Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2020 i Indianapolis Monthly

Separation Anxiety I winced several times when I read Casey Kenley’s excellent yet heartbreaking essay on divorce (p. 68) this month. Unfortunately, I, too, know the pain of a marriage ending, and even though I’d like to put the experience in my rear-view mirror, that’s impossible. The divorce is a part of me—every bit as much as the 15-year marriage that preceded it or the two phenomenal children it produced. Fortunately, somewhere during the process, I made a conscious decision not to let the failure of the relationship define me, but rather my response to it. That hasn’t always been comfortable—I’ve had to accept some hard truths about myself, find productive outlets for my emotions, and come to terms with the idea that life hasn’t turned out how I envisioned.…

WHAT CAN ANCIENT WOMEN RULERS TEACH US ABOUT THE MODERN WORLD? There’s a lot that transfers, because the patriarchy has not died. And when women did transcend the obstacles in their way, there was this strange reaction to that. That she was too ambitious. That there was something wrong with her. Cleopatra was working on behalf of her dynasty, but the Roman propagandist writers said she was greedy, self-serving, and selfish. They even called her a sorceress. Women today find the same knee-jerk reaction to them trying to obtain power. DO WOMEN WIELD POWER DIFFERENTLY? The Egyptians certainly thought they did, and that’s why they put them in power so regularly. If a king died and there was a young prince, they didn’t allow the child’s uncle to make decisions…

DANNY CHESHIRE’S Broad Ripple boutique French Pharmacie Flea occupies the same location as the bygone French Pharmacie emporium that brought us designer denim and European antiques a decade ago. But the only thing that lives on from the predecessor is the name. Cheshire’s new venture, which he opened with business partner Heather Price, is more like a glamorous gardening garage sale—with the junk weeded out. The Hoosier hairstylist had long dreamed of curating a lifestyle shop, so when the space next to his French Pharmacie Salon became available, he began combing estate sales and auctions and came away with porcelain peacocks, mushroom salt-and-pepper shakers, and midcentury-modern furniture. And it turns out that he’s just as handy with soil as he is with a pair of shears—he makes the shop’s Star…

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, brothers Jung Gyu Kim and Jung Min Kim arrived at the brand-new Fishers Test Kitchen by way of Salt Lake City and a long list of food-service credentials, including a popular food trailer that made the trip to Indianapolis with them last year. Their latest project, Korean barbecue counter Korave, is one of FTK’s three micro-menu ventures situated inside the Sun King taproom, providing sustenance like this bulgogi poutine piled with marinated and grilled beef. The dish hits a tender balance between spicy, sweet, salty, and another round of Cream Ales. 9713 District North Dr., Fishers, 801-879-2301, korave.us…

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ON A COLD Saturday night in November, Pete Buttigieg leaned into his Midwestern roots. The South Bend mayor and Democratic presidential candidate was on the first leg of a tour of northern Iowa. In Decorah, a 7,594-person town, more than 1,000 people had squeezed into the high school gym for a town hall with the candidate. Addressing the people of Winneshiek County, a farming community that flipped from Barack Obama in 2012 to Donald Trump in 2016, he focused on agriculture. Answering a question about climate change, Buttigieg insisted that farmers have a critical role to play in staving off global warming, citing cover crops—beans or buckwheat, for example—grown to prevent weeds and enrich soil quality. “I was super impressed with what he knew about farming,” Bridgette Hensley, 51, a…

Since my divorce, the house feels pretty empty on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Sunday. Without my kids’ grunts, clutter, and the noise from their devices in the house, I needed something to fill the void, so I picked up yoga. During my first visit to the Noblesville studio, the instructor asked my name. When I told her, she lit up. “Do you know Bill Kenley?” “I do. Bill is my ex-husband,” I told her. Her eyes darted. I jumped in to save her. “Were you a student of his?” I asked brightly. “No. I’m a teacher at the middle school,” she said, and stopped. She must have been trying to not mention the words “Bill Kenley” again even though they were, at the moment, the only thing that connected us.…

