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EdItOR In CHIEF Maija ZummoARt dIRECtOR Rebecca Sylvester

COntRIButORS Kristina Gerig, Tess Hammons, Kate Harrow,

Megan Kelly, Jac Kern, Rosie Kovacs,Ann Lawson, Tamia Stinson, Taryn Tegarden,

Garen Torchia, Lacey Voss, Tracy Walker,Molly Wellmann, Kristin D. Zeit

PHOtOgRAPHERS Amy Deaton, Amy Elisabeth, Jesse Fox

Brittany Justice, Cameron Knight,Tiffany Dawn Nicholson

IntERnS Jessica Lincks, Christina Pfeffer, Amy Wray

dIRECtOR OF SALES And mARkEtIng Chuck Davis

AdvERtISIng ACCOunt SPECIALIStShannon Loeffler

AdvERtISIng ACCOunt mAnAgERSBetsy Hodges, Tony Frank, Lauren Faulkner

CIRCuLAtIOn mAnAgER Steve FergusonPuBLISHERS Dan Bockrath, John Fox

On tHE COvER Amanda Ross, nora ZaengleinPHOtOgRAPHER tiffany dawn nicholson

StyLIStS Rosie kovacs, Lacey vossHAIR Jessie HoffmanmAkE-uP Rachel Lisa

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fashion spreadArrive in style with classic feminine silhouettes in bold of-the-moment hues

mirror, mirrorCreate the new smoky eye for spring with bright, fresh colors

fashion forwardCincinnati Fashion Week celebrates its sophomore year in style By Ann Lawson

the new bad girls clubBad Girl Ventures funds woman-owned start-ups By Jac Kern

mixtape darlingsLocal all-stars Fists of Love make a mixtape of their favorite tunes

make your own

first lookSpring’s organic trends: wood-soled shoes, painterly florals and honeysuckle pink

music to our earsGood things come in pairs: the top musical duos we’re listening to now

cookbookSierra Laumer closes forkheartknife with its first dish: Fish Tacos and Mexican Street Cornhappy hourDrink to your health with A-Line’s signature cocktail Created by mixologist Molly Wellmann

the a-listEpic on-screen arrivals from our favorite female film stars

a letter from the editor

fashion & beauty

lists & letters

arts & culture

projects & recipes

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tiny bitsA mélange of warm weather goodies for the garden and beyond

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tiny bits

What you’re holding in your hands is the product of more than half a year’s worth of blood, sweat and multiple bottles of wine (there really haven’t been too many tears). And although I don’t know what giving birth feels like, this process took about as long, from conception to delivery, and was also painful, time-consuming and, ultimately, quite magical.

The end result is our courier-fonted love letter to print, to positive energy, to the clicking sound of typewriters, to inherited Hermès scarves, to old books, to handed-down recipes, to taking time, to making time, to dreaming, to doing and to all the winding, tensile strings—regardless of age or background—that connect us to each other as women; the classic and the quirky that motivate us to seek, to create, to learn and, most of all, to be ourselves.

This is our “Arrival” issue, and every inch of this magazine is designed with you in mind—from the portable size and perfect-bound spine to the colorful fashion and nourishing DIY projects. We want you to take time to enjoy reading, to create community with us online and through our events and to learn how to make something you never knew how to make before—whether it’s food, craft…or cocktail.

Let’s grow things. Grow ourselves. Live slower. Live better. And create beauty in our everyday lives—even if that only means putting on a pair of bright pink shoes on a rainy Sunday.

—Maija Zummo

letter from the editor

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6. Yes to Carrots shampoo & conditionerWalgreens$8.99 each

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Tiny Bits stylist Garen Torchia works for Anthropologie as a Visual Sales Associate. She enjoys making jewelry,

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Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra: Leave it to our dearly departed Liz to arrive in high style, literally, on a giant Sphinx-shaped litter pulled by throngs of buff, shirtless men. Rumor is this arrival scene was delayed for months so the light would hit Liz’s golden garb directly during her grand entrance as Cleopatra.

Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday: Not only did the Best Actress Oscar for her first major role as Princess Ann announce Hepburn’s arrival as a star, but the signature pixie crop she adopts in the film solidified her arrival as a timeless style icon. The Italian barber he asks, “All off?” and Hepburn confidently replies, “All off.” The rest is hair history.

Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz: Falling from the sky in your farmhouse is certainly one way to make a grand entrance. So is going from black-and-white to Technicolor with the opening of a door, only to find out you’re a murderer and suddenly surrounded by very small, singing humans.

Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes: Long before Black Swan took home an Oscar, Shearer gained international attention for her first dancing role as a ballerina of a very different color. The fiery-haired, red-shoed dancer steals the show in this interpretation of a Hans Christian Andersen tale.

Diane Keaton in Annie Hall: We’ll give Katharine Hepburn credit where credit’s due as the woman who revolutionized the pantsuit, but Charlie Chaplin-esque menswear never looked so good as interpreted by Keaton’s Annie. Her vests, ties and blazers made an indelible mark on female fashion.

Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation: It takes a brave woman to have her rear end enlarged and shown across movie screens worldwide. Sofia Coppola’s film could have easily started with the Tokyo skyline, but instead we see Johansson’s pink underweared butt with the words “Lost in Translation” across her cheeks. A sexy, understated introduction if there ever was one.

Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: An arrival in reverse. Jim Carrey erases Winslet from his mind after a nasty breakup in Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry’s sci-fi, neosurrealistic tale of love and memory.

ArrivalsGreat On-Screen

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Spring: the time of year when old trends give way to new. Some-times it’s just plain impossible to keep up! But luckily there are classic looks that are timeless and every woman should

know. The smoky eye is a tried-and-true eye look that works for any occasion...even work. Forget about boring blacks and greys and break out bright purples, blues and greens for spring.

tips

GoodBye Grey, heLLo CoLor {instructions by megan kelly}

Step 1: Sweep a neutral-colored eye shadow from lash to brow. This creates a smooth surface to help make blending a snap.

Step 2: Take a soft brush and add a dot of shiny, light green and then blend out over the eyelid.

Step 3: Take a medium-sized, fairly dense bristle brush and pat a darker green shadow along your lash line. you want to create a thick eyeliner look.

Step 4: Grab a clean brush and blend upward toward your eyelid crease. Color should start to fade out as you work your way up.

Step 5: Take a clean, soft brush and apply a shimmery highlight color. Start below the eyebrow arch and simply follow the shape of brow. once color is established, blend downward into existing color.

Step 6: Finish with black kohl eyeliner applied to the inner rim of the eye, and a clean black liquid line along the lashes.

Step 7: Add a few coats of black mascara, top and bottom.

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eyes first! Start with a naked face. dark shadow can get messy. This way you can clean up any “fall-out” without ruining makeup you would have already applied.

a small angled brush works great to line and blend for a subtle look or for smaller eyelids.

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Finish the look off with a soft, sheer blush color on the cheeks. use a peach or pink.

{mirror, mirror}

megan kelly studied Theatrical design at the university of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of music and cosmetology at Aveda Fredrick’s

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first look

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2. studded platform by steve madden

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3. eddiea Peep-toe bootieAldo

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4. steph sandalby levity

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5. giselle wedge pumpby franco sarto

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Against the grainDefy fashion convention with these chunky, wood-soled shoes for spring

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1. strappy heeled sandalh&m

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2. oxford shortJ.Crew

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3. circle rim sunglassesurban outfitters

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5. padlock bagBanana republic

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6. essie nail polishJ.Crew

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7. capri blue candleAnthropologie

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8. alfani hooded anorakmacy’s

$99.00

Honeysuckle, to be exact…the season’s newest Pantone is popping up all over

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first look

Channel Monet’s garden with these refreshing watercolor florals

AmbitionPainterly

1. alicia silk printed patio dressBanana republic

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2. sea flower scarfThe Limited

