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There’s a Latin saying I like very much, “Per aspera ad astra”; it translates into “through hardships to the stars.” Our hardships are all deeply personal, and our stars should be, too. Here’s a minor example: About a month ago, I bought a pair of shoes from a seller on Poshmark. For the uninitiated among us, Poshmark is like eBay but has more of a social media angle. I had such a good experience with that seller, I decided to open my own closet on the site. I posted some select items from my wardrobe, added a slew of followers and heard about some friends of friends who cleared a whole bunch of money on a monthly basis by selling on Poshmark. One friend of a friend clears between $800 to $1,200 a month, and I quickly decided that I would emulate her. But I was soon frustrated. I sold a coat, then a dress, then two more dresses, then nothing. I got several lowball offers from creepy-looking
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users, and I took several days to accumulate only 5,000 friends. Does that sound like a lot? It’s not. It seemed that this Poshmark thing was actual work, but I simply had to measure up to that friend of a friend’s sales. I started cruising through Goodwill stores in the evenings, an old habit of mine, and began buying clothes that were way too big or way too small for me, simply to list them on Poshmark and find my audience. As I sifted through the racks of clothes, a haze of sweat on my brow, I may or may not have mumbled to and cursed at my mannequin.
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I turned to Google for advice. One article advised me to keep at it, to not abandon my closet after a week. Another article advised me to set goals and organize my closet with subheads and professionalgrade photos. But then I found an article that offered me some comfort. Go at your own pace, the author said. Have your own goals for your Poshmark closet. Don’t adopt someone else’s. It seems I often take on other people’s goals. I’m sure there’s a hint of competition in there, but I think that, more than one-upmanship, it’s a chance to share a journey. Oh, you want a high-end pair of sunglasses? Well, so do I. Let’s work together to get there. You are working on losing five pounds? I’ll diet with you. Humans are social animals, so it’s only natural that we will share our wishes. I like to imagine our Stone Age forebears looking up into the night sky
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and dreaming with a collective consciousness. But there’s a point at which we overstep our boundaries. By absorbing the aspirations of another, we stand to lose tiny bits of ourselves. High-end purchases and self-improvement are great, but our motives should be crystal clear. If we are working to meet someone else’s goals, how much improvement can we really have in our own lives? As of this writing, I still have my Poshmark closet open, but I’m dialing down the goal. My closet is my closet, and it’s supposed to be a spot of joy, not stress. My goal is to enjoy the experience, not clear a bunch of money. That, for me, is the way to the stars.
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24 Hours in a Day
Things to Do
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Get reel during the Art House in the Red Room series presentation of “The Count of Monte Cristo,” 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.
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August is National Coffee Month, says Bartholomew County Purdue Extension educator Harriet Armstrong. Chlorogenic acid and other antioxidant substances found in coffee may be associated with lower rates of heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Having a cup of java may be a good health choice, but be careful of adding cream and sugar.
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Learn how to go Back to School with Essential Oils, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.
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Sell your stuff. Clean out your closet using Mercari and/or Depop. These are easy-touse free-to-install apps that let you list your clothing items for potential buyers.
5 Miss your rebellious days? Take in some punk and surf rock during Spotlight on the Plaza, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Bartholomew County Public Library, when The Katatonics and the Razor Ramones take the stage.
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Oh dear, did you get a deodorant mark on your shirt? Wipe it off easily with a makeup removing wipe and carry on with your day.
7 See the classic film “The Big Sleep” at the Bartholomew County Public Library, 2 p.m. Aug. 19.
8 View our town through a newcomer’s camera lens at “Discovering Columbus: The Experience of Women Immigrants,” a photographic exhibit debuting in late August, in conjunction with Exhibit Columbus, at City Hall.
9 Are you ready for the solar eclipse? Join your friends at the Bartholomew County Public Library for the Solar Eclipse Party/Viewing, 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 21.
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Stick around after the eclipse for the Taking Better Pictures program, 6:30 p.m., Aug. 21.
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Featuring works that focus on Columbus’ Fifth Street, the Avenue of the Architects photography exhibit opens Aug. 24 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.
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Hear beautiful music during Fridays@First, an ongoing series at the First United Methodist Church sanctuary. Scheduled: Amanda Sesler, 7 p.m. Aug. 25; Arkady and Tamara Orlovsky, 7 p.m. Sept. 15. Doors open 30 minutes before each presentation.
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Wine-a-ritas will be available throughout the weekend!
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Catch a movie outdoors, for free, courtesy of Columbus Young Professionals. The organization will screen “Jurassic Park” 8 p.m. Sept. 9 at Mill Race Park.
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Catch opening conversations about the design showcase Exhibit Columbus 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Bartholomew County Public Library in the Red Room.
The annual Labor Day Weekend Hog Roast, Sept. 2 to 4, features three days of barbecue, wine and live music at Mallow Run Winery in Bargersville.
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Enjoy Scottish entertainment, competition, history and food during the annual Scottish Festival Sept. 9 and 10 at Bartholomew County Fairgrounds.
For its 31st annual fundraising concert, Our Hospice of South Central Indiana presents the legendary band Blue Oyster Cult live at Mill Race Park 6 p.m. Sept. 2.
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22 Experience innovative dance performances at various Exhibit Columbus sites during the Dance Kaleidoscope/Dancers Studio collaborative performances, Sept. 16 and 17.
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And hit the dance floor yourself during Dance Indiana, 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 16 at The Commons. $25 for full dance room and experience, $10 to just listen.
See Columbus the city on the silver screen during the Sept. 1 red carpet premiere of “Columbus” at Yes Cinema.
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Get ready, get set for the Seeds of Love 5K Run/ Walk, 8 a.m. Sept. 16 at First Baptist Church. All proceeds go to Love Chapel.
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Have you heard about the Pink Ribbon Connection? This Indy-based org provides breast cancer counseling and resources.
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Grab your tickets for the newest singer in the Cabaret at The Commons series with Tony Award-nominated Santino Fontana, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28.
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» community From left, Julia Federle, Susan Boxler and Billie Park laugh while paints rocks in Federle’s home
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Say you’re out for a lunchtime walk. Maybe the day hasn’t been great to this point, and your eyes are on the ground. Out of the corner of your eye, you spy a brightly colored rock and swoop down on it. In picking it up, you see that the words “Be kind” are written on the side of the rock. Your day has been changed. This is the notion behind Columbus IN Rocks, an effort spearheaded locally by seven friends. The group works with a simple mission: spreading positivity. The rocks have become something of a grass-roots movement, with a Facebook
page populated with rock-find photos serving as testimonials to the power of these painted stones. To join in the fun, you can hunt for rocks, share photos of your finds online, then re-hide the rocks around town. If you’d like to paint and hide your own rocks, visit the @Columbus IN Rocks Facebook page for painting tips, rock guidelines and more.
