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Preaching His
Gospel Of Rockabilly
To The Masses
The Reverend Horton Heat
continues to blaze his high
octane trail into the hot rod
engine of your heart.
by Jane Roser
Ive been attending Reverend Horton
Heat (or The Rev, as Jim Heath is
affectionately called) concerts for over
a decade now and I can safely attest
that this is not your mamas rockabilly.
The bands high octane reinterpretation
of country blues rock and roll will leave
you on a glorious, evangelical high.
Heath will sometimes be seen standing
on bassist Jimbos upright bass, guitar
a-wailin and fire shooting from his
fingertips while Scott Churillos twenty
minute drum solo rivals Zeppelins
Bonzo for its fast frenetic energy.
We take rockabilly and make it
a little more punk, Heath told me when
I spoke with him earlier this year.
Well take country and get a little jazzy
and a little bluesy.
I caught the band at dcs famed
9:30 Club when they toured with cool
cat Deke Dickerson and wowed the
audience when he and Heath played
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a solo on a double neck guitar at the

same time. Heath sat on a stool and
Dickerson came up behind him, put
the guitar in his lap and then they each
played a neck. It was indeed one of
the niftiest things Ive ever seen. I ask
Heath what hes learned over the years
about connecting with his audience.
He chuckles and says, well, doing
something really goofy like that usually
works pretty good.
The current line up is very tight
and have been together for several
years now. Heath had a different bass
player for a while back in the 80s and
met Jimbo in Houston at a gig they
were playing. Jimbo came up and
started talking to [the bass player]
after the show and he let him try out
his bass, says Heath. Jimbo played
really well and he was a cool guy. I got
his number and when my bass player
quit the band around 1989, I called up
Jimbo and he quit his job the next day.
The day after that he moved to Dallas.
It was pretty wild and weve been
together ever since.
Churillo had been bouncing
around Dallas playing with singer/
songwriters, but, as Heath explains,
wanted to do more that that because
hes a rockin drummer and he wanted

Well take country

and get a little jazzy
and a little bluesy.
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We take rockabilly

and make it a little
more punk.
Reverend Horton Heat

to bash around and play a lot of licks.

After their original drummer left,
Heath auditioned Churillo and theyve
performed together on and off for over
eleven years now.
The Reverend Horton Heat loves to
perform at festivals and this year the
band created their own which they
dubbed Hortons Hayride. I wanted to
do a show like the rock and roll shows
of the 50s, says Heath. Theyd have
a band play and the band members
wouldnt leave the stage, like Jerry Lee
would come out and play six songs,
then leave and Eddie Cochran would
come out, then Elvis and so forth.
I wanted to do a Grand Ole Opry/
Louisiana Hayride sort of thing. We
had Slim Jim from The Stray Cats
and Deke-it was pretty cool. We were
hoping for 3500 people and we had
over 5000.

Hortons Hayride was such a hit,

they were recently nominated by
the Ameripolitan Awards for Best
Festival, which you can vote for at
www.ameripolitan.com.
The band released their 11th studio
album, appropriately titled REV, on
January 21st and it continues their long
tradition of fire and brimstone, fast paced,
big red rocket of love rockabilly. Most
of the songs [on the album] are recent,
explains Heath, but some are from way
back. Longest Gonest Man was the first
song on the first demo tape we ever did,
back when we still did demo tapes, but
its just now making an album.
Let Me Teach You How To Eat is the
most downloaded of the albums tracks
on iTunes and Heath explains how the
guy who gave him the moniker The
Reverend Horton Heat also unknowingly
named this song. He was this hippie
club owner, but was on this kick where
he wanted to be a guru, Heath explains.
He was walking around Deep Ellum in
Dallas going up to everyone and saying
let me teach you how to eat and would
start talking about macrobiotic foods
and Im like, wait a minute, if I didnt
know how to eat already, Id be dead.
Twenty seven years later I turned it into
a song thats more about sex than it
is about food.
Heath goes on to say that hes
led a charmed life. My thing is live
music, thats my art form and recording
is a technology that just supports
that for me.
The Rev is revving up to hit the road
again, making stops on January 23rd
with the legendary Robert Gordon at
Underground Arts in Philadelphia and
January 28th at John & Peters in New
Hope. Prepare to kick out the jams and
have your rock and roll loving soul
saved. Amen. | r

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A Family That
Tours Together,
Stays Together
Echosmith gives a new meaning
to the term family roadtrip
by Matt Kelchner

Almost every musician will say that

the thing they miss most when out on
the road is their family. Just imagine
traveling city to city, night after night
while your loved ones were back at
home. Its difficult. But what if you could
take them with you? Better yet, what if
you could share the stage with them?
Echosmith, from the Toluca Lake
area of Los Angeles, is led by 17-yearold Sydney Sierota and includes her
brothers Jamie, Graham and Noah.
Their hit single Cool Kids has sold
over 1.2 million copies and launched
the indie pop band into the spotlight.
As they were preparing for a headlining
tour, Sydney Sierota chats about the
sudden rise to stardom, life on the road
and her favorite, yet peculiar, tour snack.
I just see so many other bands who
are like, I wish my family was on the
road or I just miss them so much,
Sierota explains. Its awesome for me
to be able to say Im always with them.
While it makes it much harder to
get away from your little brother when
hes bugging you, it also makes their
chemistry incredible strong. Sierota
goes on to add, I mean, Ive never done
it without my family so I dont know
what its like. I cant really imagine
doing it any other way.
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PHILADELPHIA ON FEBRUARY 28TH AT THE TLA.