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3. Liz Claiborne johnnie print pumpdSW

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4. Tuileries floral skirtTalbots

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5. Flower knobsAnthropologie

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6. Anne Klein silk shell macy’s

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7. Rachel roy button-up dressmacy’s

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NathaN hurst searches for models

ciNciNNati fashioN Week celebrates its secoNd year iN high style {by ann lawson} photos by tiffaNy daWN NicholsoN


Nathan Hurst, founder and CEO of Cincinnati Fashion Week, sits perched on a high-back stool at the end of a makeshift runway. He is

discerning and confident as he watches models and amateurs audition for a spot in Cincinnati Fashion Week’s finale event, building piles of applications: No, Maybe, Yes, Absolutely. The first model call for the 2011 Cincinnati Fashion

Week at Mitchell’s Salon and Day Spa has attracted about 100 women, girls, men and boys.Hurst sits next to David Lang, owner of Cincinnati-

based Wings Model Management, as they meet every model together. Lang opines on each model-hopeful as they walk the runway. He is there partly to support Hurst and partly to scout for new talent. His expertise is appreciated by Hurst, who often works in tandem with sponsors and friends from the fashion industry, whether for a Fashion Week event or otherwise. Hurst believes collaboration is key to taking Cincinnati Fashion Week (and the Cincinnati fashion community) to “the next level.”“I have a personal relationship with a lot of our

sponsors,” Hurst says. “I maintain a relationship with them and help them out as much as I can. They give me advice, and if there is anything I ever need, they help me.”Hurst would like to see CFW burst its banks and

start a cultural movement in Cincinnati—one where designers, buyers and customers converge and boutiques spring up in empty storefronts. And Cincinnati’s fashion culture has indeed made

movements, particularly in support of Hurst and Fashion Week. As Vivian Moore, Vice President of Mitchell’s Salon and Day Spa, put it, “Nathan was like the boy with the idea that made it happen.” Cincinnati Fashion Week has become something of a

lightning rod for talent, with industry professionals adding their expertise to his vision. Moore has been a part of Cincinnati Fashion Week from the very beginning. She recently traveled to Milan and Paris for their respective fashion weeks to work on Armani’s team. And photographer Annette Navarro, who has shot CFW’s promotional material for both years, has three decades of experience in the fashion world under her belt, shooting fashion spreads and ad campaigns around the world.

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Micah Paldino, Artist Director for Cincinnati Fashion Week, has planned many of the events during the week. He lists off the speakers and hosts for each event, all with impressive resumes. There will be a launch party at the old Contemporary Arts Center, a Men’s Fashion Refinery, a Graphic Fashion exhibit at Landor and more. “Tea with Mary Baskett” features Baskett’s personal collection of haute couture as well as Cynthia Amneus, director for the Cincinnati Art Museum’s recent Wedded Perfection exhibit, who, in Paldino’s opinion, will be integral to the Cincinnati fashion community even though she’s not yet a household name. This year’s Fashion Week is not just one week of celebration

and exploration, but also a jumping off point to showcase the city’s hidden or perhaps underutilized talent. Last year’s Thursday night Up-and-Coming Fashion Show included Lindsey Lusignolo, couture wedding, evening and cocktail dress designer, who will be opening up her own boutique downtown at the end of May. Lusignolo has gotten calls for her services as a direct result of Fashion Week, according to Paldino. The same is true for Amy Kirchen, who showed in the finale event last year. She has plans to open a boutique of her ready-to-wear sportswear and assorted couture collection. Neither of these women considered Cincinnati a viable market until Fashion Week, Paldino says, and now they’re staying to pursue their craft. The same can be said for other professionals involved

throughout the week. Moore says, “Honestly, since doing Cincinnati Fashion Week, my schedule pretty much exploded.” “For Fashion Week specifically, the opportunity that it provides

is probably the same for everybody—the models, the makeup artists, the hair stylists, the people who write about it, the people who attend it that are seen there—and it’s exposure.”Exposure and experience are key, Moore says, to getting more

