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FEED food coma 37 5 courses 38 stuff it 39 liquid 40 RESIDE 42 29 SEX 43 Can’t decide between beer or liquor? Have both. Here Noon Inthasuwan of Moksa prepares her Irish Dragon, one FLASH 44 of several cool concoctions featured in “Waiter, There’s a Beer in My Cocktail!” on page 29. Or maybe you need to quench an Olympian-strong thirst like our cover model (Shawn Sweeney of Maggie Inc.). He raced all the way to The david nicholas’S STUFF 46 Hawthorne in Kenmore Square, one of several spots featured in “Olympic Spirits” on page 22.

Letter from the Editor fanning myself with back issues ask us, Boston has no shortage help me finally score an orange pie can only do so much. Sitting on of innovators who consistently slice in Trivial Pursuit.) And since the windowsill, just beyond arm’s raise the on cocktails, from even cocktail nerds can crave an reach and mocking me like a lineup inventive individual mixologists ice-cold beer when the mercury of little boozy dwarves, are several to collectives like the Greater rises, Liza Weisstuch investigated still-unopened liquor bottles Boston Beverage Society, which the increasingly prevalent trend of acquired in the course of lifestyle- is spending the summer planning beer cocktails. On page 29, she magazine research: some , the Hub’s first city-wide cocktail explores the myriad ways — from some whiskey, some mysterious for October (a prospect that enhancing aroma and texture to unmarked bottle that, when has us, pardon the bad pun, totally adding new flavor notes — that uncapped, may or may not give buzzing). beer can be used to create killer birth to a bean stalk. You know, So we were able to find a mixed drinks. And the rest of the tools of the trade. number of delicious drinks that are issue runneth over with more It’s all I can do to resist perfect for sipping this summer. cocktail, style, and entertainment rewarding myself with a long pour Since you’ll probably spend the coverage. of — well, something. Because next few weeks glued to the tube Pour yourself something I need a drink. on a hot summer day, nothing (and next to the A/C) watching strong and enjoy. I plan to. Lucky I’m writing this letter on tastes better than a cold cocktail. athletes swim, cycle, and sweat for me, drinking on the job is all in a the first 90-plus-degree day of It doesn’t even have to be of their way to gold medals, Adam day’s work. the year. (I think. Have fun fact- the colorful Miami Vice variety, Tokarz penned “Olympic Spirits,” checking that one, Ms. Houton.) the type served poolside in fake a guide to sporty cocktails you’ll My office feels like a greenhouse, coconuts with miniature umbrellas find on page 22. (Along the way, Scott Kearnan and I’m as red as a tomato. I’m or Krazy Straws. Any will do, he uncovered a slew of fascinating Editorial Director not a hot-weather kind of guy, and provided it’s well-made. And if you sports-related factoids that will @TheWriteStuffSK

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7.3.12 <5> HOT THREADS Our last experience with “nose art” was not a good one. It involved a particularly, ahem, phlegmatic classmate and a wad of compromised construction paper during indoor recess. (Move over, Pollock?) But for its new summer collection, Boston T-shirt brand Regan Smith Clarke (regansmithclarke.com) was inspired by a different kind of nose art: the graffiti- like images that creative military personnel paint on aircraft. Though it’s still done today, nose art is mostly associated with military life in the early and mid– hot 20th century, when pin-up girls and cartoon characters were especially popular subjects. (One famous example is a warmongering Mickey Mouse that German general Adolf Galland slapped on his Condor Legion.) The RSC designs hew mainly to such vintage-style illustrations, with bombs and missiles paired with goofy wolves and rabbits. If the Looney Tunes characters ever enlist, we have their uniform. Now, anyone know a fighter jet that drops Acme anvils?

HOT STEPPING Forget breaking in high heels; HOT if you ask us, transitioning into Ever wonder what the Boston -flop weather is the more would look like in 2012? (Our wager: painful prospect. (Plus, there’s hashtags like #OccupyOolong.) At the the added embarrassment of Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum those mangled talons we hid (Congress Street Bridge, Boston, all winter long.) Luckily, Lush 855.832.1773), which opened in late June, (166 Newbury Street, Boston, it looks an awful lot like it did in 1773. 617.375.5874) just trotted out its Just in time for Uncle Sam’s birthday, the limited-edition package Happy museum has unveiled its centerpiece: Feet ($24.95), specially designed replicas of all three ships involved in the for sandal . It includes the American Revolution’s precursory protest. Volcano Foot Mask for cleaning It also boasts impressive exhibitions of and deodorizing, Trade artifacts, but the museum isn’t just for Foot Lotion for moisturizing, an field-trip day: at the onsite Abigail’s Tea exfoliating Stepping Stone, and Room, overseen by nationally known the Geo Phyzz Bath Bomb, which tea master Bruce Richardson, you can will soothe your achy feet (and pour a cup of tea inspired by the varieties the rest of you) with a mix of sea that our forefathers poured overboard. salts and medicinal Hawaiian Sounds steeped in history. clay. It’s the toe-tal package.

HOT AND HOMESPUN The name M3 (382 Highland Avenue, Somerville, 617.718.6666) sounds awfully high-tech, like a secret government warplane or a men’s razor that shoots aloe — and laser beams. But the newly opened restaurant from chef Jason Owens has a decidedly low-fidelity feel and appeal. Owens, formerly of South Boston’s Local 149 and Newton’s The Biltmore, was inspired by his Nashville upbringing, and his grandmother’s recipes, to craft a menu of Southern comfort food: think she-crab soup, chicken and waffles, pan- fried catfish, and pig’s ear sandwiches. It’s served up in a 40-seat room of reclaimed- wood floors and countrified accents — pendant lights made from Mason jars, a pressed-tin ceiling, vintage wood-grain- vinyl trim, and a recycled ’50s-style fridge — that leave us feeling like we’ve found down-home deliverance from big-city bustle. Popping the top on a can of beer from M3’s selection of 20 doesn’t hurt, in that regard. Oh, and the name? It nods to the “meat and three” style of Southern diner, where patrons choose one main and three side dishes. Owens also offers composed plates inspired by childhood memories. Yum-mm.

<6> 7.3.12 bottom photo by melissa ostrow GET SEEN Close cultured GETthis... Anyone can make a or with a plain old . But it takes an artist with equal parts swagger and street savvy to wield the Graffiti Cocktail Shaker ($22). Cleverly disguised as a spray can, this 14-ounce stainless-steel shaker has a built-in strainer and drink recipes conveniently printed on its label. (Of course, in true street-artist fashion, you can always go freestyle by mixing up your own alcoholic creations.) Pick up this cool tool at Davis Squared (409 Highland Avenue, Somerville, 617.666.6700), and make your next batch of beverages with an artistic flourish.

or that... If you’re more scientist than street artist, then study the chemical properties of rum and with the Test Tube Shot Set ($14). This playful plastic set includes six colorful shot glasses, which should help you determine the precise formula for hydrating yourself and your, um, study buddies. Snag a set at Urban Outfitters (11 JFK Street, Cambridge, 617.864.0070). Pretty soon, you’ll have at- home imbibing down to a science. — Susan Johnston left photo by Janice Checchio 7.3.12 <7> GETSEEN ...at the Young Friends of the Public Garden’s Summer Celebration

Christina Pierce, stylist and owner Nina Lewis-Schroeder, therapist William Schroeder, principal at W.R. Jessica Klapman, yoga instructor of Christina K. Pierce Agency & This lucky woman has a husband Schroeder Interiors That body-con looked fab Showroom with style. He bought her this DVF We spotted him and his turquoise on this fit yogi. Sign us up for her She turned heads in a bold floral dress, which she paired with a YSL slacks from across the room. He (clearly effective) classes. Milly dress, YSL sandals, and a clutch. bought the Isaia pants, which he Jessica paired the floral number Louis Vuitton bag. We were fascinated by her paired with a Battistoni jacket and from H&M with nude YSL shoes Christina’s style is all about headwear, loaned to her by her Tom Ford shoes, just before heading and a matching Christian Louboutin contrast: she defines her look as a friend Marie Galvin of GALVIN-ized over to the event — and even clutch for a perfect summer-party mix of conservative and uptown with Headwear. managed to have them tailored in ensemble. a sexy edge. Nina confesses that she has the nick of time! This look embodies her style For the touch, she cut herself off from buying more So we weren’t surprised by his top philosophy: she loves mixing high- swears by Essie nail polish — fascinators and hats. She already styling tip: invest in a good tailor. He end pieces with High Street finds, especially her shade of choice, owns too many to count! She loves recommends Sordillo’s on Newbury and she thinks that a good pair of “Trophy Wife.” (Nice work if you can them not only for the fabulous Street. shoes and a great bag can make any get it!) fashion statements, but for the easy William uses his interior outfit. No argument here! As a rule, she never precisely fix on bad hair days. designer’s eye to create perfect matches her nail polish to her bowtie and pocket-square pairings. outfits. Instead, she chooses a nail His rule? Make sure the colors and color that accentuates a single patterns complement each other, shade in her outfit to make it really but don’t make the mistake of being pop. too matchy-matchy.

