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Omega Clow Voice Lines

Omega hasn't shown up in the Premiere Nebula crossover yet, but since she's the main character of the actual series, I figured I'd introduce her next. I had a lot of fun coming up with her lines, and since Io is my favorite character to write, I'm sure I'll have even more fun writing hers in the next few days! For now, enjoy this special look at Omega's character!

Self-Introduction 1: Um, I'm Omega Clow. I might look like a veteran, but I'm actually a newbie. It's a long story, but I swear I'm telling the truth. I've still got a long way to go before I can be a noble Actress, so go easy on me, okay?

Self-Introduction 2: First of the upcoming Lightning Line, Actress Bijou! That's how the person who made me this way introduced me, but really, I'm nothing special. My brother is a foreign senator, but that's really the only notable thing about me. But I'm doing everything I can to save people with the Premiere Nebula, and that's what matters!

Personal Story

Story Chapter End 1: I may not be an Actress, but I have to do something!

Story Chapter End 2: If the Manufacturer is one of our politicians, I'll stop at nothing to find them!

Story Chapter 3: I know how much seeing me like this hurts, Valka, but I promise one day, I'll make you proud.

Story Select 1: Valka saved my life...I can't just leave her to suffer.

Story Select 2: Is becoming an Actress really such a bad thing?

Story Select 3: They'll brainwash me if they find me. I can't let that happen!

Story Select 4: My brother is married to the monster who caused all this...

(NOTE: This is based on a misunderstanding caused by Omega's lousy detective work. Her sister-in-law is actually very supportive of the Premiere Nebula and uses her political power to aid them whenever possible.)

Story Select 5: I have to get stronger, not just for me, but for everyone!

Story Select 6: I'm the Firebrands' newest target?!

Stats

Strengthening Complete: Sorry. I may not be very strong yet, but I'll catch up...I hope.

Strengthening Max: What does getting stronger feel like? For me, it's like this electric pulse all over...but I guess it feels good somehow.

Episode Level Up: Time for me to look into more ways to save the Actresses.

Magia Level Up: Once I get strong enough, I can exchange power with another Actress and gain a new form. Looks like I'm already closer to that.

Magical Release 1: In Olympia, Actresses aren't the only ones with magic. Some humans can do simple spells.

Magical Release 2: I was supposed to be one of them, but my magic was way unstable. I couldn't control it at all.

Magical Release 3: That was how I found the Actresses to begin with. My magic's stable now, but that came at a huge cost...

Awaken 1: I'm still getting to know everyone in the Premiere Nebula, but they're where I belong. I just know it.

Home Screen

Login (first login): I'm still new, so I have to be accompanied by another Actress at all times. You can still tag along, though. Just don't give Valka too much trouble, okay?

Login (morning): I live by the ocean, so seeing all these buildings blocking the sunrise is weird. I miss painting the sunrise in my homeland, but I guess this kind of has its own charm.

Login (noon): I'm from a prominent family, so I've been to my fair share of fancy restaurants. I'm actually more into my culture's street food, though. I wonder if there are any paleteros in Kamihama...

(NOTE: Olympia is a fairly new country populated mostly by first, second, and third-generation immigrants. Since Omega comes from such a diverse country without much of a local culture, she might be surprised to find Mexican popsicle stands aren't exactly the easiest thing to find here.)

Login (evening): The skyscrapers blend into the stars so well that they almost look like the real thing. The natural and the artificial...I guess that's how Actresses are compared to magical girls.

Login (night): Normally, I'd have Cielflight practice in the morning, but I guess this is like a vacation. Let's stay up as long as we like and see what we can find!

Login (other): People tend to be surprised that I'm into both sports and art, but I feel like they're not so different. Both require grace and a feel for your environment, just like fighting.

Login (AP full): Last time I fought a Witch, I swore I was done for, but I still got the Grief Seed! Let's see if I improve with you by my side.

Login (BP full): Stop! There's still so much we don't know about these copies. They might seem emotionless, but they could be like Koto-chan! We can't hurt them until we know for sure!

(NOTE: Koto is a clone who was formerly used as a front-line soldier for the Manufacturer. Omega was able to gain her trust and ended up saving her when the Manufacturer attempted to kill her for her betrayal. Since Koto was called emotionless, but is actually fully capable of emotion, Omega has reservations about killing Mirrors copies.)

Tap 1: When did I realize things here aren't that different from back home? Probably when I tried to buy this interesting gothic painting at an art fair, and someone told me not to because the artist just tried to destroy the town.

Tap 2: I like looking at art from all over the world for inspiration. Whenever I do get the chance to go abroad, I like to see what kinds they have and how I can play with it on my own work. I wonder what sort of thing I can make from the katana exhibit I just saw...

Tap 3: I hear there used to be a magical girl here who played guitar...Xing was sad to hear she'd left this world. The Firebrands held her captive so long, she was hoping she could find someone to jam out with. I hope that magical girl's soul is finally at peace.

Tap 4: Io is actually my niece by marriage. She's not much younger than me, but she's had it so rough without her family that I can't help but spoil her. She'll never admit it to your face, but she really does appreciate having a relative who listens.

Tap 5: Valka's gotten me through a lot of rough times, so someday, I want to help her, too. I don't know how much longer she can go on fighting in her mental state, so I want to follow her legacy as much as I can.

Tap 6: I always liked stories about magical girls growing up. There was one where the wizard had my last name, and I thought that was so cool. I never thought in a million years that I'd ever be one.

Tap 7: I used to be able to use telekinesis, but it never worked right. Whenever I got overwhelmed by anything, random stuff just started floating around. The Manufacturer managed to correct my powers by getting rid of it, but sometimes I still wish I'd been able to master it.

Tap 8: When I first became an Actress, I tried to befriend Alarice. I thought it would show her that former Faerie Stars [note: brainwashed Actresses] were more than just her targets, but she drained my magic instead. That's when I learned that magical girls only get hurt if they trust everyone.

Tap 9: A lot of people think Valka and I are a couple, but that's not how I feel about her. She's more like the person I aspire to be, and she's got too much baggage for that sort of thing right now. That doesn't stop Phea, though. I actually really admire her for that.

Battle Start: I won't let you get away with this!

[NOTE: Since Omega is the newbie magical girl protagonist in this story, I had to give her a suitably classic line to say here.]

Battle Victory 1: I still need to work on my finishing line. What about, "lightning bolts are the proof of karmic justice?"

Battle Victory 2: I'm staying to tend to the injured. That much I can do.

Battle Victory 3: Espoir-sama's apprentice strikes again!

(1 and 3 are actually anime/game references, so see if you can guess where they're from!)

Doppel: I won't let you hurt her anymore!

Dying: I'm sorry I broke my promise, Valka.

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According to George Katsaros’s WWII draft registration, he was born April 3, 1898 in Trikala in western Thessaly, Greece. He arrived through Ellis Island alone on October 20, 1913, and his declared age at the time was 17, which would have meant he was born in 1896-7. His brother Harry (whose also WWII card as well as a 1930 border crossing document also give Thessaly as his place of birth) had preceded him and settled in the Detroit area. Their parents’ names were Kristos (Gustos) and Zoe.

Much of the information about Katsaros’ life that has circulated for decades, drawn from stories he told in the 1980s and 90s when he was an old man, including that he was born ten years earlier on the island of Amorgos with the surname Theologitis appears to be false. For reasons we haven’t ascertained, Katsaros was by then an untrustworthy narrator of his own life. Two serious studies of his biography and music have been undertaken - one in Greek by Panagiotis Kounadis (which, unfortunately, I have not been able to read because of the language barrier) and another in English by Steve Frangos. The interviews conducted by Frangos in 1985 (available through the site of the State Library and Archives of Florida) and that articles Frangos subsequently wrote based on on those interviews are an invaluable resource on Katsaros’s self-mythology and some of what follows in drawn from them.

Katsaros’s memories of his life were often highly detailed and therefore more or less verifiable. There are some vast craters in his narrative and some apparent fantastic invention. It seems reasonable to suppose that he is telling the truth that he was playing at a cafe called the Zapeion in New York around early 1917 when he had an opportunity to go to San Francisco to play at the Minerva and Acropolis Cafes, both on Folsom Street. The Minerva at the time widely promoted its family-friendly French dinners and 30 cent vegetarian lunches while, around the same time, being under close scrutiny by the police for underworld activity, resulting in the 1919 withdrawal of its liquor license after a fire and a drugging-and-theft incident there made the news in quick succession. Police found the cafe in violation of the wartime prohibition act.

Katsaros named no less than 16 towns in California where he played during the period 1917-18 and another dozen in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Montana, and Nevada in 1918-19. Performing a wide array of traditional Greek (and some Armenian) folk songs for audiences of agricultural workers, port workers, and miners, he spoke in generalities of this period, but the fact that he names specific venues (the Parthenon and the Aphrodite in Salt Lake City, for instance) and some bandmates, including cymbalom players Frank Gazis, who later recorded with violinist Demetrios Poggis, and Spiros Stamos, who later recorded for the Greek Record Company in Chicago, gives credence to his story. He bragged of earning $50 ($750 now) a night, often playing almost continuously from 7PM to 2AM. By 1920, he says, he was back east, playing at the Kentron Restaurant at 1018 Locust Street in Philadelphia. His claim of having been called to sign a 5 year contract with Victor Records in 1919 seems to be fabricated or at least unverifiable, as were his descriptions of a tours to Mumbai, India (via Australia, Burma, Singapore, and other locations) or his assertion of a 1924 trip to Algeria, Tunis, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa. "My records, they went all over the world," he said. "From every place in the United States and South America and Europe [...] they pay me and I take a boat and I go. Playing for the big concerrts. I play for the churches, for the rich people." But he hadn't actually made any records yet.

