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crew Flight Attendant Ashley Piccari Ashley Piccari started her career with Ultimate JetCharters in July of 2011. Recently Piccari has been doing both contract flying and working part – time providing administration assistance in the maintenance crew department at our home office located in North Canton, OH. A graduate of Kent State (May 2011) with a degree in Aviation Management, Piccari knew this was going to be the career she wanted to make a mark in. In addition to her degree, Piccari also received her private pilot’s license from Kent State University’s Airport when she was nineteen years old. Her father was also a pilot and found the inspiration from him to be in the aviation industry. Piccari always had a passion for planes. Piccari has many fond memories and experiences during her years of being a Flight Attendant. However, the one that tops her list would be flying with her father, John Gordon, President and CEO of Ultimate JetCharters, and her husband, Captain Vince Piccari. Gordon was turning in his wings and retiring as a line pilot. They all had a busy week going back and forth Heidi Hooper, Ultimate Air Shuttle from the East to the West Coast taking bands to and attended a Team Solon Supports LLS from concerts, but it was the best week Piccari would networking event held in March at the have at UJC and will cherish the memory of flying with her father on his last flight forever. WHAT’S NEW! BW3 in Warrensville Hts., OH. This event Another great experience near the top of Piccari’s raised $700, pushing the Students of list is a flight with former Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and a group of Cincinnati PublicWHAT’S School students NEW! who the Year (SOY) campaign closer to their won the opportunity to spend the day learning about WHAT’SVoted NEW! Cincinnati’s Best Jeweler & fundraising goal of $25,000 for The aviation. The students, Mayor Mallory and the Ultimate Best Place to Buy Your Engagement Ring Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of BELOW: Flight AttendantWHAT’S AshleyWHAT’S Piccari withNEW! husbandNEW! Captain Vince Piccari (left) and father John Gordon, WHAT’S NEW! Northeast Ohio (LLS)! CEO of Ultimate JetCharters (right). Pictured above (L to R): Maria Jeancola, WHAT’SWHAT’S NEW! NEW! Aligned Health Center; Michelle Ryb, A historic, downtown destination stop in the heart of the city. BuyRite; Sydney, SOY; Heidi Hooper, (Ask to sneak a peek at our 1920’s bank vault!) Ultimate Air Shuttle; Shasha, SOY; WHAT’S NEW! Lindsay Silverstein, LLS; Julie Mostov, Playhouse Square.

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Flight Attendant Kathryn Soler-Beer Although Beer is now close to her eighth year flying with Ultimate JetCharters, hospitality had been part of her career for years before. Starting in 1979 with World Airways – a charter company – and continuing with Flying Tigers, AIA, and Private Jet flying, these past jobs allowed Kathryn to see the world. In fact, seventy plus countries thus far. Beer then took a seven-year hiatus from the travel industry to work for Wolfgang Puck in Hollywood. Beer has also managed private clubs for the LA Lakers, LA Kings, and Dodgers. But flying has always been on Beer’s mind and ULTIMATE she returned to her passion for aviation by cooking on BEVERAGE private planes for ten years. MENU A fellow colleague from SOFT DRINKS Boeing introduced Beer to Coke Diet Coke Ultimate JetCharters where Sprite Ginger Ale she would begin the next Sprite Zero Cranberry Juice phase of her career. Orange Juice V8 Juice In addition to being a Apple Juice Tomato Juice Flight Attendent, Beer is ABOVE: Flight Attendant Kathryn Soler-Beer Coffee Bottled Water also one of our commuters, with her dogs Marley and Ame. BEER residing in Palo Alto, California with her new husband Warren. Currently the Bud Light / Miller Lite duo is putting together a Blues Jam show in Silicon Valley and Bend, Oregon, MadTree Lift German Kölsch called “The Brew Hour with the Beers.” Enthusiasm for the arts is strong for Rhinegeist Truth IPA Beer, having written and directed short films in San Francisco. From the San Jose Film Festival to Cinequest, you will find her volunteering, introducing LIQUOR films and networking with people in the entertainment industry. Titos Vodka Some of Kathryn’s other interests include travel, culinary arts, reading, Jack Daniels Whiskey music, neuroscience studies, health, dance and a love for sports. And let’s Tanqueray Gin not forget Marley and Ame, Beer’s two dogs who she loves intensely. Dewar’s Scotch “I enjoy the beauty of Ohio,” says Beer. “The people are warm and friendly WINE and have a real ‘can-do’ spirit. Cincinnati has those delightful lush green Woodbridge Cabernet rolling hills.” The Great American Ball Park is a favorite get away of Kathryn, and Chardonnay especially when the Reds take on her beloved Dodgers. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Little Italy in Cleveland are favorite destinations as well. n Beverage menu available on all Ultimate Air Shuttle flights. All selections may not be available on charter flights. While supplies last.

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From Football To Futbol! Jeff Berding Brings MLS To Cincinnati. by Keith Sprunk

JEFF BERDING didn’t do it by himself, but mentality of playing and trying to always The Reds & Bengals In Cincinnati” campaign. he was the driving force behind the Queen win,” the likeable 52-year-old remembers. In 1996 the Bengals offered him a position City getting it’s third major professional “I wasn’t that good at anything, but I tried and he stayed with them until the middle of sports franchise. But with the help of a everything. I played baseball, ran track and 2015 when he formed his partnership with powerful business group led by Carl Lindner loved soccer.” Lindner, Joseph and Farmer to work on III, George Joseph and Scott Farmer, FC After graduating from St. Xavier High bringing an MLS franchise to Cincinnati. Cincinnati has opened play this spring in the School, Berding attended both Miami “We were lucky,” explained Berding. MLS (Major League Soccer). University and Xavier before graduating. He “We went to New York and met with the The wonderful thing about Berding, immediately landed a job working on the USL (United Soccer League) in August of not only is he a sports jock, but he’s a really campaign for former Senator John Glenn 2015. They gave us a tentative franchise for smart guy. “I grew up on the west side of and moved to Washington D.C. 2016, assuming we could find a place to play. Cincinnati. Mom and Dad had 10 children Berding eventually moved back to We knew we would have to start out with a and we had that west side, Pete Rose Cincinnati and went to work on the “Keep minor league team.”