STUFFY: High(-Proof) Society At one point or another, many of us have dreamt of entering an elite society. But the Skull and Bones, Freemasons, and Illuminati all seem like awfully tight circles. (And besides, we just don’t know any virgins we can sacrifice at the next full moon. They’re a dwindling lot, okay?) Thankfully, we can still enjoy a sense of privilege and prestige, minus the cloak-and-dagger initiation ceremonies, with the help of Todd Maul, bar director at Clio (370A Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 617.536.7200). Those with deep pockets and deeper tolerance can rise to the ranks of the Clio Cocktail Club by trying each and every concoction on the restaurant’s cocktail menu. But wait: with more than 90 drinks listed, this is no small (or inexpensive) feat. The roster is divided into some traditional departments — aperitifs, cocktails, and Tiki drinks and , for instance — but also includes outliers like the forebodingly named “Mad Scientist’s Lab” category. (Ooh! Abandon sobriety all ye who enter here!) Club applicants receive a personal cocktail list that Maul will sign after each order, and those brave souls who complete the challenge reap great reward — though not global domination as part of the New World Order. (Bummer!) But we’re perfectly happy with the offer of a private cocktail class with Maul and a free overnight stay at the luxurious Eliot Hotel, located right upstairs from Clio. After all that imbibing, something tells us we’re going to need it. — Miles Howard

<8> 7.3.12 GET SEEN PHOTOS BY michael young; text by renata certo-ware

GETclose ...with Aubrey O’Day

Boston sports fans know what it’s like to come this close to a title, only to have it snatched away. So does singer — and devout Boston Celtics fan — Aubrey O’Day. O’Day, who rose to fame as Diddy’s protégée on Making the Band as part of girl group Danity Kane, was an odds-on favorite to win this year’s Celebrity Apprentice season. But she placed an unexpected third, getting fired because her fiery attitude didn’t sit well with Donald Trump. (Nor did it with the ultimate winner, Arsenio Hall, O’Day’s frequent verbal- jousting partner on the show; the two haven’t spoken since.) But O’Day is already on to the next thing: April saw the release of her power-pop single “Wrecking ,” a taste of her upcoming album. And the hardcore Celtics fan — who once modeled for a photo shoot covered only by green paint and a strategically placed basketball — was a fixture at playoff games. We caught up with O’Day while she cheered courtside, partied at the Greatest Bar and GEM, and popped by a Boston Pride event at the Emerald Lounge. Have any good-luck rituals during Celtics games? I always wear my green Hanky Panky underwear. I have to keep washing them over and over. I don’t know why I haven’t bought extra pairs at this point. But that’s how you know it’s playoffs: my assistant is constantly washing green thongs. You’re from California. How’d you become such a Celtics fan? I fell in love with basketball through the Celtics when I moved to the East Coast. There was something about Celtics fans. I’d never seen fans who loved basketball more. There’s such a camaraderie with the team and passion for the athletes. And I have such respect for a team that plays like a team. Speaking of team players, one article called you the most “polarizing” contestant in Celebrity Apprentice history. Unfair? I am polarizing. But you know what? So is Donald Trump. So is Diddy. So are all the successful people I’ve ever worked for. To be a success, you have to stand out. If you were watching a man on that show and he behaved the same way I did, you’d respect him. You’d want him to win. You’d appreciate every move he makes and think he has a strong business mind. When it’s a woman, they call her a bitch or terms that have historically like projects that are indicative of me as a woman have a very liberal mother; she’s an entertainment been used to keep people in their place. I played it and what I’m learning at the time. I’ve grown lawyer and marched on the front line for women’s smart and with confidence, I knew my value, and I up on television, starting with little 18-year-old rights. I don’t believe in judging or limiting made sure everyone knew what was on my mind. Aubrey on Making the Band. I did Celebrity anyone’s lifestyle. That’s made me lovable in the How’d “Wrecking Ball” come about? I wanted Apprentice to see what kind of business woman gay world. I’m also super fashionable, gorgeous, to bring back the old-school pop feeling, where I was, where I couldn’t depend on my looks. I and fierce. But I fight for what’s right, including it’s not all about the way a track bumps in clubs, went through a phase, like with Playboy, where I equal marriage. . . . And this sounds silly, but and really force myself to sing. I love that the almost grew to depend on looks in an unhealthy when they picked Arsenio, a man who called a song is about taking ownership of a relationship. way. Celebrity Apprentice was getting back on woman a [expletive], slut, and whore on the show, There are so many songs about breaking up and track. I even dyed my hair red to get away from I understood what it was like to have everyone hurting. This song represents someone who is that whole blonde-sex-kitten thing. just smile in your face about acceptance. . . . I able to destroy a relationship that is unhealthy. I You competed for the Gay, Lesbian and said to GLSEN, I wanted you guys to take a stand like that message. Straight Education Network on The Celebrity against everything Arsenio said. For every boy Would you do another reality show like Apprentice, and you stopped by a GLAAD sitting in a sandbox scared to be gay, there’s a Oxygen’s All About Aubrey? I’d revisit it with a fundraiser in Boston. Do you have a lot of gay girl about to be called a slut. better network and more completed thought. I fans? I was always exposed to the community. I — Scott Kearnan

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<12> 7.3.12 Top photo copyright Annie Leibovitz. From “Pilgrimage” (Random House, 2011). ICAFIRSTFRIDAYS Art goes overtime on the first Friday of the month with guest DJs, live performance, gallery talks, specialty cocktails, and more.

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THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 icaboston.org GETpretty Metro 2.0 Guyliner: it’s not just for Johnny Depp anymore. First we noticed more guys sporting painted nails and eye makeup. (Besides Depp, mainstream stars like Billie Joe Armstrong and Adam Lambert regularly rock men’s makeup.) Then Italian hosiery designer Emilio Cavallini unveiled his collection of unisex tights, quickly dubbed “mantyhose.” They’re prominently featured in Madonna’s most recent video, “Girl Gone Wild,” where her all-male crew of backup dancers pairs them with sky-high stilettos. It seems style and beauty rituals typically reserved for ladies are now fitting into many men’s lives. The trend is even spilling over into home décor: the Massachusetts-based Yankee Candle Company, usually associated with feminine fragrances, recently debuted Man Candles, a new line boasting guy-friendly scents like the woodsy “2x4” and the grassy “Riding Mower.” The trend spans sexualities, attracting men who are straight, gay, and somewhere in between. And these are average guys, not celebrities in movies and music videos. Think of it as a follow- up chapter to the “metrosexual” movement, explains Sean, a Back Bay resident who preferred not to share his last name but admits to some nontraditional indulgences. “Guys dove head-first into trends that were originally for women, but weren’t properly tailored to men yet.” That’s changing. Spas have rolled out guy-focused offerings like the He-Wax menu at Bliss in the W Boston, which Sean enjoys every few months. The most popular selection is the “Ultimate He-Wax, a male Brazilian of cheeks, between cheeks, and as much off the front as you want,” says Emily Payne, Bliss’s lead esthetician. Since the spa introduced the service in February 2011, the staff have performed more than 170 He- Waxes. Not all of those guys would openly admit to having tried it. “There’s a definite stigma surrounding these trends,” says Sean when asked why he keeps his manscaping on the down-low. “I have a friend who lives with his wife in the suburbs and gets He-Wax done quite frequently. But it isn’t a common topic of discussion.” Though given the names of man-centric shades at women only, but their crossover appeal testifies Payne doesn’t think it should have to be like Evolution Man’s Pavement and Alpha Nail’s to a universal quality. “There’s a sense of vanity in taboo territory. “If a guy’s going through the pain Burnin’ Rubber, it’s clear they’re being marketed everyone,” says David, another local guy on the and paying the money, it only says positive things as war paint as much as polish. trend train. “No one wants to be unattractive to the about him, not something weird or deviant,” she Makeup for men is also on the rise, says Reva same or opposite sex. Guys take a little more care says. “He’s just taking care of himself.” And it’s Loudermilk, salon coordinator at Stilisti. While now than they used to. If there are little quick fixes, not necessarily a reflection of his sexuality. “It’s a ’80s rockers were known to slather the stuff on then why not?” stereotype that it’s just a gay thing,” says Payne. (Twisted Sister, anyone?), today’s man is using Still, a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy remains. “Ninety-five percent of our guests are straight. makeup more subtly. “You want the effect of these things, but don’t Girlfriends and wives send them in.” “Some will initially wear bronzer for a want the world to know you’re doing it,” says Besides, men need pampering too, adds or headshot and realize they enjoy the David, explaining why he wants to remain Sean. “While waxing isn’t the most relaxing thing, effects of it on a daily basis,” explains Loudermilk. anonymous. Under his shirt is Spanx for Men, visiting the spa or getting what I refer to as a She’s noticed that the SPF-boasting bronzer and his own secret weapon. The recently launched ManlyPedi — no polish/buff — shouldn’t be seen concealer from Jane Iredale’s H\E, a product line shapewear line finally brings men the same as taboo.” for men, is selling big. New entrants to the scene physique help that has allowed women to squeeze “I never get polish, but I have a few friends include Jean Paul Gaultier’s Monsieur, a line that into body-con for years. who have jumped on that bandwagon,” he offers eyeliner, powder bronzer, and concealer, “They don’t want to tell each other they do continues. They’re not exactly in bad company: and Canada’s 4VOO Distinct Man, which features it,” says Payne of men’s policies on such products celebs Zac Efron, Cash Warren, and Steven lash and brow styling glazes and shine-reduction and services. “I’m trying to change that . . . one Tyler (who also had a hand in that hair-feather powders. He-Wax at a time.” trend) have all been dipping into colored nails. Such products may have once been aimed — Cheryl Fenton

