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FEED food coma 37 5 courses 38 stuff it 39 liquid 40 RESIDE 42 23 SEX 43 FLASH 44 Recognize this local beauty queen? Probably not. Natalie Pietrzak, the reigning Miss Massachusetts USA, is one of Christine pallotta’S STUFF 46 several familiar faces who try out a dramatic new look in “Making Up Stories” on page 23. Photo: Michael Diskin.

Letter from the Editor and your tightest, most tantalizing page 23, we take that idea to the have a little fun with us. Thanks, ensemble — all to help you unleash nth degree. We asked four local ladies.) your inner sex bomb. On the other notables to choose a completely I hope their temporary hand, if you’re meeting your future different persona to inhabit through transformations encourage you to in-laws for Sunday supper, nude hair, makeup, and wardrobe. visit a local salon and do something lips and a demure dress might help Some, like Natalie Pietrzak — our dramatic too. (It’s liberating, and you channel the more respectable reigning Miss Massachusetts USA remember: hair grows back, and parts of your personality (those that — opted to explore new forms self- makeup washes off.) But if you just remind you not to dance on the expression. (The sweet pageant need the right stuff to keep your dinner table). In either guise, your queen was itching to show a sexy current look on track, at least throw core being remains unchanged; side inspired by beloved ’80s pop out your mass-merchant beauty you’re just making a conscious icons.) Others took a more ironic supplies and check out “Local choice about what aspect of approach: take Tiffani Faison, Beauties” on page 34, where your multi-faceted personality a no-frills chef who traded her Cheryl Fenton rounds up some of to accentuate. To paraphrase kitchen whites for a ruffled collar the best Boston-based lines. An People usually think of style as a sociologist Erving Goffman (and by to embody the “ladies who lunch” occasional makeover is important reflection of someone’s personality. paraphrase, I mean put totally less set. It was fun to watch them play — whether it’s for what you look at But I’d suggest that style is often a articulate words in his mouth), life around with their appearances in the mirror or just what you store tool used to create one. is theater, dah-ling. We change our and tap into different sides behind it. Think about it. If you’re costumes from scene to scene to of themselves. (Plus, I always prowling a nightclub for fresh meat adapt to the ever-changing parts appreciate the willingness of our Scott Kearnan on Friday night, you’ll probably we play for our audience. favorite locals to let their hair down Editorial Director pull out the smoky eye shadow In “Making Up Stories” on — metaphorically speaking — and @TheWriteStuffSK

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5.8.12 <5> READ HOT Time to clear space on the bookshelf — or at least the kitchen counter. This month sees the release of two food-focused books with local ties. On May 7, check out The Boston Homegrown Cookbook, featuring recipes from 28 Boston-area chefs who prioritize locally grown ingredients. Expect how-tos for favorite hot dishes from restaurants like Lumière and Rialto, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how such spots work with local growers like Brookline’s Allandale Farms. While it’s also peppered with recipes, Alyssa Shelasky’s Apron Anxiety: My Messy Affairs In and Out of the Kitchen is less of a cookbook and more of a memoir. Shelasky, an editor at New York’s Grub Street and native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, chronicles her romantic relationship with a TV chef HAHA HOT and her quest to learn to cook to fit in with his foodie There are two things we learned from those friends. (Her tryst with the chef eventually ended, but Real Housewives of South Boston videos. One, her love affair with cooking lives on.) The funny, tender Jackie’s Packie is located on Route 34. Two, tome hits shelves on May 22, and Shelasky will hit Boston provides plenty of fodder for local-color French Connection (206 Newbury Street, Boston, comedy. And here’s the latest viral video to start 617.247.1301) for a launch party on Thursday, May 31, blowing up Facebook feeds: Massholes, a weekly from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. web series that premiered on YouTube on April 29. Los Angeles transplants and drinking buddies Patrick Quinn and Jimmy Ruggiero came up with the concept while pining for their Hub hometown. I’D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR THIS HOT In January, they uploaded “Shit Boston Guys Local theater leaders are readying their acceptance speeches for the 30th annual Elliot Norton Say” to YouTube, giving the then–meme du jour Awards, which will be presented at the Paramount Mainstage (559 Washington Street, Boston, a wicked pissa twist. Now with Massholes, Quinn 617.824.8000) at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 21. They’re the Hub’s version of the Tony Awards, and Ruggiero have created a narrative series honoring the best in Boston’s theater scene. And this year’s nominees are a diverse bunch. about friends from Boston who try to take on There’s Green Eyes, the smoldering, two-actor Tennessee Williams play that Company One Hollywood — with hilarious results. They also star staged inside an Ames hotel suite. There’s the eccentric Gold Dust Orphans troupe’s Peter alongside a cast that includes Kenny Wormald, Pansy, a sassy, subversive spoof. And there’s the American Repertory Theater’s production of the locally raised actor and dancer who played The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which, ironically enough, drew a scathing rebuke from theater the lead in the recent remake of Footloose. legend Stephen Sondheim in the New York Times. (He wasn’t a fan of its updates to the original (He’s also “funny as fuck,” says Quinn.) Expect material, though his ire may have only helped the production build bigger buzz.) To find out the Massholes to have mass appeal. winners, ante up $30 for a ticket to the ceremony and after-party at aestages.org, or keep an eye on nortonawardsboston.com. Kenny Wormald

HOT ON THE HILL With its quaint brownstones (filled with blue-blooded Brahmins), Beacon Hill has a quintessentially New England look. But it’s receiving an internationally inspired makeover from VIRA (107 Charles Street, Boston, 617.367.0305), which opened in late April. Founded by two well-traveled Fashion Institute of Technology grads, the boutique aims to feature talented designers culled from all corners of the globe, including Australia, Romania, and Singapore. We’re especially excited for Bodice, a label from rising Indian designer Ruchika Sachdeva, who combines feminine elegance with menswear- inspired tailoring and vaguely sci-fi flourishes. Besides importing an assortment of foreign fashions, VIRA will also produce its own line of apparel influenced by the New England seasons, adding a little local flavor to the melting pot. Our appetites are whetted.

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GET SEEN Close cultured GETthis... Beauty and brains aren’t always bedfellows. (Several seasons spent staring at the vacuous cat-fighters on The Bachelor have taught us that much.) So we love that fragrance designer Geza Schoen has found a way to enhance our white-hot sex appeal while celebrating gray matter. Check out Intelligence & Fantasy ($215), the first installment of his latest fragrance series, The Beautiful Mind, and a recent arrival at Stil Studio (740 Legacy Place, Dedham, 781.407.9642). Schoen first made his name in the biz with his minimalist triumph, Escentric Molecules, a series featuring “anti-fragrances” based on a single ingredient. Now he’s nodding to singular intellects: each release in the Beautiful Mind series will honor an individual with a special intellectual skill, offering a reminder that “a smart woman is a sexy woman.” The inspiration for Intelligence & Fantasy was Christiane Stenger, a prodigy who became the youngest Grand Master of Memory at age 12 by completing tasks like memorizing 1,000 random digits in an hour (oh, is that all?). So Schoen designed the scent as an ode to summer memories, combining notes of tropical flowers, luscious woods, and musk. Smart idea.

or that... Okay, now that we’ve acknowledged that beauty is more than skin-deep, let’s get back to that lovely outer layer of ours, shall we? While we love Schoen’s series of brainiac-inspired fragrances, we’re equally enamored with the Icon of Beauty lipstick collection created by Julie Hewett, an Emmy-nominated Hollywood makeup artist with 20 years of experience working on blockbusters. Each hue channels a different red-carpet-worthy star: there’s Scarlett (that’s for Johansson), Thandie (as in Newton), and Annette (Bening, if you’re curious). Hewett designed the shades on set specifically for the stars; then she started packaging them for mass consumption. Available at The Beauty Mark (33 Charles Street, Boston, 617.720.1555), the lipsticks ($23 each) are made with the essence of rosebud and camellia oil to keep lips fresh and camera-ready. Because who knows? With kissable lips like those, you might be mistaken for Angelina. — Meghan Kavanaugh

5.8.12 <9> GETSEEN …at W Boston for Gilt City’s By Invitation Only Book Launch Party