Grammy-winning songs and Grannies Do you have your tickets for the American Songbook Concert, a fundraiser for Granny Connection and tribute to Sherri McKinney, set for Sept. 9? The show will feature Kate Hamilton and the Ron McCurdy Quartet performing an homage to several of America’s greatest composers, singers and songwriters, including Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel. Doors open at 6 p.m.; live auction at 7 p.m. Program begins at 7:30 p.m. Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 7850 W. Goeller Road. Tickets: For sale at Viewpoint Books; $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $15 students. Information: grannyconnection.org.
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Join Just Friends Adult Day Services staff and crew for their annual Tailgate Party, 1 p.m. Sept. 10. Featuring a barbecue, beer and wine, outdoor games, and live and silent auctions, the event will culminate in the Colts vs. Rams game on a big screen. All proceeds benefit Just Friends. You can purchase tickets at the day service center at Mill Race Center, from any Just Friends board member or online at justfriendscolumbus.com. Tickets are $40 each. During the day, the group will also raffle two VIP tickets to sit in Forrest Lucas’ suite for the Colts vs. Steelers game in November. Raffle tickets are $20 and are also available for purchase through the Just Friends website.
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Tote-ally cute Watercolor marker technique produces adorable results
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As was the case with many of you, my first foray into customizing clothes was tie-dyeing. At my friend’s birthday party, her mom handed us oversized white T-shirts, a mittful of rubber bands and explained how we would dip these pristine Hanes T’s into buckets of color, which were planted at various stations in their suburban backyard. We 8- and 9-year-olds gleefully dipped and dripped color all over that backyard, pushing our way greedily toward the bucket of purple dye (if you were a little girl in the 1980s, your life was painted in purple). We took our damp shirts home with us in plastic bags; I’m sure my friend’s mother heaved a happy sigh and/or muttered an expletive or two. Her job — teaching a clutch of little girls how to personalize their clothing — was finished for that particular day. The lesson was invaluable, as was the T-shirt. I’d watched my mother sweat and curse over her sewing machine, but making clothes into your own designs could be easy. For about three years, I wore the mess out of that tie-dyed shirt, only to consign it to a Goodwill donation bag after I was introduced, at yet another birthday party, to the magic of puffy paint. The love of customization, be it tie-dye or puffy paint, stayed with me. But back to tie-dye which, with its loose and relaxed aesthetic, is quite lovely for summer. That said, buckets of fabric dye
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are a bit more than I want to take on. Here’s an alternative: permanent markers and isopropyl alcohol. I saw this technique used to dye a decorative pillow and thought it was quite a clever craft. That said, decorative pillows are just that: decorative. Me? I say you can’t go wrong with a sturdy tote bag. You could also use this technique to make a table runner for a casual get-together or to personalize a canvas pencil case for someone who’s soon to go back to school. The key element for success is to use an item made of cotton; natural fibers readily accept and hold dye.
To make: Prep your tote bag by ironing it, if needed. Slip a piece of cardboard in the middle to prevent bleeding.
What you need: White cotton canvas tote bag Permanent markers (chisel or regular tip, not fine point) Isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle Cardboard Two plastic garbage bags Iron
Using your permanent markers, draw a design. Keep it abstract and leave some white space. Remember that your design will blur and drip, so there’s no need to be precise. Remove cardboard and slip it into a garbage bag, then put it back in the tote. Spread the second garbage bag on a flat surface. Put the tote bag on top of it, design side up. Spray your design liberally with isopropyl alcohol. If you want an ombre effect, hang the bag and let the color drip onto the garbage bag drop cloth. If you want your design to blur but not drip, keep it on a flat surface. Let the bag dry completely. Iron the bag on high heat. This will set your design. Your tote bag is now ready to use.
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Training for community involvement By katie willett
Life as a personal trainer had two sides to it. The side that nurtured my need to interact with people one-onone and help them in some capacity was wonderful. Running into people while I’m incognito in a baseball cap and sweatpants sans shower at the grocery store is the somewhat less appealing side. My newfound “popularity” from my job at the gym wasn’t exactly welcome. I was used to going about my business in Chicago in complete anonymity. Golden silence — just me and my grocery cart coasting through the aisles without a pause for the other people, excepting the occasional senior citizen who needed my 6-foot height to grab them something from the top shelf. I even found that my Columbus gym tribe was more than willing to announce to the whole store what, exactly, was in my grocery cart. (Frozen pizzas still make my grocery list. Let’s all make our peace with that right now.) When my husband and I were ready to start a family, I decided to accommodate child rearing with a more traditional work schedule than personal training could offer me. So I started talking to my clients at the gym. One of those clients was Angie Huebel. She and I had a great training relationship. I looked forward to my sessions with her because she liked to work hard, but she was also so full of warmth and kind energy that she was a pleasure to be around. With a Louisiana accent that she turns on and off at her discretion, a personality to fill any room and a heart that’s as open as a breezy window, it was easy for me to immediately like Angie. One day, we were having our weekly training session and I confided in her that
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Chris and I were considering a child. After the squeals of delight subsided, I then told her I was hoping to move into a career that could provide an 8-to-5 schedule to accommodate that lifestyle. She immediately offered me the opportunity that would completely change my life here and that would affect the way in which I have come to know Columbus. At this point, I was already in like with Columbus, but serving in the AmeriCorps program for the Volunteer Action Center made me fall in love with it. Angie offered me the chance to not just work in the community, but be a part of it. Serve it. Help it. Pump blood to the beating heart of it. This resonated with me so deeply that I Katie Willett has lived in couldn’t wait to get startColumbus since 2012. ed. She had me come in She loves trail running and meet everyone in her with her dog, playing guitar and eating at office, and that was the most Lincoln Square Pancake giggling I have ever done in House with her family. an interview. Those women were warm, hilarious and loving, and the Volunteer Action Center felt like a big hug. I started there as a volunteer resource manager, a position in which I herded groups of volunteers into unpaid gigs. It was great, with flexible hours, a fun office environment and meaningful work that helped people. Best of all, it was around 20 hours a week, so this allowed me to continue personal training throughout my pregnancy, or so I thought. I’ll get to my pregnancy and the roller coaster ride therein next time, but for now, my thanks go to Angie Huebel, who truly changed my life.