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pleasures on the weekend, which will be accompanied by uproarious is why you’ll often find us at MFA true stories at Prop It Up, a spirited Summer Fridays. Hosted in the 7 p.m. story slam at Doyle’s Café beautiful Calderwood Courtyard (3484 Washington Street, Jamaica at the Museum of Fine Arts Plain, 617.524.2345). The rules are (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, simple: come armed with a true 617.267.9300), each weekly party tale of your own and a special prop fills the sunny space with live music or costume, and be prepared to and signature cocktails. And this “slam” for five minutes in front of year’s kickoff will feature one of our the crowd. We suggest putting very own Boston’s Sexiest alums: in some practice; notes are the Kiss 108 producer and crooner Rich only off-limits accoutrement, and DiMare, who will DJ from 5:30 p.m. the most inspired performers will to 9:30 p.m. The fete is free with receive prizes. Grab tickets ($8) at museum admission ($20–$22 for eventbrite.com nonmembers). MONDAY, JULY 9 SATURDAY, JULY 7 We’ve still got our fingers crossed In music, a name like Wolf Gang that 2012 will yield great things for might suggest a pack of grizzled, the Red Sox. But should the whole long-nailed guitar shredders. But game go up in flames in July, you this breakout London outfit is the can turn your despair into a badge brainchild of a lead singer who of honor at Ceremony, a stone’s looks better suited for GQ than throw from Fenway at An Tua Metal Maniacs: the vocally gifted Nua (835 Beacon Street, Boston, and impeccably groomed Max 617.262.2121). This 9 p.m. weekly McElligott. After touring with Miike throwdown is the longest-reigning TUESDAY, JULY 3 Snow and Metric, McElligott and the goth and industrial in Noise-punk duo Sleigh Bells once reminded us of our early guitar- gang released their debut album, Boston — and a reliable source lesson days, when we’d crank the overdrive to 10 and rock the dentures Suego Faults, a soaring, soulful of indulgence for anyone who has from our downstairs neighbor’s jaws. But on their recently released cascade of numbers like “Lions in ever nursed a bad breakup with the sophomore album, Reign of Terror, ’s Alexis Krauss and Derek Cages” and “The King and All of Cure’s Disintegration or dreamt of Miller seriously stepped up their distortion-soaked game. Cuts like His Men.” Heavy on synth waves exploring East Berlin’s underground “Born to Lose” and “Comeback Kid” boast a more harmonic blend and falsetto howls, they play like club circuit. Come before 9:45 p.m. of pop vocal work and jagging guitar waves, sharpening Sleigh Bells’ a leaner, meaner Passion Pit. on game nights to bypass the $5 distinctive sound. They’ll showcase the new tracks with an 8 p.m. show Check them out for yourself during cover, and wear your best black. at House of Blues (15 Lansdowne Street, Boston, 888.693.2583). Grab tonight’s 9 p.m. show at Brighton tickets ($22.50–$35) at livenation.com. Music Hall (158 Brighton Avenue, TUESDAY, JULY 10 Allston, 617.779.0140). Listen to Too often, Europe’s summer WFNX 101.7 for ways to win free festival circuit attracts the hottest WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 first contact with acts like Florence tickets. acts in house music to the eastern Ever since we found ourselves on and the Machine, Franz Ferdinand, side of the pond, while we North the wrong end of a Roman candle and even Nirvana. Though our SUNDAY, JULY 8 Americans get the expired at the local fireworks display, the sister radio station will soon bid Props do not always enhance an leftovers. (What’s next? Eiffel 65 Fourth of July has been a sore listeners adieu, we can’t think of a entertainer’s act. (Exhibit A: Carrot on the Esplanade?) Thankfully, we subject for us. (No, seriously — better way to celebrate the station’s Top.) Fortunately, the sight gags continued on p18 we’re still sore.) This year, we’re groundbreaking run than by avoiding public-park pyrotechnics partying like a rock star at tonight’s and celebrating Independence WFNX Downtown Crossing Block Day with a healthy dose of Party. The weekly parties turn independent electronica at Wobble Summer Street into a destination Wednesdays, a weekly ritual at for live music from local bands, free Wonder Bar (186 Harvard Avenue, bites from nearby restaurants like Allston, 617.351.2665). Each Wobble Max and Dylans, and, of course, features a lineup of genre-jumping cold brews and creative cocktails. beat savants, spinning everything The party runs from 5 p.m. to 8 from fuzzy glitch-hop to ear-canal- p.m., provided the weather is up to crushing dubstep. Fuel your dance- July’s sunny standards. floor moves with a Wobblesauce cocktail, heavy on high-end vodka FRIDAY, JULY 6 and festooned with glowing straws. Once upon a time, we’d only Doors open at 9 p.m., and the cover have kicked off the weekend is $5. with a museum trip if it involved a big yellow school bus, a signed THURSDAY, JULY 5 note from Mom or Dad, and an For nearly three decades, WFNX obligatory lunch stop at the Mass served as our portal to new sonic Pike McDonald’s. But as adults, universes, helping us establish we actually (gasp!) crave cultured WFNX Downtown Crossing

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continued FROM p16 eccentric sounds. Tonight’s kickoff, can rely on Rumor (100 Warrenton the first of four weekly installments, Street, Boston, 617.422.0045) to will feature Boston sax legend Elan add subwoofer-frying flair to our Trotman, gourmet appetizers and schedule with Venu Tuesdays. This cocktails, and plenty of magic-hour long-running weekly party features dancing. The soiree starts at 5:30 veteran DJ Roger M and brings the p.m., and admission is free. latest cuts of international house to the floor. When tossed with Top FRIDAY, JULY 13 40 tracks through a killer sound If you thought the Occupy protests system, his live mash-ups get the were a sight to behold, imagine weekday workforce freewheeling living in 1789 Paris. Storming a till the wee hours. Doors open at prison to challenge the king’s 10 p.m., and tickets are $25 at reign makes public chanting and rumorboston.com. tent cities look awfully cordial by comparison. Tonight, we salute WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 those riotous revolutionaries with We never thought we’d be back at the French Cultural Center (53 the Boston Children’s Museum Marlborough Street, Boston, THURSDAY, JULY 12 (308 Congress Street, Boston, 617.912.0400), which is celebrating At first, the Kate Miller-Heidke song “Politics in Space” seems like 617.426.6500) after we smuggled its 37th Bastille Day Party. From rote but competently made pop rock. Then Miller-Heidke blasts the out a pair of slippers from the 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., the epic dance song into the stratosphere, complementing its acoustic guitar slaps Japanese House at age six. (Shh!) party will take over Back Bay’s with spiraling vocal swells that would be at home in an opera house. But this summer’s Fort Point Marlborough Street between It’s no new trick for the Australian songstress. Since 2000, Miller- Music Series gives us reason to Berkeley and Clarendon. Expect Heidke has combined classically trained pipes, melodic piano work, return. Thrown on the wharf just performances from lightning- and six-string compositions with an alt-pop sensibility, resulting in outside the museum doors, this fingered guitarist Diblo Dibala and dramatic numbers like “The Last Day on Earth.” Fresh off the release evening series — formerly known Franco-funk band Sarazino, plus of her third album, Nightflight, Miller-Heidke comes to Cambridge as Night Life — caters to a young gourmet French munchies, beer, for a 9 p.m. show at T.T. the Bear’s Place (10 Brookline Street, professional crowd with a soft and . Reserve your tickets ($28) Cambridge, 617.492.0082). For tickets ($9), visit ticketweb.com. spot for a lounge atmosphere and at frenchculturalcenter.org.

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Sarazino the table. Samples are unlimited, that excels at reaching young but get there early to make sure professionals. Grab tickets ($75) at you can sip all the best stock. opusaffair.org. Sessions start at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., and tickets ($45) are available at MONDAY, JULY 16 eventbrite.com. We’ve spent plenty of ponderous nights under a starry sky, SUNDAY, JULY 15 contemplating our place in the These pages have frequently universe (or maybe just wondering featured the work of Opus Affair, whether that fried chicken pilfered a networking group for young from the office fridge was still professionals with a taste for the edible). But sometimes, the fine arts. Now four years old, the mysteries of the cosmos just aren’t growing group is throwing its enough to blow our minds. So we biggest bash to date: The Big thank Boston rock quintet Ghosts Party. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., of Jupiter for shaking up our solar regulars and newcomers alike will system with Ghosts of Jupiter: converge at Eastern Standard Music Experience. Now playing at (528 Commonwealth Avenue, the Charles Hayden Planetarium in Boston, 617.532.9100), which will the Museum of Science (1 Science be transformed into a 1920s-style Park, Boston, 617.723.2500), this garden party à la The Great Gatsby, new show pairs the band’s booming SATURDAY, JULY 14 we’re clearing our schedules for complete with tasty snacks, drums, screaming guitars, and We remember when a cool Corona the Drink Craft Beer Summerfest inventive cocktails, live music, and chilly vocal melodies with a retina- would keep us sated during a at the Center for Arts at the games like croquet. Also on the popping video and light show. July day. But with so many craft Armory (191 Highland Avenue, agenda is the unveiling of Opus For tickets ($10) to this evening’s breweries and bars in the area, Somerville, 617.718.2191). The fest Affair’s first Audience Choice 5:30 p.m. show and the complete our palates now crave copious will focus on earthy farmhouse Award, which will go to an arts schedule, check out mos.org. hops, rare malt extracts, and , bringing New England’s best organization (like the Boston Ballet’s — Miles Howard more unorthodox ingredients (see: brewers — like Smuttynose, Pretty Young Partners or the Huntington For more event picks, sign up for our Rogue’s bacon-maple ale). So Things, and Peak Organic — to Theatre’s 35 Below program) email list at stuffboston.com/subscribe.

