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What are we doing this weekend? We offer we a starting point:

FRIDAY, MAY 18:

• The Front Row‘s 3 days of conform events continues a book signing from Andy Cohen, horde of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live.” He’ll be signing his book, “Most Talkative,” in front of Redwood (Bethesda). The Front Row’s signature event, a runway show, follows, with stores staying open late so we can emporium a looks we only saw. 5 p.m. book signing; 7:30 p.m. runway show. Through Saturday, May 19; see complete report here.

• Artomatic earnings for a month of art events “by artists, for everyone.” Located in a former bureau building (1851 S. Bell St., Arlington) slated for demotion, Artomatic offers 10 floors of art by some-more than 1,000 artists, and performances, live music, film, fashion, workshops and seminars. Opens 6 p.m. Friday; free; through Jun 24.

• Celebrate a 65th annual Cannes Film Festival here in D.C. during a Palme D’Or nightfall soiree on a rooftop of a Beacon Hotel’s Sky Bar (1615 Rhode Island Ave. NW). 7 p.m.-midnight; $15 online only.

SATURDAY, MAY 19:

• It’s a conflict of a hometown teams! The Nats and Orioles go head-to-head during Washington Nationals Park (1500 S. Capitol St. SE) in a second of this three-game series. The initial 30,000 fans in assemblage will accept a Nationals book cap. It’s also Miller Light celebration night during a Miller Lite Scoreboard Walk Bar, so conduct over there to join in on a fun! 7:15 p.m.; $24 and up.

• The GI Film Festival offers a salute to troops spouses during a Naval Heritage Center (701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). The dusk facilities dual movies, “Memorial Day” and “High Card Trumps” during a special red runner event. Following a screening, there will be a VIP accepting and an endowment presentation, with “Army Wives” castmembers Sally Pressman and Brian McNamara set to accept a GI Family Award. 7 p.m.; $55.

• The 137th Preakness kicks off during Pimlico Raceway (5201 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Md.), commencement with a InfieldFest celebration before a Running of a Preakness Stakes (of course). Place your bets and get prepared for a good time. Musical performers including Maroon 5 and rapper Wiz Khalifa. Keep your eyes out for a “mythical” Keagsus, too. 8 a.m. gates; 6:19 p.m. rate; $25 ubiquitous admission; $67.50 for InfieldFest by Ticketmaster.

• Support internal businesses and 30+ charities during a Boutiques Give Back Day in Old Town Alexandria. Each emporium is donating something opposite to a gift of their choice. Retailers will offer possibly an activity or graduation to advantage a selected charity. Participating stores embody Apple Seed (115 S. Columbus St., Alexandria, Va.), Treat (103 S. Saint Asaph St.) and Pretty People (108 N. Patrick St.). See full list of stores and donations here.

SUNDAY, MAY 20:  

• Taste of Arlington (outside a Ballston Common Mall, 4238 Wilson Blvd., Arlington), offers noshes from 35 participating spots, including Jaleo, Rustico, Ted’s Montana Grill and Bayou Bakery. You’ll also find live party and kids’ activities. Noon-5 p.m.; giveaway admission; tasting tickets 8 for $25 online or $30 during a event.

• This is your final possibility to see SONG 1 during a Hirshhorn — a 360-degree projection was extended from a strange finale date of May 13. Created by Doug Aitken, a video makeover totally covers a extraneous of a museum and includes a soundtrack as well. Free; after dark.

• Sound Bites during a 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW) offers “a night of music, food, and change” with Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, and Bone, Fur, and Feathers, Archives, and Nappy Riddem. All deduction advantage DC Central Kitchen. You’ll also find a Mixology Madness Competition, hosted by Samy K from Hot 99.5. 5 p.m.; $40 includes food.

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• ‘No Wifi’ Policy during New Coffeehouse
• Paging Gaithersburg Book Festival
• Have a Ball during a Testicle Festival in Arlington
• Tour de Chesapeake in Va. River Country
• Weekend of Fashion during The Front Row

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Get it for Less during Five Below

Finding bonus sell in Bloomfield Township might get a small easier starting Friday with a grand opening of Five Below in a Bloomfield Town Square shopping core off of Telegraph Road north of Square Lake Road.

Beginning during 10 a.m., a store located during 2145 S. Telegraph Rd. will open a doors and offer name-brand sell for low prices trimming from $1 to $5. To applaud a grand opening, a store will offer taboo dogs for 5 cents, reason raffles for prizes, and will give divided Five Below T-shirts to a initial 300 customers. One propitious caller will also get a $100 Five Below selling spree.

