off,

or else everybody would be a streak runner. Maybe I’m just cut from a different cloth.”

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AVEN, A DESPERATE outsider as a kid, hasn’t run alone since 2005. In 2007, Miami Beach Mayor David Dermer proclaimed October 17— Raven’s birthday—“Robert Raven Kraft Day,” referring to the daily Raven Run as a “bona fide Miami Beach institution.” More than 1,900 people between ages 6 and 82, from every state in the nation and more than 75 countries, have completed an eight-mile run with him. Relationships developed during the eight miles span the globe. Through the Raven network, people have found jobs, friends, and spouses. What he has facilitated for runners has eluded him; Raven has never married, and doesn’t have children. “Sometimes I think it could’ve been interesting to have a family,” he reflects. “But now this run is like my family.”

After getting ordained online, Raven has even officiated two weddings of his runners: During a run in 2009, he married Hollywood Flasher and Creve Coeur; then, in 2013, he did the same for Extra and Molder.

What started as a New Year’s Resolution has outlasted seven American presidencies and covered more than 100,000 miles. That’s more than 18 round-trips between Miami and Los Angeles. That’s a trip around the world—times four.

Back in October, on Raven’s birthday run, Giggler exhaled a whistle at the six-mile mark, signaling it was that time when his body questions his judgment. He turned to me and said, “The thing about Raven is he can make anyone into a runner.

People who never thought they could run one mile now run eight with him all the time. He makes people feel special.” Raven’s physical decline worries Giggler, but he is comforted by the belief that “Raven’s spirit will still be running in the sand long after

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Butcher, running alongside, seconded the effects of Raven’s positive aura. “I used to have an anger management problem,” he confessed. Three years ago, fresh out of prison for drug trafficking, Butcher was seeking a regimen to get his life back on track when, at the pull-up bars, Raven invited him to run. “A guy I was in jail with told me, ‘You gotta find a group to be a part of or something to get involved in,’” recalled Butcher. “Because, you know, there’s no transition from prison to the free world.” After working up to the eight miles, Butcher set out to run with Raven every day for 100 days but instead kept the streak going for 200, setting a record among the Raven Run regulars.

“It’s not only Raven but all the positive people you meet out here.

I was in a really dark place, and the run just sucks the negativity out of you,” he said.

These days Butcher is a calm but demanding personal trainer whose clients include fellow Raven Runners. “God only knows where I’d be without Raven and this run. It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

The man himself doesn’t wax poetic about his accomplishments.

Raven is just hoping to stay the course—the one that measures eight miles—a little bit longer.

“I’ve found the place I’m most comfortable,” he says, digging deep on yet another day. “Everyone has a place where they shine, and this is where I shine.”

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Botanica Peacock red kale and pansies are in full bloom at this garden escape, where eager visitors can partake in classes ranging from kitchen botany to arts and crafts.

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The salt of the earth hang out 650 feet underground at Strataca, located about fifty miles northwest of Wichita in Hutchinson. This subterranean attraction was built within a 27,000-square-mile bedded salt deposit that stretches across central Kansas and was formed when the Permian Sea dried up some 275 million years ago. Though guests aren’t allowed to travel to the active mining site (salt has been mined here since 1923), you’ll still have a blast riding the double-decker shaft below ground; exploring the Stratadome, a 100-foot-long room made entirely out of salt; and eyeing one of the first diesel-powered mining vehicles. Itching for more? Armed only with a lighted hard hat, have a go at the new Salt Safari, a three-hour hike through rugged areas of the mine. Now that’s going against the grain. underkansas.org Your adventure continues…

The Forum Theatre Classics like Driving Miss Daisy are performed regularly at this nonprofit theater, which has seating for 600 guests throughout its two levels.

GETTING AROUND For downtown exploring, hop aboard the city’s free trolley, Q-Line. Going farther? Check out the Convention & Visitors Bureau website for rental car options. downtownwichita.org, gowichita.com

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Got stars in your eyes? If so, you’ll feel right at home at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, which boasts one of the largest collections of U.S. and Russian space artifacts in the world. You’ll be blown away by treasures like the Russian Vostok I, which carried the first human into space in April 1961; the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey, which housed the famed crew on their attempted trip to the moon in 1970; and Liberty Bell 7, the space capsule recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in 1999 after a flawed mission sank the vessel nearly 40 years earlier. If that doesn’t leave you feeling on top of the world, check out the moon rock collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during their monumental Apollo 11 lunar mission. Looks like if you ask for the moon, you just might get it. cosmo.org

Old Mill Tasty Shop Savor a vanilla, chocolate, or cherry Coke at Wichita’s oldest downtown restaurant, where you’ll still find the original soda fountain from 1932.

