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FEATURE STORIES ARTIST OF THE MONTH GAR RE TT M ll E S : Phenix City' s American Idol
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SMALL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH
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WHAT' S POP' N
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PAY IT FORWARD, VOLUNTER SPOTLIGHT
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BOLD FLAVOR COMES TO PHENIX CITY JC's SteokHouse &
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Spirits
Tom Ingram. editor I Mat Cornett. edilor & layout
INTERVIEW with LAUREN WATSON
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AROUND TOWN things to see
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To The Magic Sto re
Volunteer
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Vick ie Corson Tanio Hill Dove Nohley Keil h Northington N ico le Devries W ill Dockery Brion Doo hon Amber Kirk land Nona Chri stie
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SPOTLIGHT BY Nicole de Vries
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or make a group out of it Like the Columbu.i~i Jacyees do every month. Here are Jaycees and Friends rearured with January's taco fiesta. (len to right: Sa.if Kahn, Ray Kline. Olri!'.tjful Owens. Antl10ny
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interview with Vikos Chilkuri, owner of CAF~ LA RUE & LV bar & grill Where were you born and raised? How long hove u been in Columbus and what brought you here? Born and raised in Indio, wen! lo business school and culinary school in Zurich, Sw itzerland. tw::Ned Ia Columbus in 200 1, where I started working lor Calloway Gardens. When and what made you venture into your own business? After monogi ng various restaurants in Columbus lor a lew years, I wonted to open my ovvn place. So in 2009 we opened Cole lo Rue. In 2013 we storied LV Bar & Grill.
Visiting the river, the museums, and the Riverwolk. What is your fovarit restoruant in Columbus other than the ones you own? Downstairs at the l oft, Down Town Columbus. + What do you believe is the most i11"4'ortant element to succeeding in your business?
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To know how to manage your business and also hove a quality product. Describe your first business, Cafe Ia rue, to people who are unfamiliar with it? La Rue is a fusion restaurant. The first half of the menu is all Cajun cuisine from New O rleans and l ousianno, and the second half is more familiar southern classic.
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Tell us a little about LV bar and Grill? Its an upscale full service Grill & Bar in the Beaver Run / M idland area. What does the future hold for both businesses and Vikos Chilkuri as an entrepreneur? To continue lo b uild LV Bar Grill a s a staple in the commun ily, and continue Ia grovv with Vlk>odruff Properties in their future business development. What is your favorite M<:Nie? The Batman Tri logy. What ore some of your favorite things to do in Columbus?
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by Brion Doohon A Fre:r a four year hiatus, 10 Cem Cigar is L"l..s:howing up in area dubs again, and there's no doubt- the cigar is lit and" mtokin'. look for them to be featured when Ben's Chophouse holds their 1Oth Anniversary Parry on Saturday. Feb. 7th. 10 Cent Cigar started organicalJy a.od without a plan in 2000 when friends Jackie Wilson and Scott Singer, 6nding themselves free from other band commitmentS, decided to play music infor· malJy. As rhe song IL« grew, it was apparent that rhe strength
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fered the whole experience. This format has not changed during this 10 year run_. and there is no other independe1\dy owned high-end restaurant that has stayed in business for 10 yearS under one owner in Columbus. Ben loves quality music, supporting good local ulel\t like 10 Cent Cigar al\a Neal Luc:u. He does bring in other acts outside of Columbus, like Sweet Grass Sally and The Jason Connelly Band. So he has a lot to celebrate for I0 years of providing the whole experien~ with