work because everyone is looking for the next best thing. A professional, successful event is a positive representation for all involved and can lead to other opportunities. “That’s my goal,” Moore says, “to share the opportunity, learn

from it, get more people involved and definitely get Cincinnati on the map as...getting credit for the talent we have here.”Moore will use her experience she gained to improve upon last

year’s event. This year, according to Moore, will feel much more high fashion. Her experiences in Milan and Paris have refined her ability to create a cohesive look for each designer. Similarly, Hurst has a higher aim for the week on the whole. Whereas the 2010 event was launched after four months of

planning, Hurst and his team have been diligently working for a year to prepare for 2011. The Edge, the downtown event space for the finale, can hold twice as many people as last year, and he hopes to top last year’s attendance of 2,500 people for the entire week.Whereas the major fashion weeks in Paris and New York are run

by event planning companies, the 2011 Cincinnati Fashion Week is being put together by Hurst, Producer Andrew Salzbrun of Ionic Collective and Paldino. They are not only managing but also doing


most of the legwork to get the event off the ground. With Hurst at the helm, planning a week’s worth of events is a great deal of responsibility for someone who had never produced a fashion week before the 2010 event. He has a very specific vision

of what he wants and focuses until it’s achieved. Hurst says he spends much of his time seeped in the fashion culture. He is constantly challenged and evolving. The network he has built since he started Cincinnati Fashion Week has helped him hone his skills. “I learn a lot just by watching

other people do their job. It’s like someone speaking another language around you all the time. Eventually you’re going to learn it,” Hurst says.Hurst seems to have his hands

in most every aspect of Fashion Week: casting models, styling photography shoots, managing the budget, reaching out to sponsors, and updating the Web site. “Physically, it is draining.

My dedication to Fashion Week does screw up a couple of things, whether it’s ruining my social life or getting bags under my eyes. But I always think things have kind of happened for a reason,” Hurst says. “I don’t do anything I don’t want to do.” At 24, Hurst is nowhere near

stopping. There was no rest for the weary after the 2010 fashion week and there will be no break this year. “No one goes for what they want

like this,” Hurst says. “When I’m older, I want to have something tangible to show for my life.”Indeed.

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Thao Nguyen (of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) and Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (of Mirah) have joined forces to create the aptly named Thao & Mirah. And thank god they did. A collaborative effort from two distinctly

different songwriters. Thao’s been wooing us for years with her infectious pop songs and certain knack for cynical storytelling. Mirah’s been doing the same. She has five solo albums under her belt that have married her voice to a plucking ukulele as well as chirping crickets. Thao & Mirah’s joint effort is proof again that sometimes two is better than one. If this is what their new friendship sounds like, we all need to get out and mingle more. Perfect blend of each member: “Eleven”

British/American duo The Kills have recently released their fourth album, Blood Pressures. Think Black Keys or White Stripes but scarier or sexier depending on your reaction to Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince’s combative and raw

pounding sound. Blood Pressures has the perfect mix of songs that make you want to break something (in a good way) and those that calm you down afterwards. Get up and dance moment: “Nail in My Coffin”

Another much needed mention in a list of recent releases built from twos is The Civil Wars and their debut CD Barton Hollow. John Paul White and Joy Williams lend their voices as the strongest instrument on the album.

Their chamber-folk, mostly acoustic album has welcome guest appearances by piano and violin, but these guest stars never get in the way or at all outshine the star quality of the entwined vocals. Reminiscent of The Swell Season (from the movie Once) or Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s duet releases. The first single “Poison & Wine” played in full on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy during one of those segments that makes you wish you were as in love as everyone on TV (minus the sad-they’re-in-a-hospital part). Drink an entire bottle and cry: “Poison & Wine”

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love to love the fists of love {interview by tess hammons}