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Alana Douvros lepidolite prong earrings, $285, and Kenneth Jay Lane crystal bib necklace, WHERE TO SHOP $815, both at Good; Alexis Bittar pavé gold gem-cluster tear earrings, $255, Yves Saint Crush Boutique, 264 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.424.0010 Laurent “Arty” oval ring with green stone, $290, and Alexis Bittar pavé gold imitation-emerald pendant, $275, all at Intermix; Taolei square stone ring, $62, and Kolton.J lemon-quartz Flock, 274 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, 617.391.0222 bracelet with figure-eight links, $195, both at LIT on Newbury; Sonya Renée teal adjustable Good, 88 Charles Street, Boston, 617.722.9200 drusy ring, $98 at Crush Boutique; London Manori cut-stone pendant, $118, and Samantha Intermix, 186 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.236.5172 House “Toni” agate bracelet with gold chain, $118, both at Flock LIT on Newbury, 223 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.8637

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SpiritsBy Adam Tokarz When the 2012 Summer Olympics kick off in London on July 27, athletes from around the globe will prepare to hoist javelins, sink into tuck positions, and square off in fighting stances — all with the common goal of raising their arms in triumph and wrapping medals around their necks. It’s a noble goal, one that’s steeped in tradition and drenched in blood, sweat, and tears. But across the pond in Boston, the only liquids we plan to spill are cocktails, sloshed as we take in the games from a bar’s big-screen TV. So where should we go to get in the intoxicating spirit of the Olympics? STUFF scoured sports history books, culled enough athletics-related trivia to fill a season of Jeopardy, and curated a that seem like appropriate alcoholic companions for half a dozen of the summer’s featured competitions. So sit back, tip back, and let the games begin.

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SPORT: Archery SPORT: Cycling SPOT: Clio (370A Commonwealth Avenue, SPOT: Island Creek Oyster Bar (500 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 617.532.5300) Boston, 617.536.7200) COCKTAIL: The Bicyclette COCKTAIL: The Bull’s-Eye Gin & Tonic Drinking has long been central to the world of cycling, but riders have imbibed more than just Archery is a sport with a significant place water. Over the past century, some have downed dangerous concoctions in attempts to dull in English history, and not just because the pain and gain a competitive edge. (Here’s one infamous tragedy: renowned British cyclist Tom country boasts folklore’s greatest archer. Simpson died on Mont Ventoux during the 13th stage of the 1967 Tour de France after ingesting (Apologies to Katniss Everdeen, but Robin a combination of alcohol and amphetamines.) We certainly recommend steering clear of such Hood and his merry men have had fans since volatile cocktails, and we’ve discovered a much safer, sweeter course of action. As Olympians the 15th century.) Archery was once considered cruise the English countryside and pop wheelies on BMX courses, you can coast into Kenmore central to the strength of England’s military; Square for Island Creek Oyster Bar’s Bicyclette, an aperitif of St. Germain, , lemon from 1330 to 1414, British kings actually juice, and cava. It bears some resemblance to the classic Italian Bicyclette, a Campari spritz banned other sports because they distracted supposedly named for older Italian men’s preferred mode of transport when heading into town men from practicing archery — which was, for an afternoon drink. (Then they “wobble home on their bikes,” writes famed chef Fergus by royal decree in 1363, a requirement on Henderson in his book Beyond Nose to Tail.) And the inclusion of St. Germain brings to mind Sundays and holidays. Funny enough, British Seattle-based mixologist Jamie Boudreau’s cocktail La Bicyclette; its name nods to the bikes soldiers also played a surprising role in the that deliver elderflowers from the Alps to market, where they’re bought by St. Germain’s distillers. development of the modern-day : ICOB has perfected its own approach here, and the refreshing result goes down very smoothly. in the 19th century, malaria-suffering army Even though you won’t be racing, enjoy responsibly. Too many of these, and your head will be officers of the British East India Company took spinning faster than a Schwinn tire. to combining curative quinine tonic with gin, lime, and sugar to improve the taste. We’ll toast to the two legacies with Clio’s Bull’s-Eye Gin creates a marked bull’s-eye effect. Once the drink’s color and infusing a citrusy taste. The & Tonic. The cocktail features specialty ice cubes are doused with Death’s Door gin and result: a creative cocktail that really hits the cubes filled with loomi (dried black lime), which , the ice melts, transforming the spot.

<24> 7.3.12 photos by joel veak SPORT: Tennis SPOT: Deep Ellum (477 Cambridge Street, Allston, 617.787.2337) COCKTAIL: The Tommy Noble At this year’s Olympics, men’s and women’s tennis competitions will take place on the well-manicured grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, home to the annual Wimbledon tournament. If these historic courts could talk, they would recount epic back-and-forth battles between tennis greats like Sampras, Agassi, and McEnroe. (They’d also probably complain about the constant foot traffic.) But spectators might best appreciate Wimbledon’s claim to England’s first Pimm’s bar, a significant milestone in the intersecting histories of sport and drink. Pimm’s was created in 1823 by James Pimm, a British oyster-bar owner who offered his pub’s signature drink (a gin-based beverage containing quinine and spices) as a digestive aid. The soothing concoction was served in a small tankard called a “No. 1 Cup,” which became the name of the brand’s first and most popular formulation. The drink won fans across England, and the first Pimm’s bar debuted at Wimbledon in 1971. Now more than 80,000 pints of the modern-day Pimm’s Cup cocktail — a pairing of Pimm’s No. 1 Cup and — are poured there annually. Though we can’t make it to the club for the Olympics, we can try Deep Ellum’s riff on the tennis world’s trademark cocktail: the Tommy Noble, a dignified blend of gin, Pimm’s, lemon, and . The proof is lower than that of many cocktails, so you can have a few without fear of seeing doubles.

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SPORT: Equestrian Dressage SPORT: Swimming SPORT: Football SPOT: The Beehive (541 Tremont Street, SPOT: City Bar (65 Exeter Street, Boston, SPOT: Forum (755 Boylston Street, Boston, Boston, 617.423.0069) 617.933.4800) 857.991.1831) COCKTAIL: The Beehive Julep COCKTAIL: The Willy Wonka COCKTAIL: The Golden Boot In 1938, Churchill Downs began selling mint Speed, strength, and stamina are crucial In the 1960s, English football was synonymous juleps in souvenir cups for 75 cents a pop. Since for swimmers competing in this year’s with drinking. Many of the league’s top-tier then, the cocktail has become a full-flavored Olympic Games. And if we’re to believe 2008 talents led booze-fueled public lives, and it fixture on the equestrian scene, synonymous Olympic gold medalists Nathan Adrian and wasn’t uncommon for teammates to stop practice with the venerable Kentucky Derby, floppy hats, Ricky Berens, among other swimmers, so for a liquid lunch at the pub or share a bottle and the infield antics of bow-tied boozehounds. is chocolate milk. Wait — what? For 2012, of whiskey in the locker room before a cold- To celebrate the drink’s 75th year at the races, the Milk Processor Education Board (the weather game. Manchester United’s George Best, Woodford Reserve created 75 collectors’ gang behind those “Got Milk?” ads) has perhaps Britain’s first celebrity footballer (who glasses for the 2012 Kentucky Derby (10 of teamed up with USA Swimming, the national later received a liver transplant as a result of his which, deemed “prestige” cups, were plated governing body of competitive swimmers, drinking), famously said, “I spent 90 percent of my in 24-karat gold, outfitted with a diamond- for a marketing partnership that has half a money on women, drink, and fast cars. The rest I encrusted horseshoe, and accompanied by a dozen Olympians touting chocolate milk as wasted.” Boozing permeated football culture until whopping $2,000 price tag). Of course, we’re an effective after-workout drink. (Chocolate the mid ’90s, when an influx of foreign players and still content to honor tradition by sipping mint milk’s appeal is further buoyed, the campaign managers arrived at English clubs. But if you ask juleps from the customary silver cup, as they’re claims, by research data.) We’ll subscribe us, English football fans have reason to raise a served at — surprise, surprise — Julep Bar to any chocolate-based regimen that leads glass this year: in 2012, England’s football squad (200 High Street, Boston, 617.261.4200). But to six-pack abs, but something tells us we will participate in the Olympics for the first time in celebration of the lesser-known practice shouldn’t trade in protein shakes for Nesquik since 1960. To celebrate, head down to Forum of equestrian dressage (aka “horse ballet”), quite yet. While we’re skeptical about and order the Golden Boot, a featured cocktail on an Olympic event, we suggest trying a horse chocolate milk’s ability to replace electrolytes, the “Liquid Brunch” menu. Sure, it’s delicious, a of a somewhat different color: trot down to we do have faith in the buzzworthy benefits of blend of Double Cross vodka, apricot, and the Beehive for its Beehive Julep, a twist on City Bar’s Willy Wonka, a smooth chocolate- with a Galliano mist. But the Golden Boot is also, the trackside classic that swaps the standard flavored that features Godiva appropriately enough, the name of an award given bourbon base with Don Q rum and Clement white and dark, swimming with white crème to a football league’s top goal scorer — which Creole Shrubb . Stirred with fresh orange, de cacao. It’s like a grown-up answer to a makes it the perfect choice for cheering England’s lime, and mint, it’s bound to put some giddy-up chocolate shake, and it sure does a body return to the Olympics’ esteemed competition. in your step. good.