Mort’s Martini and Cigar Bar This rousing hangout serves more than 160 martinis, including the Fallen Angel, made with Irish cream, hazelnut liqueur, white chocolate, and dark crème de cacao.

Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper A visit to this 77-acre ranch includes a fourhour dinner spectacle featuring all-you-caneat barbecue followed by a Westernthemed show.

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Starlite Drive-In Every Thursday through Sunday, new movies unspool at this throwback venue, which screens double and triple features on select weekends.

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Exploration Place Continue your space quest with a spin on this interactive learning hub’s flight simulator, or check out the live science demonstrations, dinosaur films, and more.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo once roamed. Located along the Arkansas River, the 23-acre Old Cowtown Museum is modeled after an 1870s Midwestern cattle town. Saddle up to the log cabin of Darius Munger, one of Wichita’s founders, or watch a man of steel bang away at his trade at the blacksmith shop. In need of a cure for what ails you? Drop in to Fritz Snitzler’s Saloon for a sarsaparilla, a soft drink believed to have healed skin problems, or stop by the drugstore to eye peculiar herbal remedies.

(Did you know dog fennel boiled with lard was used to soothe sore throats?) Though it’s open year-round for self-guided tours, be sure to visit when costumed reenactors set the scene every Saturday of the year and every Tuesday through Saturday from April to October—if you can hold your horses. oldcowtown.org CLASS ACT

Old Cowtown Museum’s oneroom schoolhouse was built around 1885.

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It’s a time-honored tradition that comes down like clockwork at the dawn of each new year: resolving to grab hold of the opportunity to remake yourself with a commitment to meaningful changes in your life. Nothing can have a larger impact than taking charge of your own health, but the promises you make can rapidly fade without a genuine plan to transform your well-being. Read on for the empowering information you need to be lighter, fitter, healthier and happier in 2014—the tools are out there to create a NEW YOU. JANUARY 2014 SPIRIT

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At a time when everyone looks forward to a fresh start to work on self-improvement and achieve new goals, many people would much rather just get their old self back again—especially if they have not been feeling well. As women and men age, it is common for them to experience many of the following symptoms: fatigue, difficulty sleep-

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“Remember, you are the biggest advocate for your health,” says Dr. Steven Hotze, founder and CEO of the Hotze Health & Wellness Center. answers. Some may have even been given a diagnosis of fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Unfortunately, these are not always true diagnoses—they can be symptoms of a bigger issue.

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Along with the promise of each new year comes the reality of cold and flu season hitting us with vigor.

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While cancer affects millions of Americans each year, researchers from a number of organizations worldwide have encouraging news for those of you that enjoy cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, turnips, cauliflower and bok choy: They may help lower your risk of getting cancer.

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he says. “I’ve had a long career and I’ve sacrificed my body—I’ll keep doing anything I can do now to keep moving forward, working out and playing with my kids. Play Again got me through the rough times, through my last year as a competitor. It’s a part of my daily regimen—right along with going to the gym and eating healthy. I can move, work out, compete and play with my kids. I can play again.”

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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

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Baton Rouge Mardi Gras

A Louisiana tradition since French settlers formed celebratory krewes in 1830, Mardi Gras—français for “Fat Tuesday”—may be most famously feted each year in decadent New Orleans, but Baton Rouge also knows a thing or two about revelry and jubilation.

According to Mark Twain, “the soul of [Mardi Gras] is the romantic, not the funny and the grotesque,” so Capital City’s festive but more traditional celebration is probably truer in spirit than the Big Easy’s famously over-the-top indulgences. The decidedly family-friendlier Baton Rouge Mardi Gras goes big with huge floats, fancy balls, abundant live music, good regional eats, and flamboyant pageantry until March 4.

More than a half-dozen parades will wind through the Pelican State’s capital, boasting costumes, happy canines, fancy footwork, marching bands, and eye-popping floats, while a variety of fundraising opportunities serving local organizations will abound. Free; visitbatonrouge.com

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If you’ve got a boogie in your sneakers and a hankering for the music of the Deep South, don’t miss the seventh annual Mississippi Blues Marathon & Half Marathon, which invites 3,500 runners from all 50 states and JANUARY 2014 SPIRIT

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more than a dozen foreign countries to wind through the “City with Soul,” accompanied by some of the region’s best blues artists.

Renowned for its live music, great food, street-party atmosphere, and Southern hospitality, the Blues Marathon starts and finishes this year at the exquisite Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art and features the hot licks of Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Big George Brock, and Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood. Children are welcome to take part in a 1-mile run of their own. Spectators free, kids’ entry fee $10, adult entry fee from $80; msbluesmarathon.com MIAMI

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Art Deco Weekend

The colorful Art Deco aesthetic—geometric, lavish, exuberant, and modernist—rules the Miami Beach landscape, so it makes perfect sense that Magic City hosts an annual Art Deco Weekend, now in its 37th year. The famous three-day Ocean Drive event celebrates art, antiques, and architecture from the ’20s and ’30s with a generous display of films, fashion, live music, lectures, and parades, bedazzling some 300,000 browsers and serious collectors alike.