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg leads many polls in Iowa (p. 49), but our staff ers might not fare so well. We asked a few what’s keeping them from jumping into politics. “My staunch Whig Party political views.” —DANIEL COMISKEY, DEPUTY EDITOR “I’m incapable of dealing with idiots.” —MEGAN MAGUIRE, ADVERTISING ART COORDINATOR “Nearly everything I did in the late ’70s.” —MIKE BOTKIN, PRODUCTION MANAGER “I accidentally protested against Queen Beatrix in Aruba. I joined a group lined up to see her, and tried to mimic their chant, which was in Dutch. I later learned I was yelling at her to go home.” —MEGAN FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL OPERATIONS…

Indy’s bicentennial-year bash boasts a signature beer and whiskey, larger-than-life likenesses of Hoosier legends, and would-be new traditions. Bicentennial WAIT, DIDN’T WE JUST THROW A PARTY? The 2016 bash was for the state’s bicentennial, not the city’s. So we get to celebrate all over again! Consider the 92-county torch relay and Bicentennial Plaza’s fountain light show a practice run. IT’S A YEAR-LONG BASH. Indy is officially blowing out birthday candles from June (the 200th anniversary of the state capital moving here from Corydon) to May 2021, when the Indy 500 will send the Bicentennial year out with a bang. THE INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS CREATING A HOOSIER TREASURE TROVE. Browse snapshots, letters, and audio recordings from the city’s last 200 years in a digital archive on the IHS website, and,…

The thick wool “Ombré” sweater feels like wearing a hug, and if you buy it, you deserve one. The label, Micaela Greg in San Francisco, is dedicated to ethically made garments—this slouchy contemporary knit comes from a Peru fair-trade factory that sources local alpaca fiber and makes sure everyone involved in clothing production earns a living wage. The same sensibility threads through the Indy-based online boutique Freyya, which brings sustainable fashion to town at its brick-and-mortar partner, Onatah in Fountain Square. Now your whole wardrobe can keep you warm from the inside out. $418. 1339 Prospect St., shoponatah.com…

WHERE DID THIS ENSEMBLE COME FROM? I hit the jackpot at Goodwill. The earrings are an Etsy find. HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR STYLE? New Wave or modern ’80s. Black pants or skirts with a loud top, and I go really bold with my makeup. with my makeup. DO YOU FOLLOW TRENDS? I try to be cognizant of waste and not buy something to only wear one time. But I am excited about the big flare pants coming back. WHAT ARE YOU ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RIGHT NOW? Pitaya used to have these mega-flare pants with no pockets and just one zipper on the back, but I can’t find them anywhere. I have eBay alerts out for them. Last month I got something else I had alerts for: a…

To nominate, complete an application today! Log on to www.indianapolismonthly.com/sewa, submit your application online or print out form and submit by fax or mail. Nomination deadline is April 1, 2020. and Congratulations! Kristen Luidhardt is the 2019 winner of the 16th Annual Starkey Entrepreneurial Woman Award. Harrison & Moberly, LLP and Indianapolis Monthly, along with Marti Starkey, congratulate Kristen Luidhardt as the 2019 Winner of the Starkey Entrepreneurial Woman Award. This award is given each year to a female business owner who exhibits courage, tenacity and selflessness in starting and running her own business. After graduating from college with a Political Science degree, Kristen decided to start a digital marketing business fueled by her passion and love for politics and the opportunity to make a difference. Kristen formed The Prosper…