The store offers roughly 7,200 block feet packaged with eye-catching apparatus trimming from anniversary beachwear to sporting equipment, and movement total to wisecrack gifts. It is a inhabitant chain’s eighth store in Michigan and will open concurrently with another plcae during a West Oaks II selling core in Novi. Company officials were not accessible to criticism this week and taboo internal employees from commenting to media.

Construction during a plcae began in Jan and spurred a lot of seductiveness from shoppers fervent to get a demeanour inside, including several that suspicion a store was already open Thursday afternoon.

“I saw a one in Novi and when we listened about a one here we had to check it out since this is where we live,” pronounced Angela Karshe after opening a doors for a look. “I’m blown divided and I’m really entrance behind tomorrow with my organisation of girls.”

Regular store hours are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday by Saturday, from from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. More information is accessible on a sequence store’s Website.

Nielsen Provides a Picture of Better Health

A few weeks ago, we reported on a opening of a new Better Health Market on Bloomfield Township’s north side following a store’s pierce from Woodward Avenue. Now a staff is prepared to rigourously uncover off a new 10,000 square-foot space during 2053 S. Telegraph Rd. by hosting their initial program.

Health and aptness guru Peter Nielsen, horde of a nationally syndicated Peter’s Principles series, will be using a giveaway convention on how digestive health impacts altogether health commencement during noon Saturday.

The convention includes a contention on food recommendations and Nielsen will afterwards take questions about ubiquitous or specific health issues. He will also be available for photos with fans and will pointer autographs. Seating is singular though registration is still accessible online or by job 248-334-9500.

“That’s a soothing opening, though this will be a premiere opening event,” pronounced Store Manager Shannon Curran, who is vehement to offer this form of programming now that they have a space.

The store will be open for unchanging selling as good for those that don’t attend a giveaway seminar. Regular store hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday by Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. 

That all changed, though, 10 years ago when Marty’s husband, John, late and a integrate non-stop Casa di Campagna during The Crossroads selling core in Carmel.

Initially, nonetheless she concluded to use her merchandising imagination to assistance batch a store, Marty was usually going to assistance out on weekends. That altered quickly.

Since shortly after Casa di Campagna opened, Marty has been operative prolonged hours, side by side with her husband, 7 days a week. Certainly she knew accurately what they were removing into, though she pronounced she has no regrets about a preference to go into retail.

After removing her training credential, Arnold taught for 8 years during Saratoga High School. After a thoroughfare of

Proposition 13 in 1978 and a following mass layoffs in education, she left a classroom and went to work for Jun Hengst and Co. in San Francisco.

She remained as a manufacturer’s deputy in a present and home accessories zone for some-more than dual decades.

In 1990, Marty and John Arnold were married. The integrate done their home in Danville while John was operative as a attorney in a food business. In a late 1990s, a Arnolds motionless they were prepared for a change, so they changed to a Central Coast and purchased a home in Markham Ranch, off Corral de Tierra Road.

At this point, John also was prepared to try a new career, so he suggested they open a sell store that would specialize in hunger furniture.

Remembering their conversation, Marty laughed.

“I told John we didn’t wish to be in retail. I’d seen how tough those people work,” she said. “I told him, ‘Here’s a deal. You run a store. I’ll do a buying, a merchandising and assistance on weekends when I’m not on a road.’ “

After acid for a right location, a Arnolds staid on The Crossroads, where they would also have outward space for garden merchandise.

“We indispensable space for a seat we designed to lift and someplace for a outward accessories and plants we wanted to offer,” Arnold said.

Although she was still operative as a manufacturer’s repute when they non-stop a store, Marty fast satisfied that she couldn’t do both jobs. So she quit her longtime pursuit and focused on Casa di Campagna.

From a really beginning, a couple’s sell truth was to offer “wonderful and affordable” equipment for inside and outward a home. Of course, that done Marty’s pursuit as a customer some-more severe since she had to find equipment that were “fabulous-looking though wouldn’t mangle a bank.”

The Arnolds fast satisfied that their site preference was ideal since many of their clients were locals who didn’t routinely emporium in downtown Carmel. These lapse business appreciated a preference of home taste equipment and present equipment on a store‘s shelves and a fact that there was easy parking.

Like any intelligent entrepreneurs, a integrate also done adjustments to their business indication to yield what people wanted. Marty beheld that shoppers were commenting on a mistake flowers that she had combined only to raise a store displays.

Because of a certain comments, it wasn’t prolonged before Casa di Campagna was charity a rather endless preference of mistake flowers and plants.

