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LOOKING FORWARD
FEBRUARY 8-15, 2012 VOL.17 NO.23
Love & marriage go together like … vodka and fresh rosemary? For some brides and grooms, apparently. And many more are serving up SIGNATURE COCKTAILS at lo v e their receptions, according to Corin Hirsch. Fellow food writer Alice Levitt checks in with a PASTRY CHEF whose nontraditional cake — a confection with Indian spices and mango filling — sure beats plain vanilla. In this issue we also visit with SCOUT’S HONOR CO., a Burlington stationer gearing up for wedding season; and get a snapshot of the wedding PHOTO-BOOTH TREND. Writer Megan James — a bride-to-be herself — dishes on wedding planning with “MOMZILLA.” Not yet tying the knot? Professional MATCHMAKER Nicole Leclerc gives us the dating lowdown. Not least, we present our six winning BACHELORS AND BACHELORETTES! We want to date them all. e rriag & ma
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Frack, No: Vermont Looks North to Québec as It Considers a Ban on Natural-Gas Drilling
BY KATHRYN FLAGG
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Sixteen Towns, Six Senators: Is Chittenden County Underrepresented in Montpelier?
BY PAUL HEINTZ
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Can Vermont Fix Its “Dysfunctional” System of Treating Opiate Addicts?
BY KEN PICARD
20 A West Coast “Knitting Lady” Sets Up in Burlington BY LINDSAY J. WESTLEY
20 Local Filmmaking Team Takes on Lake Champlain’s Toxic Bloom BY MARGOT HARRISON
26 Singled out
Love & Marriage: Vermont’s most eligible bachelor(ette)s BY CAROLYN FOX
REVIEWS
Love & Marriage: A bride-to-be discovers the wedding is about more than her and the groom BY MEGAN JAMES
Eleanor Krause, Hold On Daylight; Champagne Dynasty, Champagne Dynasty
Novel graphics from the Center for Cartoon Studies BY BEN JUERS
25 Hackie
BY JERNIGAN PONTIAC
Love & Marriage: Hand-lettered wedding stationery BY KATHRYN FLAGG
41 Side Dishes Food news
BY CORIN HIRSCH & ALICE LEVIT T
63 Soundbites
Love & Marriage: Capturing wedding-day memories BY LINDSAY J. WESTLEY
36 Chemistry Lesson
Love & Marriage: A professional matchmaker weighs in
Music news and views BY DAN BOLLES
70 Gallery Profile
Visiting Vermont’s art venues BY KEVIN J. KELLEY
87 Mistress Maeve
Your guide to love and lust
BY MEGAN JAMES
39 Bloom and Doom
BY MISTRESS MAEVE
Theater review: Humble Boy BY MARGOT HARRISION
40 Sweet Somethings
Love & Marriage: Dessert is a fine art for Jesse Lauer
43 A Toast to Us
Food: Signature cocktails BY CORIN HIRSCH
44 Inland Sea
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The Magnificent 7 Calendar Classes Music Art Movies
Food: O’Grady’s Grill & Bar
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Handbags Are In!
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Chronicle; The Woman in Black
BY ANDY BROMAGE
A cabbie’s rear view
32 Signed, Sealed, Delivered
BY ALICE LEVIT T
67 Music
Open season on Vermont politics
23 Drawn & Paneled
28 Momzilla and Me
BY PAMELA POLSTON
12 Fair Game
BY CORIN HIRSCH
62 Mixed Up
Music: An all-local mixtape BY DAN BOLLES
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VIDEO Stuck in Vermont: Americana at Merrill’s Auction Gallery. Duane Merrill and his son Ethan are antique dealers who have a deep appreciation for all things old. Last Saturday, Eva Sollberger headed to Merrill’s Auction Gallery in Williston to see them in action.
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