EVEN DURING this era’s renewed interest in jams and all things pickled, it’s hard not to get starry-eyed when reading the list of creative goods coming out of the kitchen of Home Ec. Preserves’s Jessica Sowls. Bourbon brown-sugar peach preserves, spicy horseradish pickled cucamelons, cherry habanero jam, chive and thyme radishes. Sowls didn’t plan on getting into the food biz. An artist and art librarian, she started selling jars of jam when the recession hit, library jobs were scarce, and she needed cash to pay her bills. “Every time I did it,” she says, “I was able to raise enough money to pay whatever bill I had.” In 2012, Home Ec. Preserves was born. The artist in her looks for ideas everywhere, like the pear tree in her neighborhood everyone…

Artie’s On the Go A rotating menu posted every Monday on the website lays out paleo, keto, vegetarian, and macro meals. The diet-specific options even include breakfast, dessert, and family-style portions. Pick up in-store or leave out a few hot/cold bags for a more convenient home delivery. The five-meal plan starts at $220 for 20 meals. 2442 Central Ave., 317-997-0916, artiesonthego.com HercuLean Meal Prep Choose from five low-carb meal plans and 25 menu items ranging from barbecue salmon to bacon-wrapped meatloaf at HercuLean’s northside storefront (and future Bottleworks District location). Or, opt for a low-fee delivery. Prices start at $8.19 per meal for 35 meals. 3832 E. 82nd St., 317-288-0504, herculeanmealprep.com KingCal Kitchen The revolving menu is categorized by entrée type including white meat, seafood, red meat, and vegan. Snacks…

CHATTERBOX JAZZ CLUB IT’S BEEN called the last real dive on Mass Ave, a graffiti-covered, fluorescent-lit original among the corporations that have swarmed the swanky real estate along that diagonal strip. Opened in 1982 by David Andrichik, the Chatterbox stays true to its community roots, serving old-school cocktails, Patties of Jamaica, and live jazz every night. No wonder it’s a favorite among IU jazz students and Jazz Festival partiers looking to keep the music going a little longer. 435 Massachusetts Ave., 317-636-0584, chatterboxjazz.com SYD'S FINE FOOD &SPIRITS WHY NOT get competitive when you’re getting your drink on? After finishing your breaded tenderloin and Wicked Syd (peach whiskey, Malibu rum, and fruit juice), it won’t be hard to find a challenger at the shuffleboard table located smack-dab in the center of…

Sarah Murrell Freelance writer Sarah Murrell returned to her ancestral home for this month’s cover story on Indy’s dive bars (p. 52), which is to say, somewhere between a bottle of whiskey and a greasy kitchen. “I really enjoyed cataloging the bar regulars and telling their stories,” she says. “Mama T and Backdoor Charlie both deserve their own biopic.” Murrell has written for Thrillist, High Times, and NUVO. Philip Gulley Columnist Philip Gulley’s wife has often said he thinks the rules don’t apply to him. This was especially apparent when their homeowner’s association ordered Gulley to paint their house (p. 46). “I finally broke down and did it, and my wife is happy,” he says. “But the HOA is running amok, mad with power.” When he’s not writing, Gulley pastors…

Prepare for a lot of very fun, 48-second runs. On weeknights, slopes clear out around 9 p.m., and you can ski straight onto the chair lift for nonstop runs. “Backstage” will always be the best run. Beware the snowboarders. Both for loud, profane music, and for potential collisions with new skiers near the top of the Green Chair lift. The lodge isn’t gourmet and doesn’t serve alcohol. So get out there with your kids. Manmade snow can turn slushy, and has a different texture than natural powder. If you’re taking your own expensive skis, apply a cold-weather wax. Remember that you’re able to go skiing in southeast Indiana—so rejoice that this is even a thing.…

WITH TECHNICOLOR sprinkles and icing-like stripes, Nicole Lewis’s mini doughnuts look good enough to eat. But they smell faintly waxy. “Lots of adults buy the doughnut crayons as decorations simply because they look so realistic,” she says. Created in her McCordsville studio, the doughnuts—along with crayonsicles, dinosaurs, and custom sets spelling out a child’s name—are the product of thousands of crayons melted and mixed just so. Formerly an art teacher, Lewis first reconstituted crayons with her kindergarten classes. “We rounded up some nubs in the classroom, then we used a toaster oven from the science lab,” she says. “They enjoyed it, but it was really stinky. I thought, There has to be a better way to do this.” She kept at it, and in 2007, Lewis opened an Etsy shop…