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In 2016, 2017 and 2018 they played in the USL but never took their sight off what they really wanted: an MLS franchise. Last fall the MLS awarded FC Cincinnati with a franchise to begin play in 2019. Why Soccer? When asked about why he went after a soccer franchise, Berding responded, “I B C played soccer growing up and loved it. My kids all played soccer as they grew up. We would travel to soccer games around the midwest and there would be 4,000 or 5,000 people at the games.”

Some additional reasons that soccer has exploded in the United States include: • It’s a world-wide sport that D E includes teams from nearly every country. • The cost for kids to play soccer is much less than other sports. All the kids need are a pair of tennis shoes and a ball. • Because the contact is so different than in football, the potential for injuries is much less in soccer. F IN THE FALL OF 2014, Berding put together a comprehensive business plan on how to go after an MLS franchise in Cincinnati. He took the concept to Bengals owner Mike Brown (at the time his employer) and explained how he thought having an NFL owner being the owner of the Cincinnati soccer team would give them a jump-start on getting an MLS franchise. Berding was turned down by the Bengals, as well as the Cincinnati Reds and Bob Castellini. But Berding was not discouraged. He would eventually put his group of Lindner, Joseph and Farmer together and didn’t stop until they got their MLS franchise.

12 ULTIMATE / APRIL-MAY 2019 Biggest Challenges “There were a bunch of them,” explained Berding. “Just getting people to believe we could get a franchise was my first challenge. Finding the right partnership, raising the money, getting the right people on staff have all been challenges, but without a doubt the biggest challenge has been to find the right place to build our facility,” Berding said. “The right location, permits, etc., but when we’re done, I think we will have the GREATEST soccer facility in the world. It will be state-of- the-art.” The Money Berding’s hard work probably landed the 1 perfect investment group, led by Carl Lindner VOTED # GYM IN III, George Joseph and Scott Farmer. Owning a professional MLS team is expensive… really expensive. CINCINNATI! The franchise fee to the MLS was $150 million. Berding estimates that the NEW facility when it’s completed for the 2021 season will cost in excess of $250 million. I7 Area Locations FC Cincinnati purchased land and is in the process of building a fabulous practice facility in Milford that will cost over $30 MIDDLETOWN HAMILTON million. 75 That’s over $430 million and you haven’t 129 even started talking about players and coaches salaries, upper management and FAIRFIELD 71 staff salaries, advertising, rent to Nippert 127 MASON Stadium while the new FC Cincinnati CINCINNATI stadium is getting built, travel expenses, and COLERAIN TRICOUNTY OHIO 75 275 126 275 the list goes on-and-on. 126 52 CINCINNATI FINNEYTOWN MILFORD 71 How the MLS Works CINCINNATI CINCINNATI SECOND ST OAKLEY O h CINCINNATI io 32 WESTERN HILLS The league is a “Single Entity System,” River LAWRENCEBURG explained Berding. TV money goes to the 275 NEWPORT 275 CINCINNATI league, along with a certain amount from AIRPORT EASTGATE each team. All players are paid by the league. KENTUCKY Individual teams are responsible for the FORT WRIGHT FLORENCE remainder of their budget. ALEXANDRIA Taking Soccer to All Corners of the Tri-State “I think our drawing power is about the same as the Bengals and Reds,” declared $10 A MONTH Berding. “The Columbus Crew cuts into us going north, but we have season ticket holders in Dayton, Indianapolis, Lexington planetfitness.com

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and Louisville.” The Futbol Club has also reached out to Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky youth programs to help the sport grow across the Tri-State. “We are doing as much as we can for all the youth teams in the area and we are currently sponsoring a youth girls development academy”, explained the FC Cincinnati President. “We believe in the kids”, stated Berding. “That’s where soccer will grow and grow, as more and more kids play the sport across the Tri-State.”

The Honeymoon FC Cincinnati has built a tremendous following over the past three years they played in the USL, and that following should only grow as they move into the MLS and soccer’s major league, the MLS. Berding has reported that the new stadium will be ready for the start of the 2021 season. That gives FC Cincinnati at least five years for the “Honeymoon”. Everyone will be excited to be part of the new facility,

ABOVE: FC Cincinnati Forward Kekuta Manneh (left) and Defender Kendall Waston. BELOW: Concept rendering of West End Stadium, FC Cincinnati’s new MLS home. It’s a state-of-the-art 250+ million soccer specific facility.

“I think we will have the GREATEST soccer facility in the world! It will be state-of-the-art.” – Jeff Berding

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and when it opens in 2021, the Futbol Club should have at least three more years of fan support at the minimum. With the state-of-the-art stadium and the first-class organization that Berding has put together, off-the-field FC Cincinnati should be in the upper echelon of MLS organizations. But by year five, the soccer team must be winning and be competitive to continue to grow their fan base. This is especially true in the smaller professional markets. You MUST eventually WIN on the field or it doesn’t matter what you do off-the-field, it won’t be enough. Just ask the Reds and Bengals.

P.S. – FC Cincinnati seems like it’s established a tremendous team. As of this writing, the club won its first home game at Nippart Stadium on Sunday, March 17 in front of more than 35,000 fans. They defeated the Portland Timbers by a score of 3-0. After 3 games, FC Cincinnati is 1 win, 1 loss and 1 tie. n

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Exploring Ohio Discover the history, natural beauty, and yes, the islands of the Buckeye State. by Max West

OHIO IS A BIG PLACE. At least those of us corner. such as Cleveland’s Metro Parks, part of the that live or work here feel that way. But it is It is blessed with a myriad of great state Cuyahoga Valley National Park. only the 35th largest state in the US, and of the parks, such as Shawnee near Portsmouth, Most people don’t think of islands when twelve states that are regarded as the Midwest, Burr Oak near Athens, and Hueston Woods they think of Ohio. Still, Lake Erie has several, only Indiana is smaller. But Ohio is blessed just outside of Oxford. These are just three including South Bass Island, home to Put- with a variety of geologic formations that of the seventy-four state parks you can visit in-Bay, and Kelleys Island, home to Kelleys can make outdoor fun quite special, from to camp, fish, hike, or just plain relax and Island State Park, just one of the seventy-one the Ohio River to the islands of Lake Erie; connect with nature. And that number state parks that weren’t mentioned earlier. It from the flatlands of northwest Ohio to the doesn’t include Ohio’s Nature Preserves, is renowned for massive glacial grooves, four- foothills of Appalachia in the southeastern designated Wildlife Areas, or City Parks, hundred feet long and thirty-five feet wide. OHIO: CINCINNATI, DAYTON, COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND ABOVE: Marblehead, Ohio, a peninsula jutting into Lake Erie between Kellys Island and Sandusky, is home to the KENTUCKY: CRESTVIEW HILLS, LEXINGTON (COMING SOON) oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the United States side of the Great Lakes. It’s one of Lake Erie’s best known and most-photographed landmarks. It’s also one of seventy-four state parks to enjoy in Ohio.