Alexis Maybank, cofounder of Gilt Haley McCraven, business-development Cosima Cabral, occupational Massiel Deandrade, collector at Groupe coordinator at Goodwin Procter therapist at St. Anne’s Hospital Boston City Hall Alexis took time out from meeting Haley tempered her trendy red She embraced the spring weather Massiel managed to make Gilt fans and doling out business jeans with classic tweed, pairing in a floral-print dress from Express, neutrals pop with a Carven dress, advice to talk about her classically Abercrombie & Fitch pants with a a Forever 21 belt, wedges from Aldo, a thrifted clutch, and Donna Karan feminine style. She wore a Valentino Banana Republic top, an H&M jacket, and a bracelet by Razimus Jewelry. heels. jacket from Gilt, a dress from Milan, Ann Taylor heels, vintage earrings, We gushed over Cosima’s chunky She leaves all sartorial decisions and current-season Chloé heels. and a bag from a market in Florence. cuff, a piece handmade for her by up to her stylist, a longtime friend Traveling the cities where Gilt She describes her wardrobe as very Saratoga-based brand Razimus who accompanied her to the party City has a presence, Alexis finds a East Coast–influenced and filled with Jewelry. The fabric-and-bead and joined in the style discussion. commonality: an interest in fashion pieces that can take her from her law- combination added a tough edge to “I’m influenced by high fashion and and design. “I love the places that office job to fashion-related events. her otherwise sweet ensemble. frequent consignment shops or Gilt dress up. [I love] Boston’s undertone This aspiring business-school Her off-the-clock look is filled to buy statement pieces at a fraction of preppiness. There’s something student attended the launch to get with pieces from Express and Bebe of the cost,” he said. healthy about the fashion here.” advice on breaking into the fashion — a serious departure from the Massiel’s favorite secondhand She believes in buying pieces industry from Gilt’s founders. “It made scrubs she wears to work. find is a toss-up between a Fendi you’ll love forever and keeping your my day!” If her look were a book, it would watch from Buffalo Exchange in closet stocked with the staples: The frequent Gilt shopper’s favorite be called 2700 Dresses. We take it Somerville and Acne boots she great pencil skirts and nude pumps. score from the site? She names a she’s a bit of a girly girl. scored on eBay. “Nothing makes you stand up taller coffee-table book, A Privileged Life. than power heels.” “It documents old Boston style; I look through it almost every day.”

STUFFY: Weave It to the Pros For a moment, we thought Britney Spears hit her low point with that head-shaving, umbrella- wielding incident. Then she showed up at the Video Music Awards writhing in a too-tiny top and rocking hair extensions that made it look like she had just rolled in road kill. Ouch: lower point. (Well, her psychiatrist might not agree. But her esthetician was screaming “Code Blue!”) The moral of the story is, if you’re going to go the hair-extension route, do it right — or don’t do it at all. Luckily, we’ve discovered the latest in tress technology at Megan Graham Beauty (115 Newbury Street, Suite 401, Boston, 401.236.8100), which has a process (and price tag) fit for a pop star. Graham has expanded her menu of services to include Hairdreams 7 Star extensions, which are bonded to hair using — ready for this? — lasers. Made with carefully color-matched human hair, the extensions are processed only once and attached with tiny micro-polymer bonds for a totally natural look. The service isn’t cheap (prices start at $500), but since the high-tech Laserbeamer system can apply eight extensions at once, adding length to your locks takes half the time. Consider it a small price to pay for keeping your head looking great on the outside. The inside? That’s up to you, Brit. Now put down the umbrella — we’ve talked about this. — Meghan Kavanaugh

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GETclose …with Karmin

Thank you, YouTube. Somewhere between the funny cat videos and “Shit [insert adjective here] People Say” clips, you introduced us to something that has actually managed to maintain our attention — namely, the pop duo Karmin. Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan, ’08 Berklee College of Music grads and an engaged couple (aww!), first made a name for themselves by posting clever cover versions of Top 40 songs by everyone from Lil Wayne to LMFAO. Fast-forward 200 million views later: they’ve been signed by legendary label mogul and The X Factor judge L.A. Reid and scored their own Top 40 hit, “Brokenhearted.” Their debut album, Hello, drops on May 8. And on May 19, they’ll share a stage with Adam Lambert, Enrique Iglesias, and others at the Kiss Concert 2012 at the Comcast Center in Mansfield. And not to dote, but the duo are kind of adorable. Yes, that’s in part thanks to their cool sense of vintage-inspired style. (We especially love Amy’s Bettie Page vibe and “suicide roll” hairstyle.) But that’s also because their ability to survive a fast rise in the music biz — while keeping their relationship intact — makes our hearts sing. You two shot to success pretty quick. What have been the highlights so far? NICK: I’d say there have been three really huge things. One, we had a sit-down meeting with Kanye West; he wanted to sign us to [his label] G.O.O.D. Music. . . . Two, when we performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Both nights were just totally unreal. You look around and you’re like, “I’m hanging out with Chris Martin!” And three, when we got to perform on SNL. Is it weird to see fans imitating your style? AMY: It’s so, so flattering. We do meet-and- greets, and the biggest fans dress like we do. They go to thrift stores and find quirky outfits. We’re actually working on making a suicide roll that’s a clip-on. You just clip it in your hair! How does it feel to have the public so invested in your actual relationship? NICK: It’s actually really cool. It’s been a long time since there has been something like this. Everything has been really sort of over-sexualized in the music scene. But our generation is the largest since the baby boomers. All my best buddies are getting married and having kids now. We’re representing that. considered continuing with some kind of for seven years. I was ready to have this super- Has it been hard balancing your relationship reality show? small, not-a-big-deal wedding, because I’d with work? NICK: It’s funny you say that. We’ve been having seen all the craziness. We had a week off to get AMY: It’s definitely been a challenge. We don’t cameras follow us around ever since the second married, and that was when L.A. Reid was like, want to tell people it’s all perfect all the time! day. We’ve documented all the stuff we do, the “Do you want to shoot your first music video We’ve had situations that have challenged us, but meetings — we have all that stuff on camera. and perform for millions of people?” This was a ultimately they’ve helped us grow together. As There’s talk of making a really raw, behind-the- real question. [Laughs] So we were like, wow, we corny as that sounds, hold on — it gets cornier! scenes Karmin documentary. might want to think about postponing it, rather We actually have a song about it called “Coming AMY: We’ve had a couple of meetings in regard than put all this pressure on a new marriage. So Up Strong.” It’s a ballad that Nick sings, one of to it, but decided we needed to wait a little while. we’re currently waiting for a week off. But our my favorite songs on the album. The idea for it is just so broad right now. moms call us every day, asking. NICK: I think it speaks to relationships in general So you’re still engaged — when’s the Will cameras be allowed at the wedding? — just talking about getting through those tough wedding? NICK: We joked about Ustreaming it to the fans. times. AMY: [Laughs] Well . . . we had a date set: You never know! Since you blew up online, have you 9/10/11. Now, I was a wedding singer in Boston — Scott Kearnan

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GETCULTURED Rolling Along Great movies don’t necessarily make great musicals. Exhibit A: Spider-Man, which earned cheers on the big screen but jeers as Broadway’s actor-fracturing Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Since the quality of the source material is evidently not predictive, what about those bottom-of-the-barrel flicks you find next to discounted food products at Walmart? Is there a place on a Broadway stage for Bulletproof with Gary Busey? Probably not, but history — and the theater world — has been far kinder to 1980’s Xanadu. The cinematic stink bomb was so awful, it inspired the creation of the Golden Raspberry awards, now an annual nod to the worst of the worst. But the Razzie winner was resurrected to surprising glory in 2007 by playwright Douglas Carter Beane, and now the Tony-nominated musical is coming to the BCA’s Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont Street, Boston, 617.426.5000) for a month-long engagement. Like the awesomely kitschy love child of Solid Gold and The Iliad, Xanadu marries Greek mythology with the same colorful roller-disco culture memorialized in Boogie Nights (minus the cocaine addiction). Beane’s reworking places us in Los Angeles’s Venice Beach neighborhood, circa 1980. A fateful meeting between suicidal street artist Sonny and a Greek muse named Clio — disguised as an Australian-accented roller hottie named Kira (played by Grease girl Olivia Newton-John in the flick) — leads to the duo opening a roller disco and enjoying a passionate love affair. But when Clio incurs the wrath of her divine sisters, the stage is set for a climactic Mount Olympus battle with the big guy himself: Zeus. Xanadu made its 2007 stage debut at New York City’s Helen Hayes Theatre and has since been performed everywhere from Seoul, Korea, to the boardwalk of Jersey’s Asbury Park, pulling in more cult fans with each run. Featuring an infectious ’80s-disco score and lyrics from Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne and Aussie producer John Farrar, the show is McConnell’s classically seasoned a visceral valentine to the era of neon leg warmers. Toys R Us Trio for Toy Piano, Viola, and Cello, You can catch the Boston production from SpeakEasy We’re pretty sure our parents can still preceded by internationally renowned Stage Company from May 11 through June 9. Grab remember our first toy piano — and pianist Keith Kirchoff’s electronically tickets ($25–$57) at bostontheatrescene.com. the headache-inducing compositions manipulated, Aphex Twin–esque — Miles Howard it yielded. Admittedly, we might maelstrom OverDrive for toy piano, have relied a bit too heavily on the live electronics, and fixed media. (Both barnyard-animal sound effects. But pieces share the same instrument of for more gifted souls using more origin, but otherwise belong in totally legitimate models (as in, not the kind different sonic nebulas.) The rest of the made by Mattel), toy pianos can fest is full of equally intriguing gems, actually produce big, bold musical like Matt Samolis’s ghostly, chime- achievements. (A roster of users filled Dragon 4710. But we suspect the includes French composer Yann event highlight will be the climactic Tiersen and Sigur Rós front man and collaborative Music for Amplified Jónsi Birgisson.) And to celebrate the Toy Piano(s), featuring music by famed instrument’s outsized power, a hefty avant-garde composer John Cage lineup of local composers will join reinterpreted by a dozen pianists of forces for this month’s Toy Piano Mini varied genres. Fest, organized and hosted by Central The Toy Piano Mini Fest runs Square experimental-art collective Friday, May 11, through Sunday, May Mobius (55 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, 13, with 8 p.m. performances on Friday 617.945.9481). and Saturday and a 4 p.m. finale on The lineup suggests how a joint Sunday. Admission is free, though bill from Symphony Hall and the donations are welcome. Check out the Paradise might read. Night one will full lineup at mobius.org. feature Boston composer Matthew — M.H.