We can be sure of two significant events in the Summer of 1927. On June 6 and 16, he made his first recordings for Victor across the bridge from Philadelphia in Camden, New Jersey, resulting in his first issued disc, a 12” with the zeibekiko “Elleniki Apolausis (Greek Pleasure)” on one side and “A Kakoorga Eli (Cruel Hearted Elli)” on the flip. And then, at 29 years old, he married a 20 year old woman named Ouranea (b. Dec. 25 1907; d. April 28, 1984). Years later, she told a newspaper that she was the niece of Theodoros Pangelos who had become President of Greece in April 1925 in the aftermath of a coup, only to be deposed August 1926 in a counter-coup.

By June 24, 1928, George and Oura were in Michigan, where George’s brother Harry lived, for the birth of their first daughter Arete (Rita). During the onset and and deepening of the Great Depression four more children arrived there near Detroit - Steve (Jan. 13, 1930), Cleopatria (ca. 1933), James (ca. 1934), and Paul (April 23, 1936.) Parallel to the growth of their family, George made approximately annual trips to New Jersey, New York City, and Chicago to record. His memory in 1985 of the number of sides he made during that period is pretty close to the facts: 18 for Columbia and 36 for Victor, he said. In fact, he released 8 on Columbia and 33 for Victor as well as an additional 20 or so for Victor that were rejected and unissued. At present, we have evidence of one concert during that period, a fundraiser for the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform under the auspices of a Greek organization in Detroit on December 1, 1931 along with a Greek soprano and pianist. A photo given by Katsaros to the researcher Pangiotis Kounadis in 1987 apparently depicts him with a friend in the early 1930s in Birmingham, England.

His reputation as a seminal force in the development of rebetika, the music of the Greek underworld, based on certain of his 1920s and 30s discs is only part of the story of what he did. The vast majority of what he recorded were his own compositions and many of them spoke plainly of the nightlife, of an empathic eye for modern women, a wicked confidence as a gambler, a powerful appetite for hashish, rough companions, and the hustling all of it entails. He also recorded songs that were comedic or deeply pathetic, as often in tango rhythms or with similarities to American songsters like Jimmie Rogers or Mexican conjunto as they were to the zeibekiko rhythms and quasi-Turkish tonalities of the rebetika demimonde that grew in Athens at the same time. Playing a spruce-topped Martin parlor guitar made in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, his songs were straight-shooting, deeply honest, and totally syncretic of his experience as a Greek-American. There is nothing Hellenistically “purist” about Katsaros’s records, but they are adamantly pure in their relationship to his own sense of himself. That is what made him so unique and, perhaps, what made him one of the very, very few Greek performers to have been able to continue to record at all during the 1930s in the U.S. The 1929 stock market crash had simply ended the recording careers of most the Greek-American performers on records, including for instance Marika Papagika, (with whom Katsaros said he worked in the 30s on the road and characterized as a "very very lovely singer and a very very good person") or made their performances feel like remnants of the “old world." It was Katsaros’ singular approach to his instrument and his plain-talking songwriting, as in his exhortation of Herbert Hoover at the end of his Depression ballad “With Pockets Empty” or his lament for the sick “Mother, I Have Tuberculosis [Consumption]” that gave his records such legs that they were regularly repressed, year after year into the 1940s.

Katsaros claimed to have recorded another 24 sides for Decca in the 1930s-40s, but we have no evidence of those having been released. We know that he made about 10 sides for the Gary, Indiana independent label Grecophone and then in the 1940s about six sides for the New York Metropolitan label (related to Adjin Asllan’s Balkan label) and four or more for Standard (run by Tetos Demetriades, who had previously been the head of the Foreign division of Victor in the 1930s and had championed Katsaros then).

In 1940 his family of seven was living in Wayne, Michigan in a heavily Polish neighborhood along with a 51 year old boarder, who, like George, was making $1,900 ($35,000 today) a year working six days a week as a switchman for the Grand Trunk Railroad between Six Mile and Nine Mile of Detroit. The census that year also counted them at another house in Tarpon Springs, Florida where a "John Katsaros" is listed as the head of the household was working as a driver. Katsaros spent the Summer of 1943 playing hotels in the Catskills - the Monte Carlo, the Olympia, and the Sunset. Performing was lucrative enough that he and Oura got their picture in the Detroit Free Press that November for having bought a total of $842 in War Bonds (about $12,500 today), and his occupation was mentioned as “nightclub performer.” But on February 7, 1945, they divorced. He was 46; she was 37. A few years earlier the German occupying forces in Athens had killed his mother for having hidden two American servicemen. Her house was burned. George’s sister Sophia survived and later emigrated to the U.S.

By 1950, he was living in Brighton, Massachusetts at 100 Washington Street. On his way home just before 5 in the morning in November, 1952 Katsaros was robbed at gunpoint. The two muggers grabbed $150 in small bills from his inner jacket pocket but, he said, neglected to check his pants, where he had another $2,000 in cash.

Meanwhile, back home, George and Oura’s eldest child was in the papers. Having been drafted in 1949 to the Korean war, he’d been called back for another year of service as an enlisted infantryman in 1950. On February 12, 1951 he was captured and held as a prisoner of war until August 1953. He was 23 years old when he was reunited with his mother and siblings, living at 2961 Hanley St in Hamtramck, Michigan, including his younger brother James who had also served in Korea. Every member of the family is mentioned in the press notices of his joyful return except for his father.

Katsaros worked in the late 50s in Chicago in Boston at the Club Zara at 475 Tremont St. According to researcher Amy E. Smith, the Club Zara might have had mob ties. On May 6, 1960, 25 days of police surveillance a resulted in the dispersal of a crowd of 300 people at midnight and the arrest of seven women (five of them dancers in their 20s) and five men (including the maitre d, the manager, and an Armenian singer) under charges of “participating in or contributing to an immoral show.” Whether Katsaros was present that night or was even still working there at the time, we don't know. He said in 1985 that he’d been one of its cofounders and took credit for hiring the club’s first bellydancer “Morocco.” The trial that resulted from the raid was a media circus, and all but one of those arrested was fined between $200 and $1500. Four of the dancers were given 3 to 6 months in prison. One dancer lost custody of her eight year old daughter. The club lost its liquor license. The District Attorney told the press “This is filth, real filth. It’s about time we get rid of that show.” If they’d been looking for evidence of underaged employees or other illegal activities, the catalyst for the raid was when one dancer’s bra straps snapped.

Whether or not Katsaros was still in Boston when the raid happened, by about 1962 he’d moved to Holiday, Florida near Tarpon Springs, a town founded in the 16th century as a Greek sponge fishing village. Through the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, he performed sporadically at Greek community events and restaurants, often with the accordion player John Gianaros whom he’d known since the 40s back in New York. Katsaros was getting old with several lifetimes’ worth of experiences and songs in the head, still covered in a thick pile of of kinky hair that he kept vainly under a net at home.

When a new generation of Greeks got hip to the 1920s-30s material of the old dope-smoking hipsters, they found him there in Florida. At 80-something years old, he wanted to know where the money was. In 1985, he asked Steve Frangos about how to collect royalties on his recordings from 50 years earlier or how to get a new record deal. In 1988, he traveled to Greece to perform and gave interviews. His old music was reissued. In March 1995, he was flown again to Greece to be honored by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at a widely-broadcast concert and spoke and played for his countrymen (now available on YouTube).

When he died at home in Holiday, having outlived practically everyone who could have remembered him, on June 22, 1997 at the age of 99, newspapers around the world told an incredible story about 109 year old badass, a walking antique, who had been everywhere and done everything. Among them, the researcher Aydin Chaloupka noticed a mention in the Pappas Press that Katsaros had a birth certificate from Amorgos for one Yiorgos Theologitis born in 1888 that he'd had authenticated and showed visitors, letting them make copies of it. The story he told that his last name Katsaros was a stage name referring to his his hair ("katsaros" means "kinky" or "curly" in Greek) might hold true if his brother, a grocer in Detroit, didn't share the same name.

Why would Katsaros lie about his date and place of birth and go the trouble of obtaining someone else's birth certificate? We can only speculate, but it is not out of the question that there was something in his life that he did not want to catch up with him even as he attained some notoriety in the late 1980s. Perhaps is was the family he left behind in Detroit in the mid-40s. Perhaps it was the authorities for something he'd done (or felt he'd done) wrong. Perhaps it was some of the underworld characters he'd crossed paths with in the course of his career. Maybe the birth certificate was an insurance policy so that, if someone knocked on his door, he could say "you've got the wrong guy. I'm not George Katsaros, born 1897 in Thessaly. I'm Yiorgos Theologitis, born 1888 on Amorgos." Plausible deniability.

Something is true. But George Katsaros was probably not the person who would have told you.

#rebetiko #78rpm #78 rpm #greek #immigrant #rebetika

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Beer Gardens in Philadelphia: The 2019 Lineup

It's outdoor drinking season in Philly. Here's everything you need to know to make the most of it.

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Philadelphia loves its pop-up beer gardens — and al fresco drinking season has finally arrived. Here’s a neighborhood rundown of everything you need to know about the city’s full lineup of beer gardens for 2019, from where you can go sip a cold one outside now to details on beer gardens opening in the coming weeks.