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Like snakes? No…? A trip to Serpent white men from their lands. It is staged at the the name may not be as unusual as you might Mound might change your mind and is Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre, with 2019 think, as at least two other states—Wisconsin well worth the short drive from Greater performances starting June 13th and running and Illinois—have Kinnikinnicks, too. Cincinnati to Adams County. It is the through September 1st. Tickets are priced far Ohio is home to two major Halls of Fame. world’s oldest known effigy mound and was below what you might expect, and parking is One is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in built by the Adena people well before the free. Tecumseh will prove to you that there is Cleveland. The induction ceremonies in New time of Christ. Perhaps you can unravel the more to theatre in Ohio than you might have York are classics, with live performances by mystery as to why it was built. Historians thought. But leave the small children with the the honorees. But the musicians’ immortality and archaeologists still don’t know the true babysitter, as performances feature violent is forever on display at the Hall in Cleveland. meaning of the 1330-foot-long snake that battle scenes and loud gunfire effects. The second is the Pro Football Hall of seems to be swallowing an egg. Nearby, there are two small towns that Fame in Canton. Sure, Cleveland has its There is far more to Ohio than parks, are worth visiting, if just to have a little fun Browns and Cincinnati its Bengals, but long geologic wonders, and ancient archaeology discussing them with coworkers in Monday’s before either of those teams were founded, though. Just an hour to the northeast of “what I did this weekend” conversation. They Ohio was home to the Portsmouth Spartans. Serpent Mound in Ross County is the town are Knockemstiff and Kinnikinnick. Strange Formed in 1929, Portsmouth joined the of Chillicothe. If you took Ohio history in names: unique histories. “Knockemstiff” is National Football League the following year. school and if you were paying attention that believed to derive from a traveling preacher The franchise moved to Detroit in 1934 and day, you’ll remember that Chillicothe was the who told two women fighting over a man that today are the Detroit Lions. first state capital of Ohio. Today, it is known he wasn’t worth it and that someone should At one time, Ohio was also home to the for Tecumseh, a grandiose outdoor drama “knock him stiff.” “Kinnikinnick” is an old College Football Hall of Fame. Older readers about the leader that attempted to organize Native American smoking mixture, believed may remember that this Hall was adjacent Native American tribes to drive the invading to be medicinal in purpose. Right… anyway, to Kings Island and was housed there from

ABOVE (clockwise from upper left): Tecumseh, a grandiose outdoor drama about the Native American leader staged in Chillicothe; East Quarry Trails on Kellys Island in Lake Erie; Serpent Mound, the world’s oldest known effigy mound built by the Adena people well before the time of Christ; South Bass Island, home to Put-in-Bay.

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1978 to 1992. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough fame (or revenue) to keep it there. It was relocated to South Bend Indiana where it had a similar fate. In 2014, it was moved to Atlanta, Georgia. As they used to say on Monty Python’s Flying Circus, “and now for something completely different.” Nearby Loveland is home to a medieval fortress known as the Loveland Castle, or more properly, Chateau Laroche. Built by Harry D. Andrews, Boy Scout troop leader and medieval aficionado, it is a 1:5 scale reproduction that required 2,600 bags of concrete, 54,000 buckets of dirt, and 56,000 pails of stone to build. Started in the 1920s, he acquired the needed land in a most unique way. The Cincinnati Enquirer owned many 20 x 100- foot camping lots along the Little Miami River. If you paid for a year’s subscription up front, you got a free lot. Andrews got eleven of them and began his project which took more than fifty years to complete. Today, you can tour the Loveland Castle. Open weekends, ABOVE: Built in the 1920s on the banks of the Little Miami River north of admission is just $5. It is also a locally popular Loveland, Ohio, Château Laroche – better known as Loveland Castle – is a 1:5 choice for weddings and special events. scale reproduction of a medieval European fortress.

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ABOVE: Located on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just east of Dayton, the National Museum of the United States Air Force is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world, displaying nearly four-hundred aircraft and missiles.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is On a slightly smaller scale, you can located just east of Dayton and is named travel to Coolville in southeastern Ohio to for the Wright Brothers and Frank Stuart find the world’s smallest church. It is a 10 x Patterson, a World War I pilot that died in 14-foot building that seats eight people. It’s a crash at the old Wright Field and who was easy to find. Located just off US Route 50 the son of the founder of the National Cash east of Athens is a rest stop. The church is Register Company. It is also home to the just off the rest stop’s access road. National Museum of the United States Air Ashville is home to the world’s oldest Force. This is the oldest and largest military traffic light, and Bellefontaine has the aviation museum in the world, displaying distinction of having the oldest concrete nearly four-hundred aircraft and missiles. street in the United States. Somehow, it Admission to the museum is free, and that’s a seems like the antique traffic light should be hard price to beat. hanging over the concrete street. Ohio is also home to lots of…well… In Columbus, Arnold Schwarzenegger unusual things, too. You can start right up is immortalized with a statue. Perhaps more the road off I-75 near Lebanon. The Solid fitting is the Flying Housewife statue that Rock Church has thousands of members honors Geraldine Mock, the first woman and is fronted by a giant statue entitled Hug to successfully fly solo around the world. Me Jesus, a renovation of the original statue She left Columbus on March 19, 1964 and that burned to the ground in 2010 when it returned April 17, 23,000 miles later, having was struck by lightning. It was a 62-foot tall stopped at twenty-one places along the way. statue of Jesus, seemingly rising from a body The most amazing thing is that she did it in of water with outstretched arms that reached a single-engine Cessna. The statue is fittingly to the sky. It was affectionately referred to as located at the Port Columbus International Touchdown Jesus. Airport.