This year’s event offers up two specialty happenings: The Antique Experience, held in oceanfront tents and featuring vintage furniture, lectures on the Art Deco period, and (by night) a six-piece, live dance band for the casual visitor and connoisseur; and a kids’ section filled with vintage board games, paper dolls, toy cars and planes, sandboxes, and Legos from nearly a century ago. Outdoor screenings like the Art Deco–inspired film Chicago and kiddie flicks starring Shirley Temple and The Little Rascals round out this family-friendly affair. Free; artdecoweekend.com

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MLK Grande Parade

than 350,000 20 More spectators and 36,000 participants will dream a dream in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at the 20th annual MLK Grande Parade in H-Town.

This year’s event, one of the largest in the country, honors the theme “Achieving Equality Through Education” with more than 300 culturally d iverse performing groups and 36 nationally acclaimed and award-winning marching bands from across the nation. Space City’s own Spirit of Houston Marching Band from the University of Houston leads the two-hour charge starting at 10 a.m. from the intersection of San Jacinto and Elgin streets along the 2-mile route in Midtown. If you, too, have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” today’s your day to shine. Free; mlkgrandeparade.org NORTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA

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Carve Tahoe

“I saw the angel in the marble,” said Michelangelo of one of his many indelible works, “and carved until I set him free.” Now imagine the Italian genius was working with 20-ton blocks of pure snow instead of metamorphic rock, and you’ve got a good idea of what to expect from Carve Tahoe at Northstar California resort. Gathering the very best snow carvers from around the world, this six-day event invites guests to bear witness to the shaping and carving of breathtaking, majestic iced masterpieces that will be on display until the sun melts them away. Last year, Team Germany’s four-pronged sculpture, “Four Elements,” took top

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prize over those of teams from Canada, Japan, Finland, and the United States. Who will win this year? Night viewing of the colorfully illuminated sculptures— which begins January 30—is especially, uh, cool, while DJs spin ambient tunes and vendors like Sapporo beer, Finlandia Vodka, and local eateries provide food and drink. Free; carvetahoe.com.

WICHITA, KANSAS

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Help unleash the Year of the Horse, a zodiac sign marked by energy, action, and a general optimism toward life, at the Windy City’s Chinese New Year Parade. Noontime fireworks announce the start of the parade on Chicago’s South Side.

Marching bands, vibrantly colorful floats, lion dances, and a 100-foot-long Mystical Dragon storm through the century-old Chinatown in front of an estimated 30,000 spectators from around the world. After the parade, which commences the Chinese Lunar New Year 4712, check out the rest of the 32-acre neighborhood and its stunning landmarks, including the Chinatown Gate, the Nine Dragon Wall, and a breathtaking mural, composed of 100,000 pieces of glass, depicting the history of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. Free; chinatownspecialevents.org

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“When a young artist is ready,” legendary opera singer Placido Domingo has said, “one has to bring him into the limelight.” And that’s just what organizers of the

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A form of potent, traditional creative expression that combines storytelling dance with dynamic athleticism, Native American hoop dancing is truly astonishing, as dancers weave, spin, flip, and hurl between one and 50 colorful metal hoops to create such eye-popping shapes as butterflies, eagles, snakes, and coyotes. The best of the best will be on hand at the Heard Museum’s 24th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest, running over two days. Last year, Derrick Suwaima Davis claimed his record sixth title, and he’ll be back to defend it this year. After enjoying what’s been dubbed “Indian country’s most unique sport,” explore the Heard’s extensive collection of more than 40,000 American Indian fine artworks and cultural artifacts, with an emphasis on tribes of the Southwest. $18, $8 for children 4–12; heard.org

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Your Official Airline for Meetings & Convention Travel Let SWABIZ Meetings do the work for you!

Planning a large meeting or convention? At Southwest Airlines, we know how much work it takes to pull off a polished and professional corporate event, and we’re here to offer our assistance.

Check “travel arrangements” off that neverending to-do list, and let us help you manage your company or association’s next meeting through SWABIZ® Meetings.

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Make Southwest your meeting’s official airline today. If you have 150 travelers or more for your corporate event, submit a Meetings Agreement Request at swabiz.com to find out if you are eligible to receive a discount on select fare categories*.

—Lauren Spring *Minimum of 150 travelers. Requests must be submitted at least 60 days in advance. All Meetings program travel must be booked via swabiz.com.

Discounts subject to blackout dates and may exclude certain markets.