{mixtape darlings}

fists of love

track 1: Joni mitchell, “hejira” – “perfection in words and imagery. i love this lady so much; her artistry has been an inspiration to me long before i ever thought i’d end up songwriting.” (donna Jay rubin)

track 2: led Zeppelin, “ten years gone” – “a showcase for the brilliant songwriting, performance and production skills of guitar-ist Jimmy page.” (John curley)

track 3: Wilson pickett, “help the Needy” – “pickett is a force the likes of whom the world will never see again, and this number seems to encapsulate the history of blues and soul.” (cedric rose)

track 4: the kinks, “powerman (lola versus powerman and the moneygoround, part one)” – “hmmmmm. my guitar is as old as this song.” (rubin)

track 5: voivod, “astronomy domine” – “their ability to take one of pink floyd’s best songs and make it fit seamlessly into one of the best metal records ever is a testament to the genius of both the band and the song.” (chris schadler)

track 6: freddie king, “freeway 75” – “an instrumental tribute to i-75 released in 1965 on king records. ” (curley)

track 7: peaches, “i don’t give a…” – “simplicity: take a sample from Joan Jett’s ‘bad reputation’ then scream ‘i doN’t give a f---!’ peaches once again makes us want to f--- s--- up.” (schadler)

track 8: stereolab, “Jenny ondioline” – “a world without stereolab would be unliv-able.” (rose)

track 9: Nick cave and the bad seeds, “more News from Nowhere” – “is it possible to write a perfect pop song that lasts over 7 minutes? yes; apparently the sexiest man alive/storytelling guru has no problem with this task.” (rubin)

track 10: deerhunter, “Nothing ever hap-pened” – “the culmination of deerhunter’s enviously cohesive record ‘microcastles.’ my favorite thing about this is the twisting and winding direction of the song as melodies pile to the highest point they can find.” (schadler)

Several alumni from Cincinnati’s music scene have united for the super group Fists of Love, and from the looks of the lineup they’re planning an audio takeover. Donna Jay Rubin, Chris

Schadler, John Curley and Cedric Rose proffer a collective resume that includes local favorites Snake Punching Contest, Fairmount Girls, Afghan Whigs and Jake Speed and the Freddies, respectively. Their layered sound is a vehicle for elements of indie, psychedelic and garage rock. The band released its self-titled EP in March 2010 on Cincinnati’s

The All Night Party label, a service company that assists musicians on many levels, from recording/production and mastering to distribution and promotion. Currently, the musicians are devoting large parts of already busy schedules to finish a full-length album at Ultrasuede Studios. Meanwhile, you can check out our darlings as they pop up individually, with a side project or as a whole, for shows around town (including Maifest 2011 in Covington’s MainStrasse). Now let’s get to the aural brain-picking: a musical mixtape of

favorite songs, as created by the band, in no particular order.

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“Not every woman can be a Bad Girl, and not every woman can start her own business,” Bad Girl Ventures founder Candace Klein

explains. Klein selects 10 area female entrepreneurs

seasonally to participate in Bad Girl Ventures’ six-week course, where women who own start-up level businesses are coached on everything from accounting to marketing. BGV culminates with graduation and the awarding of a business loan—worth up to $150,000. Winners include Findlay Market's urban pet goods store, Pet Wants, and most recently Just Great Foods feeding tube formulas. With professional business courses and a hefty loan that might otherwise be impossible to receive, Bad Girl Ventures gives women the brains and brawn to take their businesses to the next level. But what exactly makes a girl, well, Bad?“A Bad Girl is very specific woman," Klein

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explains. "She is a woman who is bold, brave, willing to think outside of the box; to do things in new, creative and innovative ways and to take a risk for what she believes in.”Fitting this description to a T, Klein has

accomplished more at age 30 than most people can cram into a lifetime. Though you’d never know it by looking at the impeccably-styled, charismatic and well-connected young woman, she came from humble beginnings as the daughter of a teenager living near the poverty level. An inspirational story in itself, Klein’s mother worked her way up the economic ladder at Procter & Gamble without a college education.The inspiration from her mother helped