Family bands are nothing new in

the music world, but one as successful
given their ages certainly is. The
youngest, Graham, turned 15 last year
while the oldest, Jamie, is the only one
old enough to drink. Sierota realizes
that its something special and takes it
to heart, its nice to be different and of
course to have things that are unique
about us and our age.
Cool Kids, the song that vaulted
Echosmith to where they are now,
almost never was. It almost didnt even
make the record, Sierota says.
The message of the song is one
that hits home to everyone, including
Sierota. I feel it every day sometimes.
Its a constant decision to be okay with
who I am.
The hit single took quite some time
to work out. Because the songs meaning
is so deep and personal, it required the
utmost attention to ensure it was perfect.
Thats why I think it took so long, we
wanted to convey the right message and
the right story in the right way, Sierota
says. Judging from the album sales alone,
its safe to say they got things right.

I think the fact that we are going on

a headlining tour the size that it is this
spring is big, she says. On top of
a lengthy us tour headlining venues
much larger than what they are used
to, they will also weave their way
around Europe. Were very happy with
where were at and were not going to
complain.
As we talk about tour plans in 2015,
we begin to venture down the road of
snacking. It sounds weird, but tortilla
chips and honey ham, together in
one bite, Sierota says is her favorite.
Everyone who tries it says its so good,
even my brothers.
The seal of approval from Jamie,
Graham and Noah is just another
example of the special bond the band
shares. Whether its on stage in front
a huge crowd of screaming fans or
alone in the back of the bus, it is always
there. Of course there are other people
in our lives that we miss as well,
Sierota adds, but having my family
with me definitely helps with that. | r
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Doylestown Brewing
Company
A new brewpub with
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by Matt Kelchner
Its always been a dream of mine to
open up a brewery, Joe Modestine
says as we begin our conversation
about new things coming for his
brewery. Modestine is the owner of
Doylestown Brewing Company, located
in its namesake borough north of
Philadelphia. He is teaming up with
the former head brewer of Dock Street
Brewery, Justin Low, to bring a new
and unique destination in Doylestown
for craft beer aficionados.
The Main Street Marketplace,
located at 22 South Main Street, will
be the site of Doylestown Brewing
Companys new brewpub. Settling
on a location has been no easy task.
Modestine explains, that was our first
challenge that took nearly two years
to complete because of the brewery
and the kind of requirements that are
needed for that operation to work.
Theres a sense of excitement in
Modestines voice as we talk and its
easy to catch just how eager he is to
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BUSINESS

PHOTOGRAPHY: BRIAN HEWITT

BUSINESS

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Doylestown Brewing Company has

been producing and selling their own
line of beverages for the past few years
now and flagship selections like the
R5 Lager can be found in neighboring
bars and restaurants. With that said,
head brewer Low plans to keep things
in house for the brewpub. Modestine
adds, all the beer that we sell here is
produced here. Doing so helps open up
the creative and different opportunities
in developing new brews.
Old favorites like the Union St IPA
and the aforementioned R5 Lager will
be available, but a majority of the beers
on tap will be seasonal offerings or new
beers not found on retail shelves. No
matter what time of year it is though, one
spot on the line will always be reserved
for a special, hyperlocal collaboration.
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One of the other unique things

well be doing is working with local
businesses and developing a beer
specifically with them in mind,
Modestine says, and have them
actually contributing to the brewing
process. Whether its deciding the
style of beer or figuring out the specific
flavors and notes, the partnering
business will have the chance to
participate. Its a way for Doylestown
Brewing Company to do more for
their community than just provide
refreshing and delicious beers.
One of the first businesses to link up
with Doylestown Brewing Company
for their Local Tap series will be
Doylestown Bikeworks. Together the
two will be releasing Doylestown Bike
Works Boneshaker Bourbon Porter.

PHOTOGRAPHY: BRIAN HEWITT

What were
looking forward to
is creating seasonal
types of brews on
a weekly basis.
It will be available on draft for anyone
to try, just as any other brew would be.
Modestine explains, its a way for us to
promote the local businesses for people
at the pub, but we also want the local
tap beer to be available in all the local
bars as well.
A brewpub would not be complete
without a menu full of tasty dishes to
compliment the beers and Doylestown
Brewing Company is no exception.
In keeping with the theme of building
and supporting the local community,
Modestine is reaching out to a few area
restaurants to help feed his patrons.
Pennsylvania Soup and Seafood and
Spuntino offer a wide variety of options
for guests to chose from. Modestine
adds, We want it to be really good pub
style food downstairs. Burgers, salads,
a lot of small plates.
Merchandise will also be for sale
for fans to show off their Doylestown
Brewing Company pride. Customers
will be able to choose from t-shirts,
pint glasses and more. Low chimes in,
were going to be getting growler fills
of course, that way people can go home
and enjoy the beer.
Building on his excitement throughout
our talk Modestine firmly says, what
were looking forward to is on a weekly