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IF A SEAT’S AVAILABLE, IT’S YOURS! Travel over the holidays, fly with a big group of friends, or take a last-minute getaway! With Rapid Rewards®, every seat is a reward seat. Unlimited reward seats means you can fly where you want, when you want. Rapid Rewards lets you enjoy reward travel without the hassles.

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FROZEN FUN

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The Rink at Skyline Park is the perfect place to chill.

A Denver Wonderland

PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF EVAN SEMON PHOTOGRAPHY/DOWNTOWN DENVER PARTNERSHIP

A Mile High City local shares his LUV for a frosty hot spot.

When I walk by the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park in Denver, I’m immediately drawn in by the great music that’s always playing, the sound of children laughing, and the sight of people of all ages and backgrounds enjoying their day together.

You might see a skating party, downtown workers at lunch, students, or other members of the community out and about. (We’ve even seen the mayor take a spin on ice skates!) The rink draws a diverse crowd because of its great outdoor location, and even those who don’t want to try their luck on ice skates can enjoy the ambiance.

To me, there’s nothing else in the city that’s quite like the rink.

The best part of the Southwest Rink is that it’s free for everybody to enjoy. The skate rentals are usually a nominal $2, but, just like last winter, if you bring mittens, gloves,

or stocking caps for the Volunteers of America’s homeless mission, Southwest Airlines will waive the fee. Additionally, Southwest will donate 50 percent of the proceeds from broomball games played at the rink to the VOA. Last year, the VOA served 250,000 individuals in 30 programs—from 3- and 4-year-olds in our Head Start program to community members in their 90s who receive Meals on Wheels. In order to make this kind of a difference in our communities, we count on wonderful volunteers to help us achieve our mission.

This year, Southwest donated funds that the VOA used for holiday and winter relief programs. And we were lucky enough to win a basketball-shooting contest that Southwest hosted, where the winning charity received a $5,000 check from the airline. That money has helped us feed thousands of people and provide hundreds of nights of

shelter for homeless women and their children. Our staff and volunteers enjoy time together at the rink and not just the scenery and skating.

Knowing also that our charity is being helped makes the rink a spot that really works for us.

When the Southwest Rink at Skyline Park first opened four years ago, I knew it was a place I would LUV. Thank you, Southwest Airlines and the Downtown Denver Partnership, for making a positive difference in Denver and for creating a place where our community can gather.

—Jim White, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Volunteers of America, Colorado Branch

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Products & Services

A Look Inside: Southwest

Make the most of your travel experience with these great products and services from Southwest Airlines.

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Our recently installed “Evolve” interiors show our commitment to sustainability and Passenger comfort.

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WIFI & ENTERTAINMENT

EARLYBIRD CHECK-IN®

Score a better boarding position. With EarlyBird Check-In, get an automatic check-in, a better boarding position, and earlier access to overhead bins. southwest. com/earlybird

GROUP TRAVEL

If you’re traveling with ten or more, our Group Travel Program is here to help, with discounted fares, flexible payment options, and unlimited name changes up to 72 hours before departure. southwest. com/groups

SNACKS & DRINKS

Flight Attendants will pass out complimentary snacks. Thirsty?

You’ll find our drink menu on page 147.

SWABIZ® BUSINESS TRAVEL PROGRAM Our corporate online booking tool covers travel tracking to cost management and now includes SWABIZ® Meetings with additional benefits for qualified meetings. It’s time you put the LUV airline to work for you. southwest.com/ corporatetravel

Our -700s and -800s feature a wireless, satellite-based network that allows you to go online and watch live TV and video on demand on your device. With our new gate-to-gate capability, you will never lose a connection!

GIFT CARDS

Give the gift of travel.

You pick the amount, they pick the place. No matter the occasion, it’s sure to please and never expires. Easy to redeem online, by phone, or at the airport. southwest.com/ giftcard

FLY BY®

Rapid Rewards® A-List and A-List Preferred Members and Customers who purchase Business Select® fares can speed to the front of the ticket counter and security checkpoint lines in select cities. southwest.com/flyby

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RAPID REWARDS®

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Small dogs and cats are welcome to fly in the cabin with you. Bring Fluffy along for your next trip—your pet deserves a vacation too! southwest.com/pets

Any trip, any day. Get unlimited reward seats and no blackout dates*.

Real rewards you can really use. Sign up at southwest.com/jet.

All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply. *Applies to Points transactions.

CHARTERS

We can provide charter service for corporate meetings, conventions, or special events. We customize travel for your company, team, or group, on your schedule, to most commercial airports in the continental U.S. southwest.com/ charter

RENTAL CARS

We’ve got 14 car companies to choose from and the same low rates as the other guys. Plus, earn Rapid Rewards® Points with our seven Rapid Rewards Partners. southwest.com/car

VACATIONS

MOBILE

Download our newly redesigned app today! If you’re on a trip or have one coming up, our new mobile site and app make it easier to fly Southwest Airlines.