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Marriage Prep: What I think we did right before we got married (and after) By Catherine Winkler
It might sound ridiculous, but I feel as if four months out from my wedding day, I’ve gained some perspective. I know, I’m still a newlywed, and four months is hardly enough time for me to be doling out advice to the next bride-to-be. But my nowhusband Jordan and I have spent a lot of time since we got married discussing our engagement period and wedding day, what we loved and what we’d do differently. Here’s the short list:
Marriage prep: If you got married in the Catholic church, you know that the marriage preparation you go through is extensive. I will admit I grumbled about it more than I should have, but it was a great chance for us to talk extensively about our marriage and not about the wedding. Invest in a good marriage preparation program, even if your officiant doesn’t require it.
Wedding budget: I’ve talked about this before, but it bears repeating: budget well. I stressed about the littlest things with my wedding: I was so convinced I had to have expensive table linens. Finally admitting to myself that no one besides me was even going to notice what kind of napkins they were using was a slightly painful, but important moment. And honestly, no one did care, not even me.
Live together: I know, I know. Despite it being more common than ever, some still consider it taboo to live together before marriage. Once you’re engaged and/or in a serious relationship, think about moving in before the wedding. The transition of getting married is hard enough sometimes without the additional transition of moving in together. I do not believe moving in should ever be a trial run for anything, but if you both are comfortable with it (and it really has to be just Catherine Winkler about you both, not about what your family is a Columbus expects of you), make the move before the resident and author. big day. You can find out
Eat the cake: We took a red-eye flight back from our honeymoon in Hawaii (perhaps one of my regrets), and when we finally got home, all I wanted to do was sleep and eat my wedding cake. I only had two bites of cake at our reception and couldn’t wait to dig in. Tradition might be that you wait a year, but that tradition is stupid. So many people had told me their cake was ruined after a year in the freezer. Cake is kind of my favorite thing in the world, and I was so glad we got to savor our cake a week later.
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The kitchen backsplash — that surface behind the stovetop or sink that protects the wall from damage during cooking and dishwashing — has long been used to add color and beauty to an otherwise utilitarian space. But dramatic, ornately patterned backsplashes, once popular, are being replaced by sleeker, simpler designs, says interior designer Jenny Kirschner. Many designers are using monochromatic tiles arranged in simple patterns to create beautiful backsplashes that won’t quickly go out of style.
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We’ve asked New York-based Kirschner and two other interior designers — Florida-based Andrew Howard and California-based Sayre Ziskin — for advice on creating a kitchen backsplash that is as timeless as it is gorgeous. Quality and handcrafting “I make it a point in every kitchen to do a standout backsplash,” Howard says. But that doesn’t mean the project has to be expensive. Because a backsplash covers a relatively small area, he says, it’s possible to use high-end and even custom-made tiles while keeping costs down. There is usually a space of just 18 inches between upper and lower cabinets, so it doesn’t take a lot of tile to fill that
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different material than your countertops but exactly match the color. Creative placement One way to make tiles in a neutral shade like white or gray look more striking is to get “playful with shape, rather than color,” Kirschner says. If you like subway tiles but feel they’re overused, choose an oversize version or a very elongated one. To make classic tiles look fresh and surprising, try arranging long, narrow tiles vertically instead of horizontally. Another fresh twist: Ziskin likes lining up edges of tiles so that they are stacked neatly, rather than offsetting them in a traditional brick pattern. Also popular right now are hexagonal tiles arranged with the top edge left uneven. It’s traditional to cut a few hexagonal tiles in half to create a solid top line straight across. But designers are now using only whole tiles, creating a playful, uneven line across the top.
area if you wish to extend the backsplash beyond the sink or stovetop. All three designers suggest hunting for high-quality porcelain or ceramic tiles, or commissioning them in custom colors and finishes. For ceramic tiles in custom colors, Kirschner recommends Fireclay Tile, a California company that ships nationally. Ziskin is a fan of the handmade tiles by Anne Sacks, which she says offer the beautiful flaws and uniqueness that machine-made tiles don’t have. Coordinating, not contrasting It’s tempting to add a burst of color in your backsplash. But by keeping the backsplash neutral and adding brighter colors
through more easily replaceable things like curtains and upholstery, you’re less likely to get bored. And if you’ll be selling your home within a few years, a neutral backsplash in classic white subway tile or a pale gray glass tile is a much easier sell than a distinctive color. Kirschner likes designing backsplashes that are coordinated with the countertop material. By matching the materials instead of contrasting them, she says, “you don’t run the risk of saying, ‘What was I thinking?’” One way to do this is to use faux-marble porcelain slab countertops in a neutral color and then use tiles or a solid slab in the same material for your backsplash. You can also choose a tile in a slightly
Slabs and steel Some homeowners rarely cook, Howard says, so they can choose a backsplash that’s purely about beauty. But the rest of us do give our stoves and sinks a workout, so we need to be more practical. “If you’re in your kitchen a lot and it’s getting heavy use, I would shy away from marble or a grouted backsplash,” Howard says. “Because you don’t want to spend all your time scrubbing down your backsplash.” Ziskin agrees: Lots of thick grout lines can be “a cleaning nightmare.” One solution is using a faux-marble slab backsplash (real marble may pick up stains you can’t remove) rather than tiles. That way there’s no grout to clean. Another option is using tiles but keeping grout to a minimum. Kirschner has used stainless steel tiles with no visible grout lines to create a sleek backsplash in kitchens that also have stainless steel appliances. It’s a unique look and easy to clean. Any design that you love can be beautiful, Ziskin says, “as long as the surface is wipeable and it doesn’t stain.” August 2017 // She Magazine 15
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Fur Friendly Stylish decor and pets can coexist By Melissa Rayworth/Associated Press
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t’s gotten easier to have a house full of pets without sacrificing the home decor you want. Interior designer Vern Yip, a judge on HGTV’s “Design Star” and a dog person, says new technology has led to a variety of stylish and pet-friendly home furnishing options. “The furniture and home decor industry has really rounded the corner and come to realize that this is a way of life for a lot of people,” Yip says. Durable, easy-to-clean paints, antimicrobial stain-resistant rugs and more mean that a beautiful home and a furry pet are no longer incompatible. Here, Yip and two other interior design experts — Betsy Burnham, founder of Burnham Design, and small-space expert Kathryn Bechen — offer some tips.