Beer Gardens in Center City, Midtown Village, and Spring Arts

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PHS Pop Up Garden at 15th and South Open now Back for a sixth year, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has teamed up with the crew behind Royal Tavern, Khyber Pass Pub, Cantina Los Caballitos, and Triangle Tavern for bites and sips like Frito pie, Buffalo ranch popcorn, and strawberry-spiked frosé at their spot near 15th and South (check out the full menu here). Stay tuned for their schedule of botanical-themed events like plant swaps and flower crown workshops through summer. 1438 South Street

Brews and Views at Parkway Central Library Opening in May For the past few summers, the Free Library of Philadelphia has set up a pop-up beer garden for those looking to sip an adult beverage on the building’s fourth-floor outdoor patio. Dates for May and June are in the works but not set yet — follow the Free Library’s social media to find out when Brews and Views will return. 1901 Vine Street

Drury Beer Garden Open now The comfortable beer garden behind Opa is really year-round, but summer is obviously the best time to enjoy a sip and some spanakopita from the Greek restaurant’s kitchen. It’s open at 4 p.m. daily until seasonal hours kick in on Monday, April 29th; then, you can hit up Drury starting at 4 p.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. New for this season: CBD cocktails, live music and DJs, and a monthly pop-up of sister restaurant Craftsman Row Saloon at the beer garden. 1311 Sansom Street

Dragon Beer Garden in Franklin Square Opens May 1st The Dragon Beer Garden pops up during the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square every evening from Wednesday, May 1st through Sunday, June 30th. The festival and the beer garden are ticketed — timed passes, which you can get here, are $18 to $20 for adults — but you get more than just beer: there are 28 lantern-inspired sculptures, Chinese folk artists and their wares, performances by acrobats, and kids’ activities. The festival and beer garden are open from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. nightly. 200 North 6th Street

Uptown Beer Garden Opens the second weekend in May It’s the fifth year that Uptown Beer Garden has posted up in the courtyard of the BNY Mellon Building, and they’re celebrating with five new collaboration drafts and a new cider you can’t get anywhere else (plus their mainstay Uptown IPA). This season’s opening was delayed because they’ve been making some upgrades to the space, which you’ll get to see — along with an expanded menu and some other new features — at their big grand opening bash, which is tentatively scheduled for the second weekend in May. 1735 Market Street

The Oval Opens in July This “Park on the Parkway” returns to Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art with events, live music, movie nights and activities for all ages. The official 2019 start date hasn’t been announced, but it’s generally open in deep summer — between July 4th and Labor Day. 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway

The Patio at Spring Arts Opens May 17th This outdoor lounge at 10th and Hamilton comes from the folks who run the nearby Trestle Inn returns for a second season next month with breezy, midcentury Palm Springs vibe and a menu of tiki cocktail classics. Hours are 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday through summer. 10th and Hamilton Streets

Beer Gardens in Fishtown, Kensington, Northern Liberties, and Northeast Philly

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Frankford Hall Open now Stephen Starr’s German-style beer garden is open all year round, but it really gets hopping when the heat lamps are put away. Bring one friend or 30 — it’s big enough to absorb all comers. To quench the thirst of a crowd, look for five-liter keg cans of Bell’s Hop Slam for your table. 1210 Frankford Avenue

Memphis Taproom Open now Once the outdoor space was designated only for canned brews and overloaded hot dogs served from its resident food truck. But these days, the gastropub’s full menu is available outdoors, too — there’s even glassware and real cutlery, real fancy-like. They open the outdoor patio space whenever it’s good weather, so check the forecast before you make your al fresco drinking plans. 2331 East Cumberland Street

Morgan’s Pier Open now Morgan’s Pier chef-in-residence Adam Lazarick is back for another season, with a new menu of bar snacks, salads, sandwiches, and sandwiches alongside pizza-esque “fatbreads” and soft pretzels from Lost Bread Co. In addition to drinks and food, Morgan’s pier is serving up events like succulent workshops, local craft beer tastings, and live music and DJs on weekends. 221 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Canstatter Volkfest-Verein Biergarten Open Fridays from May to October This German-American club dates back to 1873 and currently boasts the largest outdoor beer garden in Northeast Philly, with five acres of picnic grounds. It’s open every Friday through October from 5 p.m until 10 p.m., with live bands (both German-themed and not) and bar food, plus a beer list heavy on the pilsner and lagers. 9130 Academy Road

Hop Angel Brauhaus Open now The breezeway biergarten at Hop Angel in Fox Chase — which is owned by the same folks behind Northeast Philly’s Grey Lodge Pub and Bonk’s Bar in Port Richmond — opens to serve thirsty customers when the weather’s good (well-behaved canine guests are welcome, too). 7980 Oxford Avenue

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Piazza Pod Park Opens in early May NoLibs’ big new open-air development will include giant art installations, a farmers’ market, and, of course, lots of food vendors and outdoor dining space. Even better, they’ve got that climate-controlled “dining pod” for when summer storms hit or the heat is too much to bear. Germantown Avenue at North Second Street

Tired Hands Biergarten Open now When Tired Hands first opened its beer garden at 2213 Frankford Avenue last fall, it was harvest-themed. Now that it’s back for the season (it opened on 4/20, of course) the theme is “Beautiful Spring Beauty.” Hit them up from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and noon until 10 p.m. on weekends for drafts and cans from their various locations along with their signature 333 kombucha and house blend Awake Minds cold brew coffee. 2213 Frankford Avenue

Evil Genius Beer Garden Open now The mad brewers at Evil Genius just debuted their adjoining beer garden for the season and rolled out their Sixers-inspired beer Trust the Process at the same time. New this year: more space, more seating — from barstools and high-top tables to benches and rocking chairs — and revamped decor. 1727 North Front Street

Philadelphia Brewing Company Beer Garden Open now Technically, you can drink outside at PBC any time the weather’s nice while the Peacock Room, their adjoining bar, is open (that’s 11 a.m. until midnight Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m until 9 p.m. Sunday, and 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. Monday). But they’re officially kicking off the season on May 3rd, showing off additional picnic tables and bountiful new planters they’ve added to the family- and dog-friendly outdoor space. 2440 Frankford Avenue

Beer Gardens in Old City and Washington Square West

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Independence Beer Garden Opens April 25th Now in its fifth year, Michael Schulson’s beer garden on Independence Square is open from lunch till late seven days a week through fall. New this season are tournament teams for outdoor games like cornhole, bocce, and shuffleboard. The new menu includes snacks like fried cheese curds, hearty sandwiches and burgers, salads, tacos, and boozy or booze-free popsicles for dessert. 100 South Independence Mall West

Spruce Street Harbor Park, Society Hill Opens May 10th Spruce Street Harbor Park returns with a handful of Philly’s favorite restaurants set up shop on the boardwalk and the Barge. In addition to faves like Chickie’s & Pete’s and Franklin Fountain, fast-casual spot Hip City Veg is back with vegan goodies by the river. 301 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Cherry Street Pier Open now The first summer season at Philly’s favorite new arts-focused riverfront hangout will, no doubt, be poppin’. The spot is open year round, but 2019’s official season opener will happen May 10th through 12th. Until then, check their Facebook for bar and food vendor hours and look forward to tons of events, like art markets featuring the Pier’s artists in residence, exhibitions, festivals, and movie screenings. 121 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Haas Biergarten at La Peg Opens May 5th The Haas Biergarten is kicking off their 2019 season with a Cinco de Mayo party on Sunday, May 5th, complete with a slate of Mexican food and drink specials like margaritas, Mexican Citywides, tacos, elotes, and churros. Stay for the beautiful views of the Ben Franklin Bridge lit up at night — plus live performances, dance parties, and movie nights all summer long. 140 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Admiral’s Tavern on Cruiser Olympia at Independence Seaport Museum Opens May 10th The Admiral’s Tavern is the only beer garden in the city located on the oldest steel warship in the world — and even better, a gorgeous view of the Delaware and the Ben Franklin Bridge. Hit them up every Friday and Saturday from 6:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. this summer starting on Friday, May 10th. The $8 cover charge includes a drink ticket, and they have snacks available, too. 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest Opens May 10th The Penn’s Landing ice skating rink transforms once again into an outdoor roller skating rink and mini-golf course with a “boardwalk on the Delaware” vibe, complete with a Ferris wheel and views of the river. Official dates for 2019 haven’t been announced yet, but it’s typically s weekends-only until Memorial Day, then open seven days a week through the end of August. A 200-seat Chickie’s and Pete’s Waterfront Crabshack serves up boardwalk-style fare as well as craft beer and cocktails, and Franklin Fountain’s Confectionery Cabin offers frozen sweets. 101 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard

Beer Gardens in South Philly

Bok Bar Opens May 23rd Our favorite beer garden atop the Bok Building is back with stunning views of the city and a menu of Mediterranean-inflected bar food from chef Paul Garberson at Irwin’s, its year-round neighbor across the hall. 800 Mifflin Street

Pass and Stow at Citizens Bank Park Open now One of the many new additions at the Phillies ballpark this season is this family-friendly beer garden near the Third Base Gate, with 250 seats over 11,000 square feet, picnic tables, a pizza restaurant, giant TVs, and two bars. It’s open for your pre- and post-game hangouts, too. 1 Citizens Bank Way

