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Letter from the Editor dismay, would be perfectly happy a labor of love about the world we a writer; we’re all exhibitionists! living in a meat locker), but this love, and it represents a year’s (Um, not in the pervy Internet way. summer has felt especially collar- worth of work and research Unless — well, what do you pay tugging, brow-wiping, restless- distilled into one place. For the per word? Let’s talk.) sleep-inducing hot. It’s easy to STUFF staff, it’s a pretty special Thanks for joining me on let lethargy take over in temps issue. I hope it is for you, too. my journey with the magazine; like these, but don’t forget that It will definitely be a special as they say in showbiz, you’ve there’s a steamy urban jungle out issue for me. (Insert: awkward been a great crowd! (God, I’ve there that’s filled with restaurants segue.) This issue marks my last always wanted to say that.) (ooh!), bars (ahh!), and boutiques as editorial director. After three Now, though, I leave you in the (heavens!) that are all — wait for amazing, exciting, extremely well- talented hands of a STUFF team it! — air-conditioned. fed years with STUFF, I’m moving I’ve been privileged to work with. Okay, okay. If you need some on. I’ve realized that the time has They’ll take great care of you, I other reasons to hit the streets come to evolve the direction of my promise. and discover Boston’s best spots own story, and that means taking As for me? I’ve got to run. to eat, drink, shop, and play, on new challenges, exploring new Deadlines, you know? I’ve got a Hot damn. you’re in luck: we have 100 of opportunities, and finding new life story to file. I don’t know whether it’s them. Our annual Hot 100 issue ways to express myself (hey, hey). indicative of global warming or collects the buzzworthy places, I’ll still be on the scene, so feel Scott Kearnan just me turning into my father (a people, products, and pop- free to cyber-stalk me to see what Editorial Director man who, much to my mother’s culture trends of the moment. It’s I’m up to and stay in touch. I’m @TheWriteStuffSK

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GET SEEN Close cultured GETthis... As Boston becomes an increasingly bike-friendly city, even one-time skeptics have warmed to using two-wheel transit. For one, it’s cheaper; a week’s worth of parking tickets costs more than the value of our beat-up Toyota Camry. And what better way to spend a warm Sunday afternoon than by whizzing along the Minuteman Bikeway? (Those killer calves we’ve developed don’t hurt either.) So show off your pedal-power pride with a bicycle-chain picture frame ($20), fashioned out of a recycled bike chain by artisans in India. This fair-trade frame displays one four-by-six-inch photo, so be sure to take some snapshots when you’re biking through Bangkok, riding around Riviera Maya, or just popping wheelies on your way to work. In the meanwhile, roll into Ten Thousand Villages (252 Washington Street, Boston, 617.372.8743) to get yours.

or that... Perhaps you’d rather not display your photos front and center for roommates and late-night visitors to gawk at. For a more discreet option, consider carrying your photos, credit cards, and cash (how old-school, we know) in this hand-printed leather wallet ($40). Local designer and artist Shara Porter scours thrift stores for vintage leather accessories like this wallet; then she hand-prints her quirky designs in permanent ink, breathing new life into old leather goods. Head to Magpie (416 Highland Avenue, Somerville, 617.623.3330) to find this creative twist on recycling. — Susan Johnston bottom photo by janice checchio 7.31.12 <13> GETSEEN …at the Seaport World Trade Center for the New England Warrior Benefit

Aimee Maillett, corporate Rachael Murray, director of Reilly King, student Jillian Dalmolin, dietetic intern at communications manager at entertainment at USO of Reilly showed sartorial wisdom Mount Auburn Hospital Abiomed Metro New York beyond her years in a high- We followed Jillian to her seat Aimee put a modern spin on Rachael’s simple but vibrant dress low-hemmed dress from a Texas (mildly creepy, we know) because 1950s-style party wear with a and sassy haircut offered a lesson in boutique, wedge sandals from we had to ask about her gorgeous dress, necklace, and sash from effortless chic. She paired a Calypso Target, and earrings from Tilly’s, a goddess outfit. The asymmetric White House Black Market, Jessica dress with Guess nude pumps and a mall shop in her native Virginia. dress, gilded belt, and bracelet were Simpson peep-toe pumps, and a Johnny Swain clutch (with which we She loves to embrace trends last-minute finds from BCBG Max Kate Spade patent-leather bag. were totally obsessed). and femininity in her wardrobe, Azria. She looked like a first lady of This working mother flies from but she sees her style evolving as This very “Jillian” outfit fashion, having added strands city to city for her job, so she sticks she matures. “I am able to try more represents her wardrobe because of faux pearls for the patriotic to pieces that travel well and make things and take more risks.” it’s comfortable, body-conscious, occasion. Jackie O would be proud. getting ready a snap. Think simple Reilly fell in love with Boston — and on-trend. “I like things that show She describes her style as classy dresses and this “Love” clutch with and its style — on her first visit to off my shape.” with a touch of funk. She sticks to a detachable strap that doubles as a the city, a trip she made specifically This bride-to-be, who is tying classic shapes and adds color or necklace. Genius. for this gala. “Women really go for it the knot in September, chose a print to make them her own, as she Her idea of an all-American outfit? here and aren’t afraid to stand out,” romantic-yet-contemporary gown did with this polka-dot floral belt. A classic white T-shirt, jeans, and she says. “It’s inspirational.” for her big day. We won’t give away a unique accessory — like, say, the any secrets, but we’ll say the gown stacked Van Cleef & Arpels and nods to her love of figure-flattering Cartier rings she wears every day. cuts and interesting necklines. Best wishes, Jillian!

STUFFY: On the Edge of Your Seat It’s summer party time: you’ve swept your postage-stamp-sized patio, blackened those shish kebabs, and acquired a case of Flo Rida’s favorite champagne. Everything is perfect — that is, until you realize that the only guest chairs at your disposal are those folding metallic bum-bruisers that typically adorn PTA meetings. Fear not: your cookout just got classier thanks to the ingenuity of the Dutch furniture designers behind the Flux Chair. Now available at Room 68 (68 South Street, Jamaica Plain, 617.942.7425), this stylish seat boasts a unique shape that strikes us as a hybrid of postmodern sculpture and Star Trek aesthetics. Each model is crafted from weather- proof polypropylene (ketchup-resistant, we presume?) and available in eight different colors. And here’s the best part: you can fold the Flux into an ultra-thin envelope, complete with a carrying handle. This origami-esque twist allows you to stack up to 21 folded Fluxes into a mere foot of closet space, so it’s good for apartment dwellers (and leaves ample room for your still-dusty Bowflex, thank heavens). Priced at $199, the Flux may be a weighty investment for a folding chair, but your guests deserve only the finest. Now pass the PBR. — Miles Howard

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Boston’s claims to American history aren’t limited to midnight rides and tea parties. We’re the city that birthed the best-selling American rock band of all time: Aerosmith. (However, the “Bad Boys from Boston” actually played their first gig at this writer’s old high school, Nipmuc Regional in Mendon, Massachusetts.) In mid-July, the band’s Global Warming Tour filled TD Garden with favorite hits and new tunes from the forthcoming studio album Music from Another Dimension!, their first in eight long years. Dimension was largely produced by Jack Douglas, who shaped four of Aerosmith’s multi-platinum albums, and the ’70s vibe of lead single “Legendary Child” is evocative of the band’s early material. Makes sense. We caught up with bassist Tom Hamilton and learned that the band mates’ famously dicey dynamics haven’t changed a bit. Thankfully, neither has their knack for crafting epic rock anthems. Any memories of that first Nipmuc show? Oh sure, I remember being set up in our little corner of the gym. I remember being excited because it was our first show as Aerosmith. And I remember the fights, the arguments. [Chuckles] Over how loud the guitars were; it’s that a lot. A lot of how we relate to each other always stays the same. It was the same way last week as it was at that first show at Nipmuc. The same relationships, quirks, and weirdness, it’s still there. Ever consider walking away while making Dimension? I don’t think so. My mantra has always been “Try harder.” A lot of people doubted whether this band could get along well enough to make a record. This is the proof that we wanted to do it again. Jack Douglas was our coach, and probably the only guy we could have worked with and come out with a finished record at this point. After eight years, why now? We’re at a point in our career where we’re kind of these wise old wizards. We wanted to do something that spoke to what we’ve learned by being together all these years. And it was a tough project. There was a lot of the same craziness that’s always been around in this band and made our career so up and down and all over the place. But one thing we were unified on is that we really wanted to put Now you and your band mates are idols. That What’s one fan-favorite song you don’t like? I something out that showed we’re still hungry to was something that I never really thought about. guess some of the ballads are a little schmaltzy be creative. I think it was in the ’80s when somebody was and corny. But you know what? We get up and “Legendary Child” has been called a return to talking about — I think Guns N’ Roses — and play them, and you see people in the audience the band’s roots. Valid? What inspired you in they said, “Aren’t you guys pissed off?” I’m like, that look like hard-ass rockers — and they’re just making this album? Different guys in the band “About what?” And the person said, “All these loving it, with their arms around their girlfriends. will say different things. But I don’t remember bands trying to imitate you.” I thought, that’s When we started in the ’70s, most of our fans sitting down and in my mind saying, “Let’s make ridiculous. Now, I realize it’s probably true that we were sweaty guys with no shirts on. When girls an imitation of a record from the ’70s.” . . . I’m influenced other well-known bands. show up for the shows — well, I don’t complain inspired by being extremely hungry for certain The Global Warming Tour — is the name about that. things, and by realizing that life is not open-ended. political? [Laughs] We’re about as far from Most important, how do I beat the Aerosmith You never know what’s going to happen. You can’t being a political band as you possibly could edition of Guitar Hero? Believe me, I never even take for granted that there’s going to be a band be, and I like it that way. It’s tongue in cheek. beat that game. But my ADD is out of control. today, tomorrow, or a year from now. And it’s really We’re obviously not one of Al Gore’s darlings, Every time I get started playing, I’m like, “I want about trying to create something that will in some out there showing the world how we want to to play my bass!” I have to put it down and play way stand up to the music of my idols, the people save everybody. I think of it as us bringing some the real thing. who were my musical heroes when I started. warmth into a cold, cruel world. — Scott Kearnan

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Action Jackson Michael Jackson’s untimely passing was the obituary heard round the world: a collective spill-your-beer, text-your-friend, post-your-favorite-video moment. At the height of his moonwalking, lung-busting craft, the King of Pop seemed immortal — a living incarnation of soulful dance rock who cast a shadow that still looms large in modern electro-pop. And this summer, his catalog is receiving an artistic homage courtesy of Cirque du Soleil. The Quebecois circus collective is staging Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, a kinetic performance that puts a new visual spin on Jackson’s hits — no small task, considering the already-indelible images associated with Jackson. How will the Cirque numbers hold their own against the original music videos that accompanied his songs? Curious, we compared Jackson’s most memorable screen moments with their stage-bound reinventions. Take a look, and then catch The Immortal yourself on August 3–4 at TD Garden (100 Legends Way, Boston, 617.624.1050). Find tickets ($50–$175) at ticketmaster.com. — Miles Howard

Tag, You’re It If tagging the nearest T station after midnight strikes you as a risky form of artistic expression, just imagine whipping out your paint and unleashing your graffiti upon the mean streets of São Paulo, a city notorious for its police brutality and corruption. That’s where the world-famous street-artist duo Os Gêmeos — “The Twins” in Portuguese — daringly honed their handiwork. Identical “Thriller” “Beat It” twin brothers Gustavo and Otávio Pandolfo The video (1983): Run! Run for your lives! The video (1983): The red jacket. The street began adding their paintjobs to buildings in The dead have risen from the earth! And fights. The West Side Story references. Totally 1987, when hip-hop culture and breakdancing they’re . . . dancing? timeless, this “Beat” goes on. were sweeping Brazil. After years of speedy The Immortal: Honoring the 1983 version’s The Immortal: The show nods to Eddie Van getaways and a chance meeting with spooktacular style, Cirque vamps out Halen’s guitar-shredding contribution to the renowned San Francisco painter Barry its stage with tombstones, fog, and . . . single, pitting two axe handlers against each McGee, whose scrapbook of American graffiti mummies. Yes, bandaged boogeymen take other. As they savage their respective strings, photos proved a major influence, the twins the spotlight, recreating the group dance a giant white glove rises from the stage and quit their banking day jobs to focus on art with characters that look like escapees from begins to dance. full-time. Drawing on their dreams, the urban Imhotep’s tomb. energy of their São Paulo neighborhood, and rural traditions like folk art and Carnival, they create everything from small tags to huge, complex murals, many depicting yellow- skinned, hoodie-clad youth who leave their own mark on innumerable city surfaces. Now, after more than two decades of activity, Os Gêmeos will get their first US solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern Avenue, Boston, 617.478.3100). Running August 1 through November 25, the show should allow ample time to gather inspiration for your own building- beautification projects. Don’t worry: your secret is safe with us. — M.H. “Scream” “Billie Jean” The video (1995): In this angsty response to The video (1983): A video that helped blow tabloid attacks, Michael and little sis Janet go up MTV to monolithic proportions, it showed intergalactic, bouncing around the corridors Jackson being stalked across the city by a of a clinical-looking spaceship. We suspect paparazzo. Jackson’s final disappearing act, Stanley Kubrick might have approved. amid the tousled sheets of Billie Jean’s bed, The Immortal: In an eerie update, a troupe remains one of the great mind-fucks of music- of gymnasts and acrobats take darkened video history. center stage, tumbling, twisting, and flying The Immortal: The Cirque dancers take the across their mats. Noting the original video’s stage in multicolored glow-in-the-dark suits monochromatic photography, the troupe one wouldn’t normally encounter outside of arrives garbed in black-and-white uniforms. Tron: Legacy. After a dance breakdown that imitates Jackson’s original undulations, the stage explodes with light as the song segues into a megamix of “Black or White.”

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 castaways? We’ll have to fold We may have tweaked our neck laundry!) But our loss pales in vertebrae at yoga class, but after comparison to the tragedy suffered one look at the Floorlords’ 31st in Be a Good Little Widow, the Anniversary contestants and their debut production of new Boston gravity-defying moves, the physical theater company AIM Stage. The dangers of downward dog suddenly play follows a young widow named seem quite inconsequential. Melody whose husband has been On August 3–5, the legendary killed in a plane crash — and who local crew’s stomach-churning struggles to mourn in a manner her showdown will have Boston’s best “professional widow” mother-in- breakdancers competing for cash law deems appropriate. Seesawing prizes and the illustrious honor between tears of anguish and of that comes with being able to spin laughter, the show will play on like a human dreidel using only August 2–5 and August 9–12 at the one’s scalp muscles. The event will Davis Square Theatre (255 Elm feature fresh beats from local DJs Street, Somerville, 617.684.5335). and even open workshops, where Grab the Kleenex, and find brave souls can try their own hands tickets ($20) and show times at — or heads? — at breakdancing. brownpapertickets.com. You can find the full schedule at floorlords.com, but the weekend MONDAY, AUGUST 6 kicks off at Hibernian Hall (184 If there’s one thing you can count Dudley Street, Roxbury) on Friday at on August to yield, it’s a downpour 7 p.m. The cover is $10 at the door. of down-home reggae beats. Late summer is already stacked with SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 soulful gatherings for genre fans, We don’t remember much of our from Colorado’s Reggae on the last visit to Rio, other than waking Rocks to Rhode Island’s Newport up naked on a beach with a Waterfront Reggae Festival. And pounding headache and a collection to prepare for the latter, we’ll of new piercings that even Lady be swinging by the Phoenix TUESDAY, JULY 31 Gaga would consider “a bit much.” Landing (512 Massachusetts If your band decides to borrow the name of Greek mythology’s So this year, we’re getting our Avenue, Cambridge, 617.576.6260) most fearsome god, one thing is certain: you’d better sound good. Brazilian fix closer to home, amid for Makka Monday. Each weekly Thankfully, we’d imagine even the Big Guy himself would be tapping the cushy comforts of the Ocean ode to Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, and his sandal-clad toes to Zeus. This Canadian foursome pounced onto Club at Marina Bay (333 Victory other guitar-slapping stars features the scene in 2009 with pin-wheeling, overdriven guitar jams that sound Road, Quincy, 617.689.0600). DJ Uppercut and Voyager:01 like what Neil Young might compose if he ever picked up a Devo Pay a vicarious visit to the South spinning a burnin’ bevy of classic album. Their sophomore album, Busting Visions, hit stores in March, so American country when the and contemporary reggae hits, expect Zeus to showcase new bangers like “Are You Gonna Waste My waterfront lounge hosts Brazilian engineered for a serious dance-floor Time?” when they headline an 8:30 p.m. show at T.T. the Bear’s Place Style, an 8 p.m. bash with big beats inferno. Doors are at 10 p.m., and (10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, 617.492.0082). Grab tickets ($10) at from Brazilian turntable master the cover is $7. ticketweb.com. Tomate. For tickets ($59), check out wantickets.com. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 We’d love to island-hop through WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 Polynesia, but we sadly aren’t quite We’ve got a hunch that Kevin Literature has Aesop, the We went into mourning when Lost equipped to stage our very own Micka, the brain behind Animal (supposed) storyteller behind went off the air in 2010. (No more sequel to Eat, Pray, Love. So until Hospital Ensemble, spent much dozens of fables with pretty clear- distraction from crash-surviving continued on p24 of his childhood wandering the cut morals. (“The Goose That Laid zoo. Like Mother Nature with her the Golden Eggs”? Greed equals menagerie of bleating beasts, bad. We get it.) But rap has Aesop the colorful compositions of the Rock, an artist known for his more Jamaica Plain–based musician abstract lyrics. He’s emerged as teem with wild sounds: unchained a master of batshit, absurdist hip- guitar riffs, looping medleys, hop, busting stupefying rhymes and earth-shaking percussive on cuts like “None Shall Pass” and breakdowns. Now, after years “Daylight.” The San Francisco alt- of studio tinkering, Micka will rapper took a lengthy hiatus starting perform his dizzying tracks live in 2007, but now he’s back in bizarre at the Museum of Fine Arts form with his brand-new album, (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Skelethon. Catch Aesop strutting his 617.267.9300) while flanked by a stuff in Boston when he plays a 7:30 staggering 30-piece band. The p.m. show at the Paradise Rock show starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Club (967 Commonwealth Avenue, open-air Calderwood Courtyard. Boston, 617.562.8800). Grab tickets aesop rock Grab tickets ($16–$20) at mfa.org. ($18) at ticketmaster.com.