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FG_UltimateAir_Outlet_May.indd 2 3/13/19 3:56 PM Speaking of flying, Springfield has a statue honoring the Wright Brothers’… lawyer. Thankfully, the city of Dayton has a true Wright Brothers Memorial in the works. It will stand 270-feet, taller than the Statue of Liberty. At a projected cost of $22 million, money is still being raised. For a bit of Civil War history, travel to the Clermont County village of Williamsburg. John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate raider and his foray into Indiana and Ohio is legendary. Reaching Williamsburg, he and his men were exhausted after their non-stop ride from Sunman, Indiana. He went to the home of John Lytle, brother of William Lytle of Cincinnati’s Lytle Park fame. Morgan told Lytle to make sure that all Union soldiers had left the area and threatened to burn down the town if any remained or if anyone gave him or his men trouble. To emphasize his point, he took his sabre and etched the following on Lytle’s doorstep: John Morgan, July 14, 1863, 3000 men. That doorstop is preserved along with a commemorative plaque and is on display street-side, just off the sidewalk on Main Street and directly across from the old Williamsburg High School. Ohio has a love affair with museums. While the Air Force Museum at Wright- Patterson is world famous, some other museums across Ohio are... not so much. In Athens, you can visit the Hot Dog Museum. Just down the road in Marietta is the Mortuary Museum. I wonder what items they have for sale in the gift shop? On second thought, I don’t want to know. Logan is home to the Pencil Sharpener Museum, and Canal Winchester proudly boasts the National Barbershop Museum and Hall of Fame. As the old barber saying goes, you can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks. Great credo. Finally, we arrive at the end of this brief sojourn across Ohio. But not before making one final stop, right here in Cincinnati. It is to visit the grave of Fredric Baur, inventor of Pringles potato chips. He was immensely proud of his creation, so much so that when he died, he was interred at Arlington Memorial Gardens… in a Pringles can. Ohio may not be the biggest state, but there’s a lot going on here. And we’re thirty- times bigger than Rhode Island. n

APRIL-MAY 2019 / ULTIMATE 2 5 Lebanon’s Village Parlor sweetens the pot with a second location in Hamilton Ice cream, sundaes, and double-dip sodas by Liz Engel

HAMILTON, Ohio — Date “They (the city) had a nights in Hamilton just got a fantastic location, with history whole lot sweeter. The city’s and character, and that really newest business serves up attracted us,” Zwelling said. ice cream, double-dip sodas, The Village Parlor opened sundaes and more from a in Hamilton in January in the historic corner spot along Main historic Hughes Pharmacy Street — and, so far, it seems, building. The shop features an the community is in love. original tin ceiling. The Village Parlor, an old- Hughes Pharmacy, the fashioned ice cream shop building’s former occupant, with a 50-year history in Lebanon, opened its second had an ice cream parlor there for many decades, he said, location in January following a nearly two-year recruitment “which was very common in the ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, and we campaign by city officials. Despite a constant barrage of thought that was a really neat story to re-tell.” wet winter weather, it’s seen capacity crowds. Zwelling and his wife bought the original Village Parlor Owner Aaron Zwelling said that’s because it offers up in Lebanon, which opened in 1969, over four years ago. perfect post-dinner treats. It doesn’t hurt that the building, Zwelling also has a long history in ice cream and jumped located in the Rossville Historic District, at the corner of at the opportunity to run his own business, he said. For Main and D Street, also oozes charm. There’s the original 20 years prior, he worked for Graeter’s, most recently as a tin ceiling from the early 1900s and refurbished character district manager in Cincinnati, helping to open new stores pieces, like the bar and stools. in Deerfield, West Chester and Fountain Square.

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The Village Parlor opened in Hamilton in January in the historic Hughes Pharmacy building. The shop features an original tin ceiling.

their ‘happy place,’” he said. “Ice cream’s very universal,” Zwelling said. “We see a lot of folks, certainly at night, who’ve been to dinner and come afterward for a great dessert. You can watch our team make waffle cones, and a lot of people find that fascinating. If you get within 10 feet of the front door, you’re immediately overwhelmed by the smell of fresh vanilla from those cones being made. It’s just a neat place to hang out.” The Village Parlor serves Johnson’s Real Ice Cream, a Columbus brand born in the 1950s, which outfits the shop with more than two dozen “interesting and different flavors,” Zwelling said, or “flavors you don’t find everywhere else.” Favorites include salted caramel choco pretzel, banana fudge and lemon. “It’s a big variety. Flavors you just don’t see anymore,” Zwelling said. “A lot of people seek us out because we It was always part of the plan to open other Village have lemon, which is actually really hard to make. We Parlors. “It just took the City of Hamilton to really push have great flavors for kids, like cotton candy ice cream, us,” he said. or birthday cake ice cream that we carry year-round. “The effort seems to have paid off,” said Jeff Archiable, We have other classic flavors like coconut almond chip communication strategist for the Hamilton Vision and rum raisin -- and you can’t find rum raisin anywhere. Commission. “There’s been a steady buzz since the Again, I think that really matches up with what we do in Parlor opened, and several people have referred to it as terms of being more old school.”

28 ULTIMATE / APRIL-MAY 2019 Where the Fun Begins... Friday Comedy & Karaoke Live Bands every Saturday The Village Parlor also offers signature sundaes. The Brunch Buﬀet Sat-Sun brownie sundae has proved a top seller in Hamilton, 10a - 1p for just $12 and the menu includes Zwelling’s personal favorite, the caramel banana sundae, which is banana fudge ice streetcity.pub cream topped with fresh banana, hot caramel, whipped cream, and crisp, salty pecans. There are also double-dip sodas, milk shakes and malts. 580 Walnut Street Zwelling has no immediate plans to add food — the Downtown Cincinnati Village Parlor in Lebanon cooks lunch and dinner — although that could happen down the road. For now, ice cream’s tops, and Zwelling is already primecincinnati.com mentally preparing for a busy spring and summer. “If the first three or four weeks are any indication, I would anticipate a line out the door every day,” Zwelling said. “We’ll be putting a bunch of seating outside, and we would very much like to create a scene on that corner of the block, because it’s a good vibe. It’s good for the city. I think it’s going to be really good and hectic, and we’re ready for it.” n