Beer Gardens in University City and West Philly

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PHS Pop Up Garden at uCity Square Opens April 26th PHS is back west of the Schuylkill for a third season, turning a vacant space at 36th and Filbert Streets into a plant-filled, open-air beer garden. 60 North 36th Street

Pub at the Porch at 30th Street Station Opens in June While the Porch already has a rotating set of food trucks onsite for lunch every day, we’re going to have to wait a little longer to liven up our SEPTA commutes with al fresco happy hour. Pub at the Porch will pop up with drinks on the western side of the Porch Wednesdays through Fridays from 4 p.m. till dark starting in June. 2901-2949 Market Street

Watering Hole and Urban Green at the Philadelphia Zoo Open now The zoo’s flagship beer and wine garden, the Watering Hole, is back again with craft beers, soft pretzels, brats, and flatbreads seven days a week from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. New this year is Urban Green, a boardwalk-style outdoor dining area featuring food trucks, boozy beverages, seating for 200 zoo-goers, and play spaces for kids. It’s open from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. daily. 3400 West Girard Avenue

Pentridge Station Opens June 1st This once-vacant lot on a Cedar Park side street was transformed into a family-friendly hangout two years ago by the owners of nearby Dahlak. Now, you can hang out and sip a beer, play giant Jenga, enjoy food truck fare, and dance to DJs Friday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. throughout the summer. They’ll also be popping up at Greensgrow West just a few blocks away for brunch on Sundays from noon until 5.pm. 5116 Pentridge Street

Parks on Tap Opens April 24th Parks on Tap is back and roving all over the city’s parks system, with first-time stops at parks in neighborhoods like Historic Rittenhouse Town, Olney, and East Falls. Avram Hornik’s FCM Hospitality is running food and drink at the pop-ups, which go from park to park Wednesdays through Sundays until September 29th. Check out the full schedule to find out when they’ll be in your neighborhood. Various locations

Beer Gardens in East Falls, Chestnut Hill, and the Main Line

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Suburban Restaurant and Beer Garden Open now With chef Eric Yost’s bona fides as a former executive chef at White Dog Cafe and Wyebrook Farm, Suburban’s beer garden grub might be the most sustainable in the region: locally sourced cheese, bacon, and produce dot the menu. The spot’s big outdoor section also serves the most restaurant-style menu of the gardens on our list, eschewing boardwalk fare for handmade pastas and full entrees in addition to the usual fries and sandwiches. 570 Wellington Square, Exton

East Falls Beer Garden Opens May 16th Sip craft beers under the Twin Bridges every third Thursday of the month from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. at this community-run pop-up that runs from May through October. The beer garden also features rotating food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, and live music. 4100 Ridge Avenue

Chestnut Hill Brewing Company Beer Garden Open now This brewery on Germantown Avenue boasts a large outdoor seating area festooned with live plants where guests can enjoy a pint and a wood-fired pizza and get comfortable on couches — a beer garden rarity — in addition to chairs. 8221 Germanown Avenue

Conshohocken Beer Garden Opens April 26th This Main Line beer garden overlooking the Schuylkill River features lots of games — ping pong, giant Jenga, cornhole, and more — in addition to beer, wine, food, and live music. So far, they’ve announced that they’ll be open from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m Fridays only through mid-June, but if 2019’s schedule is anything like last year’s, they’ll take a break for July and August and open back up in September. 2 Ash Street, Conshohocken

The Beer Garden at Longwood Gardens Opens May 9th This beer garden within an actual garden serves up Victory Brewing Co. beer, wood-fired pizzas, and sandwiches from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. every Thursday through Saturday evening from May 9th through August 31st, then again from September 5th through October 26th from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. It’s the perfect way to end a day strolling through what’s possibly the region’s most renowned botanical garden. 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square

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2/12/19 Dispatches from the road. Didn’t take any photos of myself watching Stargate: Atlantis today. That’s kind of what I did today. And finished an audio book. And started another. The sun did kind of show its face today. Then we went to Mayan Mexican Restaurant and I ate a bejeesus size burrito and a couple of $5 margs. Shows are canceled for tomorrow as well, mostly due to the area still trying to cope with the snowfall and melt. But it’s supposed to be decent weather so I may motivate my butt onto a bus and head downtown for some sightseeing. #theoneandonlyivan #freewaygorillas #lifelinetheatre #nationaltour #washington #olympia #mayanmexicanrestaurant #margarita #winterstormmaya #lacey (at Lacey, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtzvgJTgUik/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ule5qtdv1v32

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Spots to Visit In Tumwater, Washington

Travel is always interesting. A couple of days’ vacations to a new location can amuse everyone in the family. Especially, if you get to visit places that interest all age groups. Altogether, traveling to and visiting new locations never fails to offer memorable moments. When the family gets hungry and is looking for a Mexican restaurant in Tumwater, WA there is a great one to eat at!

Tumwater is a beautiful city in Thurston County. Though the city is pretty sophisticated, the population is very moderate. You will never feel the hurry anywhere on the roads. A perfect place for a relaxing vacation. Predominantly, the cost of living is very moderate in this city. You will be able to enjoy a delicious meal for half of the cost compared with many major cities. Visiting Tumwater, Washington weeks before winter for a short vacation is a great idea.

Below are some of the must-visit places in Tumwater.

Tumwater Falls Park – Salmon Return

September is the best month to visit Tumwater falls park if you want to enjoy this seasonal activity. This is the time when the salmons return to the Deschutes River. You can enjoy the magnificent view of the river filled with salmons during the last week of August and 1st week of October.

Tumwater Falls Bridge

This place is best to visit across seasons. Particularly, the bridge that connects both the banks of the river in this location offers a closer look of the river. The roaring floods and fishes leaping out of the water is an enjoyable experience. You might not want to leave this place that soon. Some facilities in this location are being operated by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Here is where they deploy the setup down the falls to determine the count of migrating fishes.

Riverwalk Tours

Guided Riverwalk tour in Tumwater falls park takes you through the main attractions of this place. You can enjoy the scenic view of the giant rocks, falls, and river. A guide will explain the history of Olympia brewing company. Also, you can get a closer look and learn more about the Annual salmon migration. Riverwalk tours are free, a guide will accompany a group of 30visitors. The trip will begin as soon as 30 visitors join the group at the Tumwater administration office in the entrance of the park.

BoomShaka

Boomshaka is a fun-filled place to see your kids enjoying themselves. Boomshaka is a well-maintained and sophisticated trampoline park located at the opposite side of the city. Boomshaka offers three different trampolines for kids in different age group. Remember, kids supposed to wear the gripper socks mandatorily inside the game area. You can buy the socks from the Shaka front desk. Right from the bouncing floors to the sponge pool, constructed and maintained well for the astonishment of kids.

Tumwater, Washington is a good place for kids and family who want to spend a day or two in pleasant weather. The location is filled with greeneries, rivers, and lakes. A drive from the one corner to the other corner of the city can add more fun to the trip. Along with the scenic views, you can enjoy great fish foods in this city. Plus, spending a day in Tumwater falls park can help forget your worldly worries and make you feel relaxed.

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The food scene in Olympia, Washington state's capital, is as diverse as the people it represents.

You’ll find a refreshing variety of food trucks on the corner of Fourth and Plum and sprinkled throughout downtown. Fine-dining establishments abound as well, some even boasting waterfront views. One common thread connecting all the most delicious restaurants in Olympia? You'll find the local harvest highlighted on each and every menu. And here is Top 10 best restaurants in Olympia.

1. Fish Tale Brew Pub

Fish Tale Brew Pub is the oldest brewpub in Olympia. A full-service restaurant that offers Northwest cuisine, they also have 14 taps that feature Fish Tale Organic Ales, Leavenworth Biers and Spire Mountain Ciders, all of which complement the delicious fare. Using quality ingredients sourced from local purveyors, dishes sure to entice guests include oyster shooters served with cocktail sauce; fish and chips (cod fish fried in a Leavenworth Pilsner batter served with fries) and the brewer’s 8 oz grilled sirloin served with pub fries and seasonal vegetables. The menu also includes many vegetarian and gluten-free dishes making this casual pub a great place for everybody.

2. Gardner's Restaurant

A family-owned fine-dining establishment with signature cocktails. Admire rustic hardwood floors and exposed beams in the historic building Gardner’s calls home. Dine by candlelight as you start with a charcuterie board and razor clams, then move on to a tenderloin steak or Dungeness crab casserole. Finish with the signature Gardner’s St Germaine Martini, made with pink grapefruit juice. Take a stroll along the neighboring waterfront to cap off a perfect date night.

3. Tacos California

A much-loved downtown food truck serving authentic Mexican fare worth travelling for. While Tacos California has two locations in Olympia, it's the food truck park downtown (on the corner of Fourth and Plum) that's the best to visit. The atmosphere is upbeat and buzzy, thanks to a mingling of city dwellers and general passers-through and while tacos are a classic choice, you really should try the Cubana Torta for the fresh avocado, marinated pork and delicious breaded sirloin.

4. King Solomon's Reef

Describing itself as ‘The Best Diner in the Galaxy’ King Solomon’s Reef is a diner and lounge popular with locals and tourists alike. Open every day from 8am and closing at 3am, early or late-risers will love this venue as it serves breakfast all day and night. Within the lively retro-inspired interior, diners can sample a host of breakfast, lunch and dinner comfort classics, including vegan options, with highlights being fresh biscuits smothered with country sausage gravy and pressure-fried chicken served with mashed potatoes, brown or sausage gravy, salad and a biscuit. Delightful desserts, including pies and milkshakes, are also offered for those seeking to satisfy their sweet tooth.