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continued FROM p22 to take in The Third Story. Busch’s we’ve saved the necessary green scintillating triple narrative nods for an exotic escape, we’ll content to witchcraft, gangster movies, ourselves with venturing to Tiki and Hollywood’s Red Scare. After Tuesdays, a recently launched premiering in La Jolla in 2008, the weekly installment at the Charles play hit NYC in 2009 with Kathleen Hotel’s Noir (1 Bennett Street, Turner and Busch himself in pivotal Cambridge, 617.661.8010). Running roles. Now it’s in the hands of through September, the series Titanic Theatre Company, a new features sounds and spirits of the local stage collective dedicated tropics, from the Caribbean to the to edgy contemporary work. The South Pacific. Expect live music Third Story opens at 7:30 p.m. and tasty Tiki libations, including tonight in the Black Box Theater at classic recipes from the days of the Arsenal Center for the Arts Don the Beachcomber and Trader (321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Vic as well as originals concocted 617.923.8487) and runs through by the evening’s host, local music August 18. Find tickets ($10–$20) at and mixology legend Brother Cleve. arsenalarts.org. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 Admission is free, and Cleve keeps A lot can change in 26 years: it’s the difference between the adorably the fires burning from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 chubby cheeks of infancy and the anxiety-inducing sighting of a first If you’ve already breezed through gray hair. (Not that we would know!) Luckily, after more than two THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 our Hot 100 feature, you know decades and several member shakeups, Sebadoh still consistently Charles Busch is a man of few about the resurgence of ’90s bands delivers the lo-fi guitar-rock goods. The band originally formed inhibitions. The acclaimed New sweeping the tour scene. Want in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts, but with fuzzy shoegaze- York playwright, performer, and to experience a sonic flashback rock numbers like “On Fire,” they’ve managed to influence plenty screenwriter has chronicled the firsthand? Swing by House of of nationally known indie acts. (Pavement, anyone?) Now, nine lives of vampire lesbians (Vampire Blues (15 Lansdowne Street, albums and as many lives later, Sebadoh is back in its “classic” trio Lesbians of Sodom), slashed Boston, 888.693.2583), where SoCal lineup and ready to swing by the Middle East Downstairs (480 hapless surfers into a bloody mess rock trio Eve 6 will play a benefit Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617.864.3278) for a 9 p.m. show. (Psycho Beach Party), and done concert for the Massachusetts Grab tickets ($20) at ticketweb.com. much of it in drag. So we’re excited Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes

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eve 6 nonprofit Jumpstart, and your best for the all-inclusive trip ($80), visit Waldo costume: this is the one time culinaryfishingtryst.eventbrite.com. showing up in the same outfit as More of a landlubber? Just skip a fellow partygoer is completely straight to dinner, available à la acceptable. Check out the full carte for $38. schedule at crawlinboston.com. MONDAY, AUGUST 13 SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 When it comes to musical tales New Englanders love a seafood of botched sex changes (which dinner, but few can say they’ve is admittedly a short list), John actually braved the high seas for Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the their supper. (To be fair, navigating Angry Inch is the gold standard. the T with a shopping bag of But if you only know the 2001 film stinky salmon has earned us some version, inch on over to OBERON pretty dangerous glares.) But (2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, now adventurous diners can get 617.496.8004), where Rose Tinted a taste of the great blue yonder Productions will stage the story of Memorial Fund. All proceeds you ask us, the titular character of with A Culinary Fishing Trip, an Hansel Schmidt, an East German support the fund, so while you’re those Where’s Waldo? books fits excursion dreamed up by chef Paul boy reborn as a transgender rock swaying to “Here’s to the Night” the description of your average Turano of Tryst. After departing star after a failed operation leaves and drifting back to your 2001 prom Somerville hipster. But it’s Faneuil from Walsh’s Deep Sea Fishing him in below-the-belt limbo. With after-party, know that the nostalgia Hall we’ll hit at 12:30 p.m. for the (76 Marine Boulevard, Lynn, a killer guitar-filled soundtrack trip is for a good cause. Like, totally Where’s Waldo? Crawl, organized 781.596.3474) at 8 a.m., you’ll set and alternately hysterical and awesome. The show starts at 7 by Crawl in Boston to celebrate off for five hours of fishing. Then heartbreaking writing, Hedwig still p.m., and tickets ($50) are available everyone’s favorite spectacled (and it’s back to the mainland to enjoy holds the power to bring down the at livenation.com. strangely elusive!) traveler. This the fruits — uh, fish — of your house. The show starts at 8 p.m. lager-soaked tour of Boston’s brew labor at Tryst (689 Massachusetts on August 13, 14, 20, and 21. Find SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 houses will see hundreds of red-and- Avenue, Arlington, 781.641.2227), tickets ($20–$25) at cluboberon.com. Skinny jeans, Buddy Holly glasses, white-striped crawlers gallivanting which will serve up a delicious — Miles Howard a striped sweater, and a winter hat around the area. Bring your thirst, three-course seafood dinner from For more event picks, sign up for our worn without regard to weather: if a $5 donation for the education 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. To reserve a spot email list at stuffboston.com/subscribe.

7.31.12 <25> Do Your Whites All those in favor of wearing white after Labor Day, say aye. (“Aye!”) We wish the judgmental style juries of yesteryear could see today’s tyle runways, which have largely eradicated the idea that post-holiday whites are a fashion faux pas. But if you’re still nervous about breaking with tradition, use striking accessories for just a cool, clean pop of white. Whether found in a chunky lacquer necklace or a textured clutch, white always adds a timeless elegance — and you now have carte blanche to wear it all year long. — Lauryn Joseph

WHERE TO SHOP Calypso, 114 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.421.1887 Isabel Harvey, 41 Central Street, Wellesley, 781.237.3038 Jenny Boston, 117 Trapelo Road, Belmont, 617.489.2451 Nordstrom, Natick Mall, 290 Speen Street, Natick, 508.318.2600 Valentino, 47 Newbury Street, Boston, Clockwise from top left: Radà fringe necklace, $275 at Calypso; Kate Spade “Rock the Casbah” clutch, $148 at Nordstrom; 617.578.0300 “Nantucket Evenings” bracelet, $58, and “Snow White” bracelet, $78, both at Isabel Harvey; “Rockstud” wallet, $525 at Valentino; Producer: Lauryn Joseph “Winter Solstice” oval ring, $15 at Jenny Boston; “Chain of Love” bracelets, $58 each at Isabel Harvey; Michael Kors “Griffin” retro Photographer: Danny Kim of Visceral Photography sunglasses, $105 at Nordstrom; Frye “Veronica” shortie, $287.95 at Nordstrom; “Lunar Eclipse” necklace, $24 at Jenny Boston Stylist: Melissa Dunne of Team

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HOT COMING ATTRACTIONS Boston — thanks to a network of Locally Filmed Flicks “campus ambassadors” spreading We were psyched to see Ted the gospel of the brand’s high take the American box office by hemlines and preppy, Ivy Leaguer storm in July, but we’re excited aesthetic. South End shop that next year, the world will get Uniform (591 Tremont Street, a glimpse of Boston that moves Boston, 617.247.2360) spotlights beyond bong-ripping teddy bears the trend with buys from Original and Mark Wahlberg (much as we Penguin and Scotch & Soda; it also love Mahky Mahk). Filming now in stocks reversible shorts that look Roxbury is Paul Feig’s The Heat, good cuffed, ideal for those still a buddy-cop comedy that pairs experimenting with shorter shorts. Sandra Bullock with Bridesmaids And guys who need help gauging scene-stealer Melissa McCarthy. how to work their gams should Acclaimed action auteur and stop by Back Bay’s new Bonobos Bourne Ultimatum helmer Paul (85 Newbury Street, Boston, Greengrass is also stopping by 857.263.7340), only the second Boston to film certain land-based brick-and-mortar “guideshop” scenes for his upcoming Somali for the perfect-fit-focused online pirate thriller, Captain Phillips, which retailer and WASP fave, to get a features Tom Hanks in the title role. showroom-style personal sizing Even the South Shore gets a day appointment. in the spotlight, with Wareham’s Water Wizz water park serving as a HOT VEGAN HAVEN backdrop for The Way, Way Back, a Allston’s Union Square coming-of-age story starring local The last 12 months have given guy Steve Carell and conceived by vegans and vegetarians plenty the Oscar-winning writers of The to chew on, from the opening Descendants. A few purely popcorn of Cambridge diner and bakery flicks are filming too (like Adam Veggie Galaxy to new outposts of Sandler’s Grown Ups 2), but these Clover and Life Alive. But if local ones have us really buttered up. herbivores have a headquarters, it’s at the corner of Cambridge and HOT SKIN SHOW-OFFS North Beacon streets, home to Shorter Men’s Shorts gourmet vegan pizza place Peace Sorry, gents, but the heyday of long, o’ Pie (487 Cambridge Street, ill-fitted shorts expired alongside Allston, 617.787.9884), vegan Asian MIXX puka-shell necklaces and eyebrow kitchen Grasshopper Restaurant piercing. In spring/summer 2012 (1 North Beacon Street, Allston, free of refined sugar, and delicious but beer and pretzels? It’s the stuff collections at Milan’s Men’s Fashion 617.254.8883), and now alternative enough to convert skeptical of dreams. Sven and Hans, get thee Week, designers like Burberry, ice creamery and café FoMu omnivores. Pretty sweet. to Boston; we’ll save you a seat. Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, and (481 Cambridge Street, Allston, Louis Vuitton strutted their short 617.903.3276). Opened in late HOT HOPS HOT AND CRISPY shorts, which hit mid to high thigh. May, it serves coconut-based (and Harpoon Brewery’s Beer Hall New Slices of Bacon The California-based men’s line therefore vegan) ice “cream” in Brew bros, your moment has For what now feels like forever, Chubbies (chubbiesshorts.com) enticing flavors like bananas Foster, arrived. If you’ve ever fantasized bacon has been riding a trendy is sweeping the university set — Dark & Stormy, Thai peanut, and about pulling up a seat at a Munich bandwagon, making stops at especially in college towns like salted caramel, all locally made, beer hall and clanking steins with gourmet dinners, ice-cream fellow strapping suds lovers named counters, and even craft breweries. CHUBBIES Sven and Hans, well — here’s (To be honest, we preferred the idea a start, at least. The Hub’s own of Rogue’s Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Harpoon Brewery plans to open a Maple Ale to the actual drink.) 300-seat Bavarian-style beer hall But some of Boston’s innovative on Northern Avenue. It’s part of the food pros are giving bacon (not brewery’s $3.5 million expansion to mention actual oinkers) a new project, which also includes plans to lease on life by styling strips out of purchase new high-tech machinery other meats — and even veggies. and enlarge its visitors’ center. Blah- For a Mediterranean flavor, chef blah-freaking-blah. Back to the beer Mark Goldberg of PARK (59 JFK hall: imagine a huge space filled Street, Cambridge 617.491.9851) with kettles, fermenters, and long offers house-cured lamb bacon, tables lined with jolly brew-swilling finished with feta and black olives. patrons. Need something to soak Chef Michael Leviton of Lumière up the suds? The hall is expected (1293 Washington Street, Newton, to serve one (count ’em, one) form 617.244.9199) creates grass-fed- of edible: oversized pretzels. A beef bacon, lovingly smoked. And Seaport venue dedicated to nothing chef Brian Poe tops his potato

<30> 7.31.12 journalist Tom Brokaw, and author one thing about Mitt Romney and food activist Michael Pollan that doesn’t change with the were in the 2011–2012 lineup. winds: his hair. From his time as Next season’s roster of intellectual Massachusetts’s governor to his superstars includes Bill Clinton current presidential run, Romney and former Mexican president has boasted the same signature Vicente Fox. Scope the full list at flawless coiffure. (The style is bostonspeakersseries.org. so distinctive that it has its own Facebook page.) And for more HOT DIY Dessert than two decades, Belmont stylist Self-Serve Fro Yo Leon de Magistris has been the When you want something done man behind the mane. The Italian right, sometimes you’ve got to do immigrant owns salon Leon & it yourself. That’s the philosophy Co. (84 Leonard Street, Belmont, at an increasing number of Boston 617.484.4777), where, if you long frozen-yogurt shops, which are to look like this longtime client, you handing spoons over to us so we can can ask for the cut by name: The create customized treats. First was Mitt. According to a New York Times Berry Freeze (273 Harvard Street, article, the barber — who is also the Brookline, 617.738.3300), where father of Dante de Magistris, chef- we can smother our chocolate fro owner of Restaurant dante and il yo with crushed Oreos and Cocoa Casale — has urged the pol to try a Puffs. Then came Mixx (66 Brighton more natural, tousled look. Romney Avenue, Allston, 617.782.6499), has always demurred. Must be the YoBro (141 Cypress Street, conservative streak. Brookline, 617.879.0649), and, last but not least, Zinga! (508 HOT FROM 9 TO 5 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Shared Office Space 857.263.8496), which opened in Once upon a time, startup Kenmore Square this winter and companies and independent offers unique “bottomz” — sturdy workers struggled in solitude, fro-yo foundations made of freshly gamely making a go from barebones baked cake, brownie, or waffle cone. home offices. (Read: bed.) But today, More DIY destinations are in the with more professionals choosing (or works, and we dig the endless being forced) to eschew corporate possibilities offered by all those rigidity in favor of entrepreneurial topping bars. But beware the heavy ventures, many more-amenable, hand: self-serve is usually priced by shared spaces have sprung up to skins with no fewer than seven spirit, guests will relax in a private weight. offer the resources of larger office bacon varieties, including boar, at reception area before entering the settings: there’s Oficio in the Back his Tip Tap Room (138 Cambridge main space, and there will also be a HOT HEMLINE Bay, WorkBar and Space with a Street, Boston, 857.263.7614). Even separate compartmentalized room The Mullet Soul in the Seaport, and Cambridge vegetarians can get a piece of the for perm and relaxing treatments, Finally, there’s a hemline for the Innovation Center in Kendall action, thanks to chef Dave Becker equipped with a special ventilation indecisive fashionista: the mullet Square. They offer desk space, of Sweet Basil (942 Great Plain system to handle any fumes. And to skirt, as seen on the runways of equipment, meeting rooms, and Avenue, Needham, 781.444.9600), think, some of us are just hoping our edgy industry veterans like Donna packed schedules of networking whose crunchy eggplant is made next apartment has counter space Karan, Lanvin, and Jason Wu. Like and social events — and frequently, zippy with tomato and soy accents. for a Keurig. its namesake hairstyle, the mullet you’ll find free snacks and coffee, is short up front and long in the too. (A must for any office.) And in ONE HOT MOVE HOT TALK back. (Trust us, this looks far better May, ground was broken on the $5.5 Avanti Salon The Boston Speakers Series on a hemline than on a hillbilly.) It’s million Boston Innovation Center As much as you may love a home, In an era of abbreviated sound bites the best of both worlds, combining on the South Boston waterfront, eventually the time comes when you and 140-character cyber-blurts, we the sexiness of a mini skirt with the a 12,000-square-foot facility need to find bigger digs. And who often lament the loss of robust live modesty of a maxi skirt — and it’s that will have meeting and event can blame the folks at Avanti for discussion and protracted speech. flattering on almost all body shapes spaces, video studios, and even taking up residence at 20 Newbury (The world’s important issues can’t and sizes. The mullet’s high-low mix a test kitchen. We smell a creative Street (above Armani) in early be reduced to a text or a tweet.) adds instant drama and beautiful economy cooking. August? The new salon will boast So call us geeks if you want, but balance. And best of all, it works for around 3,500 square feet; that’s we hung on every word uttered day and night wear: you can don this HOT HAND décor about 1,000 more than their existing during the Boston Speakers skirt to hit the clubs until the wee Nail Art location at 11 Newbury. Twelve Series at Symphony Hall, which hours, and then pick it up off the At first we were nervous about nail stations will provide plenty of wrapped its inaugural season in floor for brunch the next morning. art seeing a resurrection in 2012. workspace for the team’s trademark April. World leaders and sundry After all, it usually brings to mind cuts, but Avanti will be adding a distinguished personalities swung HOT HAIR CUTTER nightmares of early-’90s mall rats pretty robust suite of new services: through Boston to make their voices Mitt Romney’s Belmont Stylist with poofy bangs and trashy tank manicures, pedicures, facials, heard. Pulitzer Prize–winning author His policy stances seem fairly tops. 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slated to open this fall. He promises “modern American, seasonal New England food,” plus a 10-person oyster and charcuterie bar. Hopes are high. Gilson says it’s because he’ll bring a unique evening concept to a lunch-heavy neighborhood. “This will be casual fine dining,” he says, “with a comprehensive cheese and pastry list.” And, thanks to the young chef’s heavy Twitter presence and industry support, which have kept him in the local scene’s spotlight even while between projects, Gilson has plenty of buzz on his side.