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US, it’s got a lot of history, which I love. I’m really big on architecture; I love the buildings there [in Boston]. Also, I’d love to go and check out a Boston Celtics game. . . . In terms of work, I’m really looking forward to building a clientele and meeting new clients there. What current UK trends might you bring to Boston? Vintage wear seems to be huge at the moment, sort of ’50s-inspired looks. The hair has a little bit more movement in terms of working with more curl or more layering. In terms of guys, a lot of side-parting requests. It seems to be quintessentially English at the moment: the Olympics are coming up, which is a huge thing here, and also the Queen’s Jubilee, which is 60 years that she’s been in power. So this year, everybody seems to be quite patriotic and going for the quintessentially English look. We’ve actually just released a collection that’s been heavily inspired by the Olympics. With Sassoon’s home really being in London, we thought it’d be a great Great Import way to celebrate that. The Sassoon Salon welcomes a new collection’s called Athletica; creative director from the UK it’s much more of a wearable, sporty way of looking at hair Boston has a tight-knit salon grabbed the new head guy for design. community. Trace back the a tête-à-tête. What will you miss most professional family trees, What are your first about home? Friends and and it seems like everyone’s impressions of Boston? family, more than anything worked the floor at James The thing that struck me else. Family’s a really Joseph, studied under Mario straightaway — in terms of important thing for me. . . . Smart Balm Russo, come up under Marc fashion, architecture, and And, I mean, I am gonna miss Stowe, Vermont–based brand Ursa Major Harris’s tutelage, and maybe the feel of the city — was the English tea. I drink a lot of has emerged as a shining star in the world of done a stint with Sandy sophistication. It’s a very, tea, so I think I’ll miss that men’s skincare. That’s in no small part due Poirier at Shag. very sophisticated place, and the way we do it here. to its commitment to creating all-natural, So when we heard with the way that people Where do you see yourself largely organic alternatives to the chemical- about a true newcomer to carry themselves and art and five years down the road? laden stuff pervading drugstore aisles. And the Boston scene, we had walking around the city. I think Hopefully having a very the latest entry to its grooming arsenal is the to pick his brain for a totally it’s absolutely stunning. The successful salon in Boston, a just-launched Fortifying Face Balm ($36), fresh perspective. Meet Cole other thing that I like is the successful clientele — having a lightweight balm that calms, nourishes, Thompson, the recently diversity, in terms of it being a good relationship with my protects, and moisturizes skin. It’s great for appointed creative director a big “school” city. It has the clients there, doing great soothing sunburned skin (aloe and witch hazel who’s coming to Boston’s youth culture — with different work. I’m looking forward to help), and it fights ingrown hairs and razor Sassoon Salon (399 Boylston fashion trends, hairstyles — really getting into the city. burn post-shave. Plus, it smells great, thanks Street, Boston, 617.536.5496) as well as that sophistication. And also, with the US, I love to essential oils of birch, spearmint, and lime. by way of Liverpool, England. What are you most looking the idea of seeing more of the Find it at Sault New England (577 Tremont Armed with tons of talent forward to experiencing US, teaching and passing on Street, Boston, 857.239.9434) or the new Back (and a sexy British accent), here in Boston? my knowledge from what I’ve Bay outpost of men’s favorite Ball & Buck he takes the reins and picks Architecturally, and also being learned here. (144B Newbury Street, Boston, 617.742.1776). up his shears in mid-May. We one of the older cities in the — Heather Bouzan McHugh — H.B.M.

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FRIDAY, MAY 11 arresting visuals in Fancy Free, We love musicians who bleed for the headlining performance in their craft, but the members of Boston Ballet’s current show at Neon Indian take the idea literally: the Boston Opera House (539 they’re one of a handful of acts Washington Street, Boston, who agreed to have drops of their 617.259.3400). West Side Story DNA incorporated into special choreographer Jerome Robbins’s editions of the latest Flaming Lips first ballet, Fancy Free, is paired album. Luckily, this Texas-based with Peter Martins’s Barber Violin band puts the same passion Concerto and Harald Lander’s into their own music — chill Études for a perfect season- electronic sounds in the spirit of closing program, which runs MGMT and Passion Pit. Tonight from May 10 through May 20. For at 9 p.m., WFNX brings them to tickets ($30–$137) for today’s 1 the Paradise Rock Club (967 p.m. show and the full schedule Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, of performances, visit 617.562.8800), where they’ll bostonballet.org. perform songs from their latest album, Era Extraña. (We die for MONDAY, MAY 14 “Polish Girl.”) Grab tickets ($20) at Everyone knows that acoustic ticketmaster.com. guitars and analog synthesizers hail from separate sonic turf. But SATURDAY, MAY 12 that hasn’t stopped Beth Orton We would’ve killed to be a Bayside from musically marrying the two Tiger. One swift right hook to Kelly on entrancing numbers like “Touch Kapowski’s feathered-banged Me with Your Love” and “She face, and we’d have had Zack Cries Your Name.” Celebrated Morris (and that swoon-worthy for her soulful folktronica sound, wink of his) all to ourselves. Sadly, the British singer-songwriter even our finest flannel can’t drop has collaborated with big names us Doc Martens first into a beloved like the Chemical Brothers and ’90s show like Saved by the Bell Grammy-winning producer William THURSDAY, MAY 10 — but we can still celebrate in Orbit. But we’re looking forward to Some of us have trouble appreciating the whole dubstep nostalgic style at the Middle East seeing her solo at a 9 p.m. show at phenomenon. (Sorry, but we grew up thinking the sound of a CD Upstairs (472 Massachusetts Brighton Music Hall (158 Brighton skipping was a bad noise.) Yet Rusko may convert even the most Avenue, Cambridge, 617.864.3278). Avenue, Allston, 617.779.0140), resistant holdouts. Now touring to support his new album, Songs, the Tonight at 8 p.m., a Saved by the where she’ll share some old British DJ and producer drops high-energy, often-reggae-influenced ’90s party will have cover band the favorites and new material from beats that aren’t only infectious to electronic-music enthusiasts. Bayside Tigers helping us dance her forthcoming album. Get tickets Guess we caught the bug, so we’ll whomp-whomp to “Woo Boost” down memory lane. Get tickets ($27.50) at ticketmaster.com. when he hits the stage at House of Blues (15 Lansdowne Street, ($10) at ticketweb.com. Boston, 888.693.2583) with Sigma. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets TUESDAY, MAY 15 are $25–$35 at livenation.com. SUNDAY, MAY 13 If “attending a mime show” ranks Sailors on shore leave vying for alongside “alphabetizing the a girl’s attention via a dance-off? spice rack” on your list of favorite TUESDAY, MAY 8 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 This is not the kind of Seaport evening activities, listen up. We mostly remember the 1980s Though our social calendars bar fight we’re used to. But the Tonight’s act at OBERON (2 Arrow as a golden age of synthesizer are generally full, we’ll always premise certainly makes for continued on p18 solos, but the era also popularized open up space to support a competitive dramas like The Karate new nonprofit. So pencil us in Kid, Flashdance, and the USSR- for tonight’s launch party for bound Rocky IV. So we weren’t Open HeARTS, Inc. Helmed by shocked when Forum (755 Boylston Bryan Finocchio, founder of the Street, Boston, 857.991.1831) breast-cancer-battling Catwalk announced a new addition to for a Cure series, OH is an its monthly ’80s-music series, event-planning organization that Throwback Tuesdays. Starting aims to help artists and creative this month, the event will feature professionals develop through a spirited showdown between theatrical productions, fashion beverage director Michael Ray and shows, charity fundraisers, and a visiting Boston-area bartender. other happenings. Learn more at W Each will be challenged to create a Boston (100 Stuart Street, Boston, cocktail using a designated brand 617.261.8700) from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. of luxury liquor, and their resulting Guests can drink, dance, nosh, concoctions will be served as $5 preview Catwalk’s June show, specials. Even Ralph Macchio can’t and meet and greet with the OH beat that. The party starts at 6 p.m., board. Tickets ($20) are available at and there’s no cover. openheartslaunch.eventbrite.com. beth orton