basis, creating weekly, seasonal types of

brews. With everything set in place, the
Doylestown Brewing Company brewpub
will be a target for not just the craft beer
lover, but anyone looking for a fun night
out. Whether on a date or a big group
for a birthday, the pub will be able to fit
any size party.
We didnt want to start three years
ago in a big warehouse down by
the airport or something like that,
Modestine explains. We figured we
would take our time and waited until
the right opportunity came along.
It seems as if the wisdom and
patience has paid off for Modestine
and his Doylestown Brewing Company.
Opening a landmark location has been
a long time coming for Modestine, Low
and everyone else behind the brewery
and soon the dream will be a reality. | r
For information on Doylestown Brewing
Company, opening in early 2015, visit
www.doylestownbrewingcompany.com
and follow them via Twitter and Facebook.
The brewery is located at 22 South Main
Street in Doylestown.
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Meet the Cover Artist:

Bradley Hendershot preserves rural
Pennsylvania in his paintings
by Rebecca Robinson

Bradley Hendershots work, in one

word, is evocative. On a quest to
capture the rapidly fading rustic
tableaus and traditional architecture
of rural Pennsylvania, Hendershot
can often be found traversing the
Pennsylvania countryside when not in
his Upper Hanover Township studio.
Each summer, however, he is drawn
back to the dramatic windswept
coastlines of his native Maine.
I am driven by a sense of nostalgia and
my paintings depict a rural community
and an almost forgotten way of life,
Hendershot explains when asked about
his work. Many of these old buildings,
which are part of our heritage, are
rapidly disappearing. Id like to feel that
I have preserved them in my paintings.
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Hendershot is interested in early

American history, especially as it
pertains to southeastern Pennsylvania
and coastal Maine. Hes intrigued
especially by the way things were
done in the past and the tools and
methodologies that were utilized on the
land and on the sea. I prefer simpler
times, when everything was not so
homogeneous, materialistic, and massproduced, he says.
While at his studio on Monhegan
Island in Maine, Hendershot hosts an
annual open studio with noted artist
and friend Katharine Krieg. As part of
their July open studio, they often host
plein air workshops where participants
paint outdoors to get the best use
of natural light for their subjects.

Hendershot concentrates on watercolor

painting, adding dry brush elements to
highlight or emphasize various aspects of
each scene so that the atmosphere of the
subject fully manifests within the painting.
I am inspired by my daily life and
I paint what is familiar to me- places
and things that I know well, places and
things that have a special meaning
to me. My painting process is very
personal to me, and I paint subjects
that are intimate to my life in rural
Pennsylvania and on Monhegan Island,
Maine, he explains. My work involves
intense feelings, and I hope that my
paintings are able to evoke a strong
emotional response.
Often, an event in his life will trigger
feelings that results in the mood of
a painting. Hendershot says he always
has some reason to paint, and his
paintings tell a story. There is a strong
emotion in each piece, and I want to
share this emotion.
It is clear through his work that
Hendershot is a traditional realist in
the Brandywine School, a style that
emphasizes attention to realism, an
expression of optimism, and a faith in the
goodness of America. It was developed
by Howard Pyle, and taught beginning
in 1900 at his Howard Pyle School of
Art in Chadds Ford, pa. The Brandywine
School, or Brandywine Tradition,
is widely recognized as a distinctly
American school of illustration and art
which has continued through members
of the school, including the Wyeth
family of artists. Hendershot is currently
a Signature Member of American
Society of Marine Artists, a Signature
Professional Artist of International
Society of Marine Painters, a Signature
Member of Pennsylvania Watercolor
Society, and a Signature Member
of Philadelphia Watercolor Society.

Many of these old buildings, which

are part of our heritage, are rapidly
disappearing. Id like to feel that I have
preserved them in my paintings.
BRADLEY HENDERSHOT

Interested in a Pennsylvania
location that would feature both his
Pennsylvania and Maine pieces,
Hendershot discovered the Patricia
Hutton Galleries through his
association with Katharine Krieg, who
is represented by the gallery. After
attending a few of the exhibitions, he
decided to join the rather impressive
roster of artists. In addition to the
pieces at his Pennsylvania and Maine
studios, his work is currently available
at the Lupine Gallery on Monhegan
Island, the Chadds Ford Gallery in
Chadds Ford and the Patricia Hutton
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meets West State Street. Literally cut
in half to accommodate the widening
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Patricia Hutton Galleries. Natural light
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that allow for private contemplation
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experience for each visitor.
I have always loved to design and
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helping visitors pick art for specific
spaces in their homes, gallery owner
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tell them, first you have to love it and
have an emotional connection to it.
This is most important.
Hutton embarked on her career in the
art world through a chance encounter at
a concert while attending graduate
school in Boston. What began as a casual
trip to view paintings at the nearby
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stepping stone in an incredible journey
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of meeting several famous artists and