HOT CULINARY COMEBACK — WELL, SORT OF Chef Todd English’s Olives Some say you can’t count on Todd English. But you can’t count him out, either. The bad news: English’s tourist-centric Kingfish Hall has abruptly closed amid allegations that he left the place an unsightly macarons at the hawthorne mess and owes thousands in unpaid dues to the Faneuil Hall Marketplace bold patterns and popular looks pair our actual libations with an spring/summer collections that Merchants Association. The that are part of the revival. If we’re edible version — and really make it flaunt the exposed upper midriff good news: English has (finally!) feeling nautical, we can add an a double. made popular by pin-up girls, returned to his roots with the anchor or stripes. If we’re feeling rockabillies, and ’50s-era jet-setting reopening of Olives (10 City frisky, leopard patterns are made HOT DRINKING BUDDIES socialites. Everyone from Miley Square, Charlestown, 617.242.1999), easy with sticker varieties, like Sally Sam Adams and Berkshire Cyrus to Gwyneth Paltrow has been his flagship restaurant that was Hansen Real Nail Polish Strips. The Mountain Distillers baring skin in high-waisted skirts shuttered — and, for a while, ombré trend, oh-so-hot for hair, has Beer is the Rolling Stones of drinks. and pants topped with barely-there seemingly abandoned — after a made its way to our fingertips via It is suitable for any occasion, bustiers and cropped blouses. fire. Now the restaurant is back gradating colors and designs. And varies radically in style, and never Fortunately, here’s one skin-flashing in full swing, with a focus on nail art has come a long way since goes out of fashion. So who would fashion trend that doesn’t require Mediterranean small plates and an the tacky jewel embellishments mess with it? We’ll tell you: every rock-hard abs to pull off. (Although expanded bar area. A steady stream of junior-prom fame. Crushed single whiskey distiller. Whiskey that never hurts!) This silhouette is of regulars is again flocking to pay gemstones, metal foils, and “caviar” is essentially distilled beer, albeit slimming, creating the illusion of homage to the celebrity chef. Is beads offer more ways to trim our generally a rather light one that a small waistline and killer curves English finally speaking Boston’s tips. We didn’t think we’d say it, but probably wouldn’t be meant for while keeping muffin-top in check. language again? Kingfish Hall’s this trend nails it. drinking. It makes perfect sense, Just be sure to keep the bottom sudden closure left a bad taste in then, that a Massachusetts craft half of the outfit modest: pair the our mouths. But with Olives on the HOT COOKIE distillery and a local craft brewer exposed upper midriff with loose- upswing, here’s hoping. Cocktail Macarons would collaborate. Chris Weld, fitting, tailored trousers or a ladylike Cocktail snacks are so predictable. founder of Berkshire Mountain skirt that is at least knee length — HOT RABBLE-ROUSER Peanuts? Yawn. Wasabi peas? Distillers, tapped Samuel Adams go too tight or too short, and you’ll Future Boston Alliance We’re over them. But The founder Jim Koch to help create look like an extra from a Britney This year Future Boston Alliance Hawthorne (500A Commonwealth two new whiskeys, one made from Spears music video. (FBA), a nonprofit founded by Avenue, Boston, 617.532.9150) Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Karmaloop kingpin Greg Selkoe, hit has introduced us to some clever another made from Cinder Bock, a HOT CULINARY COMEBACK the gas on efforts to create a hipper confections that are as exciting as limited-edition brew. Weld distilled Chef Will Gilson’s bridgestreet and more innovative Hub for young the beverages they complement: thousands of gallons at his Great Gilson spent a year in self- professionals and artists. FBA is cocktail macarons. Pastry chef Barrington facility, and the result is proclaimed “culinary purgatory” concerned that Boston loses too Lauren Kroesser collaborated with presently aging in wooden barrels. after leaving Cambridge gastropub much of its creative workforce to the Hawthorne’s bar star, Jackson Expect a Sam Adams whiskey taste Garden at the Cellar in 2011, a cities that offer a more vibrant urban Cannon, to create special cocktail- test sometime in 2015. A wise man move that left his fans heartbroken. culture. So it recently launched inspired macaron flavors: mojito, once crooned: “You can’t always For a while he helmed a pop-up a startup accelerator program to Sazerac, strawberry daiquiri, and get what you want.” Yeah, right. at Adrian’s in Truro and pitched in help savvy entrepreneurs develop Dark ’n’ Stormy are just a few of at the Herb Lyceum, his family’s and implement business plans. about a dozen that are already HOT FLASH OF SKIN restaurant and farm in Groton. Now It also picked a public fight with available. (And expect the list to The Upper Midriff he’s putting down roots in Inman Mayor Menino, depicting him in continue growing.) Thanks to the Dolce & Gabbana and Prada have Square with bridgestreet (1164 an FBA-made video as a City Hall Hawthorne’s new nibbles, we can gone retro this season, offering Cambridge Street, Cambridge), stick-in-the-mud emblematic of a

<32> 7.31.12 photo by janice checchio staid civic power structure. Politico other celebs like Kristen Stewart Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of cookery” at Kitchen (560 Tremont and media reactions to FBA have and Jennifer Lawrence have been Medical History and Innovation Street, Boston, 617.695.1250), the largely focused on the group’s spotted following in Jolie’s stilettoed (2 North Grove Street, Boston, latest venture from chef Scott ancillary efforts to encourage later footsteps. We do love these slits’ 617.724.8009), which opened Herritt of Marliave and Grotto, closing times for nightclubs and ability to teeter between modest in April. The 7,800-square-foot who spent thousands on antique subway service. But reducing FBA and unabashed: with just a single museum features relics like the cookbooks; now his new South End to a nightlife lobby is dodging a jut, your gams go from simply glam glass-and-brass inhaler thought spot offers fare like the Grand Sallet more nuanced conversation about to “hot as hell and here to party.” to be the one used in that historic (circa 1638) and Tornedos Rossini Boston’s culture and whether ether surgery, as well as slasher- (circa 1833). Meanwhile, Cuisine en enough is being done to attract and HOT HISTORY LESSON flick-worthy drills and saws used Locale’s locavore chefs teamed up retain young talent. Props to FBA Mass General’s New Medical for brain surgery in the 19th century with Terroir Studio’s event curators for starting a dialogue; we hope it Museum and, on a slightly less scary note, for the Culinary Heirloom Project keeps going. Fortunately for all of us, medical a cross that Florence Nightingale (culinaryheirloomproject.com), technology has leapt forward in the gave to the director of the MGH which staged its first throwback HOT BOX century and a half since William Training School for Nurses. All feast in May. Drawing on the epic The Gardner Museum’s T.G. Morton performed the world’s we can say is, thank God for culinary collection at Harvard’s Calderwood Hall first public surgery using ether in progress. Schlesinger Library, they served The dreamy palazzo-style building Massachusetts General Hospital’s a Mother’s Day tea using recipes Isabella Stewart Gardner once surgical amphitheater (now called HOT AND HISTORICAL from 1890 to 1932, all found in called home stood solo for more the Ether Dome). To celebrate these Old-timey Cooking the letters and diaries of a single than a century. Then, in January, advances (and to remind us why we Move over, molecular gastronomy: Massachusetts family. And in July, the Isabella Stewart Gardner should never again complain about futuristic foams seem passé as while the tall ships were in town for Museum (280 The Fenway, Boston, the relatively minor discomfort of chefs increasingly look back — way the War of 1812’s 200th anniversary, 617.566.1401) unveiled a shiny new the old “turn your head and cough” back — for culinary inspiration. chef Matt Piuma of The Living sibling, the brainchild of acclaimed routine), MGH created the new Consider the “time-honored Room (101 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Italian architect Renzo Piano. Eleven 617.723.5101) created a modern years in the making, the Gardner’s The gardner museum’s calderwood hall (and more appetizing) reimagining new wing offers a modern, airy, of the early-19th-century sailor’s sun-soaked counterpoint to the staples of hardtack, salt pork, and adjoining original (which remains dried peas. The trend dovetails with fundamentally unchanged, per the farm-to-table movement and the its founder’s strict stipulations). resurgence of heritage breeds and The project more than doubled heirloom veggies, channeling food’s the museum’s size, adding a pre-industrial past. We bet Boston contemporary special-exhibition will eat it up. gallery, conservation and education spaces, a cozy living-room-style FILE UNDER: HOT visitors’ area, a greenhouse, twin GIF Clips artist-in-residence apartments, A picture is worth a thousand and more. Its crown jewel? We’d words, so maybe we shouldn’t be have to say that’s Calderwood surprised that GIF images, presently Hall, a 6,000-square-foot venue for the digital darling of Tumblr, have the Gardner’s expanded concert proven so effective at expressing programming that features to-die- our Internet-age emotions. The for acoustics from Japanese sound- moving, multi-second clips, smith Yasuhisa Toyota. The ceiling often culled from movie and TV of the striking cube-like space soars scenes, are used to wordlessly 42 feet high, and its three balconies convey situational humor. offer unique seating arrangements: Though #WhatShouldWeCallMe each contains just one row of seats, (whatshouldwecallme.tumblr.com) so hundreds of concert-goers can is credited with jumpstarting the enjoy a front-row view. Sounds like meme, there’s now a GIF-loaded, music to our ears. inside-joke-laden Tumblr for every occupation, demographic, and HOT AND SKY-HIGH location. Among those Bostonians Skirt Slits will appreciate is Gif Hub of the We owe Angelina an apology. Universe (gifhuboftheuniverse We were among those chuckling .tumblr.com), where clips from at Ms. Jolie during that meme- The Simpsons, Jersey Shore, and worthy moment at the Academy Star Wars describe reactions to Awards when she stuck out her leg the MBTA, Boston Common food from a sky-high slit like she was trucks, and the Red Sox. Give displaying her Oscar. Turns out, a quick Google to find college- she was just ahead of the trend. specific sites dedicated to Harvard, Va-va-voom vertical slits have since BC, and BU. And for a funny niche- sexed up the runways of Prabal oriented approach, scope The Gurung and Monique Lhuillier, and continued on p34

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Boston Gays (thebostongays T-shirt. (Hey, it was cheaper than .tumblr.com), where Beyoncé videos the Urban Outfitters version!) and Real Housewives clips are But lately, the megastore has used to wax on everything from the not only launched buzz-worthy local bar scene to national politics. collaborations with the likes of #CallUsEntertained. Jason Wu and Missoni, but has also turned its eye to artful indie HOT UGLY BEAUTY INGREDIENT products, giving specialty stores Mushrooms from select cities nationwide We already know a few creative uses exposure through the new program for ’shrooms. We won’t mention dubbed The Shops at Target. And those: what happens at Burning not one, but two of our favorite Man stays at Burning Man. However, Boston boutiques were in Target’s let’s discuss our recent discovery crosshairs: South End décor of mushrooms’ role as a secret and gift mecca PATCH NYC and ingredient in a number of beauty canine-confection purveyor Polka products. We shouldn’t be surprised, Dog Bakery. Polka Dog’s signature since mushrooms are high in vitamin biscuits and doggie dishes hit D and antioxidants. That’s made Target locations this spring, and them key in products that reduce you can look for PATCH NYC’s redness, prevent the effects of latest home collection — designed aging, and promote smooth skin, specifically for this promotion — on like Clinique’s Redness Solutions shelves in September. Makeup, and in Smashbox’s Photo Finish Targeted Pore and HOT AND HARD Line Primer, which contains ultra- Hard Cider moisturizing Chinese mushroom Cider has long been perceived as extract. And by the way, we’re not nothing more than a beer-hater’s just talking about fancy truffles — beer substitute: sweeter relief many treatments, like Aveeno’s from a brew’s watery blandness Positively Ageless Night Cream or intense hoppiness. But now and Murad’s Age-Diffusing Serum, it’s being recognized for its true use garden-variety mushrooms mouth-whetting merits, and a fresh like the shiitake, which is known to offering of craft ciders that nod exfoliate, increase elasticity, reduce to classic European styles has inflammation, and fade sun spots cropped up at refined restaurants and acne scars. Mushrooms may not — like Bergamot (118 Beacon be pretty, but they’re sure helping us Street, Somerville, 617.576.7700), look that way. where Trabanco, a Spanish variety from Asturias, is sold by the glass. Hot Big-Box buys The Independent (75 Union famous ballpark in the country. (It name from the Greek word peplos, Polka Dog Bakery and PATCH NYC Square, Somerville, 617.440.6022) is America’s oldest in the major which means “tunic,” the peplum Once upon a time, Target was serves Maine’s Downeast Cider leagues.) Not to get all weepy, was revived in the 1940s to create the type of place you would only on tap. And Hungry Mother but the cheers that emanate from the illusion of an exaggerated venture to for bundles of paper (233 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, Yawkey are like the heartbeat of the hourglass figure. Now appearing towels or a retro Mountain Dew Cambridge, 617.499.0090) and Hub, and the game-day experience on the runways of Rodarte, Dior, Local 149 (149 P Street, Boston, keeps inspiring new generations Givenchy, and others, the modern 617.269.0900) are two of about of Red Sox fans. To celebrate the peplum’s pouf is amplified — a 40 bars and restaurants that offer centennial this spring, the king of tribute, we suppose, to our 21st- Wunderkind from Bantam Cider, a film composers, John Williams, century state of mind: go big or go local tipple launched in January by wrote an original orchestral home! two Cambridge women who use anthem, “Fanfare for Fenway,” and Massachusetts apples for the cider performed it with the Boston Pops. HOT AND SPICY and produce it at a nearby winery. There’s one epic score; here’s Late-Night Spice at Market Sounds hard to resist. hoping the Sox deliver one too. We Yeah, we know that spicy food can think of no greater birthday before bedtime isn’t always wise. Hot 100th present for the legendary ballpark (We blame bad chimichurri sauce Fenway Park than a home-run hundredth year. for one particularly hallucinogenic In April of 1912, mere days after dream that involved penguins, Betty the Titanic disappeared into the HOT HOURGLASS AMP White, and a pair of fuzzy leopard- North Atlantic, Boston mayor John The Peplum print handcuffs. Don’t ask. Please.) F. Fitzgerald threw out the first It’s not often we welcome adding a But sometimes potato chips and pitch at a newly minted stadium few extra inches to our waistlines. leftover lunch doesn’t suffice for pre- called Fenway Park. Fast forward But lo and behold, here comes the slumber snacking. Thankfully, master a century and Fenway is not just return of the peplum: ruffled mid- chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten one of Boston’s defining landmarks, section overskirts that have been is addressing our cravings with patch nyc but also arguably the most cropping up everywhere. Taking its his just-launched Late Night Spice