5. Mediterranean Breeze

A Turkish-Mediterranean restaurant with cozy seating. Don’t let the strip mall location fool you. There’s a delightful atmosphere at Mediterranean Breeze with warm lighting and subtle music. Turkish chef Mehmet Sipahioglu uses northwest ingredients in traditional recipes, so you’ll recognize the source for local salmon, onion, and tomatoes. Try a classic wood-fired donair kebab with a combination of marinated beef and lamb, or the Turkish stuffed flatbreads baked in a brick oven.

6. La Petite Maison

Owned by chef Justin Wells and his wife, Zoe, La Petite Maison gives diners the taste of France in Washington. A fine dining establishment in a historic house in 1903, the culinary team looks for the best seasonal ingredients for its exquisite dishes and changes the menu every day to reflect those dishes. Some of the top choices on the menu include magret de canard and châteaubriand for two, accompanied by avocado lobster tails, Béarnaise sauce, baked green vegetables. With excellent service and impressive wine cellar, this place is a true gem.

7. Water Street Café

A stylish wine bar with fine-dining in a restored historic building. There’s a contemporary bistro vibe at Water Street Café, located across the street from Heritage Park with views of Capitol Lake. The cauliflower appetizer is popular for its buttery garlic goodness, while entrées like the seared duck breast and goat cheese ravioli offer a refreshing spin on American classics. Tip: drop in for lunch or happy hour to dine on a smaller budget.

8. Narai Asian Cuisine

Narai Asian Cuisine, named after King Narai of Thailand, specializes in authentic Thai cuisine representing all regions of the country. Owned by Chef Kunlaboot and her husband, this establishment offers a warm and inviting environment to those seeking flavorful fare. A typical meal might begin with vegetable pot stickers served with vinegar sauce, followed by roasted duck in red curry or pumpkin red curry with tofu accompanied by Siam fried rice with garlic sauce, egg, tomato, bok choy, white and green onions and broccoli. With so many enticing choices, everyone is sure to find something to satisfy their cravings.

9. Budd Bay Café

Family-friendly waterfront eatery specializing in northwest seafood. Around since 1988, Budd Bay Café is a local landmark in Olympia dining. Take in views of Budd Bay with mountains in the distance. Local salmon, oysters, and crab are the go-to grownup items, while the kid-friendly menu includes burgers and pasta. Visit for Sunday brunch to enjoy an incredible spread of seafood, a meat-carving station, and flaky cherry turnovers.

10. Stone Creek Wood Fired Pizza

A mobile pizza truck, Stone Creek Wood Fired Pizza serves deliciously crafted pizzas that will satisfy even the most discerning diners. The menu offers pizza lovers a variety of delicious options, or if they prefer, guests can choose to create their own pizza. Great combinations to try include Italian cowboys, including red sauce, chopped mozzarella, bacon and BBQ sauce and Martha topped with alfredo sauce, chopped mozzarella, garlic, mushrooms, spinach and eggplant fresh sour. For those with a sweet tooth, their famous wooden cinnamon roll complete with cream cheese cream is a must-try.

From organic veggies to Washington cherries and signature northwest seafood, the area is packed with homegrown goodness. Happy eating, folks. And here is Top 10 best restaurants in Olympia.

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Erik Malpica Flores Erik Malpica Flores recommends: What is Coming to Netflix in March 2019

QUEER EYE is returning to Netflix with a new season in March 2019, as is the second half of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’s fifth season. The Netflix film THE DIRT will be a dramatization of Mötley Crüe’s autobiography, while Stella and Joel will also return for a new season of SANTA CLARITA DIET.

Related: What’s coming to Netflix Canada in March 2019?

March 1

A Clockwork Orange

Apollo 13

Budapest (FR) (Netflix Film): Two friends quit their boring jobs to start a company that plans bachelor parties in Budapest. Their wives, however, have mixed feelings about this.

Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians (Netflix Original): In the world’s toughest cricket league, every game is a battle. Can Mumbai Indians come together and bring home another trophy?

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks

Emma

Junebug

Larva Island: Season 2 (Netflix Original): A new season of hilariously zany adventures for larva pals Red and Yellow includes an invasion of their island!

Losers (Netflix Original): In a “winning is everything” society, how do we handle failure? Using sports as its guide, this documentary series examines the psychology of losing.

Music and Lyrics

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Northern Rescue (Netflix Original): After the sudden death of his wife, search and rescue commander John West relocates with his three kids to his rural hometown of Turtle Island Bay.

River’s Edge (JP) (Netflix Film): High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.

Stuart Little

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Netflix Film): Inspired by a science book, 13-year-old William Kamkwamba builds a wind turbine to save his Malawian village from famine. Based on a true story.

The Hurt Locker

The Notebook

Tyson

Wet Hot American Summer

Winter’s Bone

Your Son (ES) (Netflix Film): After his son is brutally beaten outside a nightclub, a surgeon takes the law into his own hands and seeks vengeance against the perpetrators.

March 2

Romance is a Bonus Book (Korea) (Streaming Every Saturday) (Netflix Original): A gifted writer who’s the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.

March 3

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 2 (Streaming Every Sunday) (Netflix Original): Hasan Minhaj returns with new episodes every Sunday, bringing his unique, unexpected comedic perspective to current global events and culture.

March 5

Disney’s Christopher Robin

March 6

Secret City: Under the Eagle: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Journalist Harriet Dunkley finds herself enmeshed in a conspiracy while striving to clear the name of a former cellmate accused of murder.

March 7

Doubt

The Order (Netflix Original): Out to avenge his mother’s death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.

March 8

After Life (Netflix Original): Struggling to come to terms with his wife’s death, a writer for a newspaper adopts a gruff new persona in an effort to push away those trying to help.

Bangkok Love Stories: Hey You! (Netflix Original): A loving couple become rivals when Belle opens a fusion bistro next to her ex-boyfriend Kram’s traditional restaurant in Bangkok’s chic Ari district.

Bangkok Love Stories: Innocence (Netflix Original): From a teenage parkour enthusiast to a bawdy restaurateur, an eclectic group of characters find romance in Bangkok’s glittering Silom district.

Blue Jasmine

Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix Original): Drivers, managers and team owners live life in the fast lane — both on and off the track during one cutthroat season of Formula 1 racing.

Hunter X Hunter (2011): Seasons 1-3

Immortals (Netflix Original): Driven by revenge, human-turned-vampire Mia sets out to vanquish Dmitry, a ruthless vampire leader who seeks an artifact that grants immortality.

Juanita (Netflix Film): Fed up with her life, Juanita leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.

Lady J (FR) (Netflix Film): When her love affair with a lustful marquis takes a sudden turn, a wealthy widow concocts a scheme to get revenge — with help from a younger woman.

Shadow (Netflix Original): Haunted by a tragic loss, an ex-cop with a rare inability to feel pain strikes out on his own to catch offenders who’ve eluded Johannesburg police.

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

The Jane Austen Book Club

Walk. Ride. Rodeo. (Netflix Film): In the wake of an accident that leaves her paralyzed, a champion barrel racer is determined to get back on her horse and ride again.

March 12

Jimmy Carr: The Best of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits (Netflix Original): Jimmy Carr has gathered a selection of his very best jokes for the ultimate comedy special. A man who has devoted his life to crafting perfect gags and brutally brilliant one-liners, Jimmy’s new show distils everything we love to laugh at and be shocked by into one incredible stand-up special. Featuring clever jokes, rude jokes, and a few jokes that are totally unacceptable. Filmed at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, “The Best of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits” launches globally on Netflix, Tuesday, March 12th. Carr is also the host of the Netflix original show, “The Fix.”

Terrace House: Opening New Doors: Part 6 (Netflix Original): Kaito and Risako hang out with their housemates while Yui and Aio try to decide their next steps. Nothing is certain except their bonds of friendship.

March 13

Triple Frontier (Netflix Film): Struggling to make ends meet, five former U.S. soldiers set out to steal millions from a drug lord’s lair — and end up with a target on their backs.

March 15

A Separation

Arrested Development: Season 5 B (Netflix Original): As the Bluths continue to make a mess of their personal and professional lives, Michael again can’t quite abandon the family that makes him miserable.

Burn Out (FR) (Netflix Film): When his son’s mom runs afoul of Paris’s criminal underworld, a thrill-seeking superbike racer begins moonlighting as a drug courier to clear her debt.

Dry Martina (AR) (Netflix Film): An odd encounter with a fan and a tryst with that fan’s ex-boyfriend leads a sexually adventurous singer on an escapade in Chile.

Girl (BE) (Netflix Film): With the support of her father, a 15-year-old transgender girl pursues her dream of becoming a professional ballerina. Winner of the Camera d’Or for best first film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as well as the Best Actor Prize for Un Certain Regard, the FIPRESCI International Critics Award for Best Film (Un Certain Regard) and the Queer Palm. The feature directorial debut of Lukas Dhont, the film was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens, and produced by Dirk Impens (Menuet). Girl stars Victor Polster and Arieh Worthalter.

If I Hadn’t Met You (Netflix Original): Eduard, a husband and father who loses his family in a tragic accident, travels to parallel universes to seek a better fate for his beloved wife.

Kung Fu Hustle

Las muñecas de la mafia: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Lucrecia, Brenda and Olivia are once again entangled in the world of the drug lords as Janeth and Martha are introduced to its dark dangers.