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Everyone in the group is a songwriter, -and even though they perfonn original material from rime ro time, <hat's nor wha< I 0 Cen< Cigar doe<. Heads bobbing, mouths singing along and smiling tell the guys that the music is wc>r"ing. At Ben's, expect to hear music from The Beatles. Tom Petty, The Eagles, John Mellencarnp. Crosby Stills & Na.<h, and many orhers. Anyone interested in original music can catch Scott, Mike and Jacltie on ihe album, Sc.11ter, released in 1997. Scatter is available on CD during 10 Cent Cigar live shows. Acoustic rock •virhout the aftertaSte: that's what it's all abou~
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NEWS Sports- The Patriots' under-inflated football debate Music- KoRn and Slipknot cover Beastie Boys' "Sabatoge" in London on their Prepare for Hell tour Country- The northeast is prepping for historic blizzards to come through this month
HOT SONGS Rock- "Cigarette Daydreams" by Cage the Elephant Hard Rock/Metal- "Going to Hell" by The Pretty Reckless R&B/Hip Hop - "No Type" by Rae Sremmurd Dance- "Heroes (We Could Be)" by Alesso Ft. Tove Lo Country- "Something in the Water" by Carrie Underwood Pop - "Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift
ENTERTAINMENT Movie- American Sniper YouTube- "Seeing" Mommy for the First Time- "Louise and Albinism" channel
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omplacency kills. As famous New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says, "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you seitfed for. • Don't settle for wasted time or another day gone by. Put your eyes on the world outside your world and see what life has in store. Fun, friends and the occasional free tee-shirt or snacks await, but more than that, it is the ability to make your Columbus a better place. Be the change you wish to see with this month's spotlights.
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annual Mathcounts tournament coordinated by your local Mensa group. This year March 7 at Columbus Technical College students from all over the region will come to compete in various individual and team competitions. As a volunteer, you can come help score tests, proctor exams, and help with registration or getting teams around. Hang out for the speed round in the afternoon and watch kids solve amazingly hard math problems in their heads or with With moth, 2+2=4, but with a few seconds of scratch paideas 2+2>4. Enough math per. Come help for o few or for now, come help with the however long you are free
STORI ES OF PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE
from 1Oom to 1pm or so. Interested? To volunteer, email drumnbasskitty@ gmail.com. Speaking of math, electric cars are saving people a ton of gas money and reducing emissions. With the Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission [KCBC), donate for a chance to win a two-year lease on an electric Nissan Leaf. Sponsored by the commission and a generous Headquarter N isson, $50 enters your name with proceeds going to support the efforts of the KCBC. They extend an opportunity to you to volunteer in cleanup efforts, Help-the-Hooch, the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup, telephone book recycling, Christmas tree recycling, Martin Luther King Serve-a-
Than, and our community tree planting programs .. Check out the commission for more info on volunteering http://www.columbusga . org/keepcolsbeautiful/ , or even purchase your chance for the Leaf at nttp://www. eventbrite .com/e/keepcolumbus-beautiful-20 15 -n is san-leaf-ra ffl e-t i ckets8973274305 People feed off each other, but not in a cannibal kind of way, in a way that counts, that makes one idea lead to another, that makes one person stronger when with someone else tho n when alone. Is less more? Aim small, miss small. Come out and help, it is one small step for man, but a big step for mankind. Step outside your norm and see you out there Columbus! •
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mus;cion who ploys regulody a r ound rown. He works by
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performs using his mus;col passions by night. He ;s fiving
Block Keys, Noah Gunderson, Stevie Wonder, Gory Clark Jr., Milky Chance, Paula Abdul,
cover the people who influenced me to play in the ~rst place. However, I really like switching things up; like tuming fast, upbeat songs to kind of slow ond eerie sounds.
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Gigs around town: I hove been playing around town for a few years now. I ploy mostly at Ben's Chophouse. I hove played The Loft, LV and Private Party's here and there. Future Musical plans: I pion on playing anytime I con in the Future and love progressing.