being able to observe several art styles
and many budding artists along the way.
Many years later, when she moved to
Bucks County, Hutton decided that the
time had come to open her own gallery.
She began by representing eight New
England artists of her acquaintance
as well as New Jersey artist Steve
Zazenski. Soon after, Dot Bunn joined
the galley. Bunn is a local Pennsylvanian
artist whom Hutton refers to as our
Doylestown treasure. [Her Impressionist
landscapes] capture the joy of living in
the verdant countryside or snow covered
farm land which we are so fortunate
to have surrounding us. Bunn has
been juried into national shows for her
portrait and figure paintings as well as
her landscapes.
The gallery focuses on Impressionism
and Realism with a unique blend of both
the New England and Bucks County
schools, carrying watercolor and pastels
as well as oil paintings.
Artists are selected for representation
based upon their ability to produce high
quality work that brings something
new to the gallery and fits into the
gallerys style niche. The artists currently
represented are an impressive group
and encompass a wide variety of
accomplishments and styles. Many
have been producing art for 30 to 40
years, have been juried into national
exhibitions and won multiple awards.

PHOTOGRAPHY: BRIAN HEWITT

by Rebecca Robinson

The more notable of these artists

include Michael Filipiak, an eloquent
pastel artist whose work comes
across as poetic and accomplished,
and Dean Thomas, a contemporary
realist whose detailed work, Hutton
explains, can seem very literal and
other worldly at the same time. Bradley
Hendershot, this months cover artist,
uses watercolor paintings to record
the history of a bygone gentle era
[that] captures the feeling of a place.
A plein air oil and watercolor painter,
Barbara Sesta, another represented
artist, prefers to paint outdoors in order
to best use the natural light to paint her
subjects as she sees them.
Frank Arcuri, an acclaimed still life
painter in the tradition of the Dutch
Masters, has had pieces shown both
internationally and on Madison Avenue
in New York. His work, Hutton

exclaims, gets to the essence of an

objects being, and through light and
shadow, makes it a thing of beauty.
Sam Vokey is a Copley Master and
winner of several prestigious awards
in the Boston area. With his vivid and
meticulous attention to detail, one
feels they can lift the objects out of his
still life [paintings]. Hutton is also
happy to display the works of Ernest
Principato. Mentored by the famous
colorist Henry Hensche, Principato
embodies the essence of the Cape
Cod School with his glowing colors
and tangible atmosphere.
Steve Zazenski has won over
150 national and local awards for his
watercolor and gouache paintings.
With wonderful colors and appealing
shadows, his work is described
by Hutton as having a freshness
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Patricia Hutton Galleries typically

holds seasonal exhibits of marine and
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and a local landscapes exhibit in the
fall. In addition to a selection of solo
shows, exhibits are held of subjects that
capture Huttons interest, such as the
Painting People Exhibition, a portrait
and figure show which recently closed.
The exhibition schedule for 2015 is
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confirmed for May. She received the
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popular floral oils have a wonderful
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the local streets and landmarks.

A collaboration between local artists,
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In addition to participating as
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C R E AT I V E W R I T I N G

Valentines Day is
in Under
1,000 Words
by Adam Paulus

The lights are dim, the bar room slow.

Its a couples night with no third
wheels, no solos, no large group parties.
Lonely hearts will come in later, forlorn,
weary, raging. This is nothing more
than a Hallmark holiday, a byproduct
of nefarious corporate monoliths, the
usurping Hershey chocolate company
and their evil Swiss overlords, the ftd
florist cabal, some evil man wearing
a Panama hat in a Malaysian sweatshop
overseeing the stuffing of teddy bears,
mysterious English phrases on their
heart emblazoned chests, Be Mine,
True Love Always, as indecipherable
as the cuneiform on the sarcophagus
of Nefertiti. It is more insidious than
the streets of Morocco after curfew
during the Vichy occupation outside
of Ricks Cafe Americain, she tells me
after her third glass of wine.
Its bizarre that, during the most
brutal, unforgiving miserable month
of the year, when winter seems almost
unbearable, interminable, never-ending
cold, we spend a day celebrating love.
April would be a fine month for love.
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Certainly, any month of summer.

But Februaryif February was a person,
hed be that unfriendly neighbor
down the street who mows his lawn
shirtless, misplaced gray, curly hairs
protruding beyond his ample gut, cigar
hanging from his mouth, mowing at
8 a.m. on a Sunday while youre still
trying to sleep off the night before.
Or something like that. Point being,
February sucks. Its so far from love.
But then, for many, Valentines is like
snuggling a porcupine, taking a bath
with a skunk, or doing the whole Lady
and the Tramp thing with a hyena, who
then tries to bite off your nose. Like that
last sentence, a day devoted to love at
winters nadir makes little sense. And
in its cruelest, harshest blow, February
brings to end the football season, that
21 week pass from honey-do lists and
aimless romantic jaunts through the
country and rancid trips to shopping
malls, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Pier 1
Imports, spending quality time with
children rather than tracking the latest
weekly fantasy football waiver wire
for the next unheard of gem that will
make you a fantasy gm genius among
friends who know ten times less than
you about football.
In elementary school, Valentines
was okay. There was a party and
everyone got candy. It was awkward
handing out Valentines to girls but
thatd just get weirder the older we got.
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By third or fourth grade, talking to