Love, Death & Robots (Netflix Original): An animated anthology series presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

Paskal (MY) (Netflix Film): Naval unit PASKAL is among the most elite special forces in Malaysia. But all bets are off when one of its own stages a hijacking. Based on true events.

Queer Eye: Season 3 (Netflix Original): The Fab Five hit the road and head to Kansas City, Missouri, for another season of emotional makeovers and stunning transformations.

Robozuna: Season 2 (Netflix Original): Ariston, Mangle and the Freebot Fighters are back, but protecting their home gets tougher when evil Danuvia unveils a powerful robot named Dominatus.

The Lives of Others

Turn Up Charlie (Netflix Original): A down-and-out DJ plots to rebuild his music career while working as a nanny for his famous best friend’s wild 11-year-old daughter.

YooHoo to the Rescue (Netflix Original): Five cuddly pals from the magical land of YooTopia use teamwork and special gadgets to help animals in trouble and make new friends along the way!

March 16

Green Door (Netflix Original): A troubled psychologist returns from the U.S. and sets up a clinic in Taiwan, where mysterious patients and uncanny events shed light on his murky past.

March 19

Amy Schumer Growing (Netflix Original): Amy Schumer gives a refreshingly honest and hilarious take on marriage, pregnancy and personal growth in her new Netflix comedy special, Amy Schumer Growing. Filmed in front of a packed house in Chicago, the comedian talks about the joys of womanhood, settling into marital bliss, and yes also you guessed it, sex!

March 21

Antoine Griezmann: The Making of a Legend (Netflix Original): With heart and determination, Antoine Griezmann overcame his small stature to become one of the world’s top soccer players and a World Cup champion.

March 22

Carlo & Malik (Netflix Original): A veteran homicide cop is forced to confront his own biases when he’s paired up with an Ivory Coast-born rookie on a string of murder cases in Rome.

Charlie’s Colorforms City (Netflix Original): Loveable, hilarious Charlie leads you on unpredictable and imaginative shape-filled story expeditions alongside a colorful cast of characters.

Delhi Crime (Netflix Original): As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, a female police officer leads an eye-opening search for the culprits in this retelling of true events.

Historia de un crimen: Colosio (Netflix Original): Dramatization of Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio’s 1994 assassination. Part of an anthology on unsolved crimes in Latin America.

Mirage (ES) (Netflix Film): A space-time continuum glitch allows Vera to save a boy’s life 25 years earlier, but results in the loss of her daughter, whom she fights to get back.

Most Beautiful Thing (Netflix Original): A sheltered woman moves to Rio to start a new life and a journey of self-discovery among the dreamy views of the city’s beaches and hills.

ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre (Netflix Original): Ambushed by Ulster loyalists, three members of the Miami Showband were killed in Northern Ireland in 1975. Was the crime linked to the government?

Selling Sunset (Netflix Original): The elite real estate brokers at the Oppenheim Group sell the luxe life to affluent buyers in LA. The drama ramps up when a new agent joins the team.

The Dirt (Netflix Film): In this dramatization of Mötley Crüe’s no-holds-barred autobiography, the band hits the monster highs and savage lows of heavy metal superstardom.

March 26

Nate Bargatze: The Tennessee Kid (Netflix Original): Comedian Nate Bargatze takes aim at the absurdity of everyday life in an approachable and deadpan stand-up set shot in Duluth, Georgia.

March 28

Ainori Love Wagon: Asian Journey: Season 2 (Netflix Original): The love wagon rides again! Seven strangers board the famous van on a journey through Asia in search of a ticket home to Japan with a partner.

March 29

15 August (IN) (Netflix Film): Veteran Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit turns producer for this lighthearted snapshot of life in the chawls of Mumbai.

Bayoneta (MX) (Netflix Film): A retired Mexican boxer living alone in Finland gets a shot to redeem himself in the ring, forcing him to confront his painful past in the process.

Osmosis (Netflix Original): In a near-future Paris, an app uses personal memories to decode the mysteries of love. But what happens if your memories, like all data, are subject to manipulation?

Santa Clarita Diet: Season 3 (Netflix Original): Sheila searches for meaning, Joel investigates a secret society, and Abby struggles with her feelings for Eric. Life and undeath can be so stressful.

The Highwaymen (Netflix Film): The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. From director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), THE HIGHWAYMEN follows the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde. When the full force of the FBI and the latest forensic technology aren’t enough to capture the nation’s most notorious criminals, two former Texas Rangers (Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson) must rely on their gut instincts and old school skills to get the job done.

The Legend of Cocaine Island (Netflix Original): A businessman who is down on his luck hatches a plan to retrieve a mythical $2-million stash of cocaine from its reported hiding place in the Caribbean.

Traitors (Netflix Original): As World War II ends, a young English woman agrees to help an enigmatic American agent root out Russian infiltration of the British government.

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

March 30

How to Get Away with Murder: Season 5

March 31

El sabor de las margaritas (Netflix Original): While investigating the disappearance of a teen girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.

The Burial of Kojo

Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (Netflix Original): The trailer park just got a lot weirder. Picking up where Season 12 left off — and higher than ever — the entire gang has turned into cartoons.

Last Call – Titles Rotating Off the Service in March 2019

March 1

Bruce Almighty

Fair Game – Director’s Cut

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters 2

Hostage

Pearl Harbor

The Breakfast Club

The Cider House Rules

The Gift

The Little Rascals

United 93

March 2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Eighteenth Year

March 3

Drop Dead Diva: Seasons 1-6

March 4

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

March 5

Newsies: The Broadway Musical

March 8

March 16

Baby Mama

Charlie St. Cloud

Role Models

March 18

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

March 31

Party of Five: Seasons 1-6

The Real Ghostbusters: Seasons 1-5

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Senmer News Wire:Mayan Family Mexican Restaurant Becomes the People’s Choice as the Best Restaurant in Olympia

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Don't let Mondays get you down, bring your appetite and your friends! Traditional Mexican Food and great service! We can't wait to serve you! See you soon! 🌶️ #MexicanCuisine #YelmEats Visit us at any of our three locations: Marvin Rd ☎️(360)456-8222 Yelm Hwy ☎️(360)459-0818 Pacific Ave ☎️(360)491-8244 or 📲 Place your order online to start your order today! direct.chownow.com/order/25326/locations

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ARCATA: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

On the eleventh of September, I awoke to the sound of a tea kettle whistling in the kitchen. The sun streaming through the blinds painted a painfully bright pattern across our white walls and white tile floor, up onto our mattress where Chloe and I were tangled in a white sheet and blanket. Everything was brutally clean and metropolitan. I lifted the blanket over my head and looked at Chloe’s tanned legs and stomach, her white breasts. Her breath was sweet and hot in my face, and I pulled the blanket back down below my chin to escape it. I rolled over, turning away from her, and looked just off the side of the mattress to where my pack laid on a pile of dirty laundry.

I rolled out from under the blanket and stood, stretching my arms over my head and breathing in deeply, then letting out a yawn. Then I stepped over my pack and laundry and sat down at the foot of the bed on the cold white tiles. I crossed my legs, put my hands on my knees, and began to count my breaths up to ten, then start back at one and count to ten again, over and over. I put the white walls out of my mind, then the white floor, the cold tiles, the ticking of the clock on the dresser. I put the bed out of my mind, and the person in it. I put the numbers and the breaths out of my mind, I closed my eyes, and I sat there in complete silence.

When I opened my eyes, I felt pretty good. Not good, necessarily, but more like nothing. I felt nothing. Hearing voices in the kitchen, I stood, stepped into some jeans, pulled a t-shirt over my head, kissed Chloe’s shoulder, and left the bedroom.

John was lying on the couch with a blanket over him—awake but not really awake—staring at the ceiling. Tim was in the living room, as well, sitting in some cotton pajamas, reading from a large textbook. “Good morning!” he said.

Steve came padding down the stairs. He yawned loudly. “I’m going to go get some coffee,” he said. He stretched. Opened the refrigerator, looked, and closed it again.

“I’ll go with you,” I said. I leaned against the wall and started pulling on my Chucks, noting the heel of the left shoe, where the sole had peeled away from the canvas.

“Me, too,” John added. He threw the blanket off of himself and stood. He was in all his clothes. “Where are my shoes?” he asked, walking around the couch. Steve pulled the door open and we were blasted with the scent of rain—the mist in the pines.

Then the phone rang and Tim picked it up. We all looked over at him. The look on his face when he answered made us stop dead.

“Mom?” he said. “Mom?” His voice started shaking. “Mom, slow down.” He stood up, dropping his textbook on the floor, and walked to the window.

John, Steve, and I all heard Tim’s mother yell through the phone, “Why don’t you have a television?! You have no idea what is happening right now?!”

We shuffled our feet and looked at each other.

Chloe came down the stairs, at first smiling, then looking at Tim, turning to us, looking back at Tim. Thad put the phone receiver against his chest and looked at us. His mom was still talking—breathlessly—on the other end. His eyes were filling with tears.

“What the hell is going on?” John asked.

“Something just...” Tim swallowed hard. “Two planes have flown into the World Trade Center in New York. People are jumping out into the air.”

“What?” Steve asked.

“What?” Chloe repeated.

“We are under attack,” Tim said. “You guys…”

“I’ve got to call my mom,” John said.

I just stared at the floor. Chloe came over and I put my arm around her.