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continued FROM p16 Thursday through Saturday and at Street, Cambridge, 617.496.8004) 2 p.m. on select Sundays through is totally unlike those sidewalk June 24. For tickets ($25–$35), visit buskers pounding on imaginary clubcafe.com. boxes at Faneuil Hall. The Tufts- based HYPE! Mime Troupe FRIDAY, MAY 18 augments its shows with pounding Idioms aside, we danced with the music, flashy lights, and plenty of devil once. Well, the nightclub humor. They make a convincing was dark — but such hellish tonsil case for the medium — without hockey could only come from saying a word. Grab tickets a forked tongue. Still, we won’t ($8–$12) for the 8 p.m. show at be dissuaded from the badass cluboberon.com. booze cruise One Hell of Boat. It features house music by Boston THURSDAY, MAY 17 DJ Bamboora and the Devil from In the musical Cupcake, a summer Acapulco, known for presiding resort town’s beloved baker is over the neon-splattered Dayglow, targeted by a cranky cop who’s aka “the world’s largest paint cracking down on unpermitted party.” But tonight he’ll command street vendors. So the citizens of a three-hour floating party of WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 Summertown, including a hunky pumping jams and pretty people Comeback tours rarely live up to their hype. (We know. We once lifeguard and a sexy librarian, aboard the Provincetown II. It hoofed it to Long Island to see middle-aged Spice Women squeezed unite to save his confections, boards at 6 p.m. and departs at 7 into sequined Spanx.) But Chickenfoot bucks the trend, maybe bursting into songs that are by p.m. from 200 Seaport Boulevard because its members rocked in different bands before uniting as a turns silly, sweet, and sentimental. in Boston. Reserve tickets ($30) at single super-group. The lineup features former Van Halen vocalist Sounds like a perfect treat before hellofaboat.eventbrite.com. Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers a Memorial Day weekend trip to drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Joe Satriani, who has toured P-Town. Premiered this month at SATURDAY, MAY 19 with superstars like Mick Jagger. Hear their forces combine during Club Café (209 Columbus Avenue, You may remember her as Bon tonight’s 7:30 p.m. show at the Orpheum Theatre (1 Hamilton Place, Boston, 617.536.0966), the Boston- Qui Qui, that sassy King Burger Boston, 617.482.0106). Find tickets ($38–$58) at ticketmaster.com. born show plays at 8 p.m. on employee who dismisses her fast-

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anjelah johnson food customers with a trademark run at Machine (1254 Boylston “Excuse me… rude!” Or maybe Street, Boston, 617.536.1950). you’re more familiar with Tammy, Tonight’s 5 p.m. show is the closing the patron saint of strip-mall nail performance, so grab tickets salons. But we’re looking forward ($35–$45) at brownpapertickets.com. to meeting the real Anjelah Johnson — as well as her myriad MONDAY, MAY 21 alter egos — when she brings With beach season nearly upon her stand-up act to the Wilbur us, it seems like everyone is Theatre (246 Tremont Street, immersed in workouts of the “boot Boston, 617.248.9700). The former camp” style. But if we wanted NFL cheerleader, MADtv alum, someone to scream at us about and viral-video phenom takes the being out of shape, we’d just stage at 7 p.m. Find tickets ($25) at drink a bottle of wine and stare in ticketmaster.com. a mirror. Now Cupcake Camp? That’s more our speed. From 6 SUNDAY, MAY 20 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Center for Local fringe-theater all-stars Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Avenue, Somerville, 617.718.2191) Orphans have made quite a name will host cupcake lovers and for themselves over the years with professional and amateur bakers glittery, gut-splitting parodies like A alike for a community confection- T Stop Named Denial and Phantom appreciation night. Tickets are of the Oprah. But all artists have $5–$25 at cupcakecampboston their Everest, and for the Orphans, .com, and proceeds will benefit that unrealized endeavor has long the food-rescue nonprofit Lovin’ been their adults-only take on Spoonfuls. How sweet. Mary Poppins, Mary Poppers. — Miles Howard and Meghan Two decades in the making, the Kavanaugh bawdy musical is finally getting its For more event picks, sign up for our moment in the sun with a 16-show email list at stuffboston.com/subscribe.

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Stepping Out Wooden shoes have been around since the Roman Empire, but we found some styles that are anything but antiquated. These wood- and cork-heeled kicks soar to daring new heights with stacked heels, buttery leather, and fresh details that will knock your socks off. No, literally: with summer on the way, we focused on open-toed options that’ll let your tootsies graze the warm grass. Tree huggers and fashion plates, unite! And treat your stems to a pair. — Renata Certo-Ware

Top to bottom: Gentle Souls “Spano” heel, $210 at The Tannery (711 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.267.5500); MJUS open-toed bootie, $210 at Cuoio (128 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.859.0636); MIA braided quarter-strap heel, $79 at Urban Outfitters (361 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.236.0088); Nanette Lepore “Love Bug” heel, $398 at Nanette Lepore (119 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.9200); Chloé T-strap sandal, $355 at Moxie (51 Charles Street, Boston, 617.557.9991)

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The Silver-Screen Queen Jenny Johnson Producer and Co-Host of TV Diner on NECN Hair: Marisa Camarra of G2O Spa + Salon (278 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.262.2220) Makeup: Brian Brady of G2O Spa + Salon

Wardrobe: Chances R gown, $1,200, available through Christina K. Pierce Showroom (115 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.369.1924); pavé disco-ball earrings, $28, available at LIT (223 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.8637)

<24> 5.8.12 Her standard style: As a TV personality, Johnson can only do so much small screen, but this was a chance to channel the style of larger-than- when it comes to playing with her sense of style. Viewers gravitate life stars. toward a familiar face, so even small tweaks involve a lot of thought. (For instance, while Johnson’s eyeglasses have become something of a The process: Right now, ’50s-inspired styles are still very much in signature, she’s started wearing them less to allow more expressiveness vogue: look at current starlets like Adele. To achieve bouncy blond locks and prevent any “disconnect” from viewers. Holy audience analysis, that would make Marilyn proud, Camarra used Kérastase hair products, Batman!) So while she may glitz it up for event appearances, Johnson including Volumactive mousse and Ciment Thermique, a leave-in hews to a relatively conservative, down-to-earth look from day to day. conditioner she hit with heat to give the curls a stronger set. (If you Besides, when she finally has time off, she’d rather go low-key and low- have trouble pumping up your volume at home, she recommends Oribe maintenance, kicking back in sweatpants with minimal makeup. Crème for Style.) For makeup, Brady swears by the brand BeingTRUE. To put a modern spin on old-time glamour, he applied a dewy (rather Her makeover inspiration: When she’s getting her grub on during than matte) foundation. False lashes add extra eye-batting appeal. (Tip: TV Diner or interviewing serious movers and shakers on Comcast apply eyeliner to the inside of the lower lid to make lashes look fuller.) Newsmakers, Johnson doesn’t have the opportunity to indulge her high-glam side. But for her makeover at G2O, she sought inspiration PS: Want your own head-to-toe makeover? You’re in luck. In honor of from screen queens of Hollywood’s golden age. She’s a longtime lover this college-crammed city’s graduation season, G2O is offering The of iconic beauties like Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo; some of her Graduate ($234) through June 30. The package includes a classic fondest childhood memories are of watching classic films with her manicure, a classic pedicure, a haircut with one-process color, and a beloved grandmother. And right now, Johnson is even making wall makeup lesson with take-home product. And for another lesson in style, hangings for her home using the starlet-filled covers of vintage LIFE mark your calendar for June 20, when G2O will host a summer fashion magazine issues. It’s important to be relatable when you work on the show featuring trends from Crush Boutique. continued on p26

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The lady who lunches Tiffani faison chef-owner of sweet cheeks Hair: Darren Le of Mizu (776 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.585.6498) Makeup: Michelle McGrath of Team Wardrobe: Tory Burch “Marion” jacket, $525, and Lafayette 148 New York ruffle blouse, $278, both available at Saks Fifth Avenue (800 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.262.8500); necklace, $55, available at LIT (223 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.8637); Sophie Hughes freshwater pearl and oxidized silver ring, $220, available at Sophie Hughes Jewelry (450 Harrison Avenue, Studio 312, Boston, 207.590.3229)