Today, people will mostly move in a vase and ask Marty if she would support them in selecting flowers for a list display. During a tumble and winter months, this aspect of a business increases appreciably, so a Arnolds supplement inventory.

“When we squeeze flowers, we am really price-conscious, though we am also looking for peculiarity stems that are so picturesque people won’t comprehend they are artificial,” Marty said.

Other equipment in a emporium operation from wall art, fragrances and candles to dishware, textiles and musical accessories.

“We are ceaselessly receiving new sell though we don’t sequence vast quantities, so a business have to comprehend that what they see currently might not be here tomorrow,” Arnold said. “We also honour ourselves in carrying many equipment in a $10 to $20 cost range.”

Casa di Campagna is during 250 Crossroads Blvd., subsequent to a Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Co. and opposite from Cafe Stravaganza.

“After carrying lunch or enjoying a crater of coffee, we inspire those who haven’t visited Casa di Campagna to stop in and see what we have,” Arnold said. “I consider they’ll be agreeably surprised.”

Diners suffer themselves on a new Thursday afternoon during Broken Top Bottle Shop Ale Cafe in Bend.
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Broken Top Bottle Shop Ale Cafe offers healthy, juicy food, too

By John Gottberg Anderson

/ The Bulletin

Published: May 18. 2012 4:00AM PST

Location: 1740 N.W. Pence Lane, Suite 1 (at College Way), Bend
Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day
Price range: Appetizers and salads $3 to $11, sandwiches $9 and $10, entrees $11 to $14
Credit cards: Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Children’s menu: On request
Vegetarian menu: Fully half a menu is vegetarian; many dishes are vegan and gluten-free
Alcoholic beverages: Beer and wine
Outdoor seating: In comfortable weather
Reservations: No
Contact: www.btbsbend.com or 541-728-0703
Scorecard
OVERALL: B+
Food: B. Healthy and artistic by any yardstick, a “hits” simply change a “misses.”
Service: A-. Friendly, customarily speedy, always blissful to offer tastes of new beers on tap.
Atmosphere: A. Warm and sophisticated, accented by a hip and beautiful soundtrack.
Value: B+. Prices are assuage for a portions served.

Next week: Sarah’s Raw Vegan Cafe
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“Healthy” is not a word that one routinely uses when describing pub fare. But a new Broken Top Bottle Shop Ale Cafe is out to change that impression.

Call this new cafeteria nearby Central Oregon Community College a drink corner if we like. After all, it serves a rotating preference of 12 qualification beers on tap, and a adjoining bottle shop, scheduled to open during a start of June, will make 700 opposite beers accessible in cans and bottles. There’s even a tiny preference of wines, singular yet delicately chosen.

But it’s a kitchen that sets a Ale Cafe detached from other tiny restaurants. For that, cook Bethlyn Rider deserves a lion’s share of credit.

A connoisseur of a Culinary Institute of America in her local New York, Rider was formerly a cook during Common Table in downtown Bend. She is equally skilful in scheming a brawny ribs snack as she is a roasted beet salad or Indian-inspired, gluten-free spinach-and-mushroom crepes.

About half of a menu is vegetarian. Many equipment are vegan, and many are accessible gluten-free — as are all 4 of a bland desserts.

Not usually is a food healthy, it’s good.

Sophisticated mood

Owners Jason and Jennifer Powell, Andy Polanchek and Diana Fischetti knew what they were doing when they purchased a former Abbey Pub, gave it a consummate makeover and reopened Feb. 4 with a new name.

The cafeteria atmosphere now is comfortable and sophisticated, and distant from institutional.

The walls are embellished in shades of rust, with soothing yellow accents in a ceiling-to-floor covers that trim a windows. Framed drink posters hang above a tile floor, and a beautiful alternative-rock soundtrack adds to a hip flavor.

Expansion subsequent doorway into a former WineStyles space, where a Bottle Shop will component a Ale Cafe, is scarcely complete. Rider’s menu will be served on both sides of a divider.

In a past integrate of weeks, we have returned 3 times, twice with a dining companion, to representation a fare. we have systematic both off a bland menu and, some-more frequently, from a list of specials that change daily. And while we haven’t desired everything, I’ve constantly found a food uninformed and tasty, even if it’s infrequently a bit too adventurous.

Daily specials

Especially in a box of a starters — appetizers, soups and salads — there are ubiquitous discipline about what to expect, nonetheless a sum change daily. For instance, there is always a soup of a day, nonetheless it competence change from a cheese-ale potato to a garden unfeeling or a beef-and-sausage gumbo.