“I’ve got to go to class,” Steve said, grabbing his raincoat. “I bet they’ll have it on the TV in the classroom.” He turned back to Tim. “What the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know,” Tim said, putting the receiver to his chest again. “But I want to go with you up to school. I want to watch.” He put the phone to his ear. “Mom? Mom. Mom, I’m going to go with Steve up to Humboldt State to watch the news and see what’s happening. I’m going to call you later, alright? Yes. Yes. I love you. I love you, too. Yes. I love you. Bye.” He hung up and handed the phone to John, then told Steve to give him a minute—he had to get dressed.

I stood by the stove for another minute, chewing over the whole thing in my brain—all the possible causes, all the effects, the damage that had been and still would be done. Then Chloe went upstairs to get ready for work, and I grabbed my jacket and walked outside.

The morning mist had stopped and there was actually a little sun coming down, making the sky pale, clouding everything with white. Everything was gold and pale all of a sudden—I squinted into the light and wished it would go away—I wished it had kept raining. I walked out onto Samoa Boulevard, past a wide field in which a dozen or so black cows were bent at the neck, grazing in the grass. I turned right onto Crescent Way, past more apartment complexes and a Mexican restaurant that always seemed out of place to me in that otherwise residential neighborhood, then I turned left and took the long walk up Bayside, through the trees, past quaint houses, another small field with one happy, grazing cow, a view of Humboldt Bay from the top of the hill, then down to 7th Street, crossing the 101 on a bridge, past the police station and City Hall and out to the Arcata Plaza, where I turned north up G Street and went into the same bar I had sat in one month earlier on my journey back down to Yosemite from Olympia.

I sat on a leather stool and ordered a coffee from the wide-eyed bartender, all the color flushed out of his face—he said nothing, and didn’t charge me—and I watched the television with the few people in the bar—an old man in suspenders, a couple of twenty-something students, the bartender, a middle-aged woman in a white button-up blouse and black pants—business attire. Tom Brokaw was saying, “You know, it goes without saying, this is the most serious attack on the United States in more than a hundred years. Uh...not since the War of 1812 and certainly the damage that we did to ourselves during the Civil War has this country suffered this kind of damage...uh...within its interior. Obviously Pearl Harbor, which triggered World War II, was a horrific event, as well. But there has never been an event to match the magnitude of this one, in which everything has been shut down in terms of air traffic, the national capital has been immobilized, the White House, State Department...Pentagon has been attacked, the financial markets have been shut down, there is an untold loss of life here in Manhattan, the nerve center of America, to say nothing of what is going on at the Pentagon...”

People kept saying it “looked like a movie” as we watched. They said it over and over again—the woman on the television, anchoring the newscast with Brokaw, the old man, the twenty-something students. Only one tower left standing, thick smoke billowing into the air. Then that tower falling, as well, the smoke rolling over Manhattan, gasps and cries from the people around me, the people on television. People weeping. The bar filling up now—filling with people from the street, homeless, young kids with dreadlocks and dogs, smelling of weed, employees from neighboring business without televisions.

I stood and left the bar. I started to walk towards the Finnish Country Sauna and Tubs to be with Chloe, but when I got to the café, there were people milling around outside. I turned and walked past the café and down to the Arcata Marsh, instead. I walked down I Street, past a small warehouse and shallow, muddy Brackish Pond. A gray fox darted into the trees off a gravel parking lot. I crossed over the lot to a trail that would take me into the marsh—into the trees. I heard the calls of Kinglets, Mockingbirds, the complex song of the Wren, the tap of a woodpecker beak. I walked around tiny No-name Pond and out to Klopp Lake, Arcata Bay shimmering on the flat horizon. A great Snowy Egret, its white, feathered plumage on full display, took flight from a small island on the lake—a pile of grassy earth. The egret spread its wide and almost translucent white wings and soared westward over the water, its black legs and yellow feet just above the tense and rippled surface, its body still, until in one violent but effortlessly fluid motion, it submerged its feet it and caught a small, writhing fish in its talons. It’s entire body then lifted, pulling away from the water, the earth, lifting weightlessly into the sky, and it turned north, and flew away.

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Boston’s Top Restaurant Standbys of 2017: Waypoint, Chilacates, and More

Local food writers discuss their regular haunts of this past year

As is Eater’s annual tradition, we’re closing out 2017 by surveying local food writers (including our own staff and contributors) on various restaurant-related topics, and we’re publishing their responses in these final days of the year. Readers, please feel free to chime in with your own thoughts in the comment section below.

Keep an eye on the Year in Eater archive page for other stories in this series.

Today’s first question: What were your top restaurant standbys of 2017? (See the 2016 responses here.)

MC Slim JB, restaurant critic for The Improper Bostonian:

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Banh mi at Little Donkey

“With 24 full-length Improper Bostonian reviews and a big chunk of the Boston’s Best food/drink and bar/club awards to write up every year, I don’t get to my favorite restaurants as much as I’d like, but I still dined widely outside of my professional research this year. I had the opportunity to do a lot of daytime exploring of Boston’s northwestern suburbs, an undersung culinary treasure trove.

Woburn has incredible Shaanxi hand-pulled noodles at Gene’s Chinese Flatbread, good fast-food Coney Island dogs at WuBurger, nice-priced Brazilian barbecue at Tuda Na Brasa, fine vegan Asian at Bayberry Café, and quality pork gyros at Olympia Grille.

Burlington has the awesome Sichuan Gourmet, the bargain-deluxe H-Mart food court, delectable Korean barbecue at New Jang Su, terrific vegetarian South Indian at Ritu Ki Rasoi, and for celebrations, the new Island Creek Oyster Bar.

Arlington has great sushi at Toraya, brilliant Thai at Thana, amazing tacos at La Victoria, lovely Persian kababs at Sabzi, and creditable Turkish at Pasha (love their döner).

Lexington has great Punjabi at Royal India, solid Taiwanese at Taipei Gourmet, and terrific French crepes and imported groceries at MA France.

In Waltham, I hit the genius Moody’s Deli, Taquería El Amigo, and Gustazo Cuban on the regular.

Weather permitting, I like the lakeside Fred’s Franks truck in Wakefield for a shnurble (charcoal-grilled hot dog and Portuguese chouriço with slaw on a good bun) al fresco.

At night back in the city, I kept returning to hallowed haunts like Erbaluce, Estragon, J.J. Foley’s Café in the South End, Dumpling Café, Peach Farm, The Hawthorne, Drink, and Backbar, as well as newer favorites like Bar Mezzana, SRV, and Little Donkey.”

Marc Hurwitz, founder of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants and Boston Restaurant Talk, restaurant critic for Dig Boston, and more:

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Cheddar and bacon tots at Cagney’s

“As always, I try so many places that it’s sometimes hard to have any real go-to spots, but this year I did frequent Joe Sent Me in Cambridge (great wings, burgers, and fries), Cagney’s in Quincy (a dive/not dive that has outstanding pub grub and lots of local beers), and Massimo’s in Wakefield (friendly people, excellent pasta dishes).”

Jenna Pelletier, food editor of Boston Magazine:

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Yellowtail crudo at Bar Mezzana

“Yvonne’s, Bar Mezzana, Waypoint, Sarma, Uni, Hojoko, the Table at Season to Taste.”

Jacqueline Cain, associate food editor of Boston Magazine:

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Sausage pizza at Brewer’s Fork

“Parlor Sports is, as ever, the little sports bar that could. Watching several uninspiring U.S. men’s soccer games there in 2017, with a fellow regular’s F*** TRUMP soccer scarf hanging prominently under the ‘Refugees Welcome Here’ sign, made not qualifying for the World Cup ever so slightly less painful.

But I also moved away from Camberville in the fall — sob! — so my new local is the lovely Brendan Behan pub. My move has been picking up a burrito at Chilacates —another 2017 standby — but I just learned Eat More, Mexican! pops up there regularly with El Paso-style burritos, so I’ll be taking more advantage of that in 2018.

I also absolutely love Vee Vee and have been by several times to take advantage of their top-notch beer list and snacks liked deviled eggs and manchego potato croquettes.

Flour’s newest location on Dalton Street location is the BEST work lunch option. Love Parlor Ice Cream Co. popping up with frequency in Allston all year. Other perennial favorites are Brewer’s Fork, Row 34, and Render Coffee.”

Catherine Smart, contributor to the Boston Globe and cast member of Milk Street TV:

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Cafe Sushi

“Waypoint is my favorite any-time dinner spot right now. It’s fun, and festive, and open late. Do not miss the addictive crab fries or clam pizza. Close your eyes and point at the cocktail menu; you’re bound to pick something wonderful.

Cafe Sushi. It’s embarrassing how long it took me to get here, and now I dream about their pressed oshi-zushi and sparkling mackerel. This place is like a black cashmere sweater that’s always the right fit; it’s equally good for a casual weekday lunch or dressed up for date night.

Cantina La Mexicana has been a standby since my husband and I moved to Somerville a decade ago back when it was a small taqueria. This year they’ve really improved their cocktail game, while the food has remained delicious and affordable. Plus, they are super kid-friendly, and my toddler loves the refried beans almost as much as I love the rellenos and margaritas.”

Sam Hiersteiner, contributor to the Boston Globe and more:

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Ramen at Little Big Diner

“For when no one is looking: Wegman’s Chinese food hot bar.

For uproarious good warm times: Alden & Harlow, Waypoint, Sarma, Smoke Shop, Row 34, all of Portland, Maine.