<26> 5.8.12 Her standard style: How does the Top Chef alum describe her style? ambitious chef could never be a Real Housewife of — well, anywhere. “Perfunctory,” laughs Faison. “That’s how I’d describe my style — “I’m a worker bee.” or lack thereof!” High-maintenance hair and makeup aren’t exactly practical for the chef, who works round the clock to run her barbecue The process: If you want hair suitable for high society, a salon in restaurant, Sweet Cheeks. (And in the heat of Sox season, the the luxe Mandarin Oriental hotel is a good place to start. Mizu’s Le Fenway-area spot and its newly opened patio are especially bustling.) wanted the hair to capture “big waves and low maintenance” — so he Sometimes, there’s just no time or desire to do much more than pull added body with with Bumble and Bumble thickening shampoo and her hair back. But you don’t need a style squad to make killer brisket thickening spray, creating a look that seems effortless yet expensive. and biscuits — and at the end of the day, she works to win palates, not McGrath kept the makeup simple and sophisticated: she created a pageants. soft, subtle glow with Too Faced Tinted Beauty Balm in Vanilla Glow and rosy cheeks with NARS blush in Gaiety. For a slightly saucier note, Her makeover inspiration: Since she’s always working, Faison she gave Faison bright-pink lips using MAC’s Viva Glam Nicki. (As in wanted to have fun embodying the essence of a lady of leisure. She Minaj. Shh! Don’t tell the neighbors.) sometimes walks by spots like the Four Seasons’ Bristol Lounge and sees dolled-up patrons whiling away the afternoon with a glass PS: The timing for Faison’s experiment with socialite-worthy style of chardonnay or a cup of tea. “I’d wonder, ‘Who are these people? couldn’t have been better. She’d just been selected to represent How do they have the time?’ ” laughs the chef. Such comfort is Boston on May 3 at the pre-race Taste of the Derby culinary event in covetable, but ultimately she approached the style with her typical Louisville, Kentucky. Here’s hoping she didn’t cover her tresses with a sense of humor. “Obviously, there’s some satire to it,” says Faison. The big-brimmed hat. continued on p28

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The ’80s vixen natalie pietrzak miss massachusetts usa Hair: Kara Hurston of Shag (840 Summer Street, South Boston, 617.268.2500) Makeup: Cole McNair Wardrobe: Ark & Co. dress, $88, earrings, $18, and necklace, $19.50, all available at LIT (223 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.8637); Levi’s denim vest, $68, available at Urban Outfitters (361 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.236.0088)

<28> 5.8.12 Her standard style: For the most part, this pageant titleholder plays hometown girl work the stage when she reps Massachusetts at the Miss it pretty demure. “Overall, my style is pretty conservative and simple,” USA pageant, which airs live on NBC on June 3. says Pietrzak. “It’s a lot of black. There’s not a lot of razzle-dazzle!” She’s cautious about going too sexy or showing too much skin. Sure, The process: Since Pietrzak leaves in mid-May for a three-week stay she needs to maintain a reputation befitting a future Miss USA (a in Vegas, she couldn’t cut her hair. So Hurston styled a wig to achieve role that requires more “sugar and spice” than “whips and chains”). the shaggy bangs that Harry had during her “Heart of Glass” days. But Pietrzak is also always conscious of her conservative Polish- She texturized it and then applied Oribe Après Beach Wave and Shine immigrant parents. “Even my pageant style isn’t as glitzy and over the to achieve a natural tussled look that’s ideal for summer. And makeup top as some,” she says. “Even then, I’m always thinking, ‘What will my artist McNair used Hourglass Cosmetics, a line that’s perfect for a parents think of this!’ ” pop-star look: its artistic director is Gina Brooke, Madonna’s personal makeup artist and collaborator on multiple world tours. But McNair Her makeover inspiration: During her visit to Shag, Pietrzak wanted also loves the paraben-free line because it incorporates anti-aging to take a walk on the wild side. So she drew inspiration from the fierce ingredients like Matrixyl. He always encourages clients to choose looks rocked in the ’80s by pop icons like Debbie Harry and Madonna. cosmetics that double as skincare. “When I think of women who embody sexiness, I always think of them — especially Madonna. I’m a little bit obsessed!” When she wants PS: The ’80s influence in current music has bled over into makeup trends, to embrace her inner diva, it’s the ladies behind Blondie and Blond so try playing with bold colors. To make your eyes really pop, choose Ambition who show the way. “When I’m alone, I might break into a hues that offset your natural eye color. Brown-eyed beauties should go dance routine to get in the spirit,” she laughs. We hope that helps our with blues or purples, and blue eyes benefit from greens and browns.

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The Wicked Wedding Belle katie boyd trainer, owner of the miss fit club, and star of the style network’s wicked fit Hair and makeup: Rob Martelli of Avanti Salon (11 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.267.4027)

Wardrobe: “Mara” dress, $348, available at BCBG Max Azria (Copley Place, 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.266.3141); belt, $38, available at Bebe (Copley Place, 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.375.1065); oxidized silver and chain necklace and earrings, $790 and $540, both available at Sophie Hughes Jewelry (450 Harrison Avenue, Studio 312, Boston, 207.590.3229); Covetous Creatures horsehair and chain necklace, $50, email [email protected] for inquiries

<30> 5.8.12 Her standard style: She’s a trainer, after all. So Boyd is usually found The process: Martelli twisted rows toward the front of Boyd’s hair to rocking Lululemon gear, tennis skirts, and baseball caps. But right give a sense of severity. They lead to a bigger-is-better poof of curls, now she’s planning her wardrobe for a more formal occasion: her which he locked in place using Oribe Superfine hairspray. The real wedding to martial-arts instructor Matthew Babine. (Wicked Fit’s final emphasis is on the MAC makeup, which Martelli painstakingly layered episode featured their engagement.) Though the Style network’s show for ultimate oomph. The dominatrix vibe gets a futuristic, Mad Max–style spotlighted her crass sense of humor and brassy attitude, Boyd also has spin thanks to colors like Cyber, a glamorously gothic dark purple, a soft, sweet side. She’s a lover of vintage fashion, and her wedding-day and the metallic Silverstroke eyeliner. But the masterstrokes are the look will cull inspiration from the 1920s and 1930s — so expect lots of eyebrows: Martelli made them dark and dramatic to enhance Boyd’s lace and pearls. intense stare. This isn’t a look you’d rock at the grocery store, but for a wild night at an underground club. Her makeover inspiration: At Avanti, Boyd wanted to imagine a bridal style worlds apart from the pretty and pure look she’ll actually don on PS: Don’t think that Boyd has bid adieu to TV. In June, she heads to the big day. She was inspired by the dark edge of a dominatrix — and LA to develop a talk show with a major cable network. There’s big it’s no surprise why. With Wicked Fit over, Boyd wanted to reclaim the stuff afoot for Avanti, too. On August 1, the salon is slated to move sense of control she lost in the reality-TV experience, where every move to a larger, more luxurious location on the third floor of 20 Newbury is managed for the cameras, where contracts determine when, where, Street. Designed by the esteemed Marcus Gleysteen Architects and how you can divulge even your biggest news. (Like, you know, an firm, the 1,000-square-foot space will feature a state-of-the-art spa engagement.) She wouldn’t take back her time on Wicked: “It was a wild area for manicures, pedicures, facials, and massages. And we love ride, a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” says Boyd. But it also taught her that chemical services (like perms and keratin straightening) will be some (occasionally tough) lessons. “I learned a lot about myself and performed in a special room with an air-filtration system designed to about who my true friends are.” mitigate exposure to other clients.

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Get glam from head to toe with products bred in boston

By Cheryl Fenton You already fill your grocery cart with locally sourced foodie finds. So why not extend that shop-local philosophy to your beauty buys? Here’s our breakdown of a few must-have skin- and hair-care products, all with a Boston pedigree.