I come from o very musical family, so music was just o giv~ Hobbies outside of music: en in our household. Biking, hiking, koyaking campMy family bought me ing, anything with nature. My my ~rst guitar w hen I wife and I share o love for was around 7 or 8 Lana Del Roy, Roy Lamon- and I've never f'Ut it down. My music, outdoors and the arts, I Musical influences: tagne, Grand Funk Railroad. mom ploys and sings like on want to instill these same passions into my kids. Anything from R&B to Soul Rock, Justo little bit of everything . angel and my dod is o great To contact David for booking Blues, Pop. I love all kinds of mu- Covers, originals or both: guitar player. Also, my uncle information you can reach him sic. Roy Charles, James Taylor, I hove o few originals. I mainly has had o very successful co- at dovidstivorius@gmail.cam
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Columbus, GA, Jonuory 29, 2015 - The Fountain City Teen Poetry Slam continued on exciting season of creative expression on Saturday, Odober 24th. Young poets from a cross the voftey oreo took the spotBght as they competed lo represent the city at the 2015 Brave New Voices conference, on international youth poetry festivol, to be held in Atlanta. Convening the lop young poets and spoken word artists from across the United Stoles and intemotio nolly, Brave New Voices 2015 wiU feature o diverse group of young writers, trendsetlers a nd community ond culturolleoders, as well as wOfkJ. doss workshops led by renowned poets and artists. 1honk you
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The fountain City Slam is open to youth of o il bockgrounds as o safe house to use poetry os o means ol self expre-ssion and exploration. Students hove experienced the benefits of this ouxiBory arts education in their
The lop 3 high scoring poetsodvonce from the January qualifier to the April 2015 Grond Slam Finals. The Ja nuary Winner's Circle is: 9
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opportunities, ond community service, we're watching the future la ke shape one word at o time. The Fountain City Slam is emborking on yet another fun-filled and enriching yecr of self expt"es.sion. The open mic/slam tokes ploce monthty al Fountain Gty Coffee, t007 Broadway, 31901. Plecse see the below upcoming event.s thai the entire family can enioy:
Fountain City Teen Poetry "last Chance Slam" Co mpetitio n & Op<>n Mic Feb.-uory 28th, this event is open to a reo youth (9th - t2 grades). Apoet<y slam is o competitive event in which poets perform their work and ore judged by members of the audience. Those interested in slamming should come prepared . Continue on P16 FEBUARY 20 I S
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II All Begins with a Song - and for o song- or cause you to cry, donee, or Iough. The left. writer1 this is low. It is our nature to seek out brain does not need to be writing songs. The right-br'oin, however, is where creativity new, fresh ideas to write about. The local chapter of the NSAI (Notional is found. The right-brain holds all the momenSongwrilers Association International) meets lum and drive for the song. When we're workmonthly at Covenant ,.-----..---, ing w ith right-brain Woods. We meet to function, we ore stay inspired, gothnot thinking about er ideas from other
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songwriters, and support each other in our quest for that number one hit. The NSAI lesson from our lost meeting con· sisted of 0 left.brain/ right.broin compori· ,_ . son, to~~.en in pori from a lesson shored Amanda W ill iams · songwriting and 0 Music Business.• lhe left.broin holds all the critical. analytical thinking. It is the source of a song's pedection. The lefl.broin is olso what causes most people to suck as songwriters. This part of the brain will never be dlarming,
about details is leftbrain and should be reserved for the end of the writing process, nol the be· ginning. Thinking critically, or with the left.broin, will cause you to shut down the forward momen·
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tum and will prevent you from finishing your song. To be o great songwriter, we must awoken our right-l>roin's adventurous side. Our home· work this month is to sit down and write for two hours, using the right-brain, and finishing