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menu at Market (100 Stuart Street, over the loss of one beloved, tear- Boston, 617.310.6790) in the W duct-stinging dish: Pasta from Boston hotel. Borrowing influence Hell, a signature plate featured for from Asian street-food classics, the 20 years on East Coast’s famous lineup is stacked with enticing items “Hell Night” menu. Smothered like roasted cod with Malaysian chili with tongue-searing habanero chili sauce, spiced chicken samosas, peppers and the restaurant’s Inner and Vietnamese coffee ice cream. Beauty hot sauce, this flaming Each $10 small plate is available on concoction would give the devil Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to hot flashes. Sadly, it has been midnight. We look forward to a full — exorcised from future Hell Nights key word! — night’s sleep. (Oh, and due to “circumstances beyond just in case — the safe word is “St. our control,” according to the Olaf.”) restaurant’s website. (Anything to do, we wonder, with pasta-related IN HOT MEMORIAM emergency-room trips last year?) East Coast Grill’s Pasta from Hell However, you can still find the When Chris Schlesinger announced recipe via a quick Google search. he was selling Inman Square Just be careful if you dare to try this institution East Coast Grill (1271 at home. Cambridge Street, Cambridge, 617.491.6568), there was sniffling HOT ’Do in the STUFF office. Sure, once The Halo Braid we found out it would remain open Valentino’s most recent runway — and in the capable hands of was rife with a hairdo that looks chef Jason Heard — we dried our like it climbed down from the Alps tears. But our eyes are still watery continued on p36

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Brazilian atop a gal named Heidi: the halo infused rye. We’re ready to pound a braid. Now spotted on glamorous few rounds. Fashion types like Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst, it’s definitely the style HOT STREAM Week of the summer, and the boho look WFNX Online happens to be a handy way to hide First, the news: in May, alt-rock a bad hair day. In fact, the messier it radio station WFNX, a sister Usa is, the better. (Good thing, since it’s company to STUFF, announced tricky to do yourself and requires the sale of its 101.7 FM frequency enough bobby pins to set off a mall to corporate conglomerate Clear security alarm.) A few loose wisps Channel. Then, the reaction: will keep you from being mistaken Boston’s music community stood to for a bridesmaid or a milkmaid — lose an independent radio station and show that underneath that halo, (and a slice of the hippie dream), you’re really devil-may-care. and we were facing the nerve- rattling fear that we’d no longer HOT ICE have our go-to way of discovering Druzy Jewelry wicked-awesome music and “Druzy” sounds like a word Snoop groundbreaking bands. But finally, Dogg would make up while rapping a silver lining was revealed: at a about his level of intoxication. jam-packed farewell concert, The (Repeat after us: “I’m druzy, fo’ Seaport Six, WFNX announced shizzle.”) But in geological terms — that it would live on as an online- or more importantly, fashion-speak streaming station via wfnx.com August 18th VIP show — “druzy” refers to a coating of and mobile applications. Details At the tAJ hotel. tiny crystals on a rock, like quartz- on programming are still coming covered geodes. Designers like together, but it warms our hearts Rachel Roy and Alexis Bittar are to know that the WFNX format will offering druzy necklaces, rings, survive — on the web, if not the dial. www.brAzIlIAnfAshIonweekusA.com and other accessories. They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend HOT STRANDS — but we’re glad that, unlike super- Chalked Hair shiny precious gems, these earthier As much as we love our favorite hair options more subtly reflect the light. stylists, we’re sort of stoked that the It’s bold bling that’s still appropriate summer’s hottest hair trend doesn’t for everyday wear. even require setting foot in a salon. Chalked hair is a DIY domain: pick HOT SHOTS up a palette of soft pastel chalks Shots We’re Not Embarrassed to from a craft store, spritz your hair Order with water, apply pigment, air dry, On the evolutionary spectrum of and set the color with a warm drinking, shots, like scales, get curling or flat iron. (For tips, tricks, sloughed off when we can stand on and inspiration, scour the Hair & two legs. (Or at least, once we’re Beauty boards of Pinterest.) The out of the primordial slime of our dummy-proof process is used to college days.) But some bars are best effect at the end of piece-y serving up fun, well-made options curls, à la Lauren Conrad and her that don’t make us cringe the style gurus at thebeautydepartment way saying “I’ll have a redheaded .com, or tucked within a fishtail slut” did. The Cha-Ching shots braid or along errant strands of a at Moksa (450 Massachusetts high, wispy sock bun. And even Avenue, Cambridge, 617.661.4900) color commitment-phobes can feel come in beer-and-spirit pairings free to experiment with multiple inspired by the four elements: hues, since the brightest will wash wind involves vodka; fire, bourbon; out in a day or two. water, rye; and earth, sake. Patrons yell “Cha-Ching!” when you throw HOT YET HANDSOME one back. Brick & Mortar (569 Women’s Blazer/Shorts Combos Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge) Here’s the thing with women’s 207 Endicott St downsizes its daiquiri and offers power suits: a good one looks less-familiar options like the snazzy and sharp, but a bad Boston North End, MA Diamondback, a mini mix of rye, one looks like a remnant from 617-523-5959 applejack, and Green Chartreuse. Working Girl’s ’80s-rific wardrobe www.massiminosboston.com And Saloon (255 Elm Street, department. (Sigh. Just one more Somerville, 617.628.4444) offers thing that men in the corporate house-made drams like the Southie world don’t need to worry about.) Comfort, featuring pork-belly- Luckily, designers like Dolce &

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adopters like Toro, The Gallows, and the South End by spring. smoothies, and cleanses. (We’re HOT THROWBACK and Local 149. Now that at least one Additional plans could convert partial to the aptly named Green 1920s Style communal table seems de rigueur under-utilized roadways and Juice, a blend of kale, romaine, Fashion is cyclical, and the next at hot new spots, we’re slowly (very alleys into landscaped “pocket parsley, spinach, cucumber, lemon, “it” look is often little more than a slowly) getting used to the trend. parks” to provide permanent and apple.) It’s the brainchild of fresh spin on a well-worn idea. The Maybe it just took some extra body outdoor gathering spaces, like Susan Cabana, who refocused on latest example of sartorial nostalgia heat to warm our icy Hub hearts. public backyards. The purported healthy living after her husband’s is the return of 1920s style. In environmental, aesthetic, and sudden death at age 37, eventually spring 2012 collections, Marc HOT TIN health benefits sound great — but leaving the finance world to become Jacobs updated the flapper dress Canned Craft Beers they certainly won’t make finding a a yoga instructor and wellness by swapping fringe for shredded It took a while, but canned beer has parking spot any easier. consultant. Lauri Meizler, founder plastic, Tory Burch went luxe with finally overcome its reputation as Art Deco details and sequins, Ralph a lowbrow lawn-mower accessory. Lauren showed feathered shawls Ubiquitous Narragansett has and cloche hats, and Marchesa helped convince skeptics that made metallic gold fringe feel totally craft beers can compete in a modern. Local event producers world of watery macrobrews. Now are looking to this bygone era for expansive canned-beer selections inspiration too, staging speakeasy- are a bragging point for bars style soirees around the city. Event- and restaurants. Tasty Burger design firm Assembly channeled (1301 Boylston Street, Boston, the days of bootleg booze for Bully 617.425.4444) boasts 30-plus Boy Distillers’ recent anniversary canned options, including full lines bash, and Opus Affair’s Big Party of Sixpoint and 21st Amendment celebrated young-professional arts brews. Davis Square’s newly organizations with a garden party opened Southern-comfort spot, M3 fit for Daisy Buchanan. When the (382 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Great Gatsby movie hits theaters in 617.776.8100), has more than 20 December, we’re betting the decade canned varieties. (Better to grab a of decadence and opulent dressing can with greasy fingers than dirty up will still be a roaring trend. the glassware, right?) Fenway pub Sweet Caroline’s (1260 Boylston HOT EXPORT Street, Boston, 617.424.1260) Toro Heads to NYC spotlights a different canned craft Here in the Hub, we get giddy brew weekly, and sleeker spots when some trend-setting New York like Franklin Café (278 Shawmut restaurateur opens a local outpost. Avenue, Boston, 617.350.0010) But two of Boston’s own chefs are are now rotating them in regularly. turning that paradigm on its head. Unsure where to start, now that Come fall, Ken Oringer and Jamie the stigma is gone? Stop by The Bissonnette, the duo behind South Lower Depths (476 Commonwealth End hotspots Toro and Coppa, will Avenue, Boston, 617.266.6662) for open a New York outpost of Toro a five-can variety bucket for $28. in the former Nabisco factory in Seems like a can’t-miss proposition. Chelsea. Like its South End sister restaurant, the Chelsea location will HOT OASES feature modern tapas made with Mini-Parks locally sourced ingredients. Eat your Our urban jungle isn’t the greenest heart out, NYC! of places. But that may soon canned craft beer at the lower depths change, thanks to a plan to HOT AND HOLLYWOOD-BOUND convert two- to three-car sections Noise Industries of metered parking space into HOT AND FRESH of Newton-based brand Joos Thanks to tax incentives designed pedestrian-friendly “parklets.” Juicing (drinkjoos.com), followed a similar to lure Hollywood movie crews to Having proclaimed that the “car is Once, the word “juicing” conjured path: the onetime Wall Street food the Bay State, movie-goers have no longer king” and already made visions of Hollywood fringe dieters and beverage analyst quit the become more accustomed to the city more hospitable to cyclists and hippy-dippy patchouli devotees corporate rat race to study nutrition seeing shots of the Common or the through bike-lane expansions and — but now even Starbucks is and Ayurvedic medicine. Now she Pru on the big screen. But while programs like Hubway and Bike getting in on the game, having packs 10 to 14 types of organic they may not be as immediately Fridays, Mayor Menino has now opened its first Evolution Fresh produce into each bottle of Joos, recognizable as those landmarks, sketched a pedestrian-friendly juice bar in Seattle this spring. We, available via home delivery and the visual contributions of local project called boston.PARKLETS, of course, are more pumped about pick-up points at fitness studios graphics-software company which aims to create three-season home-grown happenings. June saw around Greater Boston. And even Noise Industries are just as patios with seating and planters. the opening of Nourish Your Soul on-the-go commuters can get a cool. Founded by a pair of BU Following in the footsteps of San (17 Playstead Road, West Medford, fresh fix: Juice (145 Dartmouth grads and headquartered in the Fran and NYC, the pilot program 888.995.8423), which cold-presses Street, Boston, 617.248.5828) South End, Noise Industries has could bring parklets to Jamaica organic fruits and veggies to opened inside Back Bay Station this launched hundreds of software Plain, Mission Hill, Allston, extract extra nutrients for its juices, spring. continued on p40

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plug-ins that can be purchased Revere, the structure has become and downloaded through their a work of art. Its splashy April website (noiseindustries.com). Now opening featured a vertical fashion they’re being used to create special show: models strutted down the effects for commercials and even side of the building in the hotel recent blockbuster movies, like staff’s MassArt-designed uniforms. Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Lobby display cases rotate works The Avengers. We’re impressed to from local artisans and boutiques. hear that Noise is causing such a Coming soon is a series of onsite commotion. pop-up exhibitions curated by the founders of the innovative but HOT COLD ONES recently shuttered Yes.Oui.Si. Adult Milkshakes and Slushies gallery. This fall, programming As children, we loved mixed drinks launches in the property’s Theatre like Shirley Temples — they made 1, which boasts a “wall of fame” us feel like adults. (“Ooh, grenadine! of plaster hand casts honoring They had to get it from the bar!”) Boston arts bigwigs, like ART Who knew that as adults we would artistic director Diane Paulus. And become obsessed with alcoholic in August, in conjunction with the drinks that make us feel like kids opening of their first solo US show again? Chef Michael Schlow’s at the ICA, Brazilian street-art latest, Happy’s Bar + Kitchen duo Os Gêmeos will paint a jaw- (1363 Boylston Street, Boston, dropping mural on the building’s 857.753.4100), offers numerous façade. Any hotel willing to offer alcoholic “adult milkshakes”; so itself as a canvas to top graffiti does burger bar Grass Fed (605 artists deserves big props for Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, brightening our local color. 617.553.2278), which serves four variations. On Tuesday nights, MINI HOT-EL the barkeeps at Citizen Public YOTEL House (1310 Boylston Street, Countless travelers have braved the Boston, 617.450.9000) rev up the grimiest of hostels when journeying blenders and use fresh fruit to make on a budget, but soon Boston spirituous slushies. On Swizzle visitors may have the chance to Sundays at The Hawthorne (500A experience sleek yet affordable Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, accommodations. In June, the 617.532.9150), cocktail wizards hit UK’s headline-grabbing YOTEL the patio to create boozy, blended hotel group announced plans beverages of the tropical variety. for North American expansion, (The kind dad drank on family and Boston’s South End is at the vacations!) And for the ultimate in adult milkshakes at happy’s bar + kitchen top of its list of likely locations. nostalgia, Blue Inc. (131 Broad Initially, YOTEL opened in London’s Street, Boston, 617.261.5353) serves You can super-size your order at and resells them online, donating a Heathrow and Gatwick airports, up a biscotti-liqueur-based cocktail Catalyst (300 Technology Square, portion of the profits to the charity offering travelers posh “pod-sized” called Nana’s Cookies — crumbs Cambridge, 617.576.3000), where of the donor’s choice. Current rooms for cleansing and catching and all. Think it fits in a sippy cup? a French rosé variety comes by the partners include the National up on slumber between flights. magnum. Naturally, the same goes Autism Center, the Ellie Fund, and The chain has since opened a full HOT PINK for Provençal showplace Bistro du the March of Dimes — and you hotel in NYC, where guests can Rosé Wine Midi (272 Boylston Street, Boston, can add your own, too. Those leave their belongings in the care Rosé wine once was dismissed as 617.426.7878), which recently Gucci shoes may have pinched of a first-of-its-kind robotic storage the Red Bull of Provence: overly debuted a special L’Après Midi your toes, but donating them for a system before retiring to capsule- sweet and kind of tacky. Then it weekday menu designed to pair worthy cause feels oh-so good. A like rooms, inspired by first-class became trendy, popping up on perfectly with sips from its well- few other incentives: participating aircraft cabins, that are small on menus like the cupcake of corked curated rosé list. See? Even the local retailers offer rewards for square footage but don’t skimp on goods. Finally, rosé is a genuinely finest diners needn’t blush when donating to their favorite charities, niceties. (Monsoon showers? Sure!) acceptable (nay, awesome) ordering. and Fashion Project provides a Site details and construction dates option, carrying neither shame pre-paid donation box for shipping are still coming together, but our nor novelty status. Refreshing and HOT CLOSET CLEANSER the results of our wardrobe purges. excitement is already full-scale. dry, it can be particularly flavorful Fashion Project Excuses for holding on to unworn when paired with the right plate Who among us hasn’t felt guilty outfits are hereby eliminated. HOT Jock Shocks — such as the designer pizzas at over a designer suit or shoes left Kevin Youkilis and Ray Allen Tavolo (1918 Dorchester Avenue, gathering dust in the closet? 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Lillibridge and Zach Stewart.) A critical player in Boston’s 2004 and 2007 World Series wins, Youkilis will be sorely missed; days after the announcement, President Obama was showered with boos when he thanked a crowd of Boston fundraisers for the trade. (Clearly the Oval Office wasn’t briefed on the rabidity of Hub sports fans.) Shortly after, Boston Celtics fans reeled from news that star Ray Allen was leaving for Miami — while the wounds from our season-ending defeat at the Heat’s hands were still fresh. (And he’s going for half the salary. Salt, added.) The Celtics signed former Dallas Maverick Jason Terry, and we’re excited to see him gear up in green. But the losses still smart; funny, you’d think we’d be used to heartbreak by now.

