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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Natalia Comes to America by Melissa Lowell America’S Most Captivating Couples 2008, Natalia & Melissa Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Natalia Comes to America by Melissa Lowell America’s Most Captivating Couples 2008, Natalia & Melissa. Fiercely emotional rocker Melissa Ferrick has been a celebrated singer-songwriter since bursting onto the music scene in 1991. She came out early in her career and helped pave the way for the current wave of successful out artists. Natalia Zuckerman is a highly acclaimed soulful folk artist, who has recently released her third album. As constantly touring solo musicians, this pair faces many challenges keeping their relationship grounded. Yet, they always come home to each other, to the place that is “us.” Last year, we introduced our first ever Captivating Couple of the Year, Daniela Sea (The L Word) and B (aka Bitch). Still going strong, these out icons asked to start yet another tradition with GO for 2007. Passing the torch, they have interviewed this year’s featured couple: musicians Melissa Ferrick and Natalia Zukerman. Here, we present excerpts from these friends’ candid conversation. B: Hey gays! Ok, so will you tell us how you met? Natalia: A few years back I went to see friends of mine play at the Bottom Line in New York. Melissa: She was late, first of all. Natalia: Anyway, I walked in and I had never seen Melissa before. I didn’t even know she was on the bill. I was just trying to navigate the space and I asked these people to move over a little bit and there was a little hustle and bustle and Melissa from the stage turns to where I was sitting and goes, “Shut the fuck up!” Melissa: The girl that I shut up, six years later, is my girlfriend. Daniela: So officially that was how you met? Natalia: We met officially at Folk Alliance. Melissa: I went to see Rachael Sage and there was this girl sitting with a guitar on her lap. I know it’s really retarded—but it was totally love at first sight. I was just like, “Oh my God. Who is that?” And then she played and I was like “Oh my God, and she’s amazing.” Then I went up and introduced myself. Natalia: No you didn’t. [laughs] Everybody else had left and Melissa came up to me. And I said, “Hey I’m Natalia,” and she didn’t say her name. Someone said “Do you know that’s Melissa Ferrick?” And I was like, “No, I didn’t know that—and what an asshole for not introducing herself.” Like, am I just supposed to know who she was? Melissa: I don’t assume that people know who I am. But I get really nervous when I’m around people. Especially if I think they’re cute. Natalia: The fact that she was so nervous put me at ease. I went the opposite way. I was like “What’s up, dude?” Melissa: So I ended up getting her email address from a friend of ours and I emailed her, and then somehow I gave you my phone number. B: And so then you had developed a kind of phone relationship? Natalia: Yeah, we started talking about playing together. Then we realized that a couple of weeks had gone by where we were talking every single day for four hours a day. Melissa: We did that for like four months before we had our first date. B: No way! So you took it slow? Melissa: Yeah, I mean as slow as you can take it as a lesbian, you know. B: How is it, both of you being on the road so much? That’s something I’m really interested in. Daniela: We have to deal with this all the time. Natalia: It sucks and it’s wonderful. We get to really miss each other and every time we get back it’s like this honeymoon phase, but it’s having a long-distance relationship all the time, even though we live in the same house. Melissa: It’s not going to change. I’m gonna continue to tour and I’m gonna continue to be gone, so the question is, “Who do I want to play cards with when I’m 80?” Am I willing to be this person’s best friend and partner and go to any lengths to really expose myself? We’re almost at two years now—and I think that that’s right when this kind of stuff starts to happen. Daniela: What about your creative processes—have they changed since you met each other? Natalia: We’re both very, very, very, very private about our processes. I can’t even write when she’s in the house. I have a hard time. B: No kidding. Natalia: I notice that it happens for both of us that as soon as the other one’s away, songs come out. I think that’s part of finding our rhythm at home together. She’d be writing or playing and I’d be painting or something like that. We had a little art factory going on last winter. Daniela: But you don’t necessarily wanna be like, “Ok, what should I do with this next bridge?” Melissa: Oh my god, no… But when we do get to work together it’s great. I know you guys did that Shortbus thing. Daniela: We play together sometimes, too. B: And Daniela, before she started doing The L Word , would come on tour with me, which was super fun. Melissa: That’s when I first met you guys, at Columbus Pride or whatever it was. Daniela: No. Before Columbus Pride we stayed at your house in P-Town when we were first falling in love. B: Remember how you were talking about how we were always cooking beans? Melissa: And rice. You guys were fucking heating up rice and putting it on your stomachs and shit. B: No, that was the salt! Melissa: Oh, salt, right. B: That’s an ancient witchy trick that Daniela taught me. You heat up salt for menstrual cramps and you put it on your stomach. Melissa: [sarcastically] Yeah, cause that works. Natalia: God, Melissa. I’m the hippie. Melissa: Yeah, Natalia is a total hippie, it’s so great. B: Oh, I love you already. Melissa has a new album called In The Eyes of Strangers . You can catch her at Southpaw in Brooklyn on February 16th. Natalia is planning to release a new record in the fall and she’ll be playing at Mo Pitkins on March 15th. ISBN 13: 9780613020411. Natalia has dreamed all her life of skating in America--and now her dream has come true! She's moving in with Tori Carsen's family and joining Silver Blades. But as soon as Natalia arrives, her dream turns into a nightmare. The girls in Silver Blades don't want to be her friends. She can't work with her new coach. And she's horribly homesick. Natalia wants to return to Russia--now! So she comes up with a secret plan to run away. There's just one problem. Natalia needs Tori's help--and getting it is not going to be easy! "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. (No Available Copies) If you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you! Former YMCA camper giving back, one state and one camp at a time. DUNSTABLE — As Chris Strub darts between activities at the Greater Lowell YMCA’s Camp Massapoag, kids yell out his name, hoping to beat him at whatever game they’re playing. Strub spent Friday playing with campers in day 85 of a 100-day mission. In that amount of time, Strub is traveling to all 50 states and volunteering at different camps and organizations. With the home stretch in sight, Strub is exhausted, but said he doesn’t regret one moment of his journey. “I’m doing this out of the love and passion of my own heart,” Strub said after playing a game with campers at the volleyball net. Even with bloodshot eyes that show how tired he is 41 states into the trip, Strub is pushing through to help as many organizations as possible. Strub came up with the idea after traveling the country last year and then working with a group called Pay Away the Layaway. He said he was inspired to find a way to tour America again, but this time giving back at each stop. He is driving for the whole trip, with the exception of his flights to Alaska and Hawaii. Strub said he planned the mission with the hope of gaining a sponsor, but that never happened. “When you have a dream that you believe in and you believe in what you’re doing, it’s easy to keep going,” he said. Strub went to the YMCA when he grew up in Huntington Station, N.Y., and was a counselor there as a teenager. “At the end of the day, all these kids care about is that someone showed up and wanted to pay attention to them,” he said. “They care that someone is there to give them a high-five and shoot them with the water gun and hang out for a little bit and listen to their problems and talk to them.” It’s clear that the campers love his company, as they shout for him to play from across the camp.
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