<26> 7.3.12 crossWhen it comes to cocktails, few local- mindsco are as inventiveun as Jackson Cannon,tr bar managery of Eastern d Standard,ri Island nCreek Oysterki Bar, andng The Hawthorne (500A Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 617.532.9150), where he is also a co-owner. What’s his latest feat? Starting July 27, he’ll unveil a new cocktail inspired by a different Olympics-participating country on each day of the games. Cannon, working with his winning beverage team (including Nicole Lebedevitch and Scott Marshall, seen here), drew from the Hawthorne’s extensive collection of hand-selected spirits, , and from around the world. They will steer clear of the standard Irish and Moscow Mules. Rather, personal travel and cocktail experiences have inspired the imaginative program. To give us a taste, Cannon shared three exciting sneak peeks — plus recipes for trying them at home.

COUNTRY: The Netherlands COCKTAIL: The Dutch Oven

• 2 oz. of barrel-aged Bols Genever • 2 sugar cubes • 3 dashes of Peychaud’s bitters • 1 dash of Regans’ orange bitters • 1 capful of soda water

Place sugar cubes, bitters, and soda water in a mixing glass. Muddle into a smooth paste. Add Genever and ice and stir. Place an ice ball into a chilled double glass and strain the cocktail over the ice. Garnish with in-and-out grapefruit twist.

COUNTRY: Argentina COCKTAIL: The Argentino

• 1½ oz. of Fernet-Branca • 1 dash of Angostura orange bitters • Mexican Coca-Cola

Mount Fernet and bitters in a glass. Fill with Kold- Draft ice and top with Mexican cola. Garnish with a long channel-knife peel of orange.

COUNTRY: Ireland COCKTAIL: The

• 1½ oz. of Slieve Foy six-year-old • ¾ oz. of Green • ¾ oz. of Carpano sweet

Stir, strain into a chilled cocktail coupe, and garnish with a cherry.

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On a recent Friday night at the tony bar and the variables are legion: sandals? Functionality is fine, but No. 9 Park, bartender Ted Kilpatrick shaken or stirred, white spirits or eccentricity is often better. Consider fumbled in his pockets. He couldn’t aged, up or on the rocks, bourbon another one of Kilpatrick’s inventions: find the wine key he was looking for, or rum or tequila or vodka. Mention the Zimmermann Telegram. It so he grabbed a shaker tin and used of stout or lager? Not so much. But “Beer as a evolved from the Morning Glory, it to pop the cap on a hefty bottle of a movement is afoot. Bartenders are a drink popular in the late 19th Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. adding brews to their ingredient lists, century, made with Scotch, a tiny bit A bartender cracking open a beer harnessing beer’s assorted qualities base won’t of , lemon, sugar, and egg shouldn’t be a noteworthy moment to introduce effervescence, enhance whites. It’s finished with soda water — but this was. With focus and aromatics, modify mouthfeel, and work. That to give it some snap, and the of precision, Kilpatrick poured some of boost the body of a cocktail. And the soda lightens the intensity of the the mighty brew into a highball glass while not all beverage experts are Scotch. But Kilpatrick took a different bearing a potent mix of spirits. convinced, many are happy to would approach for his Zimmermann To many, this act might be innovate in this way. Telegram. a sacrilege. Or just nonsense. “We always consider the bastardize “It peaks too early if it’s just What’s a bartender at a high-end classics, but we want to progress,” soda,” he explains. “The Scotch establishment doing mixing beer says Kilpatrick, who is also the needs something bigger to finish and spirits? (Eew!) To the cocktail bar manager. While mixing beer everything. it. It’s traditionally finished with purist, this might seem like a misstep and liquor willy-nilly is a recipe for soda, but I found that it worked akin to wearing a Red Sox cap in the disaster, Kilpatrick demonstrates Whereas with a hefeweizen.” That led him . To the beer purist, something that, when done right, it can yield to try switching some of the other as complex as imperial stout is intriguing results. “Beer as a base ingredients. Swap out Scotch; add a work of craftsmanship worth won’t work,” he explains. “That would if you use . And tequila. Get rid of the savoring on its own, like a single malt bastardize everything. Whereas if soda, and bring in a Belgian beer, Scotch or a vintage Bordeaux. But you use it as a modifier, it’s beautiful. it as a Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Kilpatrick’s creation, the Mad Monk It can echo something in the drink. Tripel. Protein in the egg amplifies Fizz, is a work of craftsmanship in It can accent a high point. . . . Or, if the yeastiness of the Belgian brew, its own right: a dense, burly formula it’s used as a fizzing agent instead of modifier, it’s making for a decadent, formidable of spicy Rittenhouse Rye, funky Old wine or soda, it adds layers of flavor head. Monk Rum, sweet Zirbenz Stone to the drink instead of something beautiful.” At Local 149 in South Boston, Pine Liqueur, Tahitian vanilla, and a blank or flavorless.” beery effervescence serves a whole egg, finished with the stout. Translation: why pair a black — Ted Kilpatrick different purpose. Bar manager and It’s rich and dry, with roasty, dark- with black pumps bartender John Mayer uses a hoppy chocolate notes. when you could kick things up pale ale to give his cocktail a bit of Pick up a cocktail list in any a notch with polka-dot platform continued on p32

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sparkle and lift its aromatics. “I’m spirits, and recently American spirits, always thinking about aroma,” says and make cocktails out of them. Mayer. “In cocktails in general, there’s Same thing happens in the beer not always a lot of aroma going on. world. As long as you have drinkers It’s common to add lemon oil or who like individual liquids, spirits, orange peels, or top it with something wine, and beer are going to make like mezcal, to bring it all to the nose.” their way into cocktails.” But he employs another In fact, mixing beer with other method for his creation Prison ingredients has been a norm in Nickname, which incorporates some regions for a long time. The Pimm’s No. 1, crème de cassis, , for instance, is a brawny and a touch of lemon juice. He tops blend of tomato juice, lime juice, and this with Ommegang Belgian-style assorted sauces and spices, like Pale Ale and a spritz of Branca Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, Menta, a variety of Fernet-Branca, Tabasco, salt, and pepper, all mixed the notoriously heady, extremely into a pale Mexican lager like Corona. polarizing Italian digestif. Mayer uses Try walking a block in Mexico City it as an alternative to the common without finding a bar that serves mint sprig. them. In Germany it’s long been “In wine and beer, aroma is routine to add raspberry syrup to the everything. It adds so much to the wheat beer Berliner Weisse. And flavor experience,” explains Mayer. there are as many variations on the “Beer is carbonated, and having (aka shandygaff), a blend of the proper head gives it terrific beer and something bubbly, as there aroma. Carbonation propels aroma are wine regions in Europe: in Italy the molecules into the air. Cocktails Bicicletta combines beer and classic — not so much. They’re served ice- Italian soda; in many Latin American cold.” countries they reach for Fanta; and in Forward-thinking though Mayer Japan it’s beer and cola. may seem, he is quick to note that Drinks like that have helped he’s merely sticking to tradition. The Prison nickname at local 149 some skeptics, like noted beer writer “What we as Americans Lew Bryson, come to terms with the have done is take ingredients that, growing trend among mixologists. for whatever reason, taste good “Beer is carbonated, and having “My initial reaction was, why and combine them with other bother? I like beer. I like cocktails. I ingredients,” says Mayer. While, the proper head gives it a terrific don’t know why you would do that,” say, the Italians may be satisfied says Bryson. “Most mixes as I’ve drinking amari and on their aroma. Carbonation propels known them would knock the beer- own, creative combinations are part ness out of beer and take away what of America’s cocktail culture. “It’s aroma molecules into the air. I like about it. At the same time, I’ve the American way to take worldwide Cocktails — not so much.” — John Mayer drank the stuff. Occasionally I’ll make myself a shandy, or do the Michelada thing when I’m in Mexico. I don’t hate them and wanna blow them up with dynamite, but I’ve never had one that blew me away.” Other beer authorities express a more reluctant acceptance. “I can’t say I’ve ever had any experience with having a good , but nor have I actively sought it out,” says Will Meyers, the highly awarded brewmaster at Cambridge Brewing Company. “I’m familiar with the fact that they exist, especially because the beers I make require blending a lot of things to make a finished product, and I know other people enjoy blending other things.” He admits, however, to having used beer in a on a lark. At an Extreme Beer Fest one year, he made beer Bloody Marys, mixing his Big Man Ale, a winter IPA that’s robust and malty and aggressively hopped, with spiced tomato juice and homemade pickled vegetables. the framingham at trina’s starlite lounge continued on p34