Klein become the first in her family to go to college, obtaining five degrees from Northern Kentucky University (NKU) and her Juris Doctor from Chase College of Law. After working her butt off at NKU, Klein was ready to trade in Cincinnati winters for sunny beaches with plans to attend law school at the University of San Diego. “I packed up my Geo Metro to drive across the

country and in April 2003 I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.” Klein was forced to put off law school and

move in with her parents during treatment. All the money she saved up for tuition was used to pay her medical bills. “At 23 I was dealing with the potential of

death,” she recalls. “It was a bad year.” Instead of just giving up, Klein took on a

new motto: “Every day I’m alive, I need to live it to its fullest.”While focusing on her health and working at

the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Klein ended up connecting with NKU’s first woman appointed to the Board of Regents, Alice Sparks, who listened to her story. Impressed by Klein’s bold life goal (“I’m going to be governor in 2027,” Klein told her), Sparks offered to pay Klein’s law school tuition in full.“I asked, ‘How can I repay you for this

amazing gift?’” Klein recalls. “She said, ‘Find a way to invest in women.’ So I did.” Helping women has been Klein’s passion ever

since. In fact, as an attorney at Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP, she has 100 percent female clientele.“I care deeply for every woman in my world,”

Klein explains. So, naturally, when the economy crashed in 2008 and Klein’s clients stopped paying their legal bills, she wanted

to know why the market affected her clients so profoundly.Klein interviewed several major banks and

venture capitalist companies about why they don’t invest in women. They revealed that female business owners were either not coming forward, had ill-conceived business plans or their growth strategies just weren’t aggressive enough. Another reason bankers cited for not

investing in women, and one reason why Bad Girl Ventures is so important, Klein says, is because across the board bankers agreed that women just don’t know how to make money. Sure, we’ve graduated from the Mad Men era

where a woman’s job consisted of keeping her boss’ ice box stocked. There are more female entrepreneurs now than ever before, but as Klein explains, “They want to change the world and do something for mankind, which is great. But when women walk into a bank and discuss their business, they never say ‘I’m doing this to make money.’”Once Klein understood the problems women had

finding loans, she discovered how she was going to repay Sparks.Klein launched BGV in March 2010, thinking

of it as a micro-lending fund where anyone can lend small amounts of money bunched together to create a significant loan. With an explosion of interest, she realized this was something bigger. “I created a monster!” Klein exclaims. Within

six months, she sifted through more than 100 women who applied to the classes for their chance at $25,000.Just stepping into the classroom that Klein

describes as “magical,” you can feel the electricity. Since Klein makes sure none of the women are

in competing industries, they’re comfortable sharing their business models and asking questions. And judging by the diversity in age, race and economic background, the classroom provides women with the opportunity to cross paths with like-minded ladies they might not otherwise meet.The straightforward BGV application consists

of four short questions about the proposed business, but it’ll take a lot more than a few paragraphs to catch Klein’s eye.“They have to have that extra something, that

fire in their belly,” she explains.

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Simple Spring charm for your kitchen or patio {steps By Kristina GeriG}Start your search for bowls, candlesticks and vases in your grandmother’s cupboard or at a thrift store. use vintage or salvaged goods in varying styles to give your garden a whimsical bohemian look.

step 1: Stack your vessels to visualize the arrangement.

step 2: Sand the surfaces where the pieces will attach to help the epoxy adhere. clean the dust off before continuing.

step 3: mix the two-part epoxy on a clean, disposable surface.

step 4: apply the epoxy to all of the surfaces that will contact each other using a cotton swab. center and stack the vessels.

step 5: allow the epoxy to dry according to the instructions.

step 6: pour pea gravel into the two bowls until the bottom has been filled ¼-½ inch.

step 7: cover the gravel with 2-3 inches of potting soil.

step 8: arrange and set the plants into place. fill in around the plants with more soil.

to maintain an herb garden, place container in indirect sunlight and water when surface of soil feels dry.

two-part epoxy adhesive (i like to use J-B Weld’s) and a clean, dispos-able surface—like cardboard or a cream cheese container lid—for mixing

two vases or candlesticks (metal, glass or ceramic)