<34> 5.8.12 Photo by Joel Veak Living Proof to Coco Chanel and Susan B. just new stresses (work, marriage, Hair Care The story: Once upon a time, stylists Anthony. Some are multi-tasking and kids, oh my!), but new skincare Mitch DeRosa (owner of Mitchell John miracles, like cream blushes that can needs. So Stages boasts cleansers, Balance by James Joseph Salon) and Ward Stegerhoek hooked color lips. That versatility won fans serums, toners, moisturizers, and The story: Former James Joseph up with MIT scientists in hopes of backstage at Boston Fashion Week, scrubs tailored to each decade’s owner William George launched this creating better hair care through where the line debuted in September. concerns, using natural ingredients lightweight shampoo-and-conditioner technology. Their research resulted in Locals love: Her creamy lipsticks, like apple stem cells and Swiss cress duo in 2010, earning a shout-out in a new moisture-controlling molecule available in shades like Marina, an extract. We hope to age like the lines’ People. Low-pH formulas balance hair that’s the foundation of Living Proof, on-trend orange named after her names suggest — with Radiance and skin, caring for your scalp and whose products transform hair daughter. (20s), Harmony (30s), Elegance (40s), locks with natural wonders like citrus without weighty silicones or oils. The Buy it: At the Loft Salon and Grace (50+). extracts, tamanu oil, and achiote- brand now boasts five lines (Restore, (253 Newbury Street, Locals love: The rejuvenating, seed extract. 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foodcoma Nam Prik Ong at Thai North Any food nerd worth his garum knows that amazing restaurants are often noodles on top and a chili-soybean relish on the side for extra fire. You found where immigrant chef-owners are cooking mainly for their fellow ex- may have had larb gai, the spicy Thai salad of finely chopped chicken, pats. These places serve traditional cuisines in all their un-Americanized but how about larb bpèt, “Northern-style duck salad” ($13.50)? This glory: not dumbed down, bowdlerized, or unnecessarily gussied up. (Think beautifully cuts the richness of minced duck with a bracing amalgam of of the ferociously flavored $2 Eastie taqueria taco versus the showy, bland garlic, red onion, shallots, lime, Thai basil, chilies, and crunchy roasted $8 Seaport one.) Thai North (433 Faneuil Street, Brighton, 617.254.2025) rice powder. is one such place, though its menu of ubiquitous standbys like satay, pad Many of these dishes are flanked with the north’s starchy staple, sticky Thai, and green-curry chicken might fool you at first. Fear not: this sunny, rice, here fragrant and flecked with pretty purple husks. Bites of it help to attractive 16-seat storefront specializes in the cuisine of its namesake relieve the three-alarm fire of “Chiang Mai sausage” ($10), aka sai ua, the northern Thailand. You just need to drop the menu and focus exclusively regional capital’s renowned, finely textured pork sausage. Sticky rice also on the specials blackboard (and helpful illustrative wall photos). complements the northern chef’s penchant for ravishingly flavored (if dully Not that the blackboard’s translations are always helpful. What are translated) pâtés and dips like “tomato-based ground meat” ($9.50), aka “dressing wings” ($6.50), anyway? These turn out to be big deboned nam prik ong. This beautiful dish centers on a bowl of what I call “God’s chicken wings stuffed with ground pork and herbs, fried crisp, and served Bolognese,” a ragù of pork, chilies, tomato, garlic, lime, and palm sugar, with a sweet chili dipping sauce: amazing. What goes into gaeng hung with a pile of barely poached crudités (broccoli, green beans, snow peas, lay, aka “Northern-style Burmese curry” ($8)? That one is big chunks of and carrots) and crisp-fried pork rinds for dipping. It’s a stunner, reason pork loin on one visit, pork belly on another, in a complexly spiced gravy enough to haul yourself out to Oak Square. Ask its supremely sweet servers with chilies, lemongrass, shallots, and ginger-like galangal but none of to pretend you’re an ex-pat, too, and Thai North’s kitchen will reward you the coconut milk typical of southern curries. “Chiang Mai noodle curry” with the kind of heady, euphoria-inducing flavors that just can’t be found in ($8.25), aka khao soi, is memorable: a giant bowl of egg noodles, chicken, places that cater to unhyphenated Americans. and tofu in a rich, aromatic, coconut-milk-accented broth with crunchy — MC Slim JB

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COURSES with: Marisa Iocco of Gennaro’s 5 North Square

In5 2012, Marisa Iocco became an American citizen and, thus, an official Italian-American. (Breathe deeply, Italian patriots: she retains dual citizenship.) It was a major milestone for the woman billed as Boston’s only Italian-born female chef. Iocco has been living in Boston for more than two decades, making her mark one restaurant at a time, one besotted diner at a time — at Galleria Italiana (where she taught Barbara Lynch how to make Bolognese), at La Bettola, at Bricco, and at Mare, where she pioneered a sophisticated Italian take on seafood. Now she’s the executive chef at Gennaro’s 5 North Square (5 North Square, Boston, 617.720.1050). And her new menu concept, MangiAmerica, is a love letter to those who moved Italian home cooking to the core of American culture. You are so thoroughly Italian. Why do an American-Italian menu? MangiAmerica is about recognizing the translation of Italian food through the American experience. America has been very good to me and all the Italian chefs and cooks who came before me. Once they were here, they created dishes that people love and recognize — chicken Parmigiana, veal Marsala, Sunday gravy, meatballs — that are not authentically Italian, but foods that Italians perfected in America. I had this vision that it was important and possible to do American-Italian food really well, with skill, excellence, and respect. MangiAmerica is my thank-you. What does this mean in practice? What’s on the menu? For example, people love meatballs. They’ve become a symbol of American-Italian cooking, so I have a dish on the menu that is a medley with five kinds of meatballs: Marsala meatballs, saltimbocca meatballs, Bolognese meatballs . . . all flavors well-recognized by American diners. And I make classic American-Italian stuffed shells — manicotti Italo-Americani — filled with ricotta, spinach, nutmeg, and a Bolognese ragù. I make my chicken parm’ every day — baking the chicken, never deep-frying, excellent tomato sauce that I make myself, baked fresh mozzarella, best-quality imported tomatoes, and extra-virgin olive oil. It’s clean. It’s beautiful. Do Italians call it “Sunday gravy”? My grandma started to cook the gravy at 6 a.m. every Sunday morning. After a few hours, the whole house had this wonderful smell — the smell of family and friends, sharing food and cooking together. Italians who came to America kept the tradition of making the pasta sauce on Sundays. For many Americans of Italian heritage, having pasta with the Sunday gravy is an absolute ritual on the family calendar. I keep the tradition going by having many dishes on the menu that are only served “family style.” How will you keep your food special and avoid becoming just another North End red-sauce restaurant? One answer is in my purveyors. I respect the ingredients. I get fresh pasta made locally, but in the traditional way, the way my grandfather made it, without any eggs. I have a friend locally who makes the mozzarella and burrata for me. I use organic vegetables, import my canned tomatoes and my extra-virgin olive oil from Italy, and ripen my fresh tomatoes in the basement. What’s it like to be Boston’s only Italian-born female executive chef? I started with nothing here — no entourage, almost no English. I just started cooking. For a woman, maybe especially an Italian woman who grew up in a classic family, it’s a big compromise to be a chef. You have to have fresh energy every day, and that makes it very hard for a woman to have energy for a family. I am very serious about what I do and my vision. I have to mean what I say, honor the people I work with and the people I feed, or I can’t go home 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116 and sleep. For me, cooking is all-consuming. 617.357.4810 • www.davios.com — Louisa Kasdon Louisa Kasdon can be reached at [email protected].

<38> 5.8.12 feed STUFFIT It was hunted on old episodes of It’s a (literally) huge highlight of Unsolved Mysteries. Chased in the Painted Burro’s menu, but it’s the pages of the Weekly World not the only standout from chef- News. Dismissed as mere myth owner Joe Cassinelli, who draws on Snopes.com. (But that was just inspiration from multiple regions of part of a vast government cover-up Mexico. Turning to the other taco conspiracy, man.) selections, we’re partial to the gulf It’s the Chupacabra: the shrimp diablo ($14), served with a elusive, mythic beast that is heavenly avocado salsa. And from Mexico’s answer to the Yeti of the bevy of bar snacks, we love the Himalayas and the Loch Ness the refreshing chingón cucumbers Monster of, um, Loch Ness. And ($5) — a jar of cukes, watermelon we found it, served on a plate in radishes, and pickled grapes, Somerville! spiced with cilantro, lemon, and Okay, not exactly. At Davis chili — and the heritage-pork Square’s newly opened Mexican chicharrones ($6), savory pork spot, The Painted Burro (219 Elm rinds with tamarind glaze and Street, Somerville, 617.776.0005), serrano chili. Wash any of them the Chupacabra Taco ($18) is no down with one of the hundred-odd creepy creature, just a monstrous tequilas at the bar (or keep it classy serving of four familiar meats: with a bottle of beer served up in a braised pork cochinita, lamb neck, brown paper bag). skirt steak, and house-made Assuming it exists, the real chorizo. Topped with a tangy Chupacabra remains on the chipotle mayo, a smooth and mild loose. But we’ve definitely snared Baja crema, and a bit of pickled something equally slippery: a cabbage, the heaping portion is Mecca for Mexican cuisine that’s spread across three soft tacos both indulgent and sophisticated. for easy-ish eating. (You’ll likely On that front, game over. need the silverware to tackle it.) — Scott Kearnan PHOTO BY joel veak