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“People liked it so much we had it on our brunch menu for a while,” he says. “It was delicious, but it also seemed silly.” Perhaps. But Noon Inthasuwan will make any agnostic a believer. The bar manager and bartender at Moksa in Cambridge loves vermouth, flavored with aromatic herbs. Inthasuwan finds that wines add a mouthfeel to a cocktail that you just can’t get from high-proof spirits. If wine’s lower alcohol content can have a useful effect, she figured, why not try beer? Especially in the summer months. Or better yet, why not wine and beer? Enter: the Irish Dragon. In it, she blends robust Spanish ruby port, a bright Italian digestif called Cocchi Barolo Chinato, and Murphy’s Irish Stout. (If only all international gatherings yielded such spectacular effects. Take notes, United Nations.) The drink has a rich roastiness thanks to the stout, offset by raisiny and ripe-cherry fruitiness. There are other reasons why bartenders are using beer as they develop drinks. Some employ it as a stand-in for a spirit. Jason Goodwin, another bartender at Local 149, used beer to craft a variation on the Prospect Park, a dark, stirred drink with Aperol, Punt e Mes vermouth, and Luxardo Maraschino liqueur. Substituting a smoked rye beer for the whiskey gives the drink body and blasts it with a gust of smoke. Of course, no trend is official until a brigade of ironic practitioners unleashes a witty sneak attack. Witness the cocktail list at Trina’s Starlite Lounge. Here you’ll find five drinks that list “BLL” among the ingredients. No, it’s not the newest house-made vermouth or artisanal Latin American spirit made from the nectar of an obscure stone fruit. It’s a beer — a popular one, in fact. the irish dragon at moksa You’ve probably seen an empty bottle of it littering your sidewalk if you live anywhere in the vicinity of minded cocktail enthusiast and you beach beer” in a serious cocktail a college campus. Need us to spell “My initial taste it with your eyes closed, you’ll echoes the foodie trend whereby it out? “BLL” stands for Bud Light never know Bud Light Lime is in chefs give comfort food a classy Lime. reaction was, there.” makeover. If chefs can gussy up “The cocktail revolution is why bother? Among the BLL-laden results mac ’n’ cheese with truffle oil, or if a strong in Boston. I’m proudly in the at Trina’s is Jackie’s Packie, a nod high-end establishment like Clio can thick of it, but it can get a little bit I like beer. I to those spoofy “Real Housewives deliver an upscale twist on ramen, stuffy,” says Beau Sturm, bartender of South Boston” videos — it’s a why can’t a lawnmower beer find its and co-owner of Trina’s. “Our like cocktails. I with a light beery fizz. way into a well-crafted cocktail? mainstay is serious cocktails, but The Somerville Cup #2.1 is a spin “We’re providing what what we really want to do in spring don’t know why on the Pimm’s Cup, a quintessential customers want,” says Sturm. and summer is put some levity on summer sip. And the Framingham “Last year it was derivatives of Old the list, to move away from that really you would do Mojito has BLL folded in at the end Fashioneds that sold. Now that’s scholastic attitude toward cocktails.” that [combine instead of soda water. shifting. People are going out and “Also, they’re delicious,” he In many ways, the use of what wanna have fun again. Mixologists continues. “If you’re an open- them].” — Lew Bryson Sturm refers to as a “lawnmower/ are responding to that.”

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The Campbell Brothers The Campbell Brothers July 11 Ghost Train Orchestra Prepare yourself for a “sound as hot July 18 as brimstone that kicks holy butt” (NPR). Get your groove on with electric Celebrate with “music from the steel-guitar driven gospel music. heart of the Jazz Age that still has a raucous immediacy” (The Boston Phoenix). Ghost Train Orchestra

Animal Hospital Ensemble Oliver Mtukudzi August 1 A herd of guitarists, string players, and drummers and the Black Spirits forge “an intense beauty” ( Boston Globe) through July 25 layered loops and meticulously crafted melodies. Experience a rare, intimate performance with this Zimbabwean superstar whose husky voice shakes the trees. Oliver Mtukudzi

Patty Larkin August 2 Don’t miss this perennial favorite—“a virtuoso guitar player and mood shaper . . . whose mature work is comparable to the best of Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Animal Hospital Ensemble Williams” (The New York Times).

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foodcoma Egg in a Jar at West Bridge Not very long ago, Kendall Square became a desert every weeknight, as bitter greens, and tart, firm gooseberries. Any two of those elements pair thousands of nearby office workers fled the area at the stroke of six. Who beautifully; in total, they’re a minor symphony. This big salad goes nicely could blame them? The neighborhood had barely any worthy dining and with a glass of draft (!): Montelvini prosecco ($8) is a lightly drinking destinations. But a dozen terrific places have opened there in the past acidic, gently fizzy, and bargain-priced refresher. year, many of them reviewed in this column, though frankly we’ve wondered The highlight of dinner is less conventional: egg in a jar ($12), a gently when the winning streak might end. West Bridge (1 Kendall Square, Building poached duck egg served in a miniature mason jar, floating in a suspension 300, Cambridge, 617.945.0221) won’t be that failure: it’s a terrific independent of pomme purée, layered with hen-of-the-woods mushrooms, and topped effort doing original, French-leaning, locally sourced New American cuisine. with crunchy, flat shards of fried chicken skin, meant to be gently stirred The look is familiar in a neighborhood where many restaurants to combine. It’s slightly absurd in its faint echoes of baby food, but the occupy ground-floor spaces in modern office buildings: soaring ceilings, contrasting textures and flavors of the creamy potatoes, runny yolk, earthy reclaimed wood, industrial metal finishes, many tall windows, a cozy patio. fungi, and crisp skin offer a dreamy comfort that the overused term “comfort The first-rate craft-cocktail program is helmed by Josh Taylor (ex-Eastern food” doesn’t begin to approach. Maybe infantilization is the point: this dish Standard) and features inventive specialties like the Wheelwright ($11), a can make you coo like a contented newborn. Chef Matthew Gaudet doesn’t superb aperitif made with fino , Dolin bianco, Galliano liqueur (which always veer so far afield of convention, serving plenty of entrées centered lends a radioactive yellow tint), and Wray & Nephew overproof rum. A on beautifully plated slabs of protein like Arctic char ($25) and bone-in ribeye small plate of crispy pig’s head ($13) obviates any potential offal horror by ($53, serves two). But his early efforts here show a confidence and wit that rendering it as a puck coated with crunchy batter; mustard aioli and tart makes West Bridge a worthy competitor to nearby indie-chef smashes like little cubes of pickled rutabaga provide a lovely counterpoint to its faintly Bergamot and Bondir, raising Kendall Square’s newfound game to a pricier, gamy notes. Dandelion ($11), falsely advertised as “small,” features spiky, more refined level. slightly metallic, grassy dandelion greens, darkly rich and moist duck confit, — MC Slim JB

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COURSES with: Susan Regis of UpStairs on the Square

P5erhaps the least-known member of Boston’s culinary royal family, Susan Regis landed her very first job working with the young Lydia Shire at Seasons, the fabled kitchen that also launched Jasper White, Gordon Hamersley, and Jody Adams. Regis was the pixie at the prep table, a high-energy, low- profile, natural cook who was respected by her colleagues, beloved by her staff, but possibly overlooked by the public (even as she earned a James Beard award and other accolades). Now that she’s stepped up as the executive chef at UpStairs on the Square (91 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, 617.864.1933), we thought this would be a good time to let everyone in on the secret that is Susan Regis. Why are you always so under the radar? Call me the reluctant chef. I love cooking but hate talking about it. Cooking is what I do best, and I really, honestly, truly don’t care who gets the credit. I suppose I have phobias. I have a little of the “I’m not worthy” mentality. You spent a lot of time working with Lydia Shire. Did you ever mind being in her shadow? Are you kidding? Lydia was an amazing mentor! I worked with Lydia for 18 years in Boston at Seasons, in LA at the Four Seasons, and back together in Boston at Biba. We used to say that I was the “ba” in Biba. We traveled the world together — Europe, China, South America. I still have a box of all the menus we wrote together, over 50, and they are still “au courant.” When people in LA still wanted skinless, boneless chicken breasts, we were already preparing offal. I did get overshadowed by Lydia, but I learned so much being in her shadow! Maybe a few years on the couch would help? You could work anywhere. Why UpStairs? I am sitting here looking at the pink and gold walls, bright colors that pop and bring me energy — like adding sea salt and lemon to a dish. UpStairs is such an energizing place to be. Every day is different. In the course of a day, I’ll do eight different things: a private lunch, a , plan a menu for Grill Night. . . . I love working where there are so many balls in the air and I have to respond in real time. For a chef, having to improvise is great. Cooking on the fly is an invitation to excellence. What’s the hallmark of a Susan Regis dish? Simple is best, but simple is hard. There is no place to hide with simple. I try to do brilliant things with beautiful ingredients. What I love most is working with things that are in season and not over-fussing with the ingredients in a dish. There is something mind-blowingly fantastic about a perfectly made sandwich, a perfectly roasted chicken, or an aged piece of beef. I love teaching a young cook how to make a salad, being gentle with the lettuce leaves, chopping the fresh herbs and being mindful with the olive oil and the lemon, and carefully placing it on the plate — not just dropping it on the plate. Nuance is the genius of cooking and the privilege of being a seasoned cook. Why are you excited about cooking tonight? I am grilling artichokes, braising Korean short ribs and baby bok choy. I might add some ramps that I pickled, and if there are some amazing mustard greens at the 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116 farmers’ market, they might find their way into the mix. 617.357.4810 • www.davios.com — Louisa Kasdon Louisa Kasdon can be reached at [email protected].