the song - verses, chorus, and bridge - whatever the song needs to be finished. When that is complete, we ore to come back with the left. brain and "'tweak'"' our work. Only two rules: 1.) No borrowing From a previously started song - must be a fresh idea; and 2 .) we must finish the entire song in two hours. "'You don't wanl people lobe lukewarm about your songs! You wont to inspire! You wont to affect people. You wont your words to be brilliant end unique, not careful and perfect. Leave the left brain out of your songwriting until the actual songwriting port is over. THEN the left brain con step in and do what left brains do best - pick, correct, ond onolyze. If you can force yourself to keep that right brain in CHARGE of your songwriting process, you will finish more songs thot will be better over· oil than anything you hove written before: - Amanda W illiams, The School of Song Writ. ing and Music Business Now thot my lefl.broln has shared all these details with you, my right-brain needs o little exercise now. Excuse me, while I go do a little homework. •
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hen you think o f Phenix City, Alobomo most people think of the Describe your musical influences. Elvis Presley was my first influence. underground gambling stories o f the post, or the strong bose- I started listening to country music ot on early age. My first major boll heritage producing little leogue AII-Stor champions ond mojor country influence was Honk Williams Sr.. I later started listening to leogue boll players thonks to the Rosmus fom ily. Never would one ortist such os Rondy Travis, George Straight, Merle Hoggard, Roy link Phenix City with Ameri· con Idol. This could be Charles ond George Jones. I liked the foct they o il hod their own
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heartfelt lyrics. Why Idol now? Whot mode you feel you were reody? I tried out in 2006 but did not get post the conle coli. I hove been playing venues for several years now, honing my croft, and I felt like now wos the
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earned his Hollywood. roes who pull on the heort strings o f America. Garrett has the classic country vocals that will draw you in, the musicality to keep you listening, and o triumphant story that will hove you voting for him. His optic nerves never com-
p letely developed leaving Gorrell with only l 0% vision in his left eye ond none in his right. He found on early enthusiasm for music; top-
p ing his honds ond feet with the beot of music before he could even wolk or tolk, ond os o very young child declaring thot he wos going
time to shine.
Whot is the most memorable port of your idol experience? The whole experience. Gening to sing for the judges wos the highlight of my week in Nashville. I met o lot o f amazing and very talented people. Everyone treated me wonderfully. You've grown up in the Idol gen. erotion; d id you ever imagine
you'd be heading to Hollywood week on AI ten years ago? Sing· ing on American Idol was not
something I ever thought obout. I hove loved singing ond perform·
ing my whole life. This is a li i hove
to move to Nashville to be o singer. Despite his almost nonexistent
ever wonted to do. I bel ieve God gave me this talent for o reason.
vision, he learned to ploy the guitor when he wos lO by feel ond by eor, ond to this doy he con heor o song ond teoch himself to ploy it.
Tell us one thing you wont read. ers to know about you. I hove o
Whether Garrett is strumming his guitar or lurning heads with his sound of yesterday, his music has o way o f reminding us o il of what people once loved about country music. Garrett is o gifted young man w ith o passion for God, fomily .. his country ond music.
photographic memory ond I om oble to recoil dotes ond song lyrics off the top of my hood. People
During our interview, Garrett shored o preview of o song he is work· ing on about his relationship with his father. His kind heart and gentle spirit is infectious when you hear him sing. He is o must listen to, even i f you ore not o fon of country music. Hopefully, we con odd on American Idol w inner to the list of Phenix City's accomplishments.
coli out country singers names, and I con sing most of their songs without the words. • How con fans follow you and keep up with your updates? Focebook, Gorrell Miles Music Twitter, IAmGorrettMiles lnstogrom, @GorreHMilesMusic
Julia Reed was born in greenville, mississippi in 1960. She is a contributing editor at elle decor and at garden & gun magazine, where she writes a regular column. She also contributes to the new york times, the wall street journal, and conde nast traveler, as well as to the websites taigan. Com and wowowow.Com. She is a frequent guest on msnbc and cnn. Reed began her career at newsweek magazine. For 20 years, she was a contributing editor at vogue, where her profile subjects included everyone from robert deniro, oscar de Ia renta, and sister helen prejean to george and laura bush, condoleezza rice, and bill and hillary clinton.