HOT CAUSE The Anti-Obesity Movement It’s a major medical concern (unless you’re Dr. Pepper). More than ramen at uni two-thirds of Americans are now considered obese or overweight, Last year, Mayor Menino banned HOT YOUNGER SISTER invite-only events in unusual which spells serious trouble for the the sale of soft drinks on municipal SW1 spaces, using a membership country’s physical and economic properties. Then this spring, NYC Ever wish one of your favorite approach to create a list of like- health. While the anti-obesity mayor Michael Bloomberg famously brands had a hot kid sister — one minded guests for each gathering. crusade is nothing new, it’s certainly proposed a ban on sales of sugary with the same classic beauty Every event is thus a carefully reaching new levels of visibility drinks over 16 ounces in restaurants and reliability, but with a bit curated experience, one where with the tireless efforts of Michelle and some other businesses; now more spunk and edge? First of you can look for love, friendship, Obama, the recent HBO mini-series Cambridge mayor Henrietta Davis all, we’re talking shoes, guys — or business connections. The Weight of a Nation, and June’s plans to propose a similar action don’t get so excited. Second of Members complete a Personality announcement that Disney will ban limiting soda sizes in restaurants. all, check out SW1, the newly SnapShot covering everything junk-food ads from its TV and radio When it comes to the obesity launched line from accessories from eating habits to career and stations and websites. The effort’s epidemic, it seems we’ve reached a pioneer Stuart Weitzman. Under dating attitudes. If eHarmony and public enemy number one? Soda. tipping point. the creative direction of Alvaro Eventbrite got busy one booze- Gonzalez, formerly of Jimmy Choo, fueled night, this would be their love SW1 this offshoot line maintains the child. craftsmanship on which Weitzman has built his international career HOT NOODLES (one that began, we should add, Late-Night Ramen in his father’s shoe factory in Ramen is having a moment in Haverhill, Massachusetts). But SW1 Boston. No longer simply the is designed to appeal to younger, centerpiece of ill-fated dorm meals more modern and fashion-forward — but still perfect as late-night consumers. The line certainly hits nosh — these Japanese noodles all of the trends, boasting super- in flavorful broth are wiggling structured bags and shoes with onto menus throughout the city. gorgeous geometric accents. Kid Chef Ken Oringer has debuted sister is looking pretty good. a late-night ramen menu at Uni Sashimi Bar (370 Commonwealth HOT LIST Avenue, Boston, 617.536.7200), The Good Ones serving haute creations starting at Pop-up parties aren’t new to the 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Hub. We’ve hit up plenty of time- Guchi’s Midnight Ramen, sensitive soirees at restaurants meanwhile, is a pop-up from O and salons, gas stations and Ya chefs; tickets to their limited- art galleries. But a new Boston- space slurp-fests are tougher based website, The Good Ones to come by than Gaga tickets (thegoodones.co), is taking the (but feel free to stalk their Twitter concept a step further: in July, its account, @GuchiRamenNight). team started throwing themed, Even French stalwart Sel de la

<42> 7.31.12 top photo by melissa ostrow Terre (774 Boylston Street, Boston, cut than anything you’ll find at the 617.266.8800) is getting in on the supermarket counter. Served à la action, offering a Korean twist carte at $49 a plate, the ribeye is an restaurants on the trend with its Late Night investment, but we suspect you’ll Seoul Kitchen. Starting at 10 p.m., stomach the damage just fine. Tuesdays through Saturdays, L’Espalier pastry chef Jiho Kim HARVARD SQUARE HOTSPOTS crosses over to the sister restaurant The Sinclair and Liberal Servings hot fun in to serve noodle selections along with Those street musicians by the T steamed buns, fried chicken, and stop won’t have to wander far if the summer! savory tarts. This ramen rollout sure they ever hit the big time: slated to beats our college microwave days. open this fall on Church Street is locations in boston’s The Sinclair, a live-music venue seaport & theater districts! HOT AIR that will be operated by Bowery Blowout Bars Boston, an extension of the NYC- Our grandmothers spent hours based Bowery Presents agency. casually elegant dining with classic getting their hair done and gossiping Bowery Boston currently books all italian favorites under the dryers in salons. (At the acts at Royale in the Theater least, that’s what the movies have District; this new Cambridge project express dining & late night convinced us.) We don’t have that will bring acts across the river and bar menu available time. But blowout bars are making into a space with a state-of-the-art it easier to get our hair “set” to audio system and a vibe modeled validated & discount parking perfection with minimal time (and on Brooklyn’s beloved Music Hall of cash) commitment. Fenway’s Williamsburg. With 10,000 square Phillipostyle Hair Studio has feet (that’s about a 525-person offered an In & Out Style Bar menu capacity), it will rival other area for several years now, and Back music clubs in size. Acts not ready Bay’s Mario Russo introduced a for major throngs can try to book holiday blow-dry bar last December. a show at another new venue But now dedicated spaces for currently in the works, Liberal blowouts are putting down roots Servings, slated for a spot just here. Popular on the West Coast and around the corner on Brattle Street. in New York, such spots don’t offer Beehive co-owner Jack Bardy is cuts or coloring; instead, they cater seeking to open a 300-plus-person to clients who want a quick blow-dry dinner and live-jazz spot there in and style before an event or at the 2013. start of a workweek (a good wash and blowout should last a few days). HOT FOODIE FORT National chain Blo (437 Columbus Fort Point Avenue, Boston, 617.262.0105) just Right now, Barbara Lynch has the set up shop in the South End, and ’hood on lockdown with her holy Drybar is rumored to be scouting trinity of Menton, Sportello, and space for a Boston outpost. (Newton Drink. But Fort Point looks set to private-equity firm Castanea get new spots from other celebrated Partners invested a cool $16 million chefs soon. There’s strong buzz in the company earlier this year.) that Ming Tsai is making plans to Insert “blown away” pun here. open a restaurant in the not-so- clearly delineated neighborhood, HOT PIECE OF MEAT which is good news for fans of 100-Day Ribeye the Simply Ming host and food- With the notable (and grotesque) allergy activist; right now, we exception of Twinkies, few edibles have to trek to his Blue Ginger in can hold their own after three Wellesley. Meanwhile, Tavern Road months of aging. But at Grill 23 & is a restaurant expected to inhabit Bar (161 Berkeley Street, Boston, the former Blue Wave space on 225 northern ave. 617.542.2255), chef Jay Murray’s Congress Street — and rumor boston seaport 100-day ribeye not only withstands has it that chef Louis DiBiccari (of 617.737.5454 the test of time, but improves with Storyville and his own Chef Louie age. Sourced from California’s Night pop-up series) and his brother 545 washington st. Brandt Beef, one of the most Michael, a manager at Eastern boston’s theater district acclaimed all-natural ranches in Standard, are the masterminds 617.737.5555 the nation, this senior-level steak behind it. And finally, chef Jason is so tender that it nearly negates Owens, the man behind Somerville to view menus, hours & make the purpose of a carving knife. restaurant M3, plans to elaborate reservations online: The delicate aging process breaks on American Provisions, his South salvatoresrestaurants.com down the fat deposits in each Boston market, with a larger-scale piece, making for a more flavorful continued on p44

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grocery on the ground floor of a Krysta kranyak at grass fed 617.536.7200), mixologist Todd Farnsworth Street office building. Maul’s sidecar-esque Frank-O On point. cocktail contains smoked ice and liqueur-soaked wood chips. On the HOT SHOPPING AIDS other side of the river, Backbar Pingup and LevelUp (9 Sanborn Court, Somerville, What do breakups, job 617.718.0249) uses cinnamon- acceptances, and drug deals smoked ice, Bacardi Oakheart have in common? All can happen spiced rum, Moxie, lime syrup, via text message. We have mixed and bitters in the Smoke ’n’ Coke. feelings about the impersonal Consider us fired up. Age of the iPhone, but one digital development we’re warming to HOT ’HOOD fast is locally born startup Pingup Jamaica Plain (pingup.com). The smartphone Some worry that an influx of trendy app lets users communicate with restaurants will detract from JP’s participating restaurants, shops, quirky character and gentrify its and entertainment venues by text. diverse population. (“Sounds (Better than waiting on hold while familiar,” sighs the South End.) being subjected to a tinny recording Us? We can’t lie; we like having of “Jessie’s Girl.”) With a few taps, new reasons to explore this oft- you’ll be making reservations at neglected part of the Orange Line. your favorite restaurant, checking First came Scottish pub The Haven, availability of nearby squash courts, gastropub Canary Square, and and monitoring the progress of your tapas restaurant, record shop, and dry cleaning. (Pingup is also active bookstore Tres Gatos. This year in Miami, and given the recent they’ve been joined by gourmet completion of a $1 million round burger bar Grass Fed (run by Krista of financing with backing from Kranyak of the neighboring Ten Cambridge venture-capital firm Tables); Caffè Aromi, a Euro-style Avalon Ventures, further expansion café in an ultra-modern, stark-white seems likely.) When you ultimately space that looks like an art gallery; make your purchase, maybe you’ll Tonic, an upscale American spot; use LevelUp (thelevelup.com). and Whisk, a pop-up restaurant Created by Boston-based company that offers prix fixe tastings. Next SCVNGR, the app lets you scan a up: Irish pub Eugene O’Neill’s, QR code at checkout, automatically named for the playwright buried in deducting payment from a linked Forest Hills Cemetery, and Centre account and earning you reward Street Sanctuary, a restaurant credits for future purchases. Cost to slated to open this fall in a human contact? Significant. But the converted Catholic church. Pray the convenience? Priceless. food is as cool as the setting. Burgers — a Cambridge classic Boston’s Together electronic-music HOT BEEF PATTY that crossed the river last year — festival will aim to equip students HOT HEAD HONCHO Boston’s Burger Renaissance and Fenway’s Tasty Burger, soon with all the DJ skills necessary for Hillary Clinton Burgers are an all-American to add a Southie location. And this laying siege to any dance floor, Some of us feel that, from her sandwich, but they’ve rarely gotten spring Krista Kranyak of the refined offering courses in a Cambridge first-lady days through her 2008 all-star treatment. (“Pink slime,” Ten Tables restaurants unveiled rehearsal space stocked with all the presidential run, Hillary Clinton anyone?) Thankfully, the fast-food Grass Fed, a JP “burger bar” that latest mixing gear. The project has never got a fair shake in the court staple is now getting its due as the serves responsibly sourced meats been raising funds and hopes to of public opinion. (“She’s too icy!” centerpiece of high-profile openings with inventive toppings and sides launch by fall, so stay up to date at “Crocodile tears!”) Now, sweet for every taste, including a slew of like poutine. mmmmavenagency.com. vindication. There are the hard better-than-average chains such as numbers: recent Gallup polling Five Guys Burgers and Fries, in HOT PIECE OF CLASS SMOKING HOT shows Secretary of State Clinton nearby suburbs, and NYC-based 5 The Mmmmaven Project Smoky-Flavored Cocktails enjoying nearly career-high approval Napkin Burger, which opened here At some point or another, many of The Bay State may have banned ratings — which top those of the last year. Next year, the Big Apple’s us have watched a soul-patched smoking in bars back in 2004, but administration’s other top dogs. But famous Shake Shack comes to club DJ laboriously fade from one cocktail craze offers a new we’re equally impressed by more- the Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, (and legal) twist by working smoky zeitgeisty evidence, epitomized and Colorado-based Smashburger Faster, Stronger” to Kanye West’s flavors into drinks. Post 390 (406 by online tributes that have recast will begin opening a dozen Boston- “Stronger” and wondered, “How Stuart Street, Boston, 617.399.0015) her from the role of Uppity Woman area restaurants. The Wahlberg hard can that really be?” Soon serves the Smoky Paloma, mixing to that of Badass Boss. The now- brothers’ Wahlburgers in Hingham you’ll be able to find out, thanks house-smoked sea salt, Zapopan famous “Texts From Hillary” Tumblr is hoping for a national rollout, to The Mmmmaven Project, an 100% agave tequila, fresh grapefruit got guffaws with captioned images starting with more Boston-area educational institution for aspiring juice, agave nectar, and bitters for of a stern-looking Clinton sending spots. For boutique burgers in turntable warriors. This new a tangy summer sip. At Clio (370A terse correspondence to everyone casual settings, we have Four endeavor from the minds behind Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, continued on p46

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from Jay-Z to Sarah Palin. Then You seemed like Atkins with a came viral videos of her downing sexier name.) The latest entrant: pilsner and dancing the rumba in the Paleo diet, a regimen that Colombia and wearing Mardi Gras only allows foods our ancestors sunglasses and beads during a (supposedly) ate in the Paleolithic swearing-in ceremony. (“Coolest period, more than 10,000 years secretary of state ever?” gushed ago. The controversial craze calls People.) The meme-sphere is for caveman-friendly meats, fish, crammed with lists of comically nuts, and veggies, plus plenty of captioned photos — “26 Things exercise. That means no grains, Hillary Clinton Thinks About You!” dairy, legumes, or refined sugar. In our — that cast an appreciative glow on (You can still have a sweet tooth, her once-polarizing persona. Finally, though. Falmouth’s White Lion she’s #winning. Baking Company sells only Paleo baked goods.) The diet has its HOT INDIE ROCK origins in the 1970s, but it’s caught Animal Talk fire more recently (helped, perhaps, 18th year! Now that Boston is churning out by increased attention to gluten some high-gloss pop acts (see: sensitivity). But devotees’ claims Gentlemen Hall, Karmin, and Young have elicited smirks and sighs from London), it’s high time that our anthropologists and nutritionists indie-rock bands add a slick coat alike. The Paleolithic period lasted of polish to their sound. Rising 2.5 million years. We somehow post-dance-rock quartet Animal doubt the Paleo hype will last 2.5 Talk fit the bill. Though really, they years. can fit any bill, having shared the stage with Wolf Gang and Young HOT AND HIGH-PROFILE the Giant and gigged both way Bianca de la Garza north (Toronto’s NXNE) and way In Boston, anchors don’t just report south (Austin’s SXSW). They teased the news — they often make it. After new track “Teenage Rocker” at a athletes and politicians, Hub media recent WFNX Alternatour show, and personalities probably enjoy the the cruising pop joyride should go next-largest slice of local-celebrity over well when they join Deftones status: they’re coveted party guests and Bad Rabbits at August’s and popular event hosts. And right KahBang festival in Maine. To prove now, it’s the Year of Bianca. The 88 Sleeper Street they don’t take themselves too WCVB-5 anchor is everywhere (and, seriously, they’ve been peppering it seems, always looking glam), Boston, MA 02210 their live sets with smiling covers hosting and helping with fundraisers of Phil Collins and Billy Ocean for nonprofits — from the Ellie Fund songs. Animal Talk, we see roaring to the Zack Heger Foundation for online reservations at mainstream success in your future. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — and mingling with fellow glitterati at WWW.BARKINGCRAB.COM HOT BELLY BUSTER restaurant and nightspot openings. The Paleo Diet (How she’s up and looking lovely in Phone (617) 426-2722 History is littered with the skeletal time for her EyeOpener newscast, remains of fad diets. (Atkins? We we have no idea.) De la Garza’s hardly knew ye. South Beach? continued on p48