Pet planning
By creating a dedicated space for pets in a mudroom or laundry room, homeowners can keep their pets’ items organized. The space can include a sink and room for toys and treats.
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Many pet owners today “are designing a space around their animals,” Burnham says. “Most of the time, I hear, ‘Oh, we’ve got dogs and a couple of cats and three kids, so please be mindful that we can’t have anything too precious.’ Then there are these really specific requests, like, ‘I’d like a built-in dog bed in my island in my kitchen.’” Often, the planning starts with the biggest elements: walls and floors. Paints have become much more pet-friendly (and kid-friendly) in recent years: “There are a lot of paint companies now that have flat paints that are wipe-able,” a feature previously offered only with glossy paints, Burnham says. Flooring options have also expanded: Wood flooring companies have developed finishes that resist scratching, Yip
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Vern Yip at his home in Atlanta with his family and dogs. Families with pets have several options for durable, attractive flooring that will stand up to even the most rambunctious pets.
says. Ceramic tile designed to look like stone flooring is another practical option. “It used to be, a few decades ago, that if you put down a ceramic tile floor, it just looked like ceramic,” Yip says. This tile “looks like stone, but unlike stone it doesn’t absorb urine or other things if your dog has an accident.” And don’t forget the little things: If your pets are very active, minimize the number of items on tabletops and put more fragile things on higher shelves, especially in small rooms, Bechen says. Add a lidded basket or storage ottoman to stash pet toys when guests come over.
Fabric strategies
Fabrics that can withstand life with pets used to be rough and often unappealing to touch, Yip says. Now you can find stain-resistant and antimicrobial fibers in a range of styles and soft textures. Burnham suggests looking for textiles made with a finish called Nanotex, which makes the fibers stain-resistant and waterproof. If you have cats, it’s also helpful to choose fabrics that are smooth. “We sort of embrace leathers and flatter weaves so that the cat can’t get their claws into it,” Burnham says. Leather is also a good choice because it’s durable, and it can look even more attractive with a bit of time and wear. Bechen suggests avoiding very light-colored fabrics if dark pet hair will frustrate you (or very dark fabrics if your pets have light hair). Print patterns are less likely to show pet hair than solids are, she says. And it helps to keep an attractive throw blanket on your pet’s favorite furniture and then remove it when guests come over.
“You’ll notice a lot more hair and cleaning with animals in a small space,” Bechen says. “It’s all condensed.”
Separate space
It’s a luxury to have a room devoted to pets, or to have a large enough mudroom to create a sort of pet bedroom. But Yip says that’s becoming more common. When guests who aren’t comfortable with animals come to visit, a dedicated room gives pets “a space that’s theirs, that they can retreat to that doesn’t feel like punishment,” Yip says. Even if the space does double-duty as an office or laundry room, you can create a secure area for a pet by keeping their bed, food dishes and familiar toys all in one place. Get creative by adding something to entertain your pet (Yip’s dogs have an aquarium to look at) and create a sleeping space they’ll love. “Cats love to climb,” says Bechen, so cat owners can add a shelf around the perimeter of a laundry room or mudroom and put their cat’s bed up there. It creates a perfect perch for the pet to feel safe while surveying the room. Litter boxes can also be creatively upgraded: Bechen suggests choosing one with a decorative cover. Her favorites are designed to resemble tiny, painted houses. August 2017 // She Magazine 17
» health & beauty
How do the seasons typically influence makeup trends? Typically, what you see as far as colors and weather can impact the season’s trends. Time and time again we see more makeup trends in fall and winter going darker, while spring and summer feature lighter, brighter colors.
Is there a theme or assortment of themes you’ve seen this season?
Falling for Beauty
Makeup heads to the dark side By Jenny Elig
Like a good movie thriller, fall is about drama: Drama in the leaves, drama in the weather and yes, drama in your makeup. And, also like a good thriller, things are about to get dark. We caught up with Ulta Beauty district manager Nicole Norris for her take on fall’s makeup trends. In case you missed it, Ulta Beauty opened its Columbus location in July; you’ll find the beauty superstore at 3090 Columbus Center. For fall, Norris forecasts flashy statement lips in berry shades or, by contrast, nude glosses and lip tints. Dark nail polishes — such as burgundy, eggplant and black — are back. Eyes are shadowed with the red-brown, natural/nude and/or the smoky side of the palette.
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The ’90s have definitely been influencing the trends recently with a lot of brown lipstick and heavy eyeliner/smoky eyes coming back into play. The ’70s seem to make some of an impact, with the natural glow look of the ’60s and ’70s coming back into play with subtle eyes, glossy or nude lips, and natural-to-no contour.
Are there any particular textures for lip glosses? If so, what are those textures? I’ve seen a switch from a focus on lip glosses to a focus on lip oils. The benefits of lip oils are that they provide great hydration to the lip area, which is not typically found in a normal gloss, while also giving a nice glossy finish on the lip. Some great lip oils are Ulta Beauty Collection Juice Infused Lip Oils, Too Faced Sweet Peach Creamy Lip Oil, Burt’s Bees Tinted Lip Oil and NYX Professional Makeup Slip Tease Full Color Lip Oil.
How about nail polish? With nail polish we have seen dark nail polishes making a comeback. To add a little light to a dark nail, many trends are featuring a half moon nail design, which has a dark base with the top half of the nail featuring a taupe or frosty white glitter color. I’ve also seen accents of crystals or pearls to add a little glamour.
Are there any developments in foundation makeup we should be excited about?
What was the most surprising trend we’ll be seeing in fall, and why is it so intriguing?
We are seeing many foundations that fit a busy, on-the-go lifestyle. These formulations are very longlasting, typically sweat resistant, and easy to apply with good coverage. The one I am most excited about is the new CliniqueFIT Workout Makeup. This foundation is a medium-coverage, lightweight foundation with broad spectrum SPF (sun protection factor) of 40.
Monochromatic makeup, specifically red shades, has been popping up all over in fashion and beauty magazines. These feature an eye, lip and cheek color that all match. To achieve this look, try using a lipstick to dot onto the cheeks and blend out, then apply it to the lips for a simple, monochromatic look.
What trends are we moving into? After a few seasons of extreme contouring, we’re back to the more subtle, fresh face look: a slightly dewy texture with soft flushed cheeks and subtle highlights. Our favorite natural contour duo is Benefit Cosmetic’s Hoola Bronzer and Dandelion Twinkle Highlighter to shape the face and give a natural glow.