Cast: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace
She is the author of: "the house on first street, my new orleans story"; "ham biscuits, hostess gowns, and other southern specialties: an entertaining life (with recipes)"; and "queen of the turtle derby and other southern phenomena/' a collection of essays about the south. A new collection of her essays on food and entertaining will be published by st. Martin's press in spring 2013.
Synopsis: Liam Neeson reprises his role as Bryan Mills who has been framed for the murder of his ex-wife Lenore. Mills sets out to clear his name and find out the people responsible. Review: One of the most disappointing trilogies I have seen. I did not have high expectations since the sequel was also disappointing. Predictable and recycled plot filled with so many holes makes me happy to bury this series deep underground. Acting (C-): Neeson is a solid performer. However, his emotion in this film should have been portrayed much deeper. He lost his wife, his daughter was in danger, and Neeson remained the trained tough soldier throughout. I would have liked to have seen a bit more emotional for Mills.
She lives in new orleans with her husband, john pearce, an oil and gas attorney. She is chairman of the board of the ogden museum of southern art in new orleans and is a trustee of pact (parents and children togetherL an organization founded by lady meyer, the wife of the former british ambassador to the united states.
Plot (F): The sad part is the plot definitely had potential. But just as quickly as it started to manifest, it dissolved into a trickling pool of unwanted and reused plots. I literally could not wait until I saw the credits again!
Websites Julia writes for: www.fetch.taigan.com- www.wowowow.com
Entertainment (C-): There are a few fight scenes entertaining. A few gun battles. Nothing high-explosive that we have not seen before in the other two films.
Where is your hometown and what is your favorite memory of home?
I was born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi and even though I haven't lived there full time since I went off to boarding school at 16, I still feel a phenomenally strong connection to Greenville and to the wider Mississippi Delta. I have too many favorite memories to choose one, but one thing I valued about growing up there was how sophisticated Greenville was for a town its size (the population was close to 50,000 when I was a kid-it's about 40,000 now). We had a symphony orchestra, a thriving arts council, and a great theater group. I saw my first "Broadway" musical there, a terrific version of "Kiss Me Kate/' in which my best friend's mother starred! Continue on PlS
Overall, this movie gets rated a D. I recommend fans of the classic, Taken, just go to pay your respects. This was a funeral of a film. Some parts you may enjoy but they won't involve the story. I guarantee!
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Florentine, red velvet waffies This same flexibili Ey and serand an expansive brunch bufily and finish his vice goes for his wine selection, fet. Sunday nights are a great education with a Bachelor of 100. If your favorite boule is more than you Business a t Troy Srau Uni- not in stock when you come time to come and hang ou t to make the most of every m inute expec-n~d. versity. \Vith a newborn baby in, jusr let him know and he of the weekend. crs is rhe new C)'s Steakhouse and Spirits is boy join in g the family in May Sunday n ight destination. The made possible by the creative, of 20 14. Josh started work on outdoor patio also makes for culinary mind of Josh Gregory. Cfs Steakhouse & Spirits in a smoker- friend ly atmosphere attended cu school September and was open for and features two big screen business Dec. I 8. 20 I 4. televisions. When it comes ro busy schedules and lives, Josh is no If you have been looking for stranger. When you walk in an escape inro another world the door you are greeted by of bold flavor, romantic dinrhe warm glow of chandeliers. ing, a place to gather for wonderful hanging lighrs, a late night drinks all the way well-stocked and lil bar wirh promises it will be there for through Sunday n ight, or just big screen televisions. Bright- your next visit. something new to experience, est of a ll are the beautiful the warm, smiling faces at C)'s sm iles that adorn the faces of One thing is certain: if you in Tallahassee, FL ar Keiser S teakhouse and Spirits are people ;u you enter 1he escape come once. you'll be back University, spem time perfect- of an evening that )'OU wonr again . Friday and Sacurday waiting on you. + ing his craft in Saint AugusS[art a fam-