5.8.12 <39> Barreling Down The ever-broadening field of spirits on the market is hard enough to keep straight (especially once you’ve liquid tried a few in a row). And a handful of Boston bars have been adding yet another layer of specialization to their repertoires with the introduction of hand-selected barrel spirits — carefully chosen offerings that are exclusive to a given watering hole. “It’s really unique to taste bourbons and tequilas barrel by barrel,” says Kara Kukull, assistant director of bar operations at Legal Sea Foods. Last month, Legal introduced its third bar-specific offering, a blend of five- and 10-year rums from Demerara Distillers in Guyana. It joins previous menu options, an Eagle Rare 10-year bourbon and Corazón añejo tequila. “You really do see how the barrels vary, imparting different flavors and profiles to the resulting spirit,” explains Kukull. By tasting her way through a distillery’s offerings, she gets to pull the best barrels it has to offer — or those that most closely match her restaurants’ drinking demographic. “I get to go through lots of barrels, select what I think to be the ‘honey barrels,’ or the most delicious, and the entire contents are bottled exclusively for us and sold in our Massachusetts restaurants,” Kukull says. Adding unique barrels of spirits, culled from a specific distiller, is the next logical step on the craft-spirit timeline. Tailoring the type of bottles on your shelf to guest and bartender tastes is one thing: hand-selecting a variety that will be available nowhere else is another level of specificity. Think of it like a butcher picking out the choicest cut of meat — from a specific cow raised on certain grass. The beverage team behind Kenmore Square’s tippling trinity of Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, and The Hawthorne has been doing this for a long time; they’re now on their 25th select barrel. They’ve already brought in an Eagle Rare 10-year bourbon, an Elijah Craig 12-year bourbon, and a Sazerac six-year rye, among others. On the way are a Herradura double-barrel reposado tequila and an extraordinarily rare hand-selected genever from the Bols family. The laborious tasting required to pull select barrels is actually a lot of work, but it’s in the interest of guests, says Joy Richard of Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar. (It’s on its second hand-selected barrel of Four Roses bourbon and has a Bernheim wheat whiskey, a Willett seven-year bourbon, and three different Scotches on the way.) It’s a chance to bring in special product, unavailable anywhere else, that may never exist in the same form again. That’s a good selling point for a bar trying to differentiate itself. “We like the uniqueness of it,” says Richard. “This is a barrel we have exclusively, and you’re Kara kukull only going to get it if you come to see us. But we also think that if people trust us enough with our whiskey list, our palate in general . . . if you like what we’re doing, you’re probably going to like the whiskey.” Having products like these in house also gets the No Smoking, Please staff jazzed up about selling them, Kukull says. No server The mezcal mini-boom has nearly flooded the market, making it tough to know what to wants to convince you of the greatness of the same bottle order. But the latest newcomer to Boston bars, Fidencio mezcal, is a choice selection. of Maker’s Mark you can get at every other bar in the There are five expressions, but the joven Fidencio Sin Humo is the most common; you’ll world. “Our staff gets really excited about them because find it at spots like Lone Star Taco Bar (479 Cambridge Street, Allston, 617.782.8226). it’s a point of difference. Not a lot of restaurants are Unlike most un-aged mezcals, it’s surprisingly easy to sip with a touch of pear and tons taking the time to hand-select spirits like that.” of fresh agave flavor. And because the agaves they use are cooked without smoke, it has Usually in the craft-spirit world, adhering to specific none of the characteristic burnt quality you’ll find in other mezcals. Consider it a smooth recipes is paramount. But sometimes it’s important to introduction to tequila’s cooler cousin. defy expectations. — L.O. — Luke O’Neil Got an idea for Liquid? Email [email protected].

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A. “At home, I like a monochromatic design — using pops of color and texture for contrast,” says Nayak. Indeed, a neutral palette dominates the living area, allowing statement pieces like this KMP womb chair in chartreuse, Nayak’s favorite color, to stand out against the misty-hued walls. And the plush custom At Home with Taniya Nayak carpeting from Mohawk Flooring, for which Nayak is a spokesperson, adds some softness and shagginess amid the clean lines. The HGTV Design Guru chills out B. These industrial-chic wall panels are an inspired touch. They’re actually off screen made of plywood that was skim-coated with concrete and stained for added To TV audiences, Taniya Nayak has a familiar face — and an effect. For help with the project, Nayak turned to Concrete FX, a Boston firm that she worked with on Petit Robert Central. equally familiar sense of style. The Boston-based interior designer is the high-energy host of the HGTV network’s House Hunters C. On their own, concrete accent walls don’t exactly scream “cozy.” Nayak on Vacation. (The first of a new batch of episodes premieres on knows this. “Modern design can sometimes look cold and stark,” she says. But June 1.) And she brings her expert eye to the Food Network’s one surefire way to warm up a room is to invite the outside world in. So we love renovation-focused reality show, Restaurant: Impossible. the small nods to Mother Nature, from the big birch branches to the adorable She’s also responsible for the looks of several local flower-shaped votive holders on the coffee table. But best of all is the 60-inch restaurants, including Blue Inc., Petit Robert Central, and Julep elongated fireplace. When it’s off, it’s a black box that balances the big-screen Bar. Next up? She says she’s working on chef Jason Santos’s new TV above it; when switched on, the roaring flames add elemental flourish. Theater District spot, slated to open later this year after a total D. By Nayak’s windows are Wassily chairs, icons of modernist design. But overhaul of the dilapidated Dominic’s Restaurant & Lounge space. those black leather straps aren’t just a place to sit in style. They’re also a But the work the public sees on television and around reminder of the flair for design that runs in her family. The chairs are from the town isn’t entirely the same as Nayak’s style in private. “My South Weymouth home where Nayak grew up — and where she absorbed her style at home is a bit quieter, more chill,” says the gregarious architect father’s appreciation for a clean, contemporary aesthetic. “We were design guru. Her living room is a testament to that: it’s sleek and that one modern house that didn’t fit in,” chuckles Nayak. streamlined, cool and clutter-free. “I didn’t want to over-design it and take away from the view,” says Nayak, whose home E. Sure, she has designer chairs, but Nayak often praises the value of a “high- overlooks a river. Fair enough. But if you ask us, the view inside low mix.” (This year she teamed with Wayfair, a Boston-based online home store, to launch Taniya Nayak Lighting; pieces range from tens to thousands of is even better. dollars.) And yes, she practices what she preaches. “I’m still afraid to commit — Scott Kearnan to a lot of original artwork!” confesses the designer. So she took a more frugal approach, creating an improvised wall hanging with Marimekko fabric. “It’s an inexpensive way to add art to any room,” says Nayak.