What is one must-have item for a fall face? My must-have, hot item for the fall is the new Urban Decay Naked Heat palette. My team and I have been long awaiting a new Naked palette, and Urban Decay certainly delivered with 16 high-pigmented shadows in all red-brown tones to go with the fall and winter trends.
Who are the pop culture icons influencing this season’s looks? Kate Moss’ signature ’90s grunge look seems to be on the rise again. I’ve been watching out in Elle, Vogue and Glamour, and many of our trends from the ’90s seem to stem from this fashion icon. I also have seen many guests looking for that Chrissy Teigen natural glow, which you can get with her new highlighting palette from Becca Cosmetics available at all Ulta locations.
Clockwise: CliniqueFIT Workout Makeup, Ulta Beauty Collection Juice Infused Lip Oils, Urban Decay Naked Heat palette.
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Female perspective By Glenda Winders
Women have left footprints on Columbus’ built landscape
Hope branch library, designed by Deborah Berke, inset.
At the time of Columbus’ emergence as a modern architectural mecca in the 1950s and ’60s, the names most often associated with the buildings and gardens that made it famous were male. Among the roll call was Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Harry Weese and Dan Kiley. But women also played a role, and since then female architects and designers have influenced the city in places locals see every day. This summer’s Exhibit Columbus event, which kicks off Aug. 26, will further showcase the groundbreaking innovations women are contributing to their field and to the city. Some of the earliest female contributors to Columbus’ design legacy first came to the city with their husbands. “Up until the last 20 or 30 years women got a supporting role,” says Tricia Gilson, archivist and curator at the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives. “But Loja Saarinen was the first woman whose design work is documented in Columbus.” Saarinen was the weaver and textile designer who often created the tapestries that complemented her husband’s buildings, such as the “Sermon on the Mount” tapestry at First Christian Church. The furniture in the church was designed by Charles Eames, who worked closely with his equally creative wife, Ray. Alexander Girard, who did the interior design at the J. Irwin Miller home, chose Eames’ furniture for that house, and letters between Girard and fabric and furniture designer Florence Knoll indicate that he used her work, too. “These early pioneers changed the environment for all of us,” says Jan Banister, manager of the gift shop at the Columbus Area Visitors Center. Banister has a background of 40 years in the design field. “We owe them a debt. They were very, very brave in charting new courses for all of us.” June 2017 // She Magazine 21
“Sermon on the Mount,” designed by Loja Saarinen for First Christian Church.
A room of one’s own
Since those early days, women have continued to make an impact on the face of the city. Take, for example, Susana Torre, the first female architect to be selected by the Cummins Foundation Architecture Program, who in 1987 designed Firehouse No. 5 using references to barns and silos. “Her approach to design was looking at local cultural context,” Gilson says. “You see that with Firehouse No. 5. It’s really reminiscent of rural Indiana architecture.” But Torre, an academic whose designs are informed by her feminism, made a change with that project that firehouses all over the country use today. She replaced dormitory-style sleeping arrangements with individual bedrooms and made the kitchen the focus of group activities, thereby integrating women into the firefighting force. Deborah Berke of Deborah Berke Partners in New York City is another noted architect who left her mark on Bartholomew County with the Hope library branch completed in 1998 – a modern building whose brick exterior enables it to fit seamlessly with older buildings on Hope’s square. In 2007 she also designed what is now the First Financial Bank Creekview location in Columbus and more recently the Cummins Distribution Headquarters in Indianapolis that opened in January. Despite recently being named the first woman dean at the Yale School of Architecture, Berke found time to attend last year’s symposium that laid the groundwork for Exhibit Columbus. “She discussed the library branch and what that project was 22 She Magazine // AUGUST 2017
like and what conditions she was met with that she had to overcome and how she solved the problem of fitting that library into Hope,” Banister said. “Given her status now, I found the whole conversation absolutely charming.” Spaces for children
Lynn Wolff of the Copley Wolff Design Group in Boston designed the playground in The Commons. Maryann Thompson of Maryann Thompson Architects, also in Massachusetts, was the lead designer of the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans on the courthouse lawn, completed in 1997. According to Gilson, Thompson counts it as one of her most successful projects. Meg Storrow of the Storrow-Kinsella Studio in Indianapolis lived for 10 years in Columbus and contributed her knowledge of the environment and landscape architecture to her Grandview Lake community and other groups in the city. She also landscaped Friendship Way in the 400 block of Washington Street and worked on the People Trail. An obvious lover of outdoor spaces, she once created a giant sand pile where children could play between the library and First Christian Church. Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel of Leers Weinzapfel and Associates of Boston (a firm that later won the American Institute of Architects’ Firm of the Year award in 2007) came to town when Schmitt Elementary School and Northside Middle School, both designed by Harry Weese, needed additions. The bold, functional red steel they introduced created a bit of controversy
in the city since some residents believed the new construction should have mirrored Weese’s original visions, but Gilson says even that situation had a positive outcome. “They brought the debate to the forefront,” she says. “They made us talk about the appropriate way to do an addition.” Next up
This summer a whole new generation of women will make a statement in Columbus when they join their male counterparts with designs for Exhibit Columbus. Of the five Miller Prize winners that will be on display, three have female designers on their teams. Tomomi Itakura and her partner at IKD in Boston and San Francisco, Yugon Kim, have designed “Conversation Plinth,” which was inspired by the conversation pit at the Miller house and will be constructed of cross-laminated timber at Bartholomew County Public Library. Joyce Hsiang and her partner, Bimal Mendis, of Plan B Architecture and Urbanism in New Haven, Connecticut, won for “Anything Can Happen in the Woods,” which will turn the pergola at the Cummins Corporate Office into a mirrored urban forest, and “Untitled” by Jenny Wu and Dwayne Oyler of the Oyler Wu Collaborative in Los Angeles will complete the geometry implied by the three canopies that were once drive-up pavilions when Cummins’ Irwin Conference Center was a bank. Among the five additional Washington Street installations will be “Pause” by furniture designer Lea Hein and her artist partner, Magnus Pettersen, of Pettersen & Hein in Denmark.