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Continued from P13 Who was your inspiration in the kitchen that shaped your career in terms of wt.Gt you are doing today? Welt everyone at home was o great entertain.. er, rrry mother especially. We only hod o hand. ful of restaurants, so home entertaining was the thing. My mother is o temGc cool< ond o truly g~ted Rower arranger, so I just wolc:hed her ond leomed-ond lo.ed il. AJ. o k;d, I wonted olwoys to be in the thick of things. I would beg to be olowed to toke coats or dear drinks ot parties. Ewryihing seemed so gl<>morous to me then, and in retrospect, it wcn. What are three thing• a gr- hasten should aiW<I)'5 have on hand? Booze, of course, and 5C>I'Mthing to nibble. I keep a bog of chee.. dreams (the recipe is in "But Mama Alway. flit Vodka in Her Sangrio"l or cheeoe olives(that recipe is in "Hom Biocuir., Hostess Gowns ond Other Southern Specio~ ite-s•) in the freezer in case unexpected gue)ls drop bv. But the main thing is o ready menu. My fot~er wos involved in pol~ics when I wos growing up and he was forever ·surprbing" my mother with
lo.s.t minute
guest~ ranging from,
soy, the oHomey general of the United Stoles lo famous columnists like William F. Buckley, Jr. She ond her best friend Bony come up with tho V.D. Dinner ment>-but, thankfully, in this C05e, V.D. stands for Visiting Dignitoryllt's o groatsim. pie but yummy dinner, centered around o giant crusty ribeye roost, suitable for ougustguosts ond not hard to prepare on short notice. I 1tilllove il so
much I'm doing o V.D. Dinner chapter in my upcoming food ond enterloining book for Rizzoli.
What is the critical element to hosting a groat dinner party? Tho people . Ewtn if you hove to include o couple of clunkers on your guesllis.t,. make sure you hawt lively, funny, witty folks whom you genuinely love around your toble. I've hod dinner porties where the guMis hove gotten into good.<tatured ·~ghts" obout politics ond ended up boating eoch other wah french broad. I hove pictures ol o long ogo dinner thot ended with tM entire table wearing napkin turbans. This is wl>at you wont Life is too short for solemn dit> non 01 breaking bread with poapl6 wl>a bore you. Also-<~nd this is key-tho hostess has to be tho most relaxed of oil. The toble con be bril5ontly set, the food con be off the charts, 001 if the hast or hostess is uplight, a's aU for nought What is the day in the life of the Julia Reed like? Oh mon, I wish I could g;...., you a typical day. But that's the thing. I don't have any typical days. Soli, no marter what's happening, ~ rm nol traveling, I start out by h<l'<ing o huge cup of roo (in winter, or o gionl gloss of iced coffee lin worm woatherl and, if I'm being good, I then moke o trip ro the gym.. where I mMt my trainer (otherwise I'd never goJ. If I'm on deodr.ne,l h~ tho com puler os soon os I roll out of bed ond if I'm on an especially grueling deadline, I might not even gel out of my nightgown until the e nd of tho day. I walk my beloved dog Henry-o lot. It's good for clearing the heod. I rarely go out for lunch-it brooks up the doy ond meons I hove to octuolly dross ond put on makeup. I probably eot out ot leost two or three nights o week in Now Orleans. If it's just my husband 01 o friend
ond me, we'll pull up to the bar for o cosvol nosh at Butcher oro slighHy more sophisticated bite ot LileHo. When friends from out of town come lond they do often}, I olwoy> toke them 10 Herbsoint or Peche. Sunday night supper is usuoltv Golotoire's. lost week.. I was on aJsignmenl for the Wall Street Journal magazine and went to Now Yorlc, Madrid ond Poris between Monday night and Saturday. This week, I'm transcribing notes from the trip, working on o book project, ond doing o photo shoot for my entertaining book los weU os throwing o dinner party oherword...<t's 0 shame to woslo on that food!}. What project ore you currendy working on? Well, tho aforesaid boolc for Riuoli. II's reafty fun-tho photographer ond I hov. been shooting il ol over tho Sooth. We did o spring lunch in my parents' daffodikovered front yard, o d..ck dinner in on ontebeUum hous.e in the midcne of o frozen cotton ~eld, o picnic on o Mississippi River sandbar and on ond on. It comes oot in spc-ing o year &om now. I'm olso writing thet<l>cl for Michael Sm~·s next book. Ho is one of my favorite decorators ond on extraordinarily gifted mon. Throe of the hou5es in tho book ore his own ond it has been wtry fun goHing to hong out in them with him. And then I hove my regular column in Gorden & Gun, which o l5o happens robe one of my favorite magazines to read. Of all the book• you have written, which was your favorite and why? Oh, gosh, I don't know. Of course, I o~ ways see what is wrong with each of them. Continue on P21
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A Jimmy Hendrix piece hod yarn in18grated in il. The piece wos sold at NWO gallety in Hollywood, CA. I currerilly hO.e lour other pieces !h... now.