<38> 7.3.12 photo by colleen magyar feed STUFFIT a way that ordering a cartoon-shaped ice-cream bar does not (at least until we get back to the office and realize there’s soy sauce on our shirts). Most of the food trucks roaming Boston streets have been developed by locals looking to jumpstart a new business. But an out-of-towner recently rolled in: The Taco Truck, which first revved up on the streets of New Jersey in 2009. Founded by husband-and-wife team Jason and Shachar Scott, it serves up an authentic, all- natural array of tacos and tortas. After garnering good business in Jersey, the Scotts extended their operation to New York and Boston, giving locals a chance to try the truck’s carnitas Michoacán ($4.50), a classic with slow-braised sweet pork, onions, cilantro, and pleasantly spicy salsa verde in two corn tortillas. We’re also fans of the seasonal agua fresca ($2), infused with organic, tangy lime. But make sure you save room for the real deal: the pescado ($5). Combining savory, fried-to-a-golden-crisp catfish with red cabbage, pico de gallo, zesty Mexican tartar sauce, and a mouthwatering chipotle salsa in a hot flour tortilla, this baby left us sated and longing for a siesta back at the office — even without any ice cream Adulthood has its heartbreaks. For us, the most Maybe that’s why we’ve become so fascinated for dessert. (For details on the Taco Truck’s stops painful has to be accepting that, no matter how with food trucks over the last few years. around town — which include City Hall Plaza, strong the urge, it is socially unacceptable for Somehow, ordering a gourmet grilled cheese, Copley Square, and Cleveland Circle — visit a grown man to chase after the local ice-cream a bánh mì sandwich, or a veggie burger from a thetacotruck.com.) truck in pursuit of a Pink Panther popsicle. tin-can kitchen allows us to retain our dignity in — Miles Howard PHOTO BY joel veak

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7.3.12 <39> liquid Slurred Words For a lot of us, summer reading assignments were a dreadful chore. (For others, they fueled our imaginations and made us dream about the magic of the written word. Then we got jobs at lifestyle magazines.) As adults, though, we find summer reading is actually exciting; it’s our chance to turn off the brain for a while, crack open some trashy lit at the beach, and read with a in hand. But wait, what kind of margarita? Or maybe we’d rather a Tom Collins or a Pimm’s Cup. But how do you make a Tom Collins again? And where were Pimm’s Cups invented, anyway? Now these are important subjects for summer studying. So we tapped some boozy bibliophiles for their picks for the best cocktail-related tomes around. — Luke O’Neil Got an idea for Liquid? Email [email protected].

• The Savoy Cocktail Book • Vintage Spirits and • “Spirit Journal” and • The Essential Cocktail: • Boozehound: On By Harry Craddock Forgotten Cocktails: From Kindred Spirits 2 The Art of Mixing Perfect the Trail of the Rare, the Alamagoozlum to the By F. Paul Pacult Drinks the Obscure, and the • Recommended by Mike and Beyond, 100 By Dale DeGroff Overrated in Spirits Batliner, bartender at Petit Rediscovered Recipes and • Recommended by Josh By Jason Wilson Robert Central the Stories Behind Them Taylor, bar manager at West • Recommended by Wayne By Ted Haigh Bridge Curtis, renowned spirits • Recommended by Frederic Back when the US was in writer at The Atlantic Yarm, blogger at cocktail the midst of Prohibition, • Recommended by Michael One problem home virgin slut (cocktailvirgin. American barman Harry Florence, bar manager at bartenders encounter One of the most influential blogspot.com) Craddock was becoming Pigalle when reading cocktail bartenders in the world, a legend at the American books is that they may not DeGroff is credited with The best books transport Bar in London’s Savoy When this indispensable always know what certain reintroducing the splendid us to another place and Hotel. Bartenders have compendium was published ingredients taste like. Luckily art of the well-made make us drunk on words. been singing his praises just a few years ago, many Pacult possesses one of the drink at the beginning That happens to be author ever since. “He was the bar of the cocktails we now take most renowned palates in of the cocktail revival. Wilson’s job description: master, creating amazing for granted as staples of the the world, and his quarterly This invaluable resource he’s a travel and spirits flips, fizzes, and smashes,” craft-bar world had been, as print newsletter (available walks readers through 100 writer for the Washington says Batliner, who calls the title suggests, forgotten. through subscription at essential cocktail recipes, Post and other publications. this book “a must-have for But Haigh, a Hollywood spiritjournal.com) and his variations, and histories. Boozehound is part a true barman.” It features graphic designer and cocktail second book of tasting “Everything you need to travelogue, part spirits 750 of Craddock’s most historian (aka Dr. Cocktail), did notes are great resources. know to entertain friends history, and part recipe popular recipes, many of a marvelous job resurrecting Says Taylor: “If you find a all summer, with a mix book — so his globetrotting which he invented, like the many of them from the dead. product you really like, you of enduring classics and adventures researching #2, and they Here he includes background go in there [in the book] and more-modern libations,” spirits (and pursuing the all feel as timeless now as stories about the recipes, say, ‘I like Beefeater gin. says Curtis. “Master three next great buzz) are as they did when the book was with brilliant graphics, period What’s similar to that?’ And or four of these, and you’ll interesting to casual readers first published in 1930. It photos, and resources for there are amazing tasting have friends for life.” as they are to cocktail just proves that everything some of the uncommon notes about everything. Or nerds. “Boozehound gives a a serious bartender needs ingredients, many of which maybe you say, ‘I wonder great history and overview to know today was already were no longer being what this sherry tastes like?’ on cocktails and spirits, perfected by Craddock then imported in the States until You can look in there, and he all with a dash of travel — except, maybe, how to books like Haigh’s renewed has very descriptive notes of adventure,” Yarm says. work the bar’s iPod. interest in them. Says what the spirit really is.” Florence, “This is the bible of the lost classics.”

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A. If you’ve been to dbar during one of its sing-along-style Show Tune Tuesdays, you At Home with Brian Piccini probably know its owner is a music fan. But we were surprised to learn Piccini was classically trained on the piano for 12 years. At age 16, he was playing professionally in a hotel lobby, where he first observed the ins and outs of the hospitality biz; as a college The restaurant owner’s home décor student, he tickled ivories in Top of the Hub’s lounge. And Piccini once recorded his hits all the right notes own Christmas album as a gift to friends and family when holiday funds were tight. Now Restaurant owner Brian Piccini knows how to entertain guests — you might find him playing Mozart, Chopin, or even a little Adele for party guests at this Sojin baby grand. But acoustic sounds aren’t his only love: Piccini once owned his own on and off the clock. They come to Dorchester’s dbar and Back recording studio, Decibel Productions, which turned out Billboard-charting dance music. Bay’s Deuxave for a refined but lively scene, filled with neighbors (Classy with a party side, indeed.) chatting, wine glasses clinking, and, not infrequently at the former, piano keys tinkling. And Piccini’s Dorchester home likewise reflects B. Souvenirs from a favorite getaway can brighten any room (and mood). Piccini owns a his sophisticated and super-social personality. As he puts it, it’s a beach house in Provincetown, and he keeps reminders of his Cape retreat in his home space that’s “clean, efficient, and classy, with a wild party side” — in the Hub. On one wall hangs a piece from artist Christopher Marley’s Pheromone much like its owner. When he’s hosting fetes, this open living area is collection, a jaw-dropping mosaic of iridescent beetles from WA in P-Town. (You can where you’ll find guests gathered for food, music, and wine. So we check out Marley’s work at pheromonedesign.com.) And Piccini’s table boasts a stopped in for a sip and a spot of conversation. striking red seaweed centerpiece from Provincetown boutique Shor. Each piece of the plant has been meticulously dried and glued upright, so it looks much as it did underwater. — Scott Kearnan Piccini named the plant Ursula after the voice-thieving villain of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (a flick whose songs have popped up more than once at Show Tune Tuesdays). A. B. C. The key to hospitality? “Making people feel welcome — and keeping their wine glasses full!” says Piccini. So it’s no surprise he keeps his prominently displayed wine rack filled with dozens of selections, including, naturally, a few bottles of Piccini Chianti from Tuscany. Turning your own collection into a showpiece is definitely one way to create an intoxicating accent wall. “The different labels of wine bottles are beautiful, so why not showcase them?” says Piccini. Other stylish details include Piccini’s silverware, glassware, cloth napkins, and candles, all the same as those kept at his restaurants. “And yes,” he admits, “I’ve had to run home to restock.”

D. Many of us have managed to make party favors part of our permanent décor. (We hate to break it to you, but that vase filled with wine corks isn’t that original.) But Piccini’s unique choice of throw pillow really takes the cake. If the face on it looks familiar, that’s because it belongs to Ricardo Rodriguez, a local realtor and social scenester. It’s a fun little remnant from one of Rodriguez’s birthday parties — and a reminder to get more creative with party souvenirs.