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The Florida Keys A string of gorgeous islands to explore and enjoy. by Max West

ADMIT IT: WINTER STINKS, at least in and palm trees that gently sway in warm the north to Key West far to the southwest, the Midwest. I know there are things to do tropical breezes. Let’s take a drive through these thin stretches of land and connecting here in winter, like skiing, snowboarding, the Florida Keys, if only through the pages bridges run 113 miles, about the same and stoking the fireplace. But if you are like and pictures of this magazine. Then imagine distance as a drive from Cincinnati to me, you got tired of the cold, the snow, and yourself there, in tees, shorts, and flip-flops. Columbus. But instead of cornfields, malls, bitter Arctic winds that cut through even the The Florida Keys are comprised of and fast food eateries, the Overseas Highway warmest of down-filled winter coats. As we dozens of small islands, many uninhabited offers a scenic view of the Caribbean, prepare to welcome the summer of 2019, let’s and some so narrow that you could throw a beaches, and palms, interspersed amongst visit a place we missed this past winter while rock from one side to the other. Or perhaps small towns and unincorporated junctions we were preoccupied with getting ice off the more appropriately, a piece of coral. Most are where sea meets land. car windshield and ice melt down on the connected by US Route 1, better known as Our journey starts in Key Largo, not sidewalk. It’s a place of white sandy beaches the Overseas Highway. From Key Largo in far from the Florida mainland but still over

ABOVE: The beach at Bahia Honda State Park, widely regarded as best beach in the Florida Keys.

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sixty-miles south of Miami. Everglades Key Largo, the movie was filmed in Africa National Park is a short boat-tour away and and Great Britain. Got to love Hollywood. for many, that would be enough to keep a Driving south a few miles, one arrives visitor busy. However, Key Largo is the self- at Tavernier Key. Like every stop along the claimed Dive Capital of the World, due in way, there is a myriad of fishing boats for part because it is home to the world’s largest charter, but if fishing isn’t your thing, try artificial reef, included within the John waterskiing on the calm, protected waters, Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. or SCUBA and snorkel in water so clear Aficionados of movies might recall the you can see the bottom from far above. 1948 classic, Key Largo, starring Humphry But on Tavernier, a stop-over would not be Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Opening scenes complete without a visit to the Florida Keys were filmed on site, but the majority was shot Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center. Contained in studio. You can also see the actual boat within is the Laura Quinn Wild Bird that Bogart piloted in 1951 in The African Sanctuary, a seven-acre refuge where you Queen. But while the boat will be found in will observe a vast array of birds that cannot

ABOVE: A scenic marina on Key Largo, self-claimed Dive Capital of the World (top); Christ of the Abyss statue at Key Largo Dry Rocks, one of the most famous scuba diving sites in the world. (bottom).

32 ULTIMATE / APRIL-MAY 2019 be released back to the wild due to previous injuries. Laura Quinn is known as the “Bird Lady,” and she has made it her decades-long mission to rescue and rehabilitate these feathered friends. The incorporated village of Islamorado is to the south of Taverner and is spread amongst five Keys: Tea Table, Upper and Lower Matecumbe, Windley, and Plantation Keys. There are two must-stops here. The first is the Old Road Gallery, a private house displaying local artists’ works, including paintings, clay and brass sculptures, and hand-blown glass. The second stop is at the Florida Keys Brewing Company. Tour the brewery or skip it and go straight to the taproom and sample a flight of tasty beers. Sounds like a plan. If not to sip the beers, ABOVE: Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center on Tavernier Key. go to see thousands of bottle caps from breweries all over the US and Europe. See how many you recognize (and have tried). but this is where he would build his dream Fiesta Key and Long Key have Craig Key, originally named Camp home and he soon began construction interesting histories. Fiesta was owned by Panama, is somewhat unique. Roland of a huge concrete mansion. A hurricane a private citizen who owned the land until Craig bought the island from the Overseas obliterated the island and his home was it was sold to The Greyhound Corporation. Railroad in 1935. It was little more than a never completed. Bad luck? Not really. More They changed the name to Greyhound small right-away that jutted out into the Sea, like bad finances, as he ran out of money. Key. I wonder if Greyhound considered

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the slogan… “Leave the camping to us”? It is spread throughout thirteen islands. In Lower Keys—the southern and westernmost was then sold to Kampgrounds of America 2000, the US Census listed Marathon’s isles. You are now closer to Cuba than (KOA) in 1966 and was renamed Fiesta Key. population at 10,255. Now, it is estimated Miami. Big Pine Key is first up. Home to two Long Key was a favorite tourist at just 8700. Have people left because of the national wildlife refuges, a state park, and a destination for the rich and famous, catering storms or have they left so they can rent out national marine sanctuary, Big Pine is also to celebrities and the mega-affluent. Today, their homes via VRBO? Perhaps it is a little known for a unique species of deer found it is home to Long Key State Park, a peaceful of both. there. Named Key Deer, they are very small, getaway for those wanting to birdwatch, There is a world-famous hospital in no bigger than a large dog. As a protected kayak, or enjoy the beach. It is one of the Marathon, but they might not be able to do species, they have their own home: The most sought-out camping areas in the United much for you if you get sick while passing National Key Deer Refuge. States, with sixty ocean-side campsites through town, unless you belong to the Summerland Key is a somewhat offering a view that is postcard worthy. Caretta caretta or Dermochelyis coriacea distinctive place. It is a commuter island Unfortunately, due to a reconstruction families. These are Sea Turtles, and The and town found between Marathon and project, no more reservations are being Turtle Hospital is exclusively for them. You Key West and is home for over 5,000 people, accepted for 2019. But if you are into can tour as a non-patient. most of which don’t work there. Known as camping, 2020 isn’t that far away. If you start your trip to Florida in Ohio, a bedroom community or commuter town, We travel on through Conch Key you can end it in Ohio without returning most people are employed on one of the and Duck Key, small unincorporated home. The riddle? Ohio Key is a small island larger islands. This might not be a prime communities that you might miss if you south west of Marathon and is a destination location for shopping or night life, but as blink. The next stop is totally different of choice for the RV crowd, as half of the a place you might want to live, the peace though. The city of Marathon is huge, at least island is a campground for trailers. and relaxation doesn’t get much better. by Florida Key standards, but the population We now reach what is known as the Retirement anyone?