Check-in, check the status of your next flight, or book additional trips all from the palm of your hand. mobile. southwest.com

Whether you’re planning a beach trip to Mexico or the Caribbean or a weekend getaway in Vegas, we’ve got the best package deals on air, car, hotel, and attractions so you can build the vacation that’s just right for you. southwest vacations.com

HOTELS

With our Hotel Best Rate Guarantee program, you can feel confident that you’ve secured the best deal on your hotel stay.

Terms and conditions apply. Plus, earn Rapid Rewards® Points, and, with many of our hotels, enjoy the flexibility to pay at hotel checkout. southwest.com/hotel

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A Look Inside: AirTran

Make the most of your travel experience with these great products and services from AirTran Airways.

PETS

BUSINESS CLASS

It’s the world’s most affordable Business Class. Stretch out in our two-by-two seats, which offer more seat, leg, and elbow room. You’ll also enjoy priority boarding, fee-waived first and second checked bags*, and complimentary cocktails. airtran.com *Weight and size limits apply.

CARGO

Customers can ship on select AirTran flights using Southwest Airlines Cargo®. swacargo.com®

SNACKS & DRINKS

Flight Attendants will pass out complimentary snacks. Thirsty?

You’ll find our drink menu on page 147.

A2B BUSINESS TRAVEL PROGRAM Take advantage of the AirTran business program. Benefits include fewer rules and restrictions, priority seating, and priority boarding. a2bcorporate.com

INFLIGHT WIFI

Surf at 30,000 feet. Look for the “gogoinflight” signal on your WiFi device, connect, launch your browser, and sign up. air.gogoair.com

CHARTERS

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VACATIONS

When planning your next beach trip to Mexico or the Caribbean, remember that we’ve got the best package deals on air, car, hotel, and attractions so you can build the vacation that’s just right for you. south westvacations.com

Small dogs and cats are welcome to fly in the cabin with you to domestic destinations.

Bring Fluffy along for your next trip—your pet deserves a vacation too! airtran.com/pets

Get all the latest AirTran and Southwest sale fares and travel deals sent straight to your inbox each week. Sign up for Click ’n Save today at southwest. com/email.

We can provide charter service for corporate meetings, conventions, or special events. We customize travel for your company, team, or group, on your schedule, to most commercial airports in the continental U.S. southwest.com/ charter

TRIP PROTECTION

Make sure you protect yourself from unexpected situations on your vacation. Benefits include trip interruption coverage, emergency medical assistance, and more. airtran. com/tripprotection

GROUPS

Groups of ten or more can reserve block seating, change passenger names up to two days in advance, and enjoy flexible payment schedules. airtran.com/groups

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Flight Service

Please abide by public announcements from Flight Attendants concerning electronic devices.

En todos los casos, por favor rígete por los anuncios públicos y las solicitudes de los Sobrecargos con respecto a todos los aparatos electrónicos.

Always Permitted Pueden usarse en todo momento dentro del avión

Pacemakers Marcapasos

Hearing Aids Aparatos para sordos

Electronic Watches Relojes electrónicos

Noise-canceling Headphones Auriculares que aislan el ruido

Digital Cameras Cámaras digitales

Audio Players Aparatos de audio

Video Camcorders Videocámaras

GPS Receivers GPS

DVD/CD Players Reproductores de DVD/CD

Hand-held Electronic Games and Electronic Books Juegos electrónicos portátiles y libros electrónicos

Cellphones (in GAME or AIRPLANE mode) Teléfonos celulares (en Modo GAME o Avión)

Tablets or E-readers (in AIRPLANE mode) Tabletas o Lectores Electrónicos (en Modo Avión)

Satellite Radio Radio por satélite

Laptop Computers Computadoras portátiles

Remote-controlled Toys Juguetes de control remoto

Two-way Radios (Walkie-talkies) or Scanners Radios emisores/receptores (walkie-talkies)

Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking Devices Cigarrillos Electrónicos y Dispositivos para Fumar

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Also Permitted: Electronic nerve stimulators and other implanted medical devices También son permitidos: dispositivos de estimulación eléctrica de los nervios y otros aparatos médicos implantados

Permitted Pueden usarse dentro del avión Small portable electronic devices (PEDs) such as tablets, e-readers, and smartphones weighing less than 2 pounds may be used in airplane mode at all times on domestic flights, unless a Crew Member indicates otherwise. A small PED may be held in hand, attached to a person, or placed in clothing or a seatback pocket. Devices and accessories may not block access to the aisle.

Large PEDs such as laptops weighing 2 pounds or more must be stowed under the seat or in an overhead bin for taxi, takeoff, and landing.