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HOT ACT OF DOWNSIZING Mini Desserts Gone are the days of stuffing your pie hole full of molten lava cake and quivering mountains of chocolate mousse. Mini desserts are a crafty way to get a sugar fix without overdoing it (or at least, without looking piggish while picking at social events). Todd English’s Olives (10 City Square, Charlestown, 617.242.1999) serves a trio of mini cupcakes from his daughter’s shop, Isabelle’s Curly Cakes. MET Back Bay (279 Dartmouth Street, Boston, 617.267.0451) doles out free push-pops on the terrace when it’s steamy outside. At Coppa (253 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, 617.391.0902), a morning stuzzi sandwich of Nutella and bananas lets you eat dessert first. Even food shockwave at equinox trucks are getting in on the action: at the ever-creative Staff Meal visibility has made her a society- exercise groups that focus on spicy tartar sauce, are a more (staffmealboston.com), a bite-sized column mainstay and the heir flexibility, coordination, and muscle virtuous alternative.) Truly intrepid? square of foie gras baklava is a apparent to Frances Rivera’s toning. You’ll have that beach body Head to Chinatown’s Peach totable treat. vacated throne as the must-know in no time. Farm (4 Tyler Street, Boston, newscaster on the small screen — 617.482.1116) for whole fish-head HOT AUSSIE IMPORT and the social scene. HOT AND WHOLE soup. Aesop Fin-to-Tail Dining No fable here. It’s true: Australia- Hot Burn Feasting on whole beasts is HOT AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL based brand Aesop — revered for (Sort of) Wet Workouts nothing new: from nose-to-tail Holograms its fabulous plant-derived skin, Summer’s reliably roasting dinners at Craigie on Main to Seeing your favorite living artist body, and hair-care products temperatures can have you pig roasts at Citizen, whole-hog perform in holographic form? — is bringing its natural beauty soaking in sweat before you’ve dining is de rigueur. Now here That’s kind of cool. (See: the 2006 goodies from the Outback to even walked through the gym comes fin-to-tail dining, a hot (and Grammy Awards, which opened Boston. Scheduled to open in early doors. But this year, some fitness more heart-healthy) alternative. At with an animated meeting between September, the new outpost at 172 centers are taking cues from water Jody Adams’s Trade (540 Atlantic Madonna and Gorillaz.) Seeing your Newbury Street promises a striking sports for their workout classes. Avenue, Boston, 617.451.1234), favorite dead artist resurrected blend of reclaimed wood and Shockwave, a recently unveiled you’ll discover a whole roasted that way? That’s kind of — well, modern design. This is only Aesop’s cardio and strength-training class trout with pineapple pique, creepy. Yet hologram technology is third US store, so expect the works: at Equinox (225 Franklin Street, cilantro, and plantains. At il Casale undeniably hot: first 2Pac made a new launches like the Sage & Boston, 617.426.2140), offers a (50 Leonard Street, Belmont, surprise “return” at Coachella. (Buzz Zinc Facial Hydrating Cream SPF high-intensity circuit challenge 617.209.4942), Dante de Magistris’s has it that the rapper might soon 15 and the Control Anti-Blemish that revolves around the Indo-Row whole trout with citrus, Italian slaw, join Dr. Dre, who commissioned the Gel, plus trusted standbys like its rowing machine. And we can soon and salsa Genovese is a menu hologram, on an Australian tour.) Parsley Seed line, its ever-popular work on our board skills (not to mainstay. Post 390 (406 Stuart Since then, rumors have swirled deodorant, and its Fabulous Face mention our triceps and pecs) with Street, Boston, 617.399.0015) also that artists like Lisa “Left Eye” Cleanser (a city dweller’s best SurfSET Fitness, which offers fat- does whole grilled fish, eyes and Lopes of TLC, Michael Jackson, friend). We hear they chose Boston burning, muscle-building workouts all, while Michael Leviton at Area Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and because we’re smart, progressive, on state-of-the-art RipSurfer X Four (500 Technology Square, Jim Morrison might all receive and a hotbed for scientific progress. machines. Boston Athletic Club Cambridge, 617.758.4444) — holographic revivals. Locally, you Who are we to argue? offered a sneak peek of the new whose specialty is “whole beast” can check out state-of-the-art regimen last fall, and it’s slated to cooking — rolled out a salt-baked displays at “The Jeweled Net: Views HOT DOSE OF REALITY hit gyms in our market in September whole Maine halibut. And this of Contemporary Holography,” a South Boston (keep an eye on surfsetfitness.com summer, Island Creek Oyster new MIT Museum exhibition on The neighborhood received a for location updates). And if you Bar (500 Commonwealth Avenue, view through September of 2013. reality-TV-style spoofing with those really want to dive into your workout Boston, 617.532.5300) introduced Plus, Logan Airport visitors are hilarious “Real Housewives of routine, head to Commonwealth a whole black sea bass, designed now getting familiar with “Carla,” South Boston” videos. (Speaking Sports Club (1079 Commonwealth to serve one hungry diner. It’s a “virtual assistant” hologram of — isn’t it time for another?) But Avenue, Boston, 617.254.1711), battered in rice flour and fried up who guides travelers through the it’s also the ’hood of choice for which features numerous aquatic- whole. (Cod cheeks, grilled with dos and don’ts of the screening continued on p50

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those trying to launch real Boston- in awkward locations, and set reality shows: in the past year, photographic evidence that, once at least five Southie-based shows upon a time, our parents found it have been pitched, with producers acceptable to publicly humiliate us visiting to scout locations and by dressing us in sequined leotards recruit potential cast members. with matching headbands. But for Viacom reps were spotted near Alexandra Raisman, growing up near Castle Island in March, casing a Burlington gymnastics school led the hot-dog-munching crowds to more-fruitful ends: specifically, the at Sullivan’s for Dirty Water: The 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Real South Boston. Also vying We’re ready to root for the 18-year- for a piece of the pie is A&E: the old first-timer as she represents the network’s upcoming Southie Rules USA at this year’s epic games, and will follow a South Boston family we can’t wait to see how her dizzying grappling with gentrification. And floor routines look on a world stage. 495 Productions, the “minds” Better than they would in the ’80s, behind Jersey Shore, are readying we’re sure. Southie Pride for TLC’s fall lineup. The show will go inside the homes HOT BOTTOMS of five South Boston women, which Floral Jeans sounds awfully similar to the RH For the last couple of years, concept. Fingers crossed they wind fashion fans’ gaze has been drawn up brawling at Jackie’s Packie. downward as tops have increasingly taken a backseat to bold bottoms. HOT HOMETOWN ATHLETE First bright hues breathed new Alexandra Raisman life into standard jeans; now floral For most of us, childhood prints have sprouted up in new gymnastics provided nothing territory. Flowers powered spring but sprained ankles, mat burns continued on p52

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denim collections from hip brands ZuZu’s daytime restaurant-within- Provincetown spot to her mini- HOT CAPE TRANSPLANT like Current/Elliott, and celebs like a-restaurant, delivers funky sounds empire (which already includes Chef Bill Brodsky of City Landing Katie Holmes, Jessica Alba, and from DJ Leah McFly and decadent JP and Cambridge locations). If you’ve breezed by the Cape’s Minka Kelly have all been sporting dishes like the Kathy Bates, which Kathy Trustman’s MET Restaurant swank Wequassett Resort and pretty printed skinnies, from colorful updates eggs Benedict with oat Group, whose holdings include Golf Club in the last few years (and tropical styles to surprisingly waffles, fried green tomatoes, and MET Back Bay, opened MET on surely you have, Muffy), chances chic updates on Granny’s dusty avocado smash. And on Sundays, Main, which stands on the former are that you’ve spotted some wallpaper. The trend isn’t meant for the FiDi’s Blue Inc. (131 Broad site of a Nantucket ice-cream shop starry-eyed diners at Twenty-eight shrinking violets, but when paired Street, Boston, 617.261.5353) where she worked as a teen. And Atlantic. Under the direction of chef with a simple, solid top, florals hosts a Superhero Brunch, where the island is also now home to Bill Brodsky, the gourmet flagship should look great on your stems. costumed staff serve up kapow- Sea Dog Brew Pub Nantucket, has earned a four-star review from Look for them at denim destinations packing plates like the Superman the fourth Bay State spinoff of Forbes, four-diamond AAA status, like in-jean-ius (441 Hanover Street, and cocktails like the appropriately the Maine-based brew pubs; it’s and reverence from locals. But now, Boston, 617.523.5326), where we’ve green Kryptonian’s Delight. owned by Bostonian Hospitality Brodsky has taken his tongs into spotted fun, flirty looks from the Group, the same folks behind new territory: Long Wharf. With the likes of Citizens of Humanity. HOT TROT downtown’s Nix’s Mate. Finally, opening of Brodsky’s latest outpost, Hub-to-Cape Ventures several of the team members City Landing (255 State Street, HOT REBALANCING ACT We love summer escapes to behind Boston’s Stoddard’s Fine Boston, 617.725.0305), Bostonians New Brighton Landing the Cape and the Islands — but Food & Ale recently purchased the can experience his boldest creations Brighton is a neighborhood known wouldn’t it be nice to have an longstanding Dennis Port party spot without enduring weekend traffic for residential streets and student- excuse to visit at other times of the Improper Bostonian, revamping on Cape bridges. Inventive edibles filled brownstones. Massive year? Maybe that’s why so many its bar and offering near-nightly live like a salmon, egg, and crème commercial complexes? Not so Hub hospitality types are opening entertainment. Guys, we get it: any fraîche pizza round out the robust much. That’s about to change. outposts down there. Ten Tables excuse to hit the beach for work menu, sourced from the same local Brighton-based shoe giant New owner Krista Kranyak added a sounds fine by us. growers Brodsky has partnered Balance is about to undergo a with throughout his career. We’re Godzilla-sized expansion. This particularly pumped for the Bar March, New Balance unveiled a Crumbs menu, which will have City $500 million development plan Landing toques trying to “out-foodie” for a new headquarters, which each other, creating daily-changing will integrate several Guest Street offerings like foie gras BLTs. buildings into a mixed-use complex dubbed New Brighton Landing — MAD HOT the center of Boston’s “emerging Sterling’s and Granary Tavern health and wellness district,” Who would hang at Sterling’s (60 according to the project website. State Street, Boston), slated to open Slated to begin construction early in early September in a Financial next year, the company’s new home District high-rise by Faneuil Hall? base will include a 175-room hotel, For starters, its namesake, Roger multiple restaurants and retailers, Sterling of Mad Men (played by and a high-end sports complex with Boston-born actor John Slattery). an ice rink and a 200-meter track The spot is for the “hard-drinking and field facility. And to lure the and classy, with tons of swagger,” masses, New Balance has struck says Travis Talbot of the Glynn a deal with MassDOT to open a Hospitality Group, the firm behind nearby MBTA commuter-rail station spots like Dillon’s and Brownstone. on the Framingham/Worcester line. Expect an ample patio and décor If the train’s ever down, at least we’ll evocative of a 1960s steakhouse have stocked up on running shoes. parlor: rich woods, lots of leather. Though not a theme restaurant, HOT HANGOVER CURE/CAUSE Mad Men–associated cookbooks Party Brunches and cocktail guides inspired its Okay, we still don’t have NYC’s menu of American comfort foods bottomless mimosas and Bloody and classic cocktails. Sterling’s Marys. But Boston restos have opens just months after the debut been adding extra helpings of fun of another Glynn venture, Granary to their weekend feasts, offering Tavern (170 Milk Street, Boston, quirky themes and party vibes 617.449.7110), a two-floor restaurant along with their omelets. At The in an 1816 granary. That Greenway- Brahmin (33 Stanhope Street, side spot offers a rustic vibe and Boston, 617.723.3131), Social a menu with charcuterie, corn in Sundays wake us up with beats by the husk, and an Emmental fondue DJ Chris Roxx, drink specials, an made with Harpoon IPA. So whether indoor dance floor, and an al fresco we sip Negronis or pound beers, the lounge. 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ministry of supply This Summer: pop-up grill nights & irresistible HOT BEATS regimen has launched thousands seating in our garden day & night Moombahton of bare-bones affiliate gyms, No, Moombahton is not the name including Reebok CrossFit Back Lunch · Dinner · Brunch • Afternoon Tea of an alien assassin that your Star Bay (31 St. James Avenue, Boston, 617 864.1933 or upstairsonthesquare.com Trek–geek ex-boyfriend would have 617.203.2132), which opened in ceaselessly squawked about; it’s January. Then there are the growing the name of an EDM subgenre that ranks participating in adventure your current music-geek boyfriend races like Tough Mudder, Warrior is ceaselessly squawking about Dash, and Muddy Buddy; runners (in Internet forums, anyway). With brave water, fire, mud, barbed dubstep’s inevitable expiration wire, and other obstacles on their date drawing near (the world can down-and-dirty journey to the only handle so much Skrillex), finish line. Ready to enlist? Register electronic-music aficionados at spartanrace.com for Spartan think Moombahton might be the Race, which hits Fenway Park on dance-floor-firing trend to watch. November 17 and 18. Modern Mexican The newly birthed style fuses slowed-down house music with HOT AND (NOT) SWEATY reggaeton for a hip-grinding effect Ministry of Supply that feels global and groovy — but Any Bostonian who has commuted Stuff ???? without the breakneck pace and by bike or crowded subway car, freneticism of other EDM sounds. especially in this summer heat, 4.375” x 5.375” Its creation is credited to DC- knows the agony of arriving to based DJ Dave Nada, but we’ve work sweaty and miserable. started to catch Boston acts like Leave it to MIT-trained engineers 11 Springfield St. | Cambridge, MA [email protected] Wobblesauce and DJ Vous moving to come up with a sci-fi-worthy crowds to Moombahton at spots solution: dress shirts made with like the Milky Way in JP and Wonder the same technology used in NASA Bar in Allston, where a recurring spacesuits. Following this summer’s 35 Stanhope St. | Boston, MA Moombahton night, Watch Your wildly successful Kickstarter Ton, launched in the spring. campaign, one that raised more than 10 times its $30,000 goal, HOT AND SWEATY new Boston business Ministry of Military-Grade Workouts Supply (105 South Street, Boston, Let’s face it: that hour on the 617.651.2340) is selling men’s treadmill is excruciatingly dull. No dress shirts through its website, matter how hard you run, you’re ministryofsupply.com, and at its still exactly where you started Leather District showroom. Its 12 Springfield St. | Cambridge, MA (next to that skeevy dude flexing wrinkle-free, machine-washable 6 Cypress Street | Brookline, MA in the mirror). No wonder many are Apollo shirt is designed to pull heat turning to workouts that are less and moisture away from the body www.olerestaurantgroup.com monotonous — and more hardcore. when it’s hot — and release that Consider CrossFit, a strength and heat back to its wearer once things conditioning program involving cool down. (Bonus: an antimicrobial minimal equipment and brief but coating neutralizes odor.) Now if brutal workouts that change daily. only we had spaceships to skip the Having won legions of military, law- morning rush on the Red Line. 327 Newbury St., Boston MA 02115 enforcement, and civilian fans, the continued on p56 sonsieboston.com <54> 7.31.12 327 Newbury St., Boston MA 02115 sonsieboston.com HOT100:2012 continued FROM p54

HOT HOLDUP parties — like those staged by the Massachusetts Casinos Dayglow brand — are cropping up Once the state legislature approved like rainbow-colored raves. Here’s the licensing of up to three how they work: everyone arrives in geographically distributed resort- white and neon outfits, and once style casinos, some thought it the DJ drops the beat, the scene would be a smooth ride to a devolves into a hurricane of flying Vegas-ized Bay State. But paint. Combined with black lights proposals are meeting roadblocks: and lasers, the paint-flinging melee a potential Gillette Stadium-side seems like a surreal snippet from a casino, masterminded by Bob Daft Punk video. The bashes have Kraft and Vegas resort mogul been going down across the country Steve Wynn, was smothered at clubs, festivals, and college by hardnosed opponents in campuses, and locally we’ve caught Foxborough. (Power to the them at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell people!) MGM Resorts rescinded and Boston’s House of Blues, where a Brimfield proposal and asked Dayglow will return on September 17 the Massachusetts Gaming and 18. Color us ready for a redo. Commission to simplify bidding processes before they resubmit. HOT STUFF (Diva much?) And though Suffolk The Donna Summer Effect Downs is partnering with Caesars In honor of Dorchester’s queen of Entertainment on an East disco, we’ll call it the Donna Summer Boston bid, interest in eastern Effect, a term for the bereavement- Massachusetts is so scarce that inspired sales spikes of departed the commission may reach out to musicians’ back catalogues. This Wall Street to court investors. It’s year we’ve lost an absurd amount of not inertia everywhere: in July, the icons: Summer, Whitney Houston, state negotiated a revenue-sharing Etta James, Davy Jones, Adam deal with the Wampanoag tribe Yauch of the Beastie Boys, and for a proposed Taunton casino. Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. (Not to Considered among the most mention Dick Clark, whose radio and lucrative of its kind, it promises TV work gave countless musicians Massachusetts around 21.5 percent their big break.) We’ve mourned by of gambling revenues (12 to 15 tweeting our misery, Facebooking percent is typical in tribal casinos). our sorrow (alongside nostalgia- We’re in the money. Almost. inducing music videos), and buying shitloads of songs we finally HOT MESS appreciate as pop-culture artifacts. Paint Parties Summer’s sales increased 3,277 Recently you might have seen percent after her death, catapulting all the way to Billboard’s number- first in a planned trilogy. And this fall friends on Facebook (or college four albums from the ’70s superstar three spot: “I Will Always Love You.” will see the debut of Viva Forever!, kids wandering down Lansdowne) onto 2012’s Billboard charts. Seven Naturally. a musical based on the Spice Girls looking like neon Pollock paintings. Beastie Boys albums re-entered catalogue. The good news: we love No, it’s not performance art — it’s Billboard after Yauch’s death. (Their HOT REWIND this shit. The bad news: we’re old. just what happens when someone 1986 debut, License to Ill, hit number ’90s Bands brings bottles of neon paint to a 18.) And at one point, 28(!) Houston In 2011, New Kids on the Block and HOT — AND HIP? club and splatters every soul in songs appeared on iTunes’ list of the Backstreet Boys launched a Fanny Packs sight. In tandem with the rocket- the top 100 sellers. Twenty years joint tour. Clearly, this was an omen: Though once strictly associated like rise of EDM in America, paint after its release, one ballad rocketed we’ve entered the age of Clinton- with “mom jeans” and overweight era comeback attempts. This year tourists, the fanny pack (or “belt has already yielded new albums bag,” as designer and fanny fan dayglow from industrial-rock band Garbage Donna Karan prefers to call it) has (Not Your Kind of People), the pop quietly become an acceptable — punks of Eve 6 (Speak in Code), and even stylish — accessory in the grunge act Soul Asylum (Delayed fashion world. First DVF unveiled a Reaction). In July, Boston hosted a collection of “belted satchels.” (Ah, stop on the Summerland Tour, which a rose by any other name . . .) Then boasts a dream bill (assuming you’ve we spotted fannies on the spring been asleep since 1998) of Sugar 2012 runways of Michael Kors, Ray, Everclear, Lit, Gin Blossoms, who served up high-end leather and Marcy Playground. No Doubt versions, and Topshop. Mainstream just dropped “Settle Down,” the retailers like Urban Outfitters have lead single from their first album in recently carried cool studded looks. 11 years, Push and Shove, due in And they’ve been attached to September. That’s the same month trendsetting stars like Rihanna, who Green Day will release ¡Uno!, the was recently snapped wearing a