ABOVE (clockwise from upper left): Private homes in the bedroom community of Summerland Key, a relaxing place to live or rent a vacation home; Sloppy Joe’s, one of two bars claiming to be Ernest Hemingway’s favorite; Painted buoy on Key West denoting the southernmost point of the continental United States; Hemmingway House on Key West.

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Cudjoe Key provides the opportunity and see what you think. Better yet, stop off at there, you took a picture. Not to spoil the to feel better and approach Nirvana. Just Hemingway’s favorite bar, whatever that was. photo or the memory, it is not the true schedule an appointment at the Angelic Both Sloppy Joe’s and Capt. Tony’s claim to be southernmost point of Key West. That’s about Moon Holistic Day Spa and Apothecary. his watering hole of choice and have engaged a half mile away. Even accepting that as fact, According to their website, they are a “Haven in legal battles to uphold that claim. When it it’s incorrect, too. The actual southernmost for Healing and would like to partner with comes to tourism dollars, it matters. point of the continental United States is on you to heal your mind, body and spirit.” I like bars, but my favorite place to Woman Key, located in the Mule Keys and This is the only certified ‘green’ day spa visit is Mel Fischer’s Treasures, a museum within the boundaries of Key West National in the Florida Keys. Visit their website at displaying some of the discoveries from the Wildlife Refuge. It is nine miles west of Key angelicmoon7.com for a full description man acknowledged as the World’s Greatest West. And just a bit to the south. of their holistic methods and healing Treasure Hunter. His most famous find was To reach Key West, we’ve taken a scenic philosophy. Far out, just like Cudjoe Key. the Atocha, a Spanish treasure galleon that drive south from the Florida mainland. We travel through Boca Chica Key and sank during a hurricane off the Florida Keys However, if you only want to visit Key West, past the largest Naval Air Station in south in 1622. The ship carried over 40 tons of gold you can fly direct, arriving via the Key West Florida before reaching the final stop on this and silver and 71 pounds of precious jewels. International Airport. It is small, with just connected journey — Key West. This is the Fisher discovered the wreck and began fifteen arrivals daily. Fortunately, several are ultimate destination for many, including the raising the fortune. The State of Florida then from Atlanta and Charlotte so simply hop on great American author Ernest Hemingway. tried to claim ownership of the wreck, but an Ultimate Air jet to one of those cities and Along with Cuba, he called Key West after a lengthy legal battle, the court ruled connect straight through to Key West. home from 1931 to 1939, but maintained against the state. Fisher got rich. But the There you have it: a trip to the Florida ownership of his home until he died in 1961. stern castle, the area where most of the gold Keys, even if only on paper. Think of the He was famous for more than his writing and rare emeralds would have been held, has sun and warmth, the swaying palms, and though. He had a cat that he named Snowball, never been found. Hmmm… the dolphins swimming gracefully in the unique because she had six toes. Snowball’s The southernmost point of the Caribbean, then picture yourself there… descendants allegedly survive and live-on continental United States is denoted with next winter. And why not? Just remember to today at the Hemingway House. Take the tour a painted buoy in Key West. If you’ve been avoid hurricane season. n

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Next: The Future of Fashion On May 3rd the iconic University of Cincinnati DAAP Fashion Show takes the runway… literally!

WHAT HAPPENS when you take the NEXT the cavernous Campus Recreation Center partnered with Waypoint Aviation to use generation of the fashion design industry, on UC’s campus to Waypoint Aviation at their private jet terminal at Lunken airport to combine it with a 68 year tradition of creative Lunken Field, near the banks of the Ohio in host an event unlike any other that we have fashion show excellence and turn it loose in Cincinnati. If you are coming this way for done before. By taking our fashion runway to a 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art airplane the Derby the next day, this is a tremendous an airfield runway, we will certainly provide hanger? You have “NEXT,” the 2019 Fashion way to kick off your weekend! an unforgettable experience for our guests.” Show from the world-renowned College “This year we are venturing into our States Gjoko Muratovski, PhD, Director of of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning most ambitious Fashion Show ever and we the Myron E. Ullman School of Design at (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati. This are prepared to try something completely the College of DAAP. spring, on May 3rd, the show that draws over different. After many years of hosting our The DAAP Fashion Show has an 1,000 each year, will move it’s home from flagship show on our campus, we have now illustrious history which began in the

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early 1960s. The show has moved to various incorporates 5 semesters of professional as her senior collection took the runway. locations throughout the city, being held in industry experience. After the completion They introduced themselves after the show The Armory, The Taft Theatre, The Hall of of their Freshman foundation year, DAAP and offered her to come to New York and Mirrors, The Convention Center, The DAAP Fashion students work every other semester, interview with them. She had thought she building itself and it even spent a few years all over the globe. Many of the seniors you was going to LA….but, she is now a part of under white tents to replicate NYFW’s “7th on will see in the show have spent their co-op the Victoria’s Secret design team! That is just 6th!” Each year, the audience grew in numbers experiences in New York and across the how the show can impact the life and future and eventually outgrew all of its former homes country with various industry leaders such career of a designer!” and that is when Macy’s, Inc. stepped in as a as: Abercrombie, Amazon, Chico’s, JC Penny, Industry professionals are always in presenting sponsor and the show was able to Kohl’s, L. Brands, Nike, Under Armour, Vera the audience as are model scouts, press, grow into a huge venue on campus. Wang and many others. DAAP students are bloggers, influencers, alumni, faculty, In all of the changes… the one constant known to have the most professional work friends and family of designers and most of was that the show was the hottest fashion ethic in the industry. all, Fans of Fashion who plan their spring ticket in the region. Cincinnati Magazine Show Director, Laurie Wilson shares, calendars to be in Cincinnati for The Show! deemed the DAAP Fashion Show: “One “In the spring of 2018, Victoria’s Secret in Often as an audience-member, you might be of the Top 50 Things You Must Do in New York contacted our office. They wanted viewing the beginning of an amazing design Cincinnati Before you Die!” People clamor to be involved in sponsorship of the show in career or even the birth of a future television to get a seat because the work of the some way. They sponsored our Afterparty, personality! DAAP Fashion Design is proud students from this world-renowned college but the coolest outcome from the event to have graduated 3 future contestants onto is sure to inspire and entertain. The design was that the HR and Design Recruiting Project Runway. And, this year, the third, discipline is part of the university’s co-op Directors from NY flew in to attend the Tessa Clark, who is on the current season program, which is a five year degree that show where they discovered a designer of Project Runway on BRAVO!, will be a

40 ULTIMATE / APRIL-MAY 2019 special guest at the pre-show VIP reception and attend the show. It was only 3 years ago that her collection, Grind and Glaze, made its debut on the DAAP runway.