On International Flights, all PEDs must be turned off during taxi, takeoff, and landing at airports outside the U.S. and its territories. WiFi is available on 717-200, 737-700, and 737-800 aircraft.

Due to high bandwidth consumption, telephony applications (VoIP) are not allowed. Please use headphones for all audio or video.

Never Permitted Nunca pueden usarse dentro del avión Devices capable of transmitting data, unless otherwise noted, are never permitted. Nunca son permitidos los dispositivos con capacidad para transmitir datos, excepto que se especifique lo contrario.

Television or AM/FM Radio Receivers Televisión o Radios de AM/FM

Bluetooth and Wireless Devices Dispositivos Bluetooth e Inalámbricos

Remember Recuerda CREW INTERFERENCE

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

PETS

Federal law prohibits any Passenger from assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a Crew Member or interfering with a Crew Member’s duties. La ley federal prohíbe que los pasajeros asalten, amenacen o intimiden a los Miembros de la Tripulación o que interfieran con los deberes de un Miembro de la Tripulación.

Cellphones and pagers may be used at the gate and after landing. Los teléfonos y localizadores pueden ser usados en la puerta y después de aterrizar.

All pets must stay inside their carriers and under the seat for the duration of the flight. Todas las mascotas deben permanecer dentro de sus jaulas y debajo del asiento durante todo el vuelo.

DISABILITY ASSISTANCE Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways offer assistance to their Customers with disabilities upon request.

Southwest Airlines y AirTran Airways siempre ofrecen asistencia para sus clientes con discapacidades que lo pidan.

CARRYON BAGGAGE Customers are limited to one (1) bag per person, plus one (1) additional personal item. El límite es de una (1) maleta por persona y un (1) artículo personal.

LOST AN ITEM ONBOARD A FLIGHT? Visit the Customer Service page on southwest.com to report a lost item. Visita la página de Servicio al Cliente en southwest.com para reportar un objeto perdido.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Customers are prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages not purchased onboard. Alcoholic beverages will not be served to anyone under the age of 21.

We reserve the right to refuse the sale of alcoholic beverages to anyone. Se prohíbe que los Clientes consuman bebidas alcohólicas si no fueron compradas a bordo. No serviremos bebidas alcohólicas a las personas menores de 21 años de edad. Nos reservamos el derecho de negar la venta de bebidas alcohólicas a cualquier persona.

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International Connections Terminal Maps

For departure times and gate numbers, check airport monitors or ask a Gate Agent.

Baltimore (BWI)

Chicago (MDW)

Milwaukee (MKE)

Orlando (MCO)

Domestic North Terminal and International Terminal

Main Terminal, between Concourses A and B

Main Terminal

Main Terminal

Terminal B

Concourses C and D

Concourses A, B, and C

Concourses A and B

Concourse C

Airside 2

Concourse C

Concourses A, B, and C

Concourse A

Concourse C

Airside 2

From Nassau and Oranjestad: Concourse C From other destinations: Concourse F

From Cancún, Montego Bay, and Punta Cana: Concourse E From other destinations: Concourse A, B, or C

Concourse A

International Arrivals Building

From Montego Bay: Airside 1 or 4 From other destinations: Airside 2

Concourse F

For arrivals from Cancún, Montego Bay, and Punta Cana: Concourse E

Main Terminal

For arrivals from Cancún: Main Terminal

For arrivals from Montego Bay: Airsides 1 and 4

Atlanta (ATL)

TICKET COUNTERS

DOMESTIC DEPARTURES

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AIRTRAN ARRIVALS (FROM INTERNATIONAL)

RECHECK LOCATION

Connecting to an International Flight • Go directly to the AirTran departure gate.

• Checked bags will be transferred automatically.

• You should not have to leave the secure part of the airport.

Connecting from an International Flight • Depending on point of departure, Customers may have to clear U.S. Immigration before collecting checked baggage from the baggage carousel.

• You will then proceed through customs to clear checked and carryon baggage.

• Customers traveling from some countries go through the customs process before returning to the United States.

• If you have checked baggage, proceed to the Southwest/AirTran recheck desk or ticket counter to check your bags for the final portion of your trip.

• If you have purchased duty-free liquor, perfumes, or other liquids, they must be placed in your checked baggage before rechecking. Items exceeding 3 ounces that have not been placed in checked baggage will be collected at the TSA checkpoint before your domestic flight.

• Proceed to your departure gate. If you do not have a boarding pass for your connecting flight, you must obtain one at the ticket counter or at kiosks near the Southwest/AirTran recheck desk before proceeding to your gate.