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dollar-sign-studded Joyrich number Clarke uses the Perlini carbonated carried by Boston’s own Karmaloop shaker. (It’s available for home use, .com. Finally, we’ve noticed the though the similar iSi Twist ’n Sparkle hipster contingency embracing was recalled for certain dangers.) fringed and neon-colored nylon The Perlini shaker is pressurized with looks with predictable irony. Given carbon dioxide; instead of adding the bag’s utility — as convenient soda water as in most sparkling storage space during spastic dance cocktails, you premix, carbonate, sessions at summer concerts, refrigerate, and drink — a fun for instance — we begrudgingly prospect for bar nerds who obsess suggest that maybe there’s nothing over factors like ice and dilution. funny about the fanny after all. Clarke will be offering a class on carbonated cocktails at Art Bar on BUBBLING HOT September 20, so home bartenders Carbonated Cocktails looking to finesse their fizz should Soda water or a champagne float keep an eye on artbarcambridge.com easily adds a little effervescence to a for complete deets. cocktail. But in mixology, the longer road can lead to more delicious HOT BLING destinations — so influential bars Gypsies and Debutantes throughout the country are starting We really didn’t need to get sucked to fully carbonate cocktails. Area into yet another reality TV show. bars like Clio, Area Four, and Backbar But then along came TLC’s My are dabbling in the process, as is Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. ArtBar (40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Looking like an unholy marriage of Cambridge, 617.806.4122), where Bridezillas and a Romani version food and beverage director Troy continued on p58

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of Jersey Shore, it presented an WHITE HOT up for the 1,000 slots; now Boston is than 20 million copies, spawning endless parade of incredibly ornate, Le Dîner en Blanc one of nine American cities joining many an awkward morning-news glitzy wedding gowns handcrafted Our first “white party” was hardly the party. Reserve a ticket ($25– segment, endless speculation about by Waltham designer Sondra Celli, dignified. It involved copious $35) and sign up for notifications at casting for the forthcoming film daughter of local style icon Yolanda amounts of body bronzer, boston.dinerenblanc.info. adaptation, and countless Tumblrs Cellucci. We were hooked. We pharmaceutically enhanced dancing and Twitter accounts chronicling its also begrudgingly started admiring under strobe lights, and a hookup HOT AND BOTHERED clunky prose. We’re all for exploring the Gypsy gals’ moxie for rocking with a go-go dancer named . . . Fifty Shades of Grey flavors beyond vanilla, but this rhinestone- and crystal-covered well, we’re not sure we ever knew The fastest-selling paperback of all Danielle Steele–meets–Dawson’s wardrobes. But since those dresses it, frankly. But now we’re older, time began as Twilight fan fiction, Creek drivel hardly does sexual are a tad too ostentatious for wiser, sophisticated, and ready typed, likely with one hand, by a subcultures a service. And while office wear, we’ll just accessorize for Le Dîner en Blanc, an elegant middle-aged mum using the pen the kink is pretty tame, the brutal with Gypsies and Debutantes affair that arrives in Boston on name “Snowqueens Icedragon.” assaults on the English language (gypsiesanddebutantes.com), a line August 16. It’s like a pop-up picnic (Hear that? It’s the sound of a left us screaming our safe words. from Boston designer Lana Soussan crossed with a flash mob: up to million MFA candidates shredding that’s available at Ku De Ta (663 1000 revelers, dressed all in white manuscripts in despair.) Its virginal HOT DINING VIBE East Broadway, South Boston, and carting an elegant feast, will heroine, freshly minted college The All-American Cookout 617.269.0008). Soussan, whom descend on an as-yet-unrevealed grad Anastasia Steele, meets There’s something in the air — and STUFF once named among Boston’s public space (disclosed at the last mysterious millionaire Christian it smells like rib sauce and freshly most stylish, creates bejeweled cuffs minute to preserve anticipation) for Grey, a 27-year-old business tycoon cut grass. The local dining scene and colorful friendship bracelets an impromptu picnic with live music, with a traumatic past and singular seems to have been marinating inspired by her childhood in dancing, and festive white décor. sexual tastes who introduces her in the spirit of the all-American Morocco and loaded with Swarovski Le Dîner en Blanc launched in Paris to his “red room of pain.” In return, cookout. The retractable roof rhinestones, studs, spikes, and 24 years ago, taking over sites like she saves him from his emotional installed over the recently opened other outré accoutrements. Boho the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre prison. (Gag us, indeed.) Fifty beer garden at Sweet Cheeks meets bling, they indulge our Gypsy Pyramid. Last year, it made its US Shades of Grey and its “mommy (1381 Boylston Street, Boston, leanings on a smaller scale. debut in NYC, where 30,000 signed porn” sequels have sold more 617.266.1300), filled with stacks of

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firewood and wooden barrels used with outdoor grilling and skewers. as cocktail tables, demonstrates Bring it on. our dogged determination to enjoy outdoor barbecues in any weather. HOT SAKE SPOT Back Deck (2 West Street, Boston, Shōjō 617.670.0320) is a new Downtown We hate to say it, but we haven’t Crossing spot themed like a been particularly discerning in our permanent indoor cookout (see Chinatown drinking experiences. page 67). For outdoor fun, Area We’re usually just stopping for a Four (500 Technology Square, post-club nightcap somewhere Cambridge, 617.758.4444) keeps (anywhere!) that the waiter gives the a stash of lawn games like bocce, wink-wink-nudge-nudge when we croquet, and Frisbee so guests can ask for “cold tea.” (A request that’s unwind in its neighboring courtyard. followed by a birdbath-sized bowl Special grilling and barbecue- teeming with cocktail umbrellas.) focused dinners are sprouting in This has changed with the opening every style of spot, from a recent of Shōjō (9A Tyler Street, Boston, BBQ picnic at Grafton Street (1230 617.423.7888), an Asian restaurant Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, and lounge from the China Pearl 617.497.0400) to a series of pop- team. Shōjō not only boasts a up grill nights at UpStairs on serious craft-cocktail menu — the Square (91 Winthrop Street, house-infused spirits, check! — but Cambridge, 617.864.1933). And an extensive sake list designed to Mediterranean spot Casbah will familiarize Hub dwellers with quality soon reopen as the Fat Man forms of the rice wine. (Sake- Café (26 New Street, Cambridge, appreciation classes will even be 617.245.0440), a barbecue concept continued on p60

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North End store that recently opened HOT ON THE HORIZON an extended pop-up on Newbury South End Dining Spots Street, complete with a barber When it comes to acknowledging shop for trims and straight-razor highly anticipated restaurants, the shaves; in July, it launched its own South End is the Meryl Streep of line of bowties, pocket squares, the category: we know its showing and hankies. And from Yankee is predictable, but we can’t help it if Candle’s new “man candles” to the the ’hood keeps cranking out great handsome apothecary products now projects. So, for your consideration, stocked by vintage shop Oona’s here are our picks for the hottest (1210 Massachusetts Avenue, coming attractions. There’s Cambridge, 617.491.2654), there are Boston Chops, a steakhouse + plenty of home and grooming goods from restaurateur Brian Piccini Free 21 that leave guys smelling like wood, (dbar, Deuxave), which will open in whiskey, and nostalgia. the former home of Ginger Park. A few steps down Washington Hot and Haute 2.0 Street, BoMa will bring American BOSTON’S Online Fashion Startups regional cuisine to the space that GQ may have named Boston the fleetingly housed Bombay Club. worst-dressed city in America, but (Before that, it was neighborhood several fashion-focused startups favorite Pho Republique.) Though are giving the city’s style rep a he just opened the Tip Tap Room in BIGGEST makeover. Last year, soon after Beacon Hill, chef Brian Poe is also receiving a master’s degree from partnering on Estelle’s, a casual BLOCK PARTY Babson College, Candice Leigh joint opening at the corner of Mass Cabe raised more than $16,000 Ave and Tremont Street within Thursdays 5-8 PM, OPen TO The Public, bands, FOOd, through Kickstarter to fund months. And the Aquitaine Group’s Day2Night Convertible Heels first Italian concept, Cinquecento, Prizes, cOckTails, and MOre. suMMer sTreeT aT (convertible-heels.com), a line opens soon in the old Rocca spot, dOwnTOwn crOssing, FacebOOk.cOM/dTcblOckParTies of shoes with snap-on heels of while South End Buttery is adding different heights that move instantly a second location on Clarendon from kitten heels to stilettos. Avenue. Every hit needs a sequel. And in January, Harvard grad liVe greaT Aubrie Pagano launched Zoora (zoorafashion.com), where members Music FOOd “co-create” garments with up-and- coming designers by entering their PresenTed by measurements and choosing details Hot Contributors like colors or necklines. Meanwhile, Kara Baskin, Renata the Woburn-based True Fit (truefit Certo-Ware, Cheryl Fenton, outon, .com) uses “top-secret” algorithms Jacqueline H usan Johnston, to determine your correct size and Miles Howard, S cott Kearnan, recommend items based on what Lauryn Joseph, S you buy and what’s already in your Michael Marotta, Heather Hugh, Luke Milardo, closet. Picture Siri meets a personal Bouzan Mc uke O’Neil, shopper. Pretty soon, Boston will Hilary Milnes, L iza Weisstuch have a whole new look. Or at least, Erin Souza, and L Bostonians will.

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It 5says a lot that when Chris Schlesinger decided to sell East Coast Grill (1271 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, 617.491.6568) — after 27 years and umpteen high-octane cooks on the line — the guy he turned to was exec chef Jason Heard. When Heard took over as chef-owner this spring, regulars were worried. Would it signal a change in concept for the Inman Square landmark? What would happen to its Scoville-scale- shattering Hell Night? We checked in with Heard to hear about his background — and his plans for East Coast’s future. How did you become “the one”? I was working in Key West, and one of the waitresses where I worked became my wife. She said we had to move back to the real world, and to her that meant Boston. In 2008, we bought a house in Cambridge. . . . By chance, East Coast Grill was on my walking path, a block away from home. I took a grill job. People left. I moved up. More people left. I moved up again. And again. Last November, Chris took a close look at my résumé and asked if I’d like to buy the place. I thought he was kidding or drunk. I sort of blew it off. A few weeks later, he asked NOW if we’d gotten our finances together. We began calling everyone we knew Dumpling Café SERVING and got the money together, and by April we were ready to move forward. You’re a Southerner? I’m a military kid. My dad was a Green Beret BEER AND officer, and we moved all over the world. I was born in Texas, lived in WINE Georgia, Hawaii, and Germany. There is a lot of insanity when you grow up going to four different high schools and living in 10 different places. But my father wanted us to blend in wherever we lived, so we always ate local food, never “American food.” My dad was in Korea and brought back kimchee. We lived in Hawaii. I fell in love with Hawaiian whole-pig roasts. And then we moved to Germany, where you shopped every day for whatever you were going to eat. You went to the bread store to buy bread, the cheese store to buy cheese. Everything was fresh every day. Germany is where I first had street food. When we moved back to Georgia, I ate my first rattlesnake. The Boston Phoenix gives us 4 stars! Uh, rattlesnake? Yup. The Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup is a big event every year. It’s a little oily but good. They nail the rattlesnakes to trees, We are the new DUMPLING Café take a stick — maybe that’s enough detail. The Center for Disease Control shows up and takes all the venom, the boot makers show up for the skin, in Boston’s Chinatown. and the rest is food. Come try our signature mini juicy buns (XLB), Have you made any changes yet? So far, the only thing we’ve done pork leek dumplings, and mango shrimp. differently is to open for lunch on Saturdays so that people who can’t get in for dinner can still eat at East Coast Grill. You don’t mess with success. . . . Most of the staff was here before I ever crossed the Mason- Dixon line. I’m hoping we can outlast Chris and still be here 27 years from 10% OFF today. People were afraid that it would be different. But today when I look Minimum of $25 dollars for 10% off. *One coupon per table excluding twin lobster special* Expires 12/31/2012 out across the restaurant from the cooking line, I’m seeing fewer and fewer people asking, “Did you change the tuna?” Twin Lobster Special Is Hell Night still part of the plan? Absolutely. I like heat too. But I don’t believe in dumping a load of chiles in someone’s food just for the hell of it. Only $24.95 Heat shouldn’t be about burning your face off. It has to do something for Good with this ad. Cannot be combined with other offers. the dish, not take away from the dish. . . . Hell Night can’t be about getting sick and calling the ambulances. That’s TV ratings stuff. Not cooking. 695 Washington St. Boston, Chinatown • Open- 11am to 2 am 7days • 617-338-8858 — Louisa Kasdon Visit us at WWW. DUMPLINGCAFE.COM Louisa Kasdon can be reached at [email protected]. <66> 7.31.12 photo by michael diskin feed STUFFIT Downtown Crossing. Design-wise, that means an interior composed of three distinct “deck” areas with varying flooring and patio-style furniture, wide-open street-side windows, and plenty of greenery. Its menu is made up of cookout-apropos eats (think Point Judith squid, kabobs, burgers, and sundaes), nearly all of which are cooked in the open kitchen on one of three hardwood-charcoal grilling units: “Big Red,” an eight-square-foot behemoth; “Monty,” used mainly for smoking and roasting; and “Nelly,” a charbroiler. (Yeah. We have a name for our favorite high-tech grill, too: “George Foreman.”) What should you ask them to slap on the grill? We suggest the beer-can Cornish game hen ($21), a juicy bird that has been slow-roasted atop a can of Narragansett beer. Tender and tasty, it’s served with herb-flecked rice and sautéed spinach, making for a plate that’s sating yet still relatively light for cookout-inspired fare. But if you want something really rich? Stick around for the Back Deck s’mores ($6), a decadent take on the Don’t get us wrong: we love city living. But absent from this utopian scenario: soccer moms, classic cookout finale. The oversized s’more stuffs occasionally, most often in the summer, some of strip malls, and the slow, withering malaise two house-made graham crackers with espresso us start to wistfully daydream about a quaint and that sets in when you live on a steady diet of marshmallow and Hershey’s chocolate. No, not simple life in the suburbs. It’s an idealized fantasy, Applebee’s and unrealized dreams.) Godiva, not some organic, sustainably produced, of course — one involving a cat, a dog, 2.5 kids, Here’s a compromise measure: Back Deck fancy-pants brand, but Hershey’s. And that’s how and a grassy backyard and patio where a good (2 West Street, Boston, 617.670.0320). The newly we like it — because sometimes, especially in the old-fashioned cookout can be accomplished more opened restaurant is intended to evoke the vibe of summer, it’s the simple things that taste sweetest. readily than on our rusty fire escapes. (Noticeably a backyard cookout in, of all places, the middle of — Scott Kearnan PHOTO BY joel veak

experience The gardner museum’s new wing aT nighT. soak up The aTmosphere of The hisToric courTyard. live music. wine bar. arTisT Talks. gallery games.