I found a three-bean soup, featuring French lentils, kidney beans and black beans, to be a hearty, peppery, chili-style blend. Mixed with tomatoes, corn and immature onions, it was surfaced with a Southwestern chipotle peppers green cream that gave a season an additional kick. we would sequence this again tomorrow.

I was not as smitten with possibly a flatbread pizza or a sliders, both of that change daily.

I don’t know because a pizza was called “flatbread,” unless it was a block shape, cut into quarters. It was as sticky as any normal pizza, and twice as cheesy. On this sold day, a mozzarella commanding was sprinkled with uninformed basil and tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and Parmesan cheese. In other restaurants, it competence have been called a margherita pizza.

The mini-burgers called sliders (one for $3, 3 for $8), served on easily toasted buns, competence change extravagantly from night to night. But of a contingent that we ordered, nothing of them — not a chicken, a fish nor a veggie burger — knocked my hosiery off.

My favorite was a crispy duck with mozzarella and marinara sauce; we suspicion it was a lot like breaded duck Parmesan. The veggie burger, nonetheless mushy, was redeemed with portobello fungus slices and mozzarella, along with a juicy grill aioli dressing. The easily beer-battered cod was soggy, an denote that a H2O calm competence have been too high before freezing, and a slaw with that it was served was coarsely chopped and bitter.

Old standbys

My favorite plate consisted of dual equipment on a bland menu: roasted beet salad and “ribs and taters.”

Even yet it had some-more salad than beets, we desired a salad. Modest chunks of a juicy red base unfeeling were tossed with spinach, arugula and other greens, preserved red onions, candied walnuts, pieces of pinkish grapefruit, Cada Dia jalapeo cheese from Prineville, and sherry vinaigrette. It was uninformed and positively interesting.

The snack offering 3 vast beef ribs, smoked and tender, too messy even to be picked adult with fingers. They were served on a bed of churned red potatoes, lonesome with appetizing wild-mushroom gravy, and presented with creatively steamed broccoli on a side.

A pig mole special wasn’t what we had anticipated, yet we enjoyed it nonetheless. we design a mole to be served Mexican-style, a thick salsa typically highlighting flavors of peanuts, pumpkin seeds and/or semi-sweet chocolate. In this applewood-smoked version, a pig was pulled and served though any sauce. we consider that a softly sharp season was a outcome of a carrying been cooking in mole. It was really tasty, served with coconut-lime rice, honeyed chili-and-cilantro salsa and Napa cabbage slaw.

Who would have suspicion of mixing French, Indian and Ethiopian cuisine in a same dish? That was my greeting to a gluten-free, vegetarian crepe entree. Much like East African injera, dual squashy pancakes were filled with saag paneer, a renouned Indian plate of spinach and cheese curd. we consider we would have enjoyed it some-more had it not been ladled with a wine-based fungus gravy that didn’t fit a character of a categorical dish.

The crepes were served with curried French lentils, softly sharp yet really salty, and a tiny cooking salad featuring preserved red onions, skinless cucumbers, croutons and a garlic tahini dressing.

While a healthy and artistic comfort food adds an moving component to Central Oregon cuisine, we find it best when complemented with one of a restaurant’s superb informal ales. First and foremost, as a name says, this is an Ale Cafe.

SMALL BITES

Yo Wild Frozen Yogurt non-stop a initial Bend plcae during Cascade Village Shopping Center on Saturday in a former plcae of a Cold Stone Creamery. The self-serve solidified yogurt shop, determined 16 months ago during Redmond’s Nolan Town Center by Josh and Bernice Scheidler, specializes in a far-reaching operation of flavors and toppings. The central grand opening is scheduled for May 26-27. Open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-316-1375, www.yowild.com.

— Reporter: janderson@bendbulletin.com

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Dear Answer Angel: I know a conform is to not wear stockings in a comfortable continue so I’m wondering what we consider about leg makeup. Would that be a good alternative? I’ve got spider capillary issues so we feel worried going bare-legged.

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Dear Sue: First of all, we consider that unclothed legs are vastly overrated. Don’t listen to a conform tribe. Listen to common sense. Listen to … me. After all, if stockings is good adequate for Queen-of-England-to-be Kate Middleton, it’s good adequate for a rest of us.

Furthermore, Kate wears bare stockings that many conform “experts” reason adult to special ridicule. we consider it looks good as prolonged as it’s perfect and matches your strength tones.