• one 3-4 inches tall

• one 6-8 inches tall

two bowls (metal, glass or ceramic)

• one 11-13 inches in diameter and 4-5 inches deep

• one 8-9 inches in diameter and 4-5 inches deep

one sheet of 150-grit sandpaper

potting soil

2 cups pea gravel

five compatible herb plants (shown: mint, thyme, chives, basil and rosemary)

three cotton swabs

{make your own}

Provençal Stacked

Herb Garden

kristina gerig has worked as a professional product and surface designer around the

world. her work has been featured in media publications such as frame magazine, pBS’

“art21” and Design*Sponge.

If you blinked, you probably missed it. Sierra Laumer’s restaurant, forkheartknife,

opened its doors on May 5, 2010, with a tiny menu to match its tiny footprint (just four tables) on Main Street. Laumer’s goal—which she pursued with the help of her best friend-turned-business partner Leah Heisel—was equally modest: to work as a caterer while occasionally providing a few low-priced, artfully cooked dishes to her Over-the-Rhine neighbors.The occasional dinners turned into

every Wednesday and Thursday, plus brunch on the weekends. It was a huge hit and a true labor of love, born out of Laumer’s desire to honor her sister, Jenna, who’d died just five months earlier after a devastatingly brief battle with cancer. That first night of business, Laumer and Heisel were

surrounded by friends and family to christen the space. It was Cinco de Mayo. The menu: guacamole, salsa, chips and fish tacos. “We spent $150 on food and I thought, ‘I hope we make that $150 back so we can go and buy more food for the next meal’,” Laumer says.Exactly one year later, forkheartknife will close its doors

for good. A few glowing mentions in the press and positive word-of-mouth brought bigger, more demanding crowds—much to Laumer and Heisel’s surprise—and the space simply couldn’t handle it. Friends urged them to raise their prices; the pair said no. “We didn’t want to become this exclusive, reservations-only type of place,” Laumer says.For its last day of service, forkheartknife plans to return

to its young roots, as Laumer and Heisel whip up as many fish tacos as they can for the diners who are so sorry to see them go. But don’t think you’ve seen the last of Laumer on the

Cincinnati food scene. She’s spending the summer learning more about her craft and planning her next move. “I have the type of personality where I climb a mountain… and then I need to climb another mountain.”


sierra Laumer

about the chef


profile By kriStin D. zeit {recipe By sierra Laumer} photoS By cameron knight

ingredients

{cookbook}

Fish Tacos & Mexican Street Corn

fish tacosSTEP 1: preheat oven to 375° f. lightly salt and pep-per the non-skin side of each fillet.

STEP 2: Blend all the chimichurri ingredients in a blender until thoroughly combined. Spoon sauce over each fillet to cover, saving some to drizzle over finished tacos. Bake fish on a lightly oiled, foil-covered baking sheet for about 15 minutes or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

STEP 3: While fish is baking, make the slaw by toss-ing all ingredients together in a large bowl.

STEP 4: for shells, place 8 tortillas on a baking sheet and top each with 2 tbsp. of shredded pepper-jack

cheese. top each with another tortilla and heat in oven until cheese is just melted.

STEP 5: top each shell with half of a fish fillet, skin removed. top with avocado, queso fresco, a gener-ous handful of slaw and a drizzle of chimichurri sauce.

Mexican Street Cornthis dish is best with freshly grilled corn on the cob, rolled in the ingredients after cooking. But until fresh corn is in season, frozen corn is a great substi-tute. toss all ingredients together. Serve alongside fish tacos with a wedge of fresh lime.