What Can One Expect to Experience at This Event? • A 250-foot runway that will walk the fashions up close and personal to the audience flanking it • 40+ models who feel the DAAP Show is their absolute favorite to walk because of it’s uniqueness • A live runway DJ mixing the hottest music, most you have never heard…to lay mood for the designs and a soundtrack you will immediately want for your next playlist • A backstage crew of 150+, Aveda hair and makeup designers, dressers, lighting and sound techs, stage managers and more • A show director with 30+ years of professional fashion show experience • Lighting and staging excellence by the incredible team from CCM, the College Conservatory of Music • Seats that are up-close and personal, so you can see the work and detailing created by the designers • Over 250 garments from 53 talented senior designers who will be sitting with you in the audience experiencing their show for the very first time!

So… You Want to Go to “NEXT?” There are 2 levels of tickets: The NEXT VIP Experience and the NEXT Fans of Fashion Ticket. The NEXT VIP Experience is $150 and Includes: • Premier Seating at the show in the first 2 rows • A Complimentary DAAP Fashion CINCINNATI CINCINNATI/HYDE PARK 2019 Collection Book (only given to VIP’s… sold separately to the public) 8080 Beechmont Ave. 3441 Edwards Road • Complimentary VIP Valet Parking if 513-241-1330 513-321-9555 Desired at the Event FLORENCE NEWPORT • Pre-Show “Runway” Cocktail Party hosted by the School Director with the 8217 US 42 104 Pavilion Pkwy Designers as our Special Guests… dinner 859-746-3456 859-781-2345 by the bite and drinks (begins at 6pm) (2 miles from downtown Cincinnati) • A complimentary chance to win our ® DAAP Fashion Runway giveaway of a New Edible Arrangements , the Fruit Basket Logo, and other marks mentioned herein are registered trademarks of Edible Arrangements, LLC. © 2019 Edible Arrangements, LLC. All rights reserved.

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York City Fashion Flyaway for 2 courtesy of Ultimate Air • The satisfaction knowing that you have supported the DAAP Fashion Design Program in the greatest way possible • Complimentary entrance to the NEXT Afterparty, hosted by Rhinegeist at the Rhinegeist Brewery in downtown Cincinnati. Your NEXT Ticket gets you in! If you are interested in being a NEXT VIP, simply call or email Patti Bresler, DAAP VIP Ticket Concierge at: 513-556-4299 (leave your information and she will return your call) or email her at [email protected]

The NEXT Fans of Fashion Ticket is $50 and includes: • Reserved Fashion Show Seating • Complimentary entrance to the NEXT Afterparty, hosted by Rhinegeist at the Rhinegeist Brewery in downtown Cincinnati. Your NEXT Ticket gets you in! Seating is limited, if you wish to attend at either ticket level, it is highly recommended that you purchase tickets early as the show is regularly a sellout!

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Thunderdome Restaurant Group Building a portfolio of great restaurants and memorable experiences. by Noel Ripley

CINCINNATI-BASED THUNDERDOME RESTAURANT around then, Alex reunited with the brothers Lanni, having worked Group was created with a simple vision: Create memorable guest together 10 years prior. With their experience and expertise, the idea experiences and positively impact their teams and their guests every of opening a restaurant quickly formed. single day. Currently Thunderdome has seven restaurant concepts in After months of planning and scouting locations, they decided its portfolio with more than 39 locations nationwide. Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati had promise. And in February 2012, While Thunderdome Restaurant Group was officially founded Bakersfield opened. Focusing on tacos, tequila, and whiskey, the in 2012, its roots go much deeper. Joe Lanni, John Lanni, and Alex concept took off, and a second location in Indianapolis quickly Blust, the founders of Thunderdome, have spent their whole lives followed. With the addition of the Bakersfield concept, the existing working in the restaurant business. After working for restaurant Currito locations, and a deep passion for unbeatable service, groups in Boston and Chicago, Joe and John took off on their own Thunderdome Restaurant Group was born. in 2005. Let’s explore the brands of Thunderdome. If you’re ready to Currito was the first restaurant born out of their collaboration, experience one of their locations for yourself you’re in luck — and the brand successfully grew to 12 locations by 2011. Right Ultimate Air Shuttle provides service to many of their location cities!

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SEVEN CONCEPTS A MAPLEWOOD is a three-day part (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) upscale café offering healthy dishes, brunch items, cocktails, and other current California cuisine. Brunch is extremely popular, as Maplewood was awarded best brunch spot in Ohio by People Magazine and Yelp, also featured on the Today Show in NYC. Locations: Downtown Cincinnati and Deerfield, OH.

THE EAGLE is a southern theme restaurant featuring award winning fried chicken and southern sides. It offers a rotating selection of more than 50 draft beers. Enjoy its Blues flavored sound track while dining in a warm and cozy environment. Locations: Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville. B C KRUEGER’S TAVERN specializes in hand made patted burgers and house made sausages. On the bar side, it offers a large beer selection and house made cocktails. Krueger’s name comes from the first canned beer sold in America. Locations: Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

BAKERSFIELD is a Mexican restaurant concept that showcases street style tacos on handmade corn tortillas. It features freshly squeezed Margaritas, various other house made cocktails, and a selection of over 50 American whiskeys and tequilas. The atmosphere is fun, and lively with classic country playing from the Bakersfield sound era of music. Locations: Cincinnati, Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, D Nashville, and Pittsburgh.