For quick and casual: Chilacates, Saloniki, Bon Me, Mei Mei.

For lil’ toddler CJ’s pleasures: Little Big Diner, Clover Food Lab, Eventide Fenway.

For every time my wife goes out of town: Sichuan Gourmet House.

For long boozy lunch: Coppa.”

Dan Whalen, blogger at The Food in my Beard and author of upcoming cookbook Tots!:

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Paella at Toro

“I think I answer this question the same every year, but for me it will always be Toro and Coppa. In September I moved walking distance to Toro, which is a dangerously awesome thing. Island Creek Oyster Bar will also always be a standby for me, and I even went to their Burlington location this year and was happy to see the formula remaining strong in the suburbs.”

Dana Hatic, associate editor of Eater Boston:

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Bialy from Bagelsaurus

“I’m a creature of habit, so some of my 2016 responses hold true this year, including Punjabi Dhaba and Lamplighter Brewing/Longfellows, along with Bagelsaurus. I’ve expanded my standby burrito places (from El Pelon in Fenway and Olecito in Inman Square) to include Habanero on Brighton Avenue in Allston, and I will make the trip to Washington Square for some comfort food at Stoked any time.”

Alex Wilking, contributor to Eater Boston:

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A brunch option at Burro Bar

“I have quickly become a regular at Burro Bar’s new-ish weekend brunch in Brookline. It’s incredibly inventive and affordable food, with top-notch service to boot. At this point, I’m always ordering either the smoked salmon eggs benny or the stacked chicken milanese sandwich.

I still can’t say enough kind words about Coreanos Allston, either. I probably order from there at least once a week.”

Rachel Leah Blumenthal, editor of Eater Boston:

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Pear pavlova at Cafe ArtScience

“Most of my standbys are right in my neighborhood (Union Square, Somerville) — which I guess is unsurprising, considering the very nature of a ‘standby.’ I often find myself at Juliet, Ebi Sushi, Backbar, and, increasingly, the new and fantastic Field & Vine. And Casa B, always a favorite spot, has entered into even more frequent rotation now that the street-level dining room has been revamped into a cocktail bar. Taso Papatsoris and his crew are doing magical things at that bar. And for an easy weekday lunch, a quick stop into Capone Foods for a sandwich does the trick.

Just a little beyond Union, Highland Kitchen will always be on my standby list, and I’m also loving its new sibling, Highland Fried.

Over in Kendall, Cafe ArtScience is my go-to for cocktails — Tenzin Conechok Samdois a genius. Dessert’s great, too. Tip: Grab a drink and a snack (some duck fat fries, perhaps?) at Commonwealth, followed by a drink (or two) and a dessert (or two) at ArtScience, a very short walk away. Solid night. And the other side of Kendall is making me happy these days, too. I fit in a number of visits to Mamaleh’s, Smoke Shop, Cafe du Pays, and The Automatic this year.

Nearby, the Central Square edge of MIT is on fire these days, and I squeeze in visits to Pagu, Saloniki, and Abide as often as I can.

Elsewhere in Cambridge, there are a few spots that I wouldn’t call standbys yet just because I haven’t been there enough times, but I see them easily becoming standbys in 2018: weird and wonderful little basement haunt Upperwest, which I’m ashamed I didn’t try until late this year, over a year after it opened; Pammy’s, which mixes stellar hospitality with a really pretty space and outstanding Italian-ish food; and Momi Nonmi, which has totally won me over in Inman Square in its first few months. Especially for late-night sake and snacks.

I don’t really cross the river with enough frequency to get in regular visits to many Boston proper spots, but I do have a few tried-and-trues up my sleeve, such as Haley.Henry and Gene’s Chinese Flatbread Cafe.”

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It Takes A Planet: Inside The 2017 Good Food Awards

Alice Waters

When a teary-eyed Alice Waters addresses a group of foodies, everyone shifts a little closer to the edge of their seats.

There’s an auditorium full of us in downtown San Francisco for the seventh annual Good Food Awards, and we’ve just about reached the end of the gala when a melancholy Waters asks us all, if we’re willing, to stand with our posters in-hand to take a group photo. The posters we’ve been given depict an arm holding up an ample carrot like Lady Liberty lifting her torch. The accompanying texts reads, “Sit together, stand together. Come to the table. All are welcome here. #foodstand” As I raise mine up, the man next to me turns his around and does the same, Spanish text out.

We’ve all gathered to celebrate the very best of “good food”—a term that gets thrown around so often its meaning has gotten at the least a little fuzzy, and at the worst, irritating and self-indulgent. But according to the literature, all of the Good Food Awards winners are chosen via their commitment to three set principles; Responsibility: Food production must promote a deep respect for all involved parties and use sustainable, conservation-conscious practices. Authenticity: Food is food, not a science experiment. And Tasty: Food is something you should want to put in your face.

Or, more specifically for the coffee category, for “exemplary flavor–sweet, clean, well-developed body, balanced acidity and phenomenal aromatics,” as well as a “fairness and transparency from seed to cup.”

The coffees from the five highest-scoring producers of the Central, East, North, South and West regions pass through a vetting process that includes 20 pre-screeners (think the likes of Kaleb J. Houston, Q Grader, Coffee Director for Red Bay Coffee and Katie Carguilo, Quality Control Specialist for Counter Culture Coffee) and onto 11 “Coffee Judges” (like Head Judge, Scott Conary, President of Carrboro Coffee Roasters). It’s all overseen by a Committee: Maria Cleaveland, Director of Commercial Sales of Espresso Supply; Norbert Niederhauser, CEO of Cropster Inc.; Stephen Vick, Coffee Procurement and Quality Manager, African Coffee Roasters & Resident Coffee Expert at Beanstock. There’s also a panel of Committee Chairs: Devorah Freudiger, Director of Retail at Equator Coffees, Dani Goot, Head of Operations at Bay Area CoRoasters, and Jen Apodaca, Director of Roasting for Royal Coffee.

If that seems like a mouthful, it’s because it is. It takes a village. Or in the case of an international industry such as coffee, it takes a planet, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a business with more nuance and complexity than food and beverage. Yet it was a bit bittersweet to pat ourselves on the back for another year of hard work toward an end goal of delicious coffee and interconnectivity. This was on January 20th, 2017, and it also just so happened to be Inauguration Day.

Determined as one may have been to ignore the large, orange elephant in the room, it’d be a real stretch to say that a group full of food industry professionals don’t have strong feelings about immigrant workers. There was an unspoken joy to be able to spend a portion of the day, albeit a small portion, to celebrate the hard work of people like Nadia Hubbi, a Muhammara producer re-working her Syrian family’s recipes, or Nacxitl Gaxiola for his traditional Mexican salsas and moles.

A statement from the Good Food Awards read, “At a time when the values our country stands for are in question, [the winners] exemplify all that is right from coast to coast: our proud immigrant history, stewardship of a rich and fertile agricultural landscape, a spirit of innovation and the daily choice to balance personal gain with the wellbeing of the commons.”

“Rooted in a belief that by being inclusive our American food system will more closely embody the principles of tasty, authentic and responsible more quickly.”

For many of the people in the room, the memory of scarfing down bites of family meal from the same plate as the dishwasher and the restaurant owner during a busy dinner service is a meaningful, familiar one. I, too, sat there, with my memories of a particular coffee-woman hero, trying not to think about how strange and dark her life might become.

And so on a remarkable a night, it was a fine sight to see so many people shuffling around the reception hall, #foodstand posters tucked under arm — the denim-clad farmers working in California, a team of women carefully setting out samples of their cider, the sunflower oil producer from Tennessee with a beautiful family and a voice like a cartoon Southerner. At a certain point it didn’t really matter who was who; award ceremonies are inherently optimistic and run so late that the attendees eventually just turn into a blur of folks laughing, eating little samples of fancy cheeses, and drinking a few too many craft cocktails. Still, the timing was uncomfortable enough and the view was sweet enough to make anyone nostalgic.

With that, here are the winners of the 2017 Good Food Awards for Coffee.

Bard Coffee, Ethiopia Hambela Estate, Maine

BeanFruit Coffee Company, Ethiopia Adame Gorbota Cooperative, Mississippi

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Panama – Hacienda La Esmeralda Noria Lot, California

Craft & Mason Roasting Co., Ethiopia Hunkute, Michigan

Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea, Ethiopia Kossa Kebena, Ohio

Giv Coffee, Panama – Boquete – Kotowa Geisha Natural, Connecticut

Higher Grounds Trading Co., Yirgacheffe Idido, Michigan

Kickapoo Coffee Roasters, Organic Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Charbanta Natural Process, Wisconsin

Klatch Coffee, FTO Ethiopia Gedeb, California

Lineage Roasting, Kenya – Kagumoini (Kamacharia Coop), Florida

Mr. Espresso, Ethiopia FTO Worka Cooperative Natural, California

Noble Coffee Roasting, Ethiopian Adisu Kidane & Ethiopian Shilcho, Oregon

Olympia Coffee Roasting Co., Ethiopia Konga, Washington

Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, Ethiopia – Washed Hambela, Virginia

Speckled Ax Wood Roasted Coffee, Ethiopia Bekele Dukale, Maine

Spyhouse Coffee Roasting Co., Ethiopia – Kayon Mountain, Minnesota

Laura Jaye Cramer is a Sprudge contributor based in San Francisco. Read more Laura Jaye Cramer on Sprudge.

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