Fish tacos (yield: 8 tacos)4 fillets of mahi mahi, about 1/3 lb. each, 1½ in. thickkosher salt and fresh-ground pepper16 6-inch soft flour tortillas1 cup shredded pepper-jack cheese

chimichurri sauce½ bunch cilantro (leaves only, chopped)1 or 2 jalapeños (seeded and chopped)Juice of one lime¼ cup canola oil2 pinches crushed red pepperfresh-ground pepper, to taste

slaw½ head green cabbage, shredded¼ head red cabbage, shredded1/3 cup diced red onion2-3 tbsp. chopped cilantroJuice of 2 limes1 generous pinch of kosher salt

additions3-4 avocados, sliced1 cup queso fresco, crumbled

mexican street corn1 lb. bag frozen corn, cooked2 tbsp. mayonnaise2 rounded tbsp. parmesan cheese, gratedpinch of smoked paprikaJuice of ½ limelime wedges for garnish

I love making classic cocktails. I love the stories that go with them, the air of mystery and

romance they conjure up. I love the creativity I have when I come up with a new craft cocktail. It occurs to me, however, that some may enjoy the end result of a mixologist’s work without realizing what a cocktail really is. Let’s investigate…The classic definition of a cocktail

is an alcoholic drink made up of two or more ingredients, one being the spirit.One of the first times we see the

word “cocktail” in print is 1806. The Balance, and Columbian Repository, a Hudson, N.Y. publication, describes a cocktail as stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters. Due to the much higher alcohol level in spirits of past

centuries, people used fruit, sugar, herbs and spices to mask the harsh taste. In some cases, the alcohol would be 135 proof. It’s unclear who invented the cocktail. We do know, however,

it’s a very American thing. Drinking a cocktail has always been seen as a genteel and somewhat romantic custom. Before prohibition it wasn’t appropriate for women to drink in bars or saloons. The city of New Orleans remedied that problem by serving cocktails in coffee houses, where it was perfectly proper for a lady to enjoy a drink.The golden age of cocktails was from 1860 to the 1920s and into

Prohibition. After the repeal of the 18th amendment in 1933, cocktails were still popular and were made even more glamorous through Hollywood movies. However, between the late 1960s and through the 1980s, classic cocktails took a back seat to sweet drinks mixed with sugary flavored liqueurs. Flavored vodkas became the rage in the 1990s.I like to make my own flavors from fresh herbs, spices, fruits

and vegetables. I have more control over what flavors I highlight or downplay. It’s like painting a picture! So, if you know anything about me, you know I’m not the biggest fan of flavored vodkas. But, if you know anything about me, you also know I’m always eager to broaden my horizons. For this cocktail I’m using Absolut Wild Tea vodka. It’s

infused with black tea, white elderflower, red apple and citrus.


molly Wellmann is an award-winning mixologist and craft cocktail diva; a true classic with a quirk.

meet our mixologist

molly Wellman


{recipe By moLLy WeLLmann} photoS By JeSSe fox

cocktail

step 1: place 2 mint sprigs in cocktail shaker along with grapefruit.

step 2: use a muddler or spoon to smash the fruit and mint together until combined.

step 3: add St-germaine and vodka to shaker.

step 4: fill with ice and shake. i like to shake the cocktail at least 10-20 shakes until nicely chilled.

step 5: Strain into highball glass filled with crushed ice.

step 6: top off with a splash of soda and garnish with remaining sprig of mint.

ingredients1½ oz. absolut Wild tea Vodka½ oz. St-germaine3 segments grapefruit or grapefruit juice3 sprigs mintSoda water

{happy hour}

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halogen dotted challis scarfnordstrom, kenwood towne centre

$28.00

¾ sleeve open crew cardigan nordstrom, kenwood towne centre

$44.00

key-per utility tote fossil, kenwood towne centre

$98.00

rise & shine dress anthropologie, kenwood towne centre

$98.00

clide buckle bootie by Steve Madden DSW, rookwood commons

$79.95

Take a cue from Caitlin and add extra life to a denim dress with a vibrant scarf and brightly colored jacket. Flat boots and a colorful bag complete the art-y casual look.

Caitlin Malone, Fountain Square

tamia Stinson is the culprit behind fashion and lifestyle blog theStyleSample.com, and works as a freelance graphic designer and marketing consultant.

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