girls is anathema. And then, only
a year or two removed from that, while
talking remains anathema and doing
so in public makes you a pariah among
peers, you become strangely fascinated
and then suddenly, you find yourself
in the mind-boggling debate of exactly
what to say to certain girls and what
absolutely not to convey to others. Its
a process we learn only later is akin to
a Jedi mind trick, like Luke Skywalker
lifting up his X-Wing fighter in Yodas
swamp at Dagobah. I dont know what
its like for females. I sense some bask
in Valentines glow, but for men its
terrifying and cruel, your emotions
curtailed to contrite catch phrases on
stupid cards, only to have to follow with
your own sentiments, bluster signifying
nothing yet simultaneously containing
the seed of latent catastrophe.
Valentines Day is a zero sum game. If
you lose, you lose big and if you win,
the glory is merely temporal.
Nonetheless, we place a call to the
restaurant. Table for two, what time
do you have available tonight? And
then, because you delayed so long,
which shell always tell you is your
key flaw, your almost innate sense to
procrastinate over almost anything that
doesnt involve drinking with your bros
or playing fantasy football, whatever
the hell thats about, no half-decent
restaurant anywhere in a twenty mile
radius has a table. And then you think
spicy chicken sandwich, French fries,
Frostees, and think, could this maybe be
a viable option?, only to slam your beer
down realizing youre screwed yet again.
Be damned that Machiavellian ad exec
who bestowed this ungrateful heap of
holiday on generations of men already
desperate to understand what the hell it
is they are supposed to say to even the
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most impervious of questions, much

less understand these abstract emotions
with tangible thoughts and words!
This is a doff of the cap to my lonely
hearts and divorcees whom litter
Valentines late night bar stools, ruing
and stewing. This is for those who no
longer can fathom the walks down
the lonely card aisles of drug stores,
empty shelves scattered with trite
embarrassments of cards that only
leave you losing. Valentines is an ugly
holiday, feared by most, revered by few.
For what curse, perchance, must we
endure such banality? I know not why
Valentine has cursed us. It was, I am
sure, never his intention, to drain our
bank accounts, to make men think and
ponder, to create a feeling of nausea
and despair. And yet, here we are, once
again, scanning the aisles, finding
only the dying-est of flowers and the
meekest of cards, buying up the last
chocolates all the while lambasting
some long dead saint.
But truth be told, a man left to his
own devices says things like these;
One more shot of Jagermeister
cant hurt, sure, I heard stripes and
plaids dont mix, but I look pretty
damn good!, I fed the children this
morning, they should be fine for a day
or two, just because it snowed last
night shouldnt mean its dangerous
to hang Christmas lights on the roof,
et al, ad nauseam. Men are children
who need guidance, and occasionally,
the women who save them from
themselves need flowers and candies.
Men are simple, stupid. Honestly, we
prefer it that way. Thus, begrudgingly,
we are dragged, knuckles bent down,
to the trough of good humanity by
some benign female who simply
wants us to be more. Is that asking
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A D AY I N T H E L I F E

Balancing Act
How local meteorologist
Michelle Grossman is living
her dream. by Krisy Paredes
Michelle Grossman came from
humble beginnings. Growing up in
Buckingham, PA as one of five children,
Grossman knew she wanted to one day
be a meteorologist. At the early age of
five years old, she was ready to chase
the wind and as a teenager, though she
wasnt sure how she would get there,
knew that someday she would be the
one on the tv.
Grossman attended Central
Bucks East High School, located in
Buckingham, then went on to graduate
from Penn State with a Liberal Arts
degree. She worked in sales for
a few years, but did not feel that she
was following her dream of being
a broadcast meteorologist. She decided
to go back to school while working
full-time, finally graduating three years
later with a degree in Meteorology
from Mississippi State University.
During her last year at Mississippi
State, Grossman took a non-paying
internship that manifested itself into
part-time work creating maps for
meteorologists. After some time and
a lot of hard work, she was able to
secure a full-time position as an on-air
meteorologist. In 2008, Grossman
joined nbc 10s weather team.
Shortly after she landed a job with
nbc, Grossman and her husband
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welcomed their first child. The late

nights and early mornings that come
with raising a child were no shock to
Grossman. For a meteorologist, the work
day begins when she leaves the house
at 2:00 a.m., sometimes even earlier.
tv isnt as glamorous as it looks
when you have to wake up at two in
the morning, she jokes.
On the job, a few hours are first
spent preparing the forecast for the
day and week ahead. The graphics
that will be needed for her on-air and
online segments are created and then
the producers, writers and anchors are
brought up to speed on the weather
story. After Grossman reports the
upcoming weather patterns, four hours
of newscasts are followed. Lastly, she
makes sure her web team has all of the
information they need for online news
outlets. Then, its home to her second,
but most important job, being a mom.
Grossman loves connecting with
viewers and presenting the weather in
a way that means something to them.
I love the thrill of live television. It is
exhausting yet exhilarating at the same
time. The studio is an electric place
with lots of people working very hard.
Thats really fun to watch and be a part
of, she says.
After her daughter was born, it
became much more of a challenge to
keep the delicate balance of her family
and her career. She was away from the
house for twelve hours a day, five days
a week and when storms came through
she covered them until they were over.