Thursday, augusT 16, 5 – 9pm roman holiday Explore Boston’s own palazzo—Italy awaits Jazz aT The gardner Darren Barrett Quintet, 7pm featuring emerging artists from Berklee College of Music

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Shake the whiskey, syrup, Quick Summery and juice with ice. Strain into a double Old Fashioned glass filled with fresh ice (or A few easy ways to tweak winter serve up in a chilled cocktail drinks for the heat glass). Float wine over the top. We love a nice summery drink when we’re sipping on the beach, double-fisting at barbecues, or hanging on the front porch as • A whiskey sour is a natural much as the next guy in jorts. But for many of us, it’s during fit for the summer, but let’s the colder, darker winter months that the best drinking is to be say you’ve got a bottle of found. Trouble is, you don’t want to break out the hot Scotches, robust cabernet you didn’t fortifying brandies, robust red wines, or heavy porters when get around to finishing. No problem, says Sam it’s sweltering out. So we found a few options that summerize Gabrielli of Russell House favorite winter drinks. Think of it like putting your favorite tipple Tavern. “Adding a deep, in a bikini and taking it to the beach — although not as weird as rich, and dry red wine as that sounds. a float on a whiskey sour, — Luke O’Neil which becomes a Greenwich Got an idea for Liquid? Email [email protected]. Sour, is an awesome way to utilize that big cabernet you can’t seem to drink during those hot summer Woodford Reserve. Top off with You Like: A Rich Burgundy nights. It allows the oak the ginger beer. and fruit characteristics of Try: A Royal Plush the cabernet to play along • There’s nothing like whiskey to with the refreshing whiskey Rosé warm you up in winter. And there classic.” It’s like sangria for Prosecco are plenty of time-tested ways to a man’s man — but please, lighten up your favorite bourbons don’t call it man-gria. Add ice to a Collins glass and fill for the summer, says Paul it halfway with rosé; then top with McAvoy of Del Frisco’s. Whiskey prosecco. Garnish with a sprig smashes, mint juleps, and Old of mint. Fashioneds all make for great summer drinking. But here’s a • The traditional Royal Plush refreshing take that evokes a You Like: Drinking on already summerizes a rich winter-worthy ginger flavor. Thanksgiving Burgundy red by pouring it over ice and topping it with sparkling Try: Thanksgiving In July wine. But you can take it one You Like: Applejack step further, says Back Deck 2 oz. of dark rum general manager Mark Corcoran, Try: The Pink Lady ½ oz. of cranberry shrub by subbing in a light, crisp rosé ½ oz. of cranberry juice ½ of a rosemary sprig and garnishing it with a sprig 1½ oz. of London dry gin A pinch of pumpkin spice of mint to make the seasonal 1 oz. of applejack A pinch of allspice aromatics pop. ½ oz. of grenadine Freshly squeezed lemon ¾ oz. of lemon juice to taste Egg white You Like: Whiskey Cocktails Shake and serve over ice. Dry shake all ingredients, and then Garnish with an orange peel Try: A Blackberry-Ginger add ice and shake again. Double candied with brown sugar. Cocktail strain into a small chilled wine • Wember Castillo, glass or cocktail glass. bartender at the Alley Bar 1½ oz. of Woodford Reserve at Rowes Wharf, is doing bourbon • Applejack is traditionally summery versions of a ½ oz. of simple syrup associated with winter. Not bunch of winter staples, 2 blackberries only was it long made by freeze like a hot toddy served 3–4 mint leaves distillation, but it shows up in a over ice with Scotch, honey 1–2 oz. of Gosling’s ginger number of toddies and ’nogs in the simple syrup, and lemon beer winter as well. Plus, it pairs nicely and a chilled butter rum done with dark rum, brown- A squeeze of lemon with spice and is quaffable warm, sugar simple syrup, and says Russell House Tavern’s Sam butterscotch and cinnamon In a cocktail glass, muddle the Gabrielli. Here the botanicals liqueurs. But if you ask us, mint, blackberries, simple syrup, from the gin and the citrus notes this recipe packs the most and squeeze of lemon together. substitute for the wintry spice you cold-weather flavor in a Fill glass with ice and add the might typically mix in. glass.

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A. It was five years ago that Heaps moved to the suburbs from a South Boston condo. Once he and his wife had their second child, Heaps says, it seemed like “the walls there were shrinking!” There’s plenty of space here: he designed the room to have a high-vaulted ceiling and tall windows that let in plenty of light from the grassy backyard. But many of us miss our smaller starter homes when we upsize, and Heaps was no exception. So he chose this cherry hardwood flooring; not only does its rich tone complement the calming gray- At Home with Jay Heaps blue walls and gold accents, but it’s the same flooring used in his old Southie condo. B. This leather armchair was a housewarming gift from Heaps’s parents, and it’s where The Soccer Coach Kicks Back in you’ll find him staying up late to watch DVR recordings of other teams’ games. As for non- sports shows? His guilty pleasures are Survivor and — wait for it — The Bachelorette. His Aptly Named Great Room “I like it better than The Bachelor, because it’s more interesting to see the competitive spirit between the guys.” Naturally, Coach. Still, we think Heaps will get a kick out of Jay Heaps doesn’t have much time to relax. Midway watching the women fight over his players at Win a Date with a Rev on Thursday, August through his first season as head coach of the New 9. The charity fundraiser will place players like Stephen McCarthy, Kelyn Rowe, and Chris England Revolution, he’s focused on keeping his team Tierney (whom STUFF once named among “Boston’s Sexiest”) on the auction block. Visit of soccer stars in tip-top shape on their quest for a cup. revolutionsoccer.net for details. Next up: a double-header at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, August 4. Game one is an international faceoff between C. Heaps’s home electronics are wired through a serious surround-sound system, which Italy’s AC Milan and Honduras’s Olimpia, and game two makes his great room, well, great for entertaining. So does its layout: the room flows directly into the kitchen (important when your wife has a “big Italian family,” says Heaps) pits the Revolution against Sporting Kansas City. and adjoins his grill-equipped backyard, where he hopes to host a BBQ with his players When Heaps does have a chance to unwind, you’ll later this summer. They certainly have reason to celebrate: the Revolution recently signed probably find him in this great room in his Franklin a new forward, Jerry Bengtson, inking his deal on the Fourth of July. (How’s that for a home. The comfy space is the perfect place to indulge good omen?) Right now though, bankable Bengtson is representing his home country of in his favorite pastime: kicking back with his wife, three Honduras at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Heaps’s words of encouragement? “I told him, children, and beloved chocolate lab, Bella. We stopped in ‘Before you leave, score us some goals as a warm-up,’ ” chuckles the coach. for a time-out. D. As these jerseys show, Heaps isn’t just the Revolution’s head coach; he’s a former — Scott Kearnan player for the team, and he also played with the US men’s national team. (He earned four caps at the ’09 CONCACAF Gold Cup, his last before retiring as a player.) But soccer isn’t his only sport: Heaps played basketball at Duke University. Today, this dad is already seeing signs of athleticism in his children, especially in his daughter, Olivia. “Athletics come naturally to her,” says Heaps. Gymnastics is her sport of choice — and with space like this, she has plenty of room to practice.

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My girlfriend and I recently conducted an interesting relationship exercise, asking, “Who would you get to keep in the breakup?” Perhaps this seems morbidly fatalistic. But it’s a sad fact that if and when relationships go south, a ripple effect undulates through circles of friends. If the ground rules aren’t clear, it can cause a lot of awkward jockeying of loyalties — and possibly turn exes into enemies. Historically, I’ve enacted a strict ban on allowing friends to remain friends with my exes. (Fortunately, they haven’t liked many of them enough to try.) refrain from talking about the other But this time is different. Having ex — or offering relationship advice. recently celebrated our three-year And, most important, never, anniversary, my girlfriend and I have ever report back on how great PRESENTS come to the realization that our lives the ex is doing, how great he or are inseparably intertwined. We she looks, or who the ex might be share an unusually close circle of dating. Remember, the only real mutual friends, having met through reason people allow you to remain one of them, and I do believe my friends with their exes is to have an mother now likes my girlfriend better informant, and all they want to hear than she likes her own daughter. A is that the ex has become an obese certain close friend even regularly troll who desperately misses them. warns me not to break up “the Remember, real friends lie when Cocktail family” — hinting at the fact that they need to. our split would inconvenience our But would any of these friends’ lives as well. rules actually help if my own We’ve all heard horror stories relationship ended? For all intents of relationships and friendships and purposes, my girlfriend and “lost in the divorce.” And we’ve all I are treated like conjoined twins. probably experienced breakups So what happens if the day comes Caravan where we realize we miss the when we need to be surgically person’s friends and family more extricated from each other and than we miss the miserable bitch learn to live and breathe on our COMe pARTy wITh we actually dated. Even now, if I own? Would all of our mutual friends STUFF & SAppORO think about some of my closest engage in awkward games of rock- friends, I would certainly want to paper-scissors to decide who gets AT The GRANARy TAVeRN! remain friends with their partners invited to which event? Worse, or spouses if their relationships met would they diplomatically invite us their demise. both and test our bravado? Or what It can be tough to navigate if they realize, sadly, that they’ve the muddy waters of a breakup. always liked one of us better? TUeSdAy, AUGUST 14 But when it comes to maintaining For now, we don’t need to 6pM – 8pM mutual friendships, there are a know the answers to these troubling few generally agreed-upon laws questions. In fact, after we reviewed RSVp AT www.COCKTAILCARAVAN.COM of social etiquette. For instance, these hypothetical scenarios, 21+ if a friend explicitly asks you not during which I cried real tears at the to remain friends with his or her thought of our splintered existences ex, either due to some deceit or (and the inability to have access the mere fact that it will make the to her home on the Vineyard), we breakup more difficult, the request came to one firm conclusion. The should be respected. Things might best people to worry about holding change over time, but allow for at onto are each other. least a respite before you and the ex — Jeannie Greeley are off getting mani-pedis together. Jeannie Greeley is a freelance Second, if you do remain writer who will now let her friends friends with someone’s ex, you awkwardly discuss this topic COCKTAILCARAVAN.COM should try to tame the catty, gossipy amongst themselves. She can be bitch in you (we know it’s tough) and reached at [email protected].

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6 7 mda fundraiser at dillon’s 8 9 1. Charlene Zapata and Charissa Zapata; 2. Lyubo Karadashkov and Jessica Yoshimura; 3. Katherine Jacobson and Michelle Acosta; 4. Ashley Wagner and Brittany Ferreri; 5. Beverly Doughty and Cathie Dauphine; 6. Zach Dubin, Rachel Warner, Lynn Davidson, and Terry McGowan; 7. Gabrielle Stuart, Curtis Jean, Angela Scialdone, and Alison 10 Clair; 8. Allie Miller, Kendra 11 Butters, and Catie Hsieh; 9. Ian Reid and Sarah Dion; 10. Jeanette Pollara, Jennifer Costa, Amanda Dalicandro, and Heather LaChance; 11. Gonzo, Mark Sanders, John Howard, Mike Kennedy, and Kevin Jordan.

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OCTOBER 4TH-6TH 2012 The Boston Cocktail Summit OCTOBer 4-6, 2012 The first-ever citywide cocktail event will celebrate the culture of the cocktail with three days of events, parties, trade exhibits, educational seminars, and galas. Mixology superstars will dazzle with creative and classic cocktails, celebrated Boston chefs will prepare delicious cocktail dinners, and local and international spirits authorities will offer informative and educational seminars. Craft beer and wine events, too!

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6 7 chefs in shorts at 8 9 the seaport hotel and world trade center 1. Lindsay Rotondi and Mariellen Burns; 2. Olivia and Isabelle English; 3. Ian Alley and Carlota Dao; 4. Meaghan Coughlin and Pamela Keener; 5. Dave K. and Zack Taylor; 6. Ryan Wolf and Rachel Frechette; 7. Jason Ouellette and Katy 10 Frost; 8. Michelle Crowley 11 and Luke O’Neil; 9. Keith McPherson and Cheryl Fenton; 10. Lauren Carey, Christine Driscoll, Jenn Majewski, and Jennie DeStefano; 11. Ryan MacDonald, Jessica Doyle, and Chris Buss.

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olives grand reopening 6 7 8 9 1. Herb Chambers and Terri Stanley; 2. Adam Castiglioni and Jacki Morisi; 3. Todd English and Jenny Johnson; 4. Jessica Diaz and Alisa Kapinos; 5. Rodney Murillo and Marc Orfaly; 6. Harvey Allen and Steve DeFillippo; 7. Jeff Goldberg and Charles Diaz; 8. Alyson Cooper and Mary Beth Boyle; 9. Laura Walsh and Mindy Valone; 10. Todd, Isabelle, 10 Simon, and Oliver English; 11 11. Mary Beth Boyle, Alyson Cooper, AJ Gerritson, Samantha Melendez, Halley Sheffield, and Pamela Dubuc.

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The Cambridge-based Barbara Lee Family Foundation and Barbara Lee What advice would you give to young people wanting to get into Political Office are the brainchildren of their eponymous founder, a political politics? Run for office in high school or college. There’s an organization powerhouse and unflappable feminist committed to ensuring that women called Running Start that trains girls in high school and college about the are fairly represented in politics. (Consider this: women represent 50 importance of their involvement. New research shows that 37 percent of percent of the population — and just 17 percent of Congress.) A highly women in state legislatures were class officers in high school and college. respected campaign researcher, advocate, and trustee of the Institute of How has the tide changed for women in politics since you launched Contemporary Art, she’s a force to be reckoned with. She was even one of the foundation? I started this in 1997, and back then people questioned the top national fundraisers for Hillary Clinton’s presidential run. But luckily women’s credentials on economics. Today women can be 360-degree Lee is down to earth, and she was happy to talk to us about her affinity for candidates. They can use their professional and personal lives to connect another highly visible heroine: Wonder Woman, who graces the cover of with voters. Especially in these times of economic stress, women can talk several comic books and magazines she has collected. about the price of food, understanding how tough it is to make ends meet; When did you begin collecting Wonder Women? When Ms. magazine basically, voters believe them and trust them. In 1998, when we did our first came out in the early ’70s. My first Wonder Woman magazine cover was set of research, people weren’t as comfortable with women on economic actually a Ms. At my son’s first birthday party, instead of giving presents issues. But women are the ones balancing the checkbooks. to the babies, I gave favors to the mothers — the very first edition of Ms. What makes Massachusetts fertile ground for women in politics? Well, in 1972. A number of Wonder Women were on Ms., and I have them in little what is shocking is that out of our 10 districts, just one is represented by cellophane folders. I have a few other covers with Rosie the Riveter. I have a woman, Niki Tsongas — and only four women have ever been elected girl-power imagery and memorabilia. It’s a playful reminder, because my to Congress [here]. People think of Massachusetts as being a progressive mission is to get more real-life wonder women into the political pipeline. leader. But politics is a blood sport in Massachusetts, and we have a very Who are the women to watch right now? Elizabeth Warren has what strong old boys’ club. I’m trying to create a new girls’ network so that it takes to be a political superhero, and I think she’ll be a great leader in women can mentor and develop the skills and the power they need to be the Senate and a fighter for working people. She’s at the top of my list in able to infiltrate the system and have a critical mass. Massachusetts. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York, who was appointed to the Who’s your political role model? Eleanor Roosevelt: she could be Senate when Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, is up for her first president if she were alive today. She was tough, smart, and determined full term. Also, there’s an incredible woman in California, Attorney General to make a difference, even after she was no longer first lady. She’s made a Kamala Harris. She’s extraordinary; she could be president. difference for everyone in this country, fighting discrimination, standing up What do these women have in common, besides gender? They have a for working people. drive to make a difference. They’re motivated to help people and to improve You also love political memorabilia. What’s your favorite piece? This is our society rather than running to get elected. For instance, Elizabeth fun for me! I have two bulletin boards covered with political buttons. I have two Warren is tough; people see her as willing to stand up to Washington great buttons: “It’s a man’s world unless women vote” and “Give ’em Hill!” insiders. She’s strong, smart, and determined. — Kara Baskin

<78> 7.31.12 PHOTO BY michael diskin July 17th 2012 Liberty Hotel Boston

n Tuesday July 17th 2012, 42 Below Vodka invited 13 of Boston’s top ‘tenders to gather and compete for a chance to Otravel to New Zealand (Home of 42 Below) and put their mixology skills to the test against some of the best bartenders in the WORLD. Tuesday night saw some of Boston’s brightest Bar Stars from many of the TOP restaurants and bars in the city: Happy’s Bar + Kitchen, The Newtowne Bar & Grille, Ole Mexican Restaurant, KO Prime, Stella, Top of the Hub, Local 149, Market, Clink, Scampo and Alibi! One by one cocktails were mixed, presented and tasted by a panel of esteemed judges … and now it is time to recognize the winners who will move on in the competition and represent Boston proudly. They are:

Domingo – martin Barreres from market at the W with his delicious 42 Below K.I.S.S. samuel treaDWay from BackBar with his delicious 42 Below Elvis!

Congratulations to our winners and let’s all wish them well as they move on for the chance to shake it up against the Best in the World! Cheers!