“We almost have to throttle back a bit,” Justin Jones says about the overnight success of his Fountain Square coffee shop, Bovaconti coffee. After opening downtown’s Georgia Street Grind in 2016, Jones decided he was ready for a new caffeine challenge, one that offers hardcore Italian espresso drinks, sodas, cookies, and chai blends like the buzzed-up Tiger Eye in the refurbished Bovaconti Jewelers building that dates back to the 1850s. Glossy new pink tile, a teal exposed ceiling, and wall-length windows brighten the room, and in warmer months, customers can retreat to the patio near the bocce-ball court to sip their Americanas. Bold modern wallpaper and tile now share space with the original exposed brick and window seats tucked into the old glass display window. Jones even wove the old…

I SPEAK ON BEHALF of the formerly mullet-topped American generation raised on Orange Julius and Hickory Farms free samples when I say that few things are as painfully nostalgic (or as hauntingly sad) as a shopping mall in the winter of its life. My people mourn every lost anchor store. We stand at the gaping maw of an abandoned L.S. Ayres with its barren display windows and ghosts of Clinique counters past—and we cry single, slow tears. So a place like Washington Square Mall, sprawled across 965,000 square feet of scuffed beige tile at the busy corner of East Washington Street and Mitthoeffer Road, feels like hallowed ground—even if its near-empty corridors, dressed-down kiosks, and potholed parking lot have seen better days. John Barker was well aware of that timeworn…

WHEN MY WIFE and I moved into our Danville home 22 years ago, it came with a homeowner’s association and a list of rules governing, among other things, acceptable house colors (earth tones), where you could park your vehicles (not on the street), and whether you could have a garden (don’t even think about it). For our first 21 years, the association officers managed affairs themselves, gently reminding neighbors of violations, paying the bills, and keeping the lights on. Everyone generally complied with the rules, except for the occasional rebel who would leave his truck on the street or build an illegal fence. Nothing big, no one opening a used car lot or brothel, as occasionally happens in some neighborhoods. For several years, I was the association mediator. When one…

You order it, you drink it— The Living Room Lounge Don’t f*ck with the cat, Sammy, outside— Sam’s Silver Circle If you want to drink to get drunk, go elsewhere— Chatterbox Jazz Club One to a bathroom (read: no sex)— Si Greene’s Pub Hats forward, no arm wrestling— Old Town Tavern No cursing, standing at the bar, coats on seat backs, or leaning back in your chair.— Red Key Tavern No debit cards, no fire, no male nudity, and no interpretive dance— Melody Inn Do not sh*t in the delicate plumbing. Ever.— Raceway Pub No religion, no politics, and no fighting— The AVG Pub Don’t steal the toilet paper— The Butler Inn No foul language— McGinley’s Golden Ace Pool cues are not weapons— Kip’s Pub Be respectful and leave your…

DOWNTOWN INCLUDES Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, Mass Ave, Mile Square Beholder CONTEMPORARY A former car-repair shop just outside Woodruff Place sets the stage for a daring piece of performance art that has featured pig-skin noodles, granita-topped uni designed to melt on the tongue, grilled cucumbers, and other transfigured meats and veggies. Labor-intensive cocktails are so smart and spot-on that it’s hard to choose just one. Or three. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 1844 E. 10th St., 317-419-3471, beholderindy.com Black Market CONTEMPORARY Sophisticated Mediterranean touches and wine-friendly Continental fare now top the menu at this Mass Ave standard, where recently installed executive chef Esteban Rosas took the reins from longtime chef and partner Micah Frank in late 2018. The burger with halloumi cheese and house frites is still one of the best bar meals…