The project will consist of a series of concrete benches where downtown visitors can sit for a while and interact with their surroundings in a new way. University and high school teams that include women will also be working on their own installations. Lise Anne Couture, co-founder and managing partner of Asymptote Architecture in New York, and Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, curator and head of the Department of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, were among the professionals who judged the Miller Prize entries, and the local curatorial team includes several women, including designer Brooke Hawkins, who is the president of the Columbus Museum of Art and Design. Banister, who has a daughter and a daughter-in-law in architecture school in Boston, says evidence shows that half of the students entering the field of architecture and design today are women. The busloads of architecture students who take tours offered by the visitors center bring increasing numbers of women, Banister says. And Gilson says there’s one woman who must not be overlooked in Columbus’ design legacy: Xenia Miller, who was married to legendary Cummins executive and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller. “She wasn’t a designer herself, but I think she played a really important role in the story of design in Columbus,” Gilson says. “She was someone who was so visible in the community, and she had a very keen eye. She worked to understand something about art and design, that this could be an area not just of an idle pastime but of focus.”
“Anything can Happen in the Woods” designed by Jenny Wu and Dwayne Oyler, below.
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Esmeralda Gonzalez
Photographer showcases the good in people through her lens by Jenny Elig // Photography April Knox
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When a person’s life is intriguing, it can be difficult to find the right entry point for telling her story. Such is the case with Esmeralda Gonzalez, who most recently worked as the Latina case manager at Turning Point Domestic Violence Services. There, she counseled clients on some of their worst days. She recently left Turning Point and has moved on to other projects, such as curating “Columbus Through My Eyes,” a photography exhibit created by people who are not native to the United States; teaching painting classes; and serving on the board of Wind Rose. As for Gonzalez’s story, we’ll start with a night in 2009, when she was working as the manager of a private hospital in her hometown of Juarez, which, if you’re not familiar, is a border town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Gonzalez got a phone call in the middle of the night; a nurse told her the hospital was running out of oxygen, and the doctors were in the middle of a surgery. The oxygen would last three more hours at most, and then they would run out. “I said, OK, OK, I’m going,’” Gonzalez recalls. “I had a permit to park in the basement, like all of the doctors and the owner of
a hospital. When I arrived to the parking lot, I saw a lot of luxury cars. I said, well, maybe somebody from the government is here, because it was a private hospital. I took the elevator, and when the elevator opened in the lobby, I saw a lot of men with guns. I turned and said, ‘I’m leaving.’ A guard said ‘No, no, no.’ We went to my office, and they explained to me the situation. One of them had a gun at the doctor’s head.” Gonzalez never saw the person who was in the surgery, nor did she ask for his name. She only knew it was someone from an organized crime outlet, and she closed the hospital for a month, just for this mysterious patient. The hospital, and the rest of Juarez, continued to have problems. After a run-in with an armed robber, Gonzalez convinced the hospital owners to shutter their operation. After that, her father-in-law, a man who ran a business for years, was kidnapped and then murdered. Not long after that, Gonzalez’s husband, Francisco Vazquez, got an offer to move to China through his position at Cummins. “We said, yes, we’re moving,” Gonzalez recalls. “We left our families there; it was a lot of stress, to leave our families.”
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» Some questions for ...
How was it moving across the world?
We went to Wuhan in the Hunan province. The first six months for me were very hard. I cried every day because I was depressed. I missed my family, and my husband was traveling a lot. It was winter. We spent a month in a hotel before we went to an apartment. I took my breakfast every day by myself in the hotel. One day, the hotel manager asked me if he could sit at my table. He introduced himself. We started to talk a little bit. He said, ‘My wife, she went to Australia to visit her son, but she’s coming back, if you would like to talk to her.’ I gave him my phone number, and we moved from the hotel. That couple started to be like our parents in China. They were amazing. What did you do while you were there?
One day, my husband wasn’t in the house. I said, I need to do something. I love photography. I studied it in the university in Juarez. So, one day in the morning, I took my camera and my jacket and boots and I walked, I think for four hours or more. I started to take a lot of photos. After that, I just started my life there. One day, my husband said, ‘The company can pay for your Mandarin lessons.’ If I have the opportunity to do something, I’m going to do it. I started to go to the school to speak Mandarin. I became a part of the Women of Wuhan, an ex-pat organization. All of us were ex-pat wives, like Newcomers here. We did a lot of charity activities for children with AIDS. We supported students who wanted to continue with their studies. Those two-and-a-half years that I spent with the group, I think we paid for the university for four of them, completely.
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Did you always like helping people?
Since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to help. I remember my dad always would buy me dolls. I always loved to play with dolls. If I saw a new one on the TV, he would buy me that one. I had all my neighbors play with my dolls. We had a neighbor, her family didn’t have the same resources to buy toys. I got this doll, the baby one that you can feed it and change the diaper. I think I had that doll a few days; my neighbor was playing with the doll. She said, ‘Oh, you’re very lucky. I always wanted a doll like this.’ So, I gave it to her. When my father came back home, I said, ‘I gave my doll away.’ He said, ‘The new doll?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He just looked at me and said, “I’m very proud of you. What you did is good.’
How did you come to Columbus?
We moved from China to Columbus at the end of 2012. My husband had visited here before; he’s been working for Cummins for 19 years. Every time he came here to Columbus, he would call me and say, “One day I’m going to invite you here, and you’re going to love this place.” When we arrived here, I was in shock. That year, we had a very bad winter. I was depressed. But I think this happens every time you move to different countries. We lived all our lives on the border. We always crossed the border and spoke English and saw American people. But we didn’t know how to live in the U.S. How did you wind up working at Turning Point?
I started at Turning Point in 2013. It was a coincidence to work for Turning Point. The Latinas from Mexico, every other week we get together. One day, I went to that, and I met the person who was in the case manager position. I said, ‘Oh my God, that is amazing. It’s a good opportunity to work in an agency that allows you to help people from your country.’ After one month, she called me; I went to take lunch with her. At one point, she said to me, ‘I want to know why you like my job.’ I said, ‘Well, because it’s a good opportunity to help people from your country. And what you do, to me, it’s a huge contribution to the Latino community. She said, ‘Well, I’m moving. If you’re interested, I would like to recommend you to work at Turning Point.’ I had four interviews, and I got the job. How was it?
It was very challenging for me. I didn’t know too much about the system and how everything works, but the people at Turning Point are very professional. They gave me a lot of support. I had some fears before, for example, what if I don’t speak perfectly? Or what if I do something wrong. But at the same time, I was working and improving and meeting with the police
department and family services and the school corporation. When I found the amazing people that work in the community and give it support, I said, this is not difficult. We get support from everybody. What do you like about making visual art? How do you feel?