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Con~nued from P9 with ot least 3 o riginal poems, no longer than 3 minutes in length. The lop 3 from each p reliminary slam will odvonce to the fina ls to be held in ApriL This slam is the fi na l opportunity for students to qualify for the fi na ls. local young artists o re a lso invited to lake port in the open mic portion of the slom. W hether you're o poet, singer, comedian, or rap per, we welcome oil ta lent to the mic. Sig rwp for the open mic ond poetry slam slorts at 5 PM. Material must be S minutes or less. Please visit www.founfoincityslom. word p ress.com for officia l tules.
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For 2015 I like to do o solo show and coloboration with otherortisls in Los Angeles. I sold 82 pieces losl year, so this year I wonlto do CNer 100. And this year my pieces are going for twice as much as lost
CAUING LOCAL YOUNG WRITERS, ARTISTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS The Fountain Oty Poetry Slam is publishing their first ever anthology lo spotlight the talented youth of the tr~
cityo reo. The Sticks&StonesAnthology is o colledion a nd ce-lebration of the talented young people from oil around Columbus - their poetry, ortwOfk. a nd short stories. W e w ill be a ccepting submissions From students grades ~ 12, and ol course, accepted
It was a on my ETSY store~ a mixed media with celebrily piece tholwenllor $250 in 2013. My ETSY store is no longer available,
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Moon Studies ' po<m by Will Doday
Toys toys toys, among these Rowers. Liltle Angie, shaven a nd beautiful, lolls, smocks her behind on the cement o couple of times. She's mystical, f>unk, and her magic transforms this street to Bourbon Street. Three lesbian pirates walk by, Sponiord girls, lor east traders. I think of Edilh the bog lody, she's bored with her bogs, her bog is to split me open, tear me aport with pleasure, but I om lor lor owoy. Three weeks now in a rainbow town, living wilh the lion and his silver lady. There's art, Joseph on his bicycle, Grompoppy singing his hea rt out. But my Grompoppy's in heaven with o IX:illpeen hammer, breaking oil the mirrors. Skulls, crossbones, the Raven does cross stitch. Two Flagler blondes poss, I look up from my writing ust in lime. see them looking bock smiling, my heart skips o beat. There is art, the wind is artistic, the colors so very perfect. Silver moon like no other, people shifting and speaking. Artist ladies, o street that comes inward. Cacophony of music, shout, sounds, jazz blowing in !he wind over my head.