SoHi serves up freshly grilled sandwiches and burgers. The name is derived from its location “south of High Street in Oxford, OH. Location: Oxford, OH.

RIGHT: Blueberry Granola Pancakes from Maplewood (A); Amish farm- sourced Fried Chicken from The Eagle (B); The Giant Meatball from Krueger’s (C); An assortment of Tostadas from Bakersfield including braised short rib and chile marinated pork (D).

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CURRITO specializes in various greens- A B and grains-based salads, bowls, and burritos that feature flavors from around the globe. Offering a wide variety of smoothie and shacks with some of the most current, health– related ingredients. Locations: Ohio (with six locations in Cincinnati and one in Cleveland), Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

CITY BIRD is a freshly made chicken tender concept restaurant. It’s a fast casual brand specializing in tenders, tender sandwiches, fries, and sides. Location: Over-the-Rhine, C Cincinnati.

LEFT: Spicy Thai Salad from Currito includes romaine lettuce, Asian cabbage, carrots, rice noodles, slivered almonds, sesame seeds, edamame, scallions, spicy cashew vinaigrette (A); Cage free, free roaming, all natural Chicken Tenders from City Bird (B); Grilled Chicken Sub and fries from SoHi (C).

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LET YOUR MIND WANDER FOR A moment and imagine yourself in a tropical rainforest. You’re walking along a lush path with tillandsia and showy orchids growing overhead and bromeliads blooming at your feet. A waterfall can be heard in the distance as you pass the large leaves of monstera, a familiar fiscus, cocoa and citrus trees, palms of all shapes and sizes and a plethora of exotic flowering plants. But the most stunning of all you realize upon rounding the bend, is a bold orchid towering over you at nearly 12 feet tall. The enlarged details take you by surprise and you turn to realize you’re standing among grand botanicals like you’ve never seen them before. An energetic six foot Venus flytrap grins in your direction, vivid four-foot pitcher plants wait with cupped leaves agape for their next meal, and oversized orchid blossoms pop with color around you. While this sounds like an experience from a science fiction novel, it can actually be found close to home this summer. Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden near Charlotte, North Carolina, will host an awe-inspiring, larger-than-life botanical glass exhibit, Grandiflora: Gamrath Glass at the Garden, opening Friday, May 24. Guests will be mesmerized by nearly 40 vibrant installations made up of hundreds of pieces of glass by Seattle-based artist Jason Gamrath including gigantic orchids, pitcher plants, Venus flytraps, columbine flowers, a corpse flower and more scattered throughout the Visitor Pavilion, tropical Orchid Conservatory and outdoor garden spaces. The immensity of Gamrath’s botanical works captivates audiences and calls attention to the beauty of normally tiny details within the natural world. “The most beautiful, extravagant man-made object could never creatively equal the simplest and smallest naturally occurring life form,” said Gamrath. “The purpose of creating this series on a macro scale is to bring to light the beauty that exists within the micro scale of nature. Small plants, although minuscule in comparison Shattered Reality to our human-sized way of existing, are Larger-than-life glass works by artist Jason Gamrath cast overwhelmingly perplexing when held inches away from one’s face. The vast majority the beauty of the garden in a whole new light. of people will seldom grasp this seemingly secret perception of existence. When I scale by Stephanie Wisnet, Marketing Manager at life forms up to be larger than a person, they Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden can be observed with this perspective from

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Caramelized Onion A and Cream Cheese Omelet 1 chopped sweet onion ¼ stick butter 2 eggs 3 to 4 teaspoons cream cheese – sour cream 1 avocado Sauté onion in butter until it is caramelized. Beat eggs and add to caramelized onions in medium hot skillet. Add 3 to 4 teaspoons cream cheese to top of eggs when almost cooked. Fold omelet in half and place lid on skillet so cheese can melt. Serve with sliced avocado for garnish with a dollop of sour cream.

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus with Garlic Mayonnaise B C 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 package about 4 ounces Prosciutto 16 Asparagus spears Fresh ground black pepper ¾ cup Mayonnaise 1 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice 2 cloves garlic, minced Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Brush large baking sheet with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Wrap one piece of Prosciutto around 1 asparagus spear. Place asparagus on baking sheet and brush with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with pepper. Bake about 12 minutes or until asparagus is tender crisp. Cool slightly. Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice D and garlic in a small bowl and mix till well blended. Serve the asparagus warm with the garlic mayonnaise.

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Steak Fajitas A ⅓ cup fresh squeezed lime juice 2 tablespoons soy sauce 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (divided) 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon ground red pepper 1 pound of flank steak, skirt steak or top sirloin 1 yellow sweet onion, halved and cut into ¼ inch slices 1 yellow bell pepper cut into ¼ inch slices 1 red bell pepper cut into ¼ inch slices – Lime wedges Combine lime juice, soy sauce, 2 tablespoons olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and ground red pepper in medium bowl; mix well. Remove ⅓ cup marinade to large bowl. Place steak in large resealable food storage B C bag. Pour remaining marinade over steak; seal bag and turn to coat. Marinate in refrigerator for 3 hours or overnight. Add onion and bell peppers to bowl with ¼ cup marinade; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate till ready to use. Remove the steak from marinade. Discard marinade and wipe off excess from steak. D Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook steak about 4 to 5 minutes per side for medium rare or to desired doneness. Remove to cutting board; tent with foil and let rest 10 minutes. Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet over medium high heat. Add vegetable mixture and cook E about 8 minutes or until vegetables are crisp- tender and beginning to brown in spots. Cut steak into thin slices across the grain and serve with vegetables, tortillas, and lime wedges. Garnish with Pico de Gallo, guacamole, sliced avocado, sour cream, shredded lettuce and/or shredded Cheddar-Jack cheese.

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66 ULTIMATE / APRIL-MAY 2019 Grandiﬂ ora: Gamrath Glass May 24 - September 29 at the Garden

DSBG is featuring an awe-inspiring, larger-than-life botanical glass exhibit, Grandiﬂ ora: Gamrath Glass at the Garden. Guests will be mesmerized by vibrant sculptures by Seattle-based artist Jason Gamrath including towering 10-foot orchids, vivid pitcher plants, energetic Venus ﬂ ytraps and more. Tickets available at the door and online.

For more information, visit www.DSBG.org or call (704) 825-4490.

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