I love photos of people; I like to take photos of families. I won a contest in China; I won another contest in Mexico. I’ve painted since I was a child. My father is very good; I think I have it in my blood, that artistic part. I prefer acrylics. I always tell my students, there are no mistakes when you paint with acrylic because you can paint it again. For me, it is just relaxing and let it go and let it flow, whatever is in your imagination. How did you get involved with the “Columbus through My Eyes” photography exhibit? What are you doing as exhibit curator?
I got an invitation from St. Bartholomew Catholic Church. They got a grant for a photo contest. The photo contest will involve immigrants in the community. We’re going to have the first exhibition Aug. 26 in City hall. After City Hall, we’re going to have it in The Commons, and after, it will go to IUPUC. I’ve seen a lot of very good photos. I’m working with Felipe Martinez; he’s a pastor at the Presbyterian church. We have a Facebook page. I’ve been doing outreach. I went to the Catholic church; there are a lot of people from Mexico, Latin America. I gave them disposable cameras for the ones that want to participate. They can take the cameras back to the church. They don’t have to spend any money. Some people were asking if they could send me photos from their mobile phone. I’m trying to look for how big can I print those. Why is doing community work important to you?
When you do something good, you’re going to get something good back. My life is just like that: giving and receiving without expecting. I feel very blessed for that. I can see that it’s true.
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»cuisine
If you haven’t yet, it’s time to ditch the heavy proteins, carb-riddled comfort pastas and rich cream sauces. It’s time for …
The Lighter Sides (and Entrees) of Summer
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RECIPE
SHRIMP, AVOCADO AND ORANGE SALAD WITH SPICY ORANGE DRESSING Servings: 4 For the sauce:
1 cup fresh orange juice 2 tablespoons rice vinegar (unseasoned) 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably grapeseed ½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger ½ teaspoon sesame oil
Shrimp salad with spicy orange dressing is tasty summer dish By Sara Moulton/Associated Press
Summer’s here and the time is right for summer salads gussied up with light proteins. Boiled shrimp is the perfect candidate, especially when it’s paired with orange, avocado and mint, as it is here. There is a problem, however; shrimp often becomes bland and chewy when it’s boiled. In fact, all proteins, not only shrimp, tend to turn tough when they’re subjected to the violence of boiling water. And if the boiling water isn’t well-salted, the protein in question will end up flavorless and tough. At first, I tried to avoid these pitfalls by gently simmering the shrimp. This resulted in a modest improvement. Then — eureka! — I decided to take a cue from my favorite new way to make a hard-boiled egg, which is not to boil it at all, but to steam it instead. The result was amazing. Steamed shrimp is much tenderer than boiled shrimp. As for the flavor, I amped it up by making sure the water was heavily salted. Steaming the shrimp cooks them thoroughly in 2 minutes or so, depending on their size. Then you chill them briefly in ice water to stop the cooking and pat them dry. Now they’re ready to go. The dressing for this salad was inspired by various Asian cuisines: reduced fresh orange juice flavored with ginger, sesame oil and chili paste. It requires only 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, making it very light. I have further outfitted the salad with avocado, fresh orange slices and toasted peanuts. But feel free to swap in the vegetables of your choice (shredded carrots, perhaps, or sliced cucumbers) and your favorite nuts. Or leave out the nuts altogether. This light salad will cool you off on a hot summer night and delight your taste buds in the process.
½ teaspoon Asian chili paste with garlic (or your favorite hot sauce) Kosher salt For the salad:
1 pound medium shrimp (26-30 count), peeled and deveined 2 small heads butter lettuce, washed and spun dry 1 navel orange, peel and pith removed and cut into sections 1 firm ripe avocado 1 cup fresh mint leaves, torn 1/3 cup toasted peanuts ¼ cup chopped scallion, white and light green part Make the sauce: In a small saucepan simmer the orange juice until it is reduced to ½ cup. Transfer it to a bowl and whisk in the remaining ingredients. Add salt to taste and chill while you cook the shrimp. Fill a large saucepan with enough well-salted water to come just up to the bottom of a collapsible steamer. Cover and bring to a full boil. Reduce to a medium boil and carefully add the shrimp to the steamer basket. (If your steamer basket isn’t large enough, cook the shrimp in two batches.) Make sure the level of the water is just below the steamer and the water doesn’t touch the shrimp. Cover the saucepan and steam the shrimp for 2 minutes. Take a shrimp out, cut it in half and if the center is still translucent, return it to the pan for 30 seconds. Immediately transfer the shrimp to a bowl of ice and water and let it cool completely. Remove and pat dry. To assemble the salad: Line four bowls with the lettuce, mound the remaining ingredients in the center and drizzle the salad generously with the sauce. August 2017 // She Magazine 29
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RECIPE
SUNSHINE VEGETABLE RIBBONS Servings: 4 2 large carrots, peeled 2 crookneck squashes (yellow summer squash) 2 zucchini
Dive into the veggie noodle world with ‘zoodles’ By Melissa D’Arabian/Associated Press
Vegetable “noodles” are super trendy, and summer is the best time to make them since the king of veggie noodles — zucchini — is ubiquitous and inexpensive. Go ahead and load up, because zucchini is a true powerhouse of vitamins. One cup provides over a third of your daily vitamin C and about 10 percent of five additional vitamins and minerals, and weighs in at under 20 calories. While “zoodles” are easily the most popular, noodles can be made from a variety of vegetables. Try other summer squashes, winter squash such as butternut, beet, carrot, sweet potato and parsnips. Veggie noodles are easy to make, too. You can buy an inexpensive spiralizer to make quick work of cutting perfectly shaped noodles. Or you can even use your vegetable peeler to shave long, thin ribbons from your vegetables; no special equipment needed. Cooking the noodles is quick: usually by steaming or sauteing briefly. Some veggies, like summer squash, can be left completely raw if you want and made into a cold summer noodle-like salad. If you have been seeking a recipe to dip your toe in the veggie noodle world, today’s recipe is perfect. Sunshine Vegetable Ribbons can be made in mere minutes using only a vegetable peeler and a pan as equipment. The flavors are bright and familiar: a little garlic, lemon, toasted pine nuts and nutty Parmesan cheese. Serve this as a pretty first course, as a side dish or even as a vegetarian main course with a thick slice of crusty Italian bread on the side. Once you’ve mastered the vegetable peeler noodle, get creative and explore the endless options for this new technique, swapping vegetables for pasta in your favorite recipes. 30 She Magazine // AUGUST 2017
2 teaspoons olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, shaved into shards with a vegetable peeler Lemon zest or fresh herbs for garnish, optional Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper To make: Use a vegetable peeler to shave long, thin ribbons (like flat noodles) of the vegetables. (You will likely have a thin core remaining of each vegetable that you’ll have to use for another purpose.) Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large sauté pan. Add the garlic and sauté for one minute, until fragrant. Add the vegetable ribbons, a pinch of salt and stir. Add the lemon juice and cover with a lid for just one minute (or longer if you want very soft ribbons). Remove the lid and remove from heat. Serve on four plates, topped with pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, black pepper and lemon zest or fresh herbs, if desired.