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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Lower Level

International Terminal

Terminal Maps

Domestic North Terminal

MARTA Station

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)

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Lower Level

Main Terminal

International Arrivals

Midway International Airport (MDW)

Main Terminal

Lower Level

General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)

Main Terminal

Lower Level

Lower Level

Orlando International Airport (MCO)

Lower Level

Legend

Level 2

Terminal A

Southwest/AirTran Gates and Counters Security Baggage Claim Ticket Counter Concourse designation

Level 3

Terminal B Level 3 Level 2

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Inflight Entertainment

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Information

WIFI

$8 all day per device on WiFienabled aircraft* • Browse the Web, check e-mail, and stay in touch while in the air.

• In order to provide a topnotch WiFi experience, we limit access to certain highbandwidth applications and websites including Netflix, HBO Go, and VoIP. TV

See Inflight Entertainment Portal for pricing • Enjoy access to our popular lineup of live channels and on-demand TV episodes.

• Information about which devices are compatible can be found on the Inflight Entertainment Portal.

MOVIES

$5 per movie, per device on WiFi-enabled aircraft • Choose from a wide selection of popular titles, including recent releases, classics, and children’s films.

• Movies can only be viewed inflight and are not accessible on the ground.

INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT PORTAL

• Our Inflight Entertainment Portal allows you to access free content, including games, a flight tracker, and all that southwest.com has to offer.

• WiFi, TV, and Movies are all accessible from the homepage of the portal.

HOW TO ACCESS

Every device is different, but here are the basic steps: • Once onboard a WiFienabled aircraft, turn on your approved electronic device, and set to airplane mode. WiFi is now available gate-to-gate.

• View available wireless networks, select “Southwest WiFi,” and connect.

• Launch your Web browser, and you will be directed to the Inflight Entertainment Portal (you might need to hit “refresh”).

WIFI

Surfing is easy at 30,000 feet. With Gogo Inflight Internet on board, no matter where you’re going, you’re never more than a few clicks away from virtually everything.

Work. Shop. Catch up on e-mail. It’s up to you. And logging on is easy. Just follow these simple steps: • Turn on your WiFi-enabled device (laptop or handheld).

• Look for the “gogoinflight” signal, then connect.

• Launch your Web browser, and sign up.

FREE ACCESS TO SKYMALL.COM

• Shop from SkyMall for free on this flight (you will not be required to pay for a WiFi session). Connect to Gogo on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device, and visit SkyMall.com/AirTran WiFi. Spend $125 or more and earn a free Gogo Pass valid on any single Internet session.

WIFI SUPPORT

• On the ground, visit gogoair.com, or call Gogo customer service at 1-877350-0038. In the air, visit air.gogoair.com.

MORE INFORMATION

* Content and services are offered on WiFi-enabled aircraft only. We cannot guarantee that connecting flights will be WiFi-enabled.

• Service on flights to/from Puerto Rico is currently not available for the entire flight.

• Southwest takes great pride in giving you low fares and a comfortable flight, but we are unable to provide technical support. Please call 1-800-435-9792 to report any problems you may have encountered with your WiFi service.

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Customs & Immigration

Beverage Menu

Customs and immigration forms will be distributed by Flight Attendants during your flight. Prior to landing, complete all forms pertaining to you. Below are tips to help fill out the forms. You will be presenting your completed forms immediately upon entering the International Arrivals building.

• Dewar’s® Scotch • Jack Daniel’s® • Wild Turkey®

U.S. CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORM Who must complete this form: • All Passengers (or one Passenger per family with the same address) bound for the U.S. How to complete this form: • Complete before arrival in the U.S. • Write in English, in capital letters.

• Be sure to include the street name and number, city, and state of your address in the U.S. • If you are transiting through the U.S., you may write TRANSIT and your final destination country.

• Lines 5 and 6 may be left blank if not using a passport.

• On Line 9, enter FL for AirTran, followed by your specific flight number.

• Please read both sides of the declaration.

• Sign at the “X.” 1

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MEXICAN CUSTOMS DECLARATION FORM Who must complete this form: • All Passengers (or one Passenger per family with the same address) on flights bound for Mexico.

How to complete this form: • Complete sections 1–6.

• Once completed, sign and date the form.

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3 MEXICAN IMMIGRATION FORM Who must complete this form: • All Passengers (including children) on flights bound for Mexico.

How to complete this form: • Complete sections 1–14 on the top portion of the form and sections 1–10 on the bottom portion of the form.

• Once completed, sign and date the top portion of the form.

• Sections on the form titled “USO OFICIAL” are for use by Mexican Immigration officials and should not be filled out by Passengers.

What to do with this form: • The form will be separated as Passengers proceed through Mexican Customs.

• Make sure to retain the bottom portion of the form.