I usually review in Britain’s Daily Mail that sales of bare hose “once a safety of grannies and frumps” are mountainous interjection to trendsetter Kate. At a hulk U.K. grocery store sequence Asda, sales of a “George” residence code of bare stockings are adult 500 percent!

As for leg makeup, we contend use it as a final resort. My friend, Kit, who has distinguished dark rags on her legs where there is no pigment, has attempted many alternatives and had a best formula with Dermablend, that has a outrageous tone range. Kit uses Dermablend Smooth Indulgence substructure ($30) followed by Dermablend environment powder ($23), accessible online (dermablend.com) and during Ulta, Macy’s and elsewhere. Kit finds that it covers flattering well, doesn’t allegation most on garments and stays on OK in a discerning shower.

Another choice for a special arise is a dark airbrush tan. But for best formula devise ahead. You shouldn’t showering for 8 hours after treatment. And remember that a tan looks improved on day dual and fades gradually over a week or so. To find a place, hunt for “spray on tan” and your town.

Dear Answer Angel: Is it my imagination or are women’s trouser stockings meant to be ragged usually 4 or 5 times before building holes nearby a toe? Since we don’t wish to while divided a hours darning socks, are there some brands out there that “toe a line” (pardon a pun)? I’ve attempted utterly a few. Thanks!

— MM

Dear MM: Speaking of a “George” stockings code we discuss in a answer to Sue above, we adore their trouser stockings that I’ve found unequivocally reason adult for many, many wearings and appurtenance washings. And, here’s a good news: You can buy a code during Wal-Mart. A five-pack costs usually $5.97. My usually counsel is don’t buy one-color multipacks with 5 opposite patterns or textures (stripes, herringbone etc.) You will never ever find a mates. Stick with no-pattern solids.

Dear Answer Angel: Just double checking. Is it OK to wear a black dress in open and summer? Also, what tone hose goes with a black knee-length skirt?

— Linda

Dear Linda: I would be in terrible difficulty if a black dress were a spring/summer no. It’s my uniform and it is a sum yes — year ’round. A perfect light, pearl gray is a good stockings tone choice given black perfect looks too prohibited to me in a summer. But always perfect and do not uncover your toes if you’re wearing hose.

Dear Answer Angel: Can we buy from Goodwill digitally, though carrying to duke by aged promenade dresses and such?

— Margaret Ann

Dear Margaret Ann: I adore pawing by aged promenade dresses and all else that Goodwill has to offer. we once found a span of Manolo Blahnik pumps in navy suede for $6.99 and most danced out of a store.

But behind to your doubt about digital. Shopgoodwill.com is a initial Internet auction site created, owned and operated by a nonprofit organization. There’s a “Hot 50 Items” auction territory that has an chosen preference from participating Goodwills opposite a country. we saw offerings trimming from a 2005 Volvo to a Christian Dior marriage gown. But for me, zero beats thrill-of-the-hunt hands-on thrifting.

Dear Answer Angel: I’ve always been heedful of selling online for things we can theoretically buy during a dilemma store. What’s your advice?

— LKK

Dear LKK: As we pronounced to Margaret Ann (above) zero beats hands-on shopping. Except when you’re wasting time looking for tedious things that should be on store shelves — though isn’t. we can’t tell we how most time we spent looking for Brach’s cinnamon front candy that used to be accessible during each grocery and drugstore. What happened to it? Then a light tuber went on. A discerning Internet hunt solved my problem. Same goes for Calvin Klein bras we used to buy during Macy’s. Now, they always seem to be out of a distance or tone we want. So, usually yesterday we bought dual from zappos.com. They were during my front doorway 36 hours later. My best recommendation is to always demeanour for giveaway shipping. Many online retailers try to tool we there. Shopping online for slight purchases is liberating. And it leaves we some-more time to crop in stores for a fun stuff.

Dear Answer Angel: What’s with tops/shirts lately? Can’t find a singular one that I’d wish to wear. In my search, we have found a following: cut-out shoulders (ugh); one shoulder (double ugh); tops so “colorful” they demeanour like flowers threw adult on them; elasticized hemmed bottom — as if we wish to prominence my hips/bottom or have a thing float adult all day. Do we have any ideas on where to emporium for tops?

— Pat W.

Dear Pat: Totally agree. Other tops that people can’t (or shouldn’t) wear that everywhere in stores: see-through blouses and empire-waist equipment that demeanour like maternity clothes. Who needs that? I’ve had some fitness during discounters like Marshall’s and T. J. Maxx and for something a small dressier, we like Zara (zara.com).