Freelancing has allowed me

to set my own schedule and
to work around events for the
kids and my family.
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Grossmans goal for the future

is to maintain the healthy and
happy balance she has created
with her career and family.

That meant staying overnight at hotels

and working around the clock. Luckily,
Grossman has the support of her family
and her twin sister who were always
on hand to take care of her daughter
when her career briefly called her away.
Her days were hectic, and sleep was
a commodity she could not afford with
a new baby and a career to manage.
Grossmans career changed again
a year and a half ago after she gave
birth to her second child. Up to that
point, she had maintained her full time
position as an on-air meteorologist, but
soon after made the decision to step
away to be a stay at home mom to her
two children, who are now six and two
years old. Grossman now enjoys the
best of both worlds by being a mom
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first and working part time on the

weekends as an on-air meteorologist
and sometimes as an on-air guest.
Freelancing has allowed me to set my
own schedule and to work around events
for the kids and my family. I still do get
called in last minute, but the difference
is I can say no if it doesnt work with
our schedule. Luckily, most of my last
minute calls are for overnights so I can
leave after the kids are asleep and be
home before they wake up, she explains.
Her goal for the future is to maintain
the healthy and happy balance she has
created with her career and family. It
was very difficult for her to leave her
full-time job because it had been her
childhood dream, but when her husband
asked their young daughter if she would
miss seeing mommy on television, she
said I like having Mommy home. You
cant argue with that. No dream job can
give you the same amount of happiness
as being available for your children,
being at dance recitals, being home
on holidays with them.
Grossman advises young people
considering a career in meteorology to
have a mentor and to do an internship,
someone who has been in the field
for a long time and can show you the
ropes. Shes an inspiration to working
mothers, young women in the Bucks
County area and beyond. Follow
your dreams, work hard, and you can
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Hewn Spirits
Distilled Awesome | By R. Brian Roser

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Luckily for us, he most definitely

got it right.
Not having millions of dollars Tracy
could pour into the venture, it was all
done on a shoestring budget. A good
still would have set him back a hundred
grand; so he assembled one for a tenth
of that. Likewise, everything at Hewn
Spirits is bottled and labeled by hand.
Tracy also didnt have the means to get
50 gallon white oak barrels, so he had
to make do with what he had on hand.
Because of this, he stumbled onto the
one thing that makes Hewn Spirits
outshine all the others. The wood.
The wood is at the heart of this
distillery. In Tracys hunt for old
buildings, he has amassed a large
amount of aged wood, much of it
hundreds of years old. Some of it even
comes from a species of tree that has
since gone extinct. He mills and chars
this reclaimed wood into barrels to age
his whiskey. The barrels arent large, but
smaller means more wood exposure,
more flavor and less time needed to
age it. The water used in making the
spirits comes from a well on site, rather
than the municipal water supply. Tracy
tested it before starting, stating if it
hadnt been up to scratch he would
have ended the venture right then.
Hewns Reclamation American
Single Malt Whiskey is the spirit that

if done right, spirits

arent just about giving
you a buzz; they can
magically transport you
to another time and
place. SEAN TRACY

PHOTOGRAPHY: NATASHA LAPSLEY

Sean Tracy is not an easy man to get

a hold of- for his day job, he finds old,
dilapidated barns and turns them into
unique, luxury homes. As a result of this,
he is being featured in a reality television
show called Barn Hunters on the Great
American Country network. In his free
time, he runs Hewn Spirits distillery.
When I finally did reach him, he had just
dropped off his daughter at school.
For the past 20 years, Tracy has
made a living in construction.
Unfortunately, it wasnt that long ago
that the construction market took
a nose dive. It was also around this time
that Pennsylvania relaxed the laws on
making and selling distilled alcohol.
Figuring that now was a good time
to diversify, he started the process of
going through the red tape necessary
to set up a distillery of his own.
It took two years and three layers of
government bureaucracy before Tracy
could make his first quart of whiskey. This
is an important time to note that making
liquor is not like baking cupcakes. You
are allowed to bake cupcakes before you
get a license to sell them. If you try that
with whiskey, the cops throw you in jail.
Also, cupcakes are not legally considered
a hazardous material. This means you
have to spend a huge amount of time
waiting before you can even start trying
to get your recipe right.