• Bacardi® Rum • Baileys® Irish Cream • Finlandia® Vodka

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BEER $5 • Michelob Ultra® • Bud Light® • Miller Lite®

WINE $5

PREMIUM BEVERAGES $3 • vitaminwater® XXX (Açai-Blueberry-Pomegranate) COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES • Minute Maid® • Seagram’s® • Coca-Cola® Apple Juice Seltzer Water • Coke Zero™ • LIFT® Coffee* • Tomato Juice • Diet Coke® • Decaf Coffee* • Mr & Mrs T® • Sprite® • Tea Bloody Mary Mix • Sprite Zero™ • Hot Chocolate • Minute Maid® • Dr Pepper® • Noncarbonated Cranberry • Diet Dr Pepper® Purified Drinking Apple Cocktail • Seagram’s® Water • Minute Maid® Ginger Ale Orange Juice • Seagram’s® * Creamer available Tonic Water Valid Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® drink coupons, as shown here, are printed with expiration dates and the Member’s (or issuing group’s) name. Business Select® drink coupons are valid for same-day use only. Valid Rapid Rewards and Business Select drink coupons will be accepted onboard for beer, wine, liquor, and vitaminwater®.

Southwest provides comingled, onboard recycling for all your paper, plastic bottles, and aluminum cans.

Thanks for helping us do our part for the environment by handing these items to a Flight Attendant.

LIQUOR $6 • Dewar’s® Scotch • Jack Daniel’s®

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BEER $5 • Michelob Ultra® • Bud Light® • Budweiser®

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• Minute Maid® Apple Juice • Regular Coffee • Decaf Coffee • Tea • Noncarbonated Purified Drinking Water

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• Two-year redemption period on all A+ Rewards Credits earned*** • Complimentary Business Class upgrades at the time of booking on select fares† • First and second bag fees waived (weight and size limits apply) • Complimentary Business Class upgrades available at the gate 40 minutes prior to departure for all Coach Fares††

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Message and Data Rates May Apply. By texting the keyword for enrollment, you consent to receive autodialed telemarketing messages from or on behalf of Southwest at the telephone number used for text-in. You understand that consent is not a condition of purchase. Maximum of two enrollment communications. For more information on SMS service, text HELP to 72743. Text STOP to 72743 to cancel. Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions can be found on southwest.com/privacy. A+ Rewards seats are subject to availability and blackout dates. Taxes and fees are extra—the September 11th Security Fee of up to $5.00 per one-way is not included. Passengers traveling to/from Puerto Rico are subject to additional government taxes of up to $33.40. Fares to/from the Caribbean and Mexico do not include additional government taxes of up to $230 one-way or $290 roundtrip. *Points don’t expire as long as you have flight or Partner earning activity every 24 months. Benefits apply to points transactions. **For a complete list of available Fly By locations, visit southwest.com/flyby. ***Two-year redemption period applies only to A+ Rewards Credits earned after Elite status is attained. †Valid only on Y and B Fares. ††Complimentary upgrades awarded 40 minutes prior to departure will be assigned if available according to order of checkin. A+ Rewards seats are subject to availability and blackout dates. All Rapid Rewards rules and regulations apply. ©2014 Southwest Airlines Co.

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Premier Card Exclusive Benefits: Earn 2 points per $1 spent on Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways purchases made directly with the airlines.

Earn 2 points per $1 spent on Rapid Rewards Hotel and Rental Car Partner purchases.

Earn 1 point per $1 spent on all other purchases.

Earn 6,000 bonus points every year after your Cardmember Anniversary.

Redeem points for International flights, cruises, hotel stays, rental cars, gift cards, and access to exclusive events.

Visit southwest.com/applytoday to learn more.

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Rapid Rewards and A+ Rewards want you to get to your destination faster. By utilizing our growing list of Partners, it’s easy to earn points just by doing the things you normally would. Visit southwest.com/rr-partners to start earning even more rewards today!

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If you joined the circus, what would you be doing?

Cotton candy guy.

I love cotton candy.

If you could have personally witnessed one historical event, what would it be?

Moses parting the Red Sea. That must have been awesome.

If, in your dreams, you could have created any one work of great art—a song, a painting, a movie, etc.— by another artist, what would it be? “Freebird,”

by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

That’s right, no vowels.

If a picture paints a thousand words, what are you doing in that picture?

Ahhhh … painting?

If you had to choose only one book for your library, what would it be? Cycle World magazine. Does that count?

If you were born 100 years ago, what would you be doing? Trying to figure out how to get more than one horsepower out of this old nag.

If you could take back one sentence you’ve ever spoken, what would it be?

None. I have no regrets.

Actually, too many to list.

If we were to check in on Joey today, what would he be doing? He’d be canceled. Bummer.

This month, the Golden Globe–winning actor returns to Showtime for season three of Episodes.

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What About You? If you could be any fictional character, who would you be and why?

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