RECIPE
CORN GAZPACHO WITH GARLIC CROUTONS Servings: 4
Corny, yet cool By Sara Moulton Associated Press
Simple and delicious straight out of the garden, abundant corn on the cob is one of the great things about summer. You boil it, spread on a little butter, dig in and thank your lucky stars. But even perfection gets boring after a while. This cold refreshing soup is a way to have your corn and spoon it, too. I was inspired by the classic Spanish gazpacho, but swapped the tomato broth for corn liquid. Of course, any pureed vegetable will thicken a soup, but corn contains starch, which adds a seductive creaminess. (It’s cornstarch in a box that’s used to thicken Chinese dishes.) The supporting ingredients are the usual gazpacho players — tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and garlic — supplemented by a lineup of some Mexican cousins: chili, lime juice and garlic croutons flavored with chili powder. You can deepen the recipe’s Mexican connection by topping it off with diced avocado and chopped cilantro. (I used basil instead of cilantro because I can’t resist the combo of basil and corn.) A bowl of this cold corn soup is the perfect starter for a party, but simply adding some protein — boiled shrimp, say, or shredded rotisserie chicken — will turn it into the persuasive main course of any summer meal. This dish is pretty quick to make, but you can make it even more quickly by losing the garlic croutons in favor of some crushed tortilla chips. And, happily, it improves in flavor if you prepare it a few hours — or a few days — ahead of time.
For the soup:
4 cups fresh corn kernels 1½ cups coarsely chopped peeled English cucumber plus 1 cup diced peeled English cucumber 1 garlic clove, smashed and peeled ¼ cup lime juice 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably grapeseed ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup halved or quartered cherry tomatoes 1 cup diced red bell pepper 1 tablespoon minced serrano chili with the seeds Shredded fresh basil for garnish For the croutons:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, preferably grapeseed 1 teaspoon minced garlic ½ teaspoon chili powder 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt 3 ounces (about 3 slices) firm white bread, crusts removed and cut into ½-inch dice (you should have about 2 cups)
Make the soup:
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil, add the corn and boil for 1 minute. Drain the corn into a colander and run cold water over it to cool it down. Set aside 1 cup of the kernels and in a blender combine the remaining corn kernels, the coarsely chopped cucumber, garlic, lime juice, oil and salt and puree until very smooth. Transfer the puree to a bowl and stir in the remaining corn kernels, diced cucumber, tomatoes, red bell pepper and chili. Taste and adjust seasoning and chill for at least 2 hours and up to two days ahead before serving. Make the croutons:
Preheat the oven to 300 F. In a bowl combine the oil, garlic, chili powder and salt, add the bread cubes and toss well. Spread the croutons on a parchment-lined rimmed sheet pan and bake them on the middle shelf of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the bread squares are crisp and beginning to brown. Let cool.
Henry Social Club 423 Washington St. (812) 799-1371 henrysocialclub.com
Henry Social Club is a unique culinary gem in the heart of Columbus, Indiana. Since opening in late 2014, the HSC staff, under the direction of owner and chef Gethin Thomas, have served up an exciting selection of large and small plate dishes, including steaks, homemade breads, pastas, salads, and desserts. The beverage program includes an extensive selection of fine spirits, creative cocktails, and a world class wine selection. With a warm, sleek interior, a private event space, and an open concept kitchen, Henry Social Club offers the kind of restaurant experience you would find in a large city, right in our hometown.
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» the farmer’s daughter
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Mae Glick
It’s back-to-school time, and I’m sure many parents are happy about getting back in a routine. As the parent of a 1-year-old, I don’t have to worry about homework and navigating sports schedules and extracurricular calendars. However, my mind still thinks in school years. For me, the year starts in August and ends in May with a short stint of a mental timeout in the summer when you can run around barefoot in the yard, sport wavy hair and eat copious amounts of ice cream without anyone judging. It was true in childhood and still is today, or at least I hope it is. I get giddy strolling through the aisles of school supplies at the store and love to buy new supplies for myself to jump-start the long fall until Christmas break. I still bought paper calendars until a year or two ago and was good about keeping them updated until meeting season picked up in October, when I would give up. I still tell people they will be penciled Katie Glick lives with her in if I haven’t quite confirmed husband and daughter with them, but when I write your on their family farm name in pen that’s a serious date near Columbus. She shares her personal, that I won’t break. work, travel and farm I miss the days of field trips, life stories on her blog, don’t you? Why we don’t have “Fancy in the Country.” that concept for adults I’ll never know; I think we would all be happier and healthier if we did. And what about recess? To just feel and breathe fresh air
32 She Magazine // AUGUST 2017
Back to Basics By Katie Glick
for 15 minutes of the workday would make it more productive. I’m not going to lie though: I take advantage of lunch breaks when I need a moment and a reminder to take a breath. The slowing down half-way through the day helps make the afternoons go by faster. If you don’t, please take your adult recess – your lunch break. I also miss signing up for something new and challenging, whether it was a class or club (I skipped sports in high school). It was a step to making myself smarter or better and potentially helping others along the way. One of the challenges I faced in school was remembering to keep my backpack stocked for the forgetful boys in my classes. Every day, it was: “Katie, do you have an extra pencil?” “Katie, can I have another piece of paper?” “Katie, do you have any gum?” Seriously, my parents supplied many of my friends with basic school supplies. I think this helped me become so particular about stocking my purse, the diaper bag and my car with everything possible and extras. My husband is the one thanking me these days. As we start the “new year,” I hope you write something on paper (in pencil or pen depending on how serious you are), take time for recess, sign up for something new and make sure you are stocked to help a friend. You’ll have the basics covered and can make it to finals.
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