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Why have we waited label dated by a human hand with a PUBLISHERS so long to start drinking them and using Sharpie marker? You feel like you grew Kandace Chapple high-powered blenders to do so? We them yourself. Kerry Winkler are now consuming 2 cups of spinach, EDITOR Be transformed by the voice of a preeminent jazz vocalist. a handful of kale, 2 cups of peaches, THE GREENS Kandace Chapple, [email protected] 1 cup of pineapple and two bananas You find yourself marking out a ACCOUNT DIRECTOR Listen to a live performance for National Public Radio. a day. few goals. Can you eat two bins of this Kerry Winkler, [email protected] It’s a bona fide diet makeover. Our organic stuff before it turns into wet, Celebrate an unforgettable St. Patrick’s Day. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES bodies are happy. We are happy. The lacy slop? Can you fill your blender Deb Dent, [email protected] guilt is gone. They are delicious. And, until you regret it? Can you stomach a Lisa Foley, [email protected] Watch a debut piece from a Grammy Award winning sextet. Sherry Galbraith, [email protected] bonus, there are great side effects: handful of kale drowned in fruit? How Lori Maki, [email protected] HY P about two handfuls? (Answer: no) It’s ASSISTANT EDITOR OGRA Lisa Maxbauer Price, [email protected] THE CHECKOUT LINE a glorious feeling to eat triple-washed T Do you know how good it feels to spinach by 8 a.m. seven days a week. COPY EDITOR check out with four pineapples at once? Christine Kurtz You can’t help humming to yourself, THE PREP DESIGNERS waiting for the world to notice the Line up four of those fancy Bethany Gulde, [email protected] SARAH BROWN PHO Erin Waineo, www.erinwaineodesign.com amount of goodness on sale 2/$4 this SpongeBob things on your counter and week. Especially if you’ve spent the you’ll finally use that Ginsu knife you COVER PHOTO Author Mardi Jo Link with dog Gretchen. last five years at one store in particu- got last Christmas. You feel like Barefoot See her story on page 32-33. It’s time to experience Interlochen lar buying bag after bag of chocolate. Contessa. You are slicing and dicing Photo by Beth Price, Beth Price Photography 2. A milkshake straw. Good God, www.bethpricephotography.com The checkout ladies try to hide their when you hear one of the children you’ve just had the world’s best choco- surprise; you’re dying for them to com- exclaim, “You got four of them?” You PHOTOGRAPHERS late shake at Don’s Drive-In. There is no Sarah Brown, Sarah Brown Photography ment on it. almost shout in response but, when you regret. Life is short. We give an all-out www.sarahbrown-photography.com turn, you see they are looking at some- Scarlett Piedmonte, Photography by Scarlett pass to ice cream. Always. www.photobyscarlett.com THE GUY AHEAD OF YOU thing else, the 4 bags of chocolate chips 3. A mixed drink straw. The perfect Beth Price, Beth Price Photography www.bethpricephotography.com You explode with pride when the you also bought. You go back to your conduit and stirrer of vodka over ice. It Andree Serra, Dre Photography guy ahead of you checks out with just work because it feels good and right, is tiny and thin, trying to stop you. But www.drephotography.net a brown, waxy pastry bag. When the and those chips feel very, very wrong. you persist, never a quitter. This straw ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT cashier asks, “How many?” he replies, Enjoy the slice of the knife as it sec- holds a place of honor as it is always the Melissa Cartwright, The Beancounter “Two fat pills.” You giggle. Of course tions the yellow fruit. The pineapple first step to very fun bad decisions. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS you can. Your own bag of fat pills is juice will flow off the cutting board and Susan Alexander Finally, we have No. 4: The smoothie Amy Anderson being smashed by four rolling gargan- onto the counter and, eventually, down straw, the world’s first guilt-free straw. Terra Bogart tuan tropical fruits with thorny points the front of it. Curse it, even as you Joy Frawley They come in neon yellow, bright pink Christal Frost sloughing off on the conveyor belt. rejoice in its existence. For you have and life-affirming spinach green. With Julie Hartl Note: Drinking smoothies has not cleaned many, many drips of ice cream Laura Holling these straws, you are responsible and Kandi Kent Lannen stopped us from eating sugar, frosting, and this, this is long awaited. pure. No wasted calories or surprise Mardi Jo Link cookies or donuts. It has, however, allevi- Kari Massa hangovers. And when a wedge of kale June McGrath WINTERLOCHEN Altan: St. Patrick’s Day Chanticleer ated our guilt of doing so. THE STRAW gets stuck in them, it’s satisfying. The Amy Reichard Every straw you’ve used in adult- Erin Simon nutrition is so huge that it can’t fit. Jamie Thompson Saturday, February 21 Celebration Wednesday, April 15 THE FREEZER SECTION hood has been one of three: So there it is, the biggest diet make- Danya Valpey Have you seen the “Farm to Freezer” 1. A Burger King straw. You’ve Saturday, March 14 over ever to happen to the chocolate- ADVERTISING fruit at Tom’s Food Markets? Fresh just consumed a Whopper. A Double chip-loving twins. It’s a great start to Kerry Winkler at 231.276.5105 or sliced peaches from Smeltzer Orchard Whopper. Regret is heavy and so are [email protected] René Marie “The King and I” the New Year and we wish you a The deadline is Feb. 16 for the March/April issue. Company in Benzonia, flash frozen in you. Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Co. smoooooth 2015! Visit www.grandtraversewoman.com for rates. 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