has the most interest and connection to

unique and ancient wood. Tracy uses
reclaimed oak, hickory and the extinct
American chestnut for secondary aging
of the whiskey. No one else is doing this
so its completely unique to the Hewn
Spirits brand. The ancient wood grew
much slower with much tighter and
denser growth rings, giving the whiskey
a very unique flavor and body.
Also available from Hewn are three
other unique spirits. The first is New
Moon Moonshine. To be clear, it is
named for the celestial event, not the
book or the movie. Unlike the movie,
it has nothing to do with vampires
and more importantly, it doesnt suck.
Next we have Red Barn Rye Whiskey,
because Pennsylvania loves its whiskey
so much, they named their rebellion
after it. Lastly, we have Shipmate Gold
Rum. While moonshine and whiskey
have deep roots in Pennsylvania, rum
does not. Then again, Tracy was in the

U.S. Navy so you would need industrialstrength surgical tools to separate

a navy man from his love of rum.
The sugar for the rum is not local; he
uses organic molasses from Louisiana.
All of the rye and corn, however, comes
from farms within ten miles of the
distillery. Tracy remarks with pride
that he has actually walked through
the fields where the grains are grown.
They are then ground up using a 19th
century water-powered grist mill by
a man hes known for longer than
I have been alive. Once they are used
up and the mash is finished, the grains
are given back to the farms where they
feed the livestock. Those cows and
pigs then often end up being served at
barbeques hosted by Hewn Spirits (Im
pretty sure this counts as recycling).
Some of the money is also given to
several charities. Tracy is proud of the
sense of community he is building with
the distillery. When people talk about
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A CLOSER LOOK

When people talk

about Hewn Spirits,
they use the words we
and our; they have
taken ownership of it
and share in the joy
of what the distillery
has accomplished.
SEAN TRACY

Hewn Spirits, they use the words we

and our; they have taken ownership
of it and share in the joy of what the
distillery has accomplished.
When I ask about other products
that might be on the horizon, Tracy is
not lacking for ideas. He talks about
experimenting with different woods for
a gin- maybe sycamore, sassafras, or
black birch. He even speculates about
an applejack for the winter.
The most impressive of all, however,
are Tracys plans for a very special
rum. He managed to obtain small
pieces of wood from both the USS
Constitution as well as the HMS
Victory. Yes, that HMS Victory, the
flagship Admiral Nelson commanded
when he gave his life defeating the
French at the battle of Trafalgar. Not
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that the USS Constitution is any slouch;

Old Ironsides fought everything from
British frigates to the Barbary pirates
and is the oldest commissioned naval
vessel in the world. Tracy explains
that when renovations are done on
a ship, there are some bits of wood that
are trimmed here or there. If you are
very persistent and very lucky, you can
find some. It is certainly not enough
to make a barrel out of and honestly,
I think his sense of pride as a Navy
man would rebel the very thought of
it. It is, however, enough to pour the
rum over during bottling. Meaning that
every drop of rum has touched a bit
of history. Unfortunately for us, most
of these offerings are far in the future.
A good recipe needs time to perfect
and Hewn Spirits does not do
things half-way.
The distillery in Pipersville has
a tasting room where you can sample
their wares on weekends. For the more
technically inquisitive, reservations
can be made to tour the facilities. You
can also rent out space there for events,
organized by Alex Barrett, head of sales.
It is to her tireless efforts that Tracy
credits much of the businesss success.
In addition to the in-house offerings,
there are several bars and restaurants
in the area that are now stocking Hewn
Spirits products. The spirits are also
available nationally via an online retailer,
with limited availability. Tracy is currently
communicating with distributors in
Illinois, Maryland and New York, but
www.BourbonStreetWineandSpirits.com
can ship Hewn to 37 states today.
Currently, the output is about 100 cases
a month, but Tracy is hoping to double
that soon.
I ask if he was considering going
national and for him it wasnt even
on the radar. Making smaller batches

of spirits is a much different process

than making huge amounts for the
entire country. There is no way his
present establishment could handle
that. In order to go national, he would
have to give up the sense of community
he worked so hard to establish, which
for him is a deal-breaker.
To any would-be distillers out there,
Tracy offers the following advice - take
your time and be patient. It will take
three times as long and cost three
times as much as you think it will. Do
not rush to market, since you have one
chance to make a first impression. Most
important of all: have fun with it. If
you are just in it for the money you are
definitely in the wrong business.
Tracy then shares one of the best
experiences he has ever had with
whiskey. He had finished a barn
conversion contract and his client
shared with him a bottle of single malt
whiskey from Scotland. As soon as the
peaty taste hit his tongue, Tracy was
transported back to an Alaskan fishing
boat he had refurbished. He could feel
the salt in the air and the spray of the
sea. He explains that if done right,
spirits arent just about giving you
a buzz; they can magically transport
you to another time and place.
Has Sean Tracy ever had a bad
experience with whiskey? Probably
in my Navy days. I drank a lot of bad
whiskey back then, and the good
whiskey I had, I didnt appreciate.
The whiskey of Hewn Spirits,
however is very much appreciated. | r
Hewn Spirits is located in Pipersville,
Pennsylvania at 31 Appletree Lane.
The tasting room is open on Fridays and
Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. For more
information, visit www.hewnspirits.com
or contact them at info@hewnspirits.com.

