Julie Hession, the brain behind Julie Ann's Granola, is a tough interview. Oh, she's pleasant and engaging enough -- imagine Swiss Miss with an MBA from Duke.

You may have noticed a jagged peak of steel and acrylic set off against the Mission-style architecture of the Historic Fifth Street School. This addition to the cityscape, located in Centennial Plaza at South 4th Street and Lewis, is a sculpture by Stephen Hendee titled, "Monument to the Simulacrum.

In a world of faceless dot-commerce, crafty Vegas entrepreneurs turn to Etsy, where Sin City sells itselfSeeing her dress on a young Japanese woman at a Tokyo rock 'n' roll wedding is what hooked Jennifer Henry. The neon-striped number straight out of the '80s was Henry's first sale from her online vintage clothing shop, Flock Flock Flock.