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“I’m wearing your underwear.” Brought to you by the Greater Boston Beverage Society, the Boston Bar Stars Hall That was my guilty admission of Fame highlights Boston’s own homegrown mixological talent! One of the GBBS’s as my girlfriend stood staring at me main goals is to preserve and promote Boston’s cocktail and hospitality culture and in her thong, realizing I had raided history. What better way is there to do that than by getting up close and personal her panty drawer. I was hoping the city’s finest? she would find it endearing, cute perhaps, maybe even sexy. But her In October of 2012 the Greater Boston Beverage Society with hold the first ever Boston one-word response summed up Cocktail Summit a three-day celebration of Greater Boston’s cocktail culture designed her sentiment: “Weird.” to highlight the city’s fascinating history of mixology, New England’s breweries, I guess it is a bit weird to wineries, and distilleries, and raise funds to help local charities. The Boston Cocktail be sharing undergarments with Summit will celebrate the culture of the cocktail with three days of events, parties, my girlfriend. But it seems like a educational seminars, and an opening gala with proceeds benefitting the newly natural progression for a couple established Greater Boston Beverage Society. For more information visit www. that has come to share everything bostoncocktailsummit.com. from shoes to jeans to cocktail dresses. Meet Emma Hollaner of Trina’s Starlite Lounge. Emma has been bartending around No, we are not “dyke-alikes.” Boston for a decade, at places like The Hard Rock Café and Rouge and Tremont 647. Those are lesbian couples who At Tremont 647 she wore many hats from bartender to manager and eventually GM! look like carbon copies in cargo She then left Tremont to go an open Trina’s and she hasn’t looked back since!. pants, cotton T-shirts, and crew Emma is a member of LUPEC Boston and active in the Boston Chapter of Share Our cuts. Rather, I’d like to think of us Strength. Her drinks have been featured in numerous publications in Boston as well! as stylishly simpatico. In fact, I’ve made it quite clear that one of my outfit. But when you start sharing relationship objectives is to double threads like communal hippies, that • What was your first bar job my wardrobe by dating women of sexy allure is lost; something that in Boston? my approximate dress size. You’d should have emotional weight turns rouge (riP) be a fool to be gay and not at least into something merely functional. get some new shoes out of the The scent of my girlfriend that once • What’s your favorite dive deal. lingered on a borrowed garment bar in Boston? My girlfriend and I can’t be the has now been eclipsed by my own tC’s (riP?) only couple to dabble in sartorial indiscernible smell. swapping. I mean, there’s a reason There is no longer a • What’s the spirit you can’t for the popularity of the boyfriend differentiation between what is live without? jean, designed to harness all that hers and what is mine. In fact, she Whiskey guy-garment comfort (with none recently got mad after texting me of the man-stench). Of course, a photo of herself in a cocktail • So do you have a guilty sometimes over-sharing warrants a dress with the question “Approve?” pleasure cocktail? raised eyebrow. “My ex-boyfriend My response was a simple (but Mmm… a Mojito and I used to always share evidently inadequate) “Of course!” clothes,” admitted a female friend. It’s my dress! Of course I approve •After a long shift your drink “Maybe that’s when he should have of it; otherwise I wouldn’t have of choice is... realized I was gay!” bought it . . . for myself. a Carling Black label But even if sharing clothes is So despite the convenience (with a straw) and rye pretty common in relationships, factor and the exciting prospect of there’s something to be said for the doubling my wardrobe, I’ve started on the rocks power of a piece of clothing to be to rethink the idea of sharing • What would your perfect forever associated — in our hearts, clothes. Yes, it could be just Boston night on the town be? minds, and nether regions — with another miniscule thing that scares its original owner. Think about the shit out of this commitment- silvertone, Brick & Mortar, it: we all likely have some cotton phobic writer. But style is Green st., Franklin Cafe, keepsake from a past relationship, sometimes the last stronghold of Wally’s, tC’s a token we tucked away to treasure individual identity in a relationship. (or maybe just to burn as part So I think I’ve got to lay down •You decided to pursue this crazy career because why exactly? of some twisted voodoo curse). the law and make sure my girlfriend i started working in a restaurant when i was 14, Embarrassingly, I once kept an and I stay out of each other’s and i have never done anything else. i enjoy ex-boyfriend’s boxers for so long drawers. Now I’ll just have to see that it took a steady girlfriend to how long I can hold out before I go playing host at a party, making people happy point out that the disintegrating groveling to her closet in hopes of and sharing my music and sense of humor. waistband was an indictment of borrowing her boots . . . and she so come and see me at trina’s starlite lounge just how long it’d been since I’d sticks her foot in my selfish ass. we’re at 3 Beacon street somerville, Ma! dated men. — Jeannie Greeley Clothing often carries Jeannie Greeley is an emotionally emotional connotations. Think of threadbare freelance writer. any sex symbol, and you’ll likely She can be reached at CHEERS! SEE you at tHE Summit! conjure him or her in a signature [email protected]. this is an advertorial

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6 7 malibu red launch party 8 9 at julep bar 1. Ken Prouty, Jeff Timberlake, and Chris Rose; 2. George Dealmeida and Jessica Edwards; 3. Cristina Nesta and Amy Miller; 4. Rachael Bourke and Edward Fennessey; 5. Tracy Buckner and Christine Higbee; 6. Ashley McCarthy and Joe Zajac; 7. Ryan and Cassidy DeVecchio; 8. Molly Kay and 11 10 Laura Kelly; 9. Jim Machado, Kevin Kuliesis, and Justin Muzarol; 10. Tyler Abele, Jim Machado, Mike Blanchard, and Dan Brearley; 11. George Dealmeida, Christine Higbee, Angelico Fialho, and Armando Borges.

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6 7 opus affair at storyville 8 9 1. Jennifer Rich, Stephanie Kacoyanis, and Kae Audette; 2. Jeremy Hayes and Luis Valdez; 3. Graham Wright and English Bill; 4. Peter DuBois, Charles Haugland, and Kyle Thomas Hemingway; 5. Irena Ivanovska, Anuj Dalal, and Christine Duncan; 6. Victoria Fernandez and Zoe Kemmerling; 7. Christina 10 English and Katrina Holden; 11 8. Theo Charlet and Alan John Browne; 9. Jad Atoui and Ashley Bickford; 10. Margaret Rew, Abe Dewing, Sid Sulladmath, and Catherine Swanson; 11. Emily Zeman, Graham Wright, Liz Ensko, and Giuseppe Frustaci.

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6 7 st. baldrick’s foundation 8 9 fundraiser at dillon’s 1. Matt Verhamme, Lexi, and Ryan VanDePutte; 2. Matt Posluszny and Jess; 3. Eva Price, Christin Indrisano, and Lauren Gruttner; 4. Allison Bryson and Tommy Cherry; 5. Tammy Best and Keith Hinzman; 6. Elizabeth Lynch, Mike Anello, and Clay Cole; 7. Tre Hathaway, Trenton Weaver, and Jessica 11 10 Garretson; 8. JT Redshaw, Scott Eichberger, and Sergio Brown; 9. Summer Key and Michael Bellantuoni; 10. Shawna Krueger, Dan and Mary Leary, and Buddy Murphy; 11. Brian Dame, Jon Monsoon, and Greg Yurasek.

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table for TEN benefit 6 7 8 9 at parris 1. Kristin and Sean Sullivan; 2. Gary and Jean Morello; 3. Bill Born and Merideth Ellis; 4. Jessica Bruno and Megan Duff; 5. Alex Powers and Marc Cellucci; 6. Desiree McLaren and Bethany Abdulla; 7. Jenn and Matt McGonagle; 8. Jason Petrou and Leanne Eastman; 9. Mike Sweeney and Stephanie Powers; 10. Karen Peluso, Jenny 10 Johnson, and Bryan Barbieri; 11 11. Jill Feeney, Jessica Bruno, and Shawn Feeney.

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When you’re en route to the Bruins game and craving something more Tell us a little bit about the machine itself. Well, it’s a Bally model, and it savory and substantial than a corrugated hamburger, Christine Pallotta has came used from a pool hall, but in great working condition. I can’t imagine you covered. Together with her sister, Carla, she leapt from hairdressing what my father spent buying the thing. It was built the year when the Who’s to restaurant engineering in 2005, when the two siblings opened the North movie Tommy was released. It’s called the Pinball Wizard, and the front of End’s Nebo. Now Pallotta has her hands full as the restaurant’s co-chef the machine has these great pictures of Roger Daltrey and Ann-Margret. and co-owner, crafting Neapolitan-style pizzas, hand-cut pastas, and even But there are also carvings on the glass. One guy named Waldo etched his gluten-free goodies. But mincing garlic and pounding veal cutlets aren’t her name onto the machine. It has character. only feats of dexterity. In her home kitchen, Pallotta likes to unwind with a So what made you park the machine in your kitchen? When I moved into few furious rounds on her 1975 Wizard pinball machine. We caught up my townhouse, I was adamant that the machine go in the kitchen because with Pallotta to learn the origins of her love of the game. I spend so much time there — cooking, hosting, having a glass of wine. I’ll How did you originally get hooked on pinball? When we were kids, my come home at two in the morning from work and play some rounds. It helps friends and I used to hang out every weekend at this bookie joint in the me de-stress after a long day at the restaurant. Sometimes friends will come North End because there were other young people there. They’d play disco over and play for hours. But I’m a little protective: the machine is nearly 40 and Barry White all the time, and they had all these pinball machines, too. years old, and there’s nobody around who fixes these anymore! I started playing when I was 10, and before long I went all the time and Does your family realize what a pinball maniac you still are? Definitely. played for hours. My poor father worked three jobs, and I’m pretty sure the In fact, my mother has become a pinball freak since I first got the machine. third job was to support my pinball habit! Nowadays, if she’s visiting me, I’ll come home and expect to find her hanging So this habit led to you getting your own pinball machine? That’s out on the porch. Nope. She’ll be in the kitchen, playing away. She’s 78. right. One Christmas morning, I was sitting by the living-room window and Maybe it’s hereditary then. You know, a really crazy thing happened thought, “What the hell . . . did I just see a truck go by?” Then I flipped out recently. Two years ago, my father passed away, and right around that time when I saw a pinball machine on the back of this pickup out front! My father the machine suddenly stopped working. Without explanation. I tried to find figured it was cheaper to buy me one than to keep giving me money to play someone who could fix it and then took a go at it myself, but no luck. Back the machines downtown. From there, I spent hours playing the machine when I was younger, my father had been the only one who could fix the every day, when I should have been doing homework. It became fun for machine when it had problems. Finally, this year, I came home one night the whole family. Cousins came over; I was the “cool kid,” and my brother and, feeling almost possessed, decided to try turning it on again. And it actually became jealous of me. I took the machine when I moved out of my worked! Still does to this day. parents’ house. It was the only thing I kept other than my clothes. — Miles Howard

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