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limdrais.r for a charity clled rhe "The Shodowville AII-St:us provide Howe of Heme'S, which through the musical c:mvas for the word volum«rs makes r<!pain to the homes paintings of Will Dockery, tht> Poet of our needy military and public lau=re of Shodowvilk. The group sen-ices \'t'tt'.rans.. The fundraisc:r we
cre3ted is cUed Hogbonom named afit'.r our farm in Fort Mitchdl. Alabama. It is a one-day~ f.unily orit'-nted BBQ_ and music fi..sci,·:d that takes place in the spring of each year. The music is from Jocil emerrainers dut play aU types of music, including blue gra.,.s, country, blues, j.:w:, fOlk and rode." -Dave Patillo, fOunder of Hogbottom. Hard to bdieve that the Hogbottom Music & BBQ fesrivol in Forr MitcheU i.-. now prt'paring for their tenth annivers:uy bash, but belt' we
r<-pre>ents a vision for a multi-faceted ans ensemble... Individually. we arc a doze:n-or-so mC'fl')' pranksters who rocue in and out of tht> lii'IC'up at different \'enues. Colleccivdy we arc
The Sludowville All-Stars. Anisrs who share the stage with u..; in 3 live performance become Shadowvi.lle All-Stars foreve.r. ItS lcind of like" the Baseball Hall-of-Fam<-. on1y you can•t
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Februory 13rh ar SoHo &r & Grill f.dcctrix show, in which Gabriel HoiJand presents commdes have performed at. one of Bry:m Lee Brwnbdoc:-. master of the rhe highlights of rhe year. ond the mystic arts & his magic show. thC" an only music fc:scival in our area that rock sound'i of Charle'5 Fowler with
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ren rh fesriyaf is looking ro be a linJe comrodes The Shodowville All-Scars differt'nt, as Dave Patillo. fOunder (Jock Snipe. Rob Wrighr & Brion and Yision:uy who cre:ued the M:tllord). Fridoy Februory 13th ar Hogbonom concert is "'in raLks with Old Soho &r & Grill in Columbus. a major performer about headlining With spe-cial music. magic & art the fc:sciyaJ this year. As wt· await this gueslS. and a surprise: or rwo. hope m news. the imagination wanders. and led ro a dream.
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see you there. Oim:tions to Hogbottom:
( ju..;t drc:amed about Hogbottom this morning. and afttr it was m't'r. lare in the night 'h<ith campfire jams going.
From Phenix City rok<All6) South 12 milos to P:trretsan Rood (CR 38) ldl or from Euf.mlo r:tke AL 165 on Eileen D'csrernn broughr Bob Dylan 19 milos ro P:trretsan Ro.d (CR 38) by fOr a beer & a BBQ, I kid you nor! Quite a moment out on the f.um. lt was s:.1id chat he had performed earlier tlur day but nobody had known it was him. later,) asked Da\o"(';, Tom &
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addros is: 40 Patterson Road Fort MircheU, Al368)6 tht> bluegrau pickc:rs :u the sta~ area These silvt'.r moon nights rake me:-back if whot I saw hoppen reolly hoppened. ro a time long ago, on the:- Atbncic & did the Atlanta Rhythm Section shore of Florida, and bears a revisit (wirh guosr gui=ist Jock Snipe) rmlly to the Rainbow Dreammwn. Saint do a set early in the day before' I woke Augustine:-.• Pl ayGround~
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Fast Chicago blues from !he tavern, cars and yells and click clock, walking sounds ond the whir of wind. Jorrod and Down hove dosed the coffee shop, sol sit-. Then o cor on Hypoltio Avenue rushes by with 70's soul blast, lost and then it's gone. I sow death on Saint George Street, in the doorway of the Iovern, on All Hollows Eve_ Electric lire blood, remembering Megan's crystals, spoken of in her poetry. Moonchild native of the dreomtown. Going on wilh o spiral of thought, remembering golden Elaine. Flash of sporb of memory, unfolded to olher causes and times.
Problematic possibilities, Paranoiac perspective~
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Cont inued from PIS I like my ~rst book o lot-"Queen of the Turtle De my.• I think I reolly
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Man's Folly,• mainly because it meant getting to know the ever
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