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Locally sourced food and

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pub and sister locations

25 Years in Doylestown:

Pags Pub and the Paganini

Ristorante Family
by Brenda Hillegas

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It was 1990 when Karen Slattery and

Raouf Grissa first opened the doors
of Paganini Ristorante in Doylestown.
After meeting years before in Paris
at an Italian restaurant Grissa was
running at the time, the duo eventually
decided that the small town charm
of Doylestown was the perfect place to
run a business and raise their family.
This year, they will have three reasons
to celebrate their 25th year in the heart
of downtownthe family of restaurants,
all on West State Street, include
Paganini Ristorante, Pags Wine Bar
and Pags Pub. This trio of businesses
are a go-to spot for romantic dinners,
conversations over a glass (or bottle)
of wine, and delicious pub fare paired
with a wide selection of beers.
Though located in the heart of
Doylestowns spirited restaurant
district, these three eateries stand
out with a unique and authentic
European atmosphere. Pags Pub
is inspired by the theme of Paganini
Ristorante by providing meals with
a constantly evolving menu of Italian
and Mediterranean dishes, oven
baked thin-crust pizzas, salads and
sandwiches. The Ristorante stresses
the importance of fresh, locally
sourced ingredients that are prepared
daily. The food at Pags Pub is no
different. Take a bite of the popular
Pags Burger and youll taste locally
sourced, grass-fed, non-GMO beef.
Also handled with extreme care is
the pubs collection of rare whiskeys
and extensive 24 draft beer list.
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Take a bite
of the popular
Pags Burger
and youll taste
locally sourced,
grass-fed, nonGMO beef.

We offer a wide range of high

quality choices, says Slattery. Whether
youre neat, on the rocks or just want to
try a selection of beers with one of our
flights, weve got you covered.
Pags Pub is the only self-proclaimed
whiskey bar in Doylestown and offers
a large variety of bourbons, scotches
and whiskeys for the connoisseur.
With over 50 [hand picked] whiskeys
on our menu, we have a selection for
every style and taste. Our web site
has a full list of our specialty options,
says Slattery.
While the Paganini brand also tries
to support as many local breweries as
possible, Slattery says they definitely
reach outside the limits of the norm and
try to be as diverse as possible in their
beer selection. Well have some great
spring beers on draft [in 2015], as we
will all be ready for the return of warm
weather and the beers that come with
the season!
Dont worry if whiskey and beer
arent your drinks of choice because
you can choose from the Pubs selection
of spirits and cleverly named cocktails.
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The bartenders favorite cocktails are

made fresh upon ordering. We try to
find a balance between classic cocktails,
some dating back to the 1800s, and
modern mixes, says Grissa.
Their Don Series features some
of the Pubs most unique cocktails.
If your Valentines Day plans this year
include a romantic dinner at Paganini
Ristorante, stop by Pags Pub after
for their Don Valentino speciality.
Weve concocted the Don Valentino
a double espresso, Four Roses bourbon,
Kahlua and Baileys, Slattery decribes.
Its a cocktail that is guaranteed to
warm your heart.
Romantic dinners aside, Paganini
Ristorante is also a great spot for any
lunch, dinner or weekend brunch with
meals that are affordable and leave
you satisfied, not stuffed. Our fresh
pasta dishes, thin crust pizzas and
carpaccio are some of our most popular
dishes, Grissa suggests, as well as
our gluten free eggplant parmigiana.
Our long standing relationship with
local farmers, dating to the year we
opened in 1990 to now, is evident in

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Pags Wine Bar offers

its own food menu with
a selection of cheese
plates, prosciutto and
smoked salmon, but
you are also welcome to
order from the adjacent
Pags Pub menu.

our finished disheswholesome, fresh

and tasty.
Stop by Pags Wine Bar after dinner
and explore the menu of over 40 wines
available by the glass from all around
the world, as well as an extensive bottle
list. The ambiance reflects a romantic
European style bar complete with
custom brick and wood work. Theres
also a climate controlled wine cellar
to bring you freshness and aging as
intended by the wine producers.
Pags Wine Bar offers its own food
menu with a selection of cheese plates,
prosciutto and smoked salmon to
compliment your wine experience.
But Grissa says you are also welcome
to order from the Pags Pub menu.
A helpful server can certainly suggest
the best tasting wine to go along with
that famous Pags Burger.
Pags Pub and Pags Wine Bar next
door set the scene for the perfect location
to get together with friends. There truly

is something for everyone at this family

of restaurants. The Pub and the Wine Bar
share a connection inside making it easy
to enjoy both locations together.
We are very thankful for the support
and loyalty we have had from the Bucks
County community, says Slattery.
Celebrate the establishments 25th
year in Doylestown by stopping in this
winter for some food or drinks. Private
events and parties can be held at all three
locations, including rehearsal dinners
on the the second floor of Paganini
Ristorante for up to 80 guests. For more
information on events, food/drink menus
or the series of tastings and pairing
classes in 2015, visit their Facebook page
(Pags Pub & Wine Bar) and web site
(www.paganinidoylestown.com). | r
Pags Pub is located at 72 W. State
Street, connected to Pags Wine Bar.
Paganini Ristorante is across the street
at 81 W. State Street.
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