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What better way is there to do that than by getting up close and personal the nightclub was too loud and the city’s finest? your speech too slurred to resort to (gasp!) conversation, you may In October of 2012 the Greater Boston Beverage Society with hold the first ever well have tried to size up a sexual Boston Cocktail Summit, a three-day celebration of Greater Boston’s cocktail culture prospect with a look at what he designed to highlight the city’s fascinating history of mixology, New England’s or she was drinking. So lest this breweries, wineries, and distilleries and raise funds to help local charities. The Boston benevolent barfly’s enormous Cocktail Summit will celebrate the culture of the cocktail with three days of events, tabs and numerous blackouts be parties, educational seminars, and an opening gala with proceeds benefitting the for naught, I’ve come up with a newly established Greater Boston Beverage Society. For more information visit www. helpful guide that describes what a bostoncocktailsummit.com. choice of beverage says about the imbiber’s libido. (Warning: these Meet Kelly Unda, when she is not on her motorcycle or flying helicopters you can find are only the opinions of one tipsy her behind the bar at the Harvest or the Citizen Public House. She has been a part of tramp who has swilled from many a the Boston night-life for over a decade mixing, stirring and shaking up cocktails. Her questionable watering hole, so take cocktails have been featured in numerous publications in the Boston area. them with a rim of salt.) Cosmo Cougars. The cast of Sex and the City is now Brown-Liquor Boozers. • First bar job in Boston? menopausal, and this drink is no Freaks. Plain and simple. (And in saffron - indian restaurant longer trendy. Don’t be fooled by the best sense!) Fans of anything formerly on newbury st. attempts at age-defying facelifts: that has roots in Kentucky or the this is usually clutched in the land of the kilt are guaranteed to be • Spirit you can’t live without? taloned hand of someone who still wild. thinks vibrators are sexually avant- Rock Stars. If they go for the Whiskey garde. Bed this woman, and you’ll unabashedly undiluted — downing, likely end up at her suburban ranch say, just vodka on the rocks — with the kids sleeping in the next things could go either way. Expect • Spirit/liqueur/mixer you wish room. She’ll expect to wake to a bipolar sexual behavior: either people would drink/use more? marriage proposal. Beware! they’re alcoholics who won’t be Jug Heads. 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But you can expect • Most exciting up & coming interested in satisfying anything but their drink-ordering behaviors to trend in mixology? his own simmering bromances. mirror their bedroom practices. Crafty Cunnilinguists. The douchey, demanding guy not calling yourself a mixologist. My, oh my. Evidently, craft-beer who claims to know every alcohol drinkers like their brews with lots invented since mead — and insists • What you’re most looking of bawdiness. Yes, there’s a real on sharing his wealth of expertise forward to about the Boston brew called Wasatch Polygamy (yawn!) — will likely try to dominate Cocktail Summit? Porter. (“Why have just one?”) Then you in bed. This is, of course, there’s the SweetWater Happy despite not actually knowing what Bringing the party to Boston. Ending Imperial Stout, billed as he’s doing. Unless, that is, you’re showcasing our amazing bartenders and “a dry hopped stiffy, leading to an that girl at the bar squealing, showing how we have become a explosive finish.” (Hot.) And the “Geez, I don’t know what I want!” competitive cocktail city. Dogfish Head Golden Shower . . . You giggle, “I’ll try whatever!” He well . . . that was taken off the hears, “Jackpot.” shelves. Sex with such audaciously Cheers! And happy bar (and artsy folks will be as inventive as bed?) hopping. such oh-so-clever labels. And — Jeannie Greeley expect these ale aficionados to Jeannie Greeley is a pickled work almost as hard at pleasing freelance writer. She can be you as they do at becoming Mug reached at [email protected] CHEERS! SEE you at tHE Summit! Club members at the Parish Cafe. or her local bar. this is an advertorial

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6 7 blazers and baubles at the 8 9 fairmont battery wharf 1. Laurel Ciarcia and Cole Thompson; 2. Paul Morelli, Jeanne Racioppi, and Carl Christian; 3. Lisa Tiernan, John Collings, and Pamela Collings; 4. Erin Fitzgerald and Victoria Belliveau; 5. Marilyn Riseman and Mark Schwindenhammer; 6. Stephanie Schwartz and Meghan Johnson; 7. Brianne Chirokas and Caroline Meehan; 11 10 8. Mark Schwindenhammer, Bill Emery, and Chase Pennington; 9. Stephen and Tammy Menard; 10. Kathleen McAndrew, Eric Gauster, Christina Pierce, and Ryan Pierce; 11. Bill Belichick, Linda Belichick, Susan Wornick, Bianca de la Garza, and Jess Williams.

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the solid gold summer party 6 7 8 9 at the museum of fine arts 1. Katherine Ramsey and Jason Post; 2. Elizabeth Georgantas and Monica Numa; 3. Bianca de la Garza and Jess Williams; 4. Harry and Mandy Ross; 5. Janice Checchio and Jordan Winkler; 6. Michaela Flatley and Jessica Clew; 7. Elio Maggini and Jacqueline Houton; 8. Lauren Isabel, Jordan Lee, and Simreet 10 Khaira; 9. Tatiana Webb and 11 Dean Cestari; 10. Elsbeth Pratt, Ann Ehrhart, Tasha Manes, and Matt Manes; 11. Jason Rothe, Ashley Wisneski, Samantha House, and Nick Mathews.

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6 7 bully boy’s speakeasy at 8 9 the waterworks museum 1. Tom Weigel, Heather Willis, and Charlie Siegal; 2. Claudia Dunn and Steve Holmgren; 3. Ellen Soderberg and Mary Griffenhagen; 4. Vincent Yao, Melissa Pocek, and Lachlan Hicks; 5. Alison Morris, Jack Loftus, and Arestia Rosenberg; 6. Sarah Hall Weigel and Meg Siegal; 7. Abby Bridgeo and Michelle Laczkoski; 8. Caitlin 11 10 Thompson, Rachel O’Connor, and Elisha Law-Simmonds; 9. Leah Lovgren and Julian Lewis; 10. Becky Firth, Matt Sullivan, Lisa Patterson, Liz Sullivan, Scott Firth, Will Willis, and Ian Nurse; 11. Joanne Connelly, Beth Gillis, Daniel Avery, and Robb Silva.

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Create at the bcae 6 7 8 9 1. Mia Chartrand, Julie Parks, and Cabrera-Lustig; 2. Adjovi Alice Koene, Jeannie Hannigan, and Marcos Rocha; 3. Emily Lombardo and Nate Hayden; 4. Diana Lisanto, Pat Hussey, and Julia Driesch; 5. Vilma Cataldo and Sandra Donovan; 6. Anthony Musto and Robert Barrett; 7. TJ Connelly; 8. Danielle Medico and Jenna Carando; 9. Ashley Stanley, 10 Aimee Corrigan, and Suzi 11 Maitland; 10. Zach Watkins, Douglas Rodrigues, Louis DiBiccari, Johnny Sheehan, and Edmund Amore; 11. Edward Linton, Marc Sheehan, and Tim Surprenant.

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Makeup specialist David Nicholas has beautified countless stars, from same reasons. Not to say, “Look what I got!” I don’t care about that. I care modern trendsetters like Sarah Jessica Parker to screen legends like Tony about giving it the proper homage it deserves. Curtis. And alongside husband and co-president David Miranowicz, he What inspired your look for Marilyn Riseman? She inspired me, but so runs David Nicholas International, a business that boasts a cosmetics line, did her apartment. At the time she lived in her Beacon Street apartment an elite makeup training center, and a photography studio. But Bostonians designed by her late husband, a famous architect. It reeked of 1920s Art may best recognize his work for Marilyn Riseman, grande dame of the Deco meets Africa and Asia, but at the same time it was period, with a Hub’s social scene. She’s never glimpsed without her kabuki-esque real old-world feel. At the time she was in her 50s. She said, “I want you maquillage — a signature look created by Nicholas more than 30 years ago. to create a look for me.” I thought I’d do something heavy and dramatic, (He still applies it for Riseman about once a week.) But she’s hardly the like Dynasty. Everyone was doing dramatic. But she said, “I don’t want just only glamour icon in his life. Nicholas is a longtime collector of Hollywood dramatic. I want different.” So I looked about her humble abode, and it was memorabilia, from Clark Gable’s camera to a headdress from Cher’s world that kind of eclecticism combined with her passion for the ’20s that made tour. Appropriately, many treasures belonged to the big screen’s most me create this look. stylish stars: he has Ginger Rogers’s dancing shoes, Mae West’s earrings, What keeps you motivated professionally? When I entered the industry, Judy Garland’s cocktail gloves, Lucille Ball’s henna (used to achieve her it was because I loved the fashion, the beauty, the glamour, the drag, the hair’s distinctive red hue), Bette Davis’s sunglasses and stocked makeup theatrics, like anyone would — or should! But I found it was a very tight, bag, and even a Some Like It Hot shooting script signed by his other favorite cliquey little industry. And I don’t float with that. . . . If you go to a magazine Marilyn: Monroe. rack and look at the covers, they’ll all be a bunch of young, thin white You could build a museum. What was your first major find? My first big women. If they are black, they’re a lovely shade of mocha. I believe that collection was Bette Davis’s sunglasses and accoutrements. I remember beauty comes in every color, gender, size, and shape. If you want to be a being in the auction house at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center. Steven ton of fun, I’ll make you look great. I don’t care if you’re 99 and want stripes Spielberg did a phone bid and won her Oscar for Jezebel. Then I saw the on your face. I’ll say, how many, how wide, and what color? sunglasses and those accoutrements and said, “I have to have those.” . . . You do a lot of volunteer work. Tell us about that. I do a lot of It was between me and one other person in the room. We wouldn’t even specialty work with the Shriners Burns Hospital. I teach the blind how to look at each other; I just kept my paddle up. And then there they were: Bette apply makeup through touch and feel. I do makeup for cancer patients, Davis’s personal makeup — powder compact, lip brush, perfume bottle, transgender people, battered and abused women. And I’ve worked with makeup bags. . . . Inside one of them was holy water from Lourdes, and AIDS patients: in the mid ’80s, I had a friend who would get Kaposi’s there are lipstick stains around the bottle neck. I thought, “Oh my! She must sarcoma, and they wouldn’t go near him with a 10-foot pole. People were have been desperate.” [Laughs] There are even smelling salts inside. It really fired from jobs, evicted from housing — well, the minute I hear that, my is like old Hollywood revisited. back goes up. So I’d go in and do makeup on their lesions and teach them These aren’t just memorabilia. They’re part of cultural history. Exactly. how to conceal it themselves. That way, while they still had their health, they I don’t care about saying I own something. It’s more that I feel I should, as a could maintain their livelihoods, their jobs. I do the makeup that people are master makeup artist and pioneer in my craft. Steven Spielberg purchased afraid to do. Bette Davis’s Oscar; I purchased Bette Davis’s makeup. We did it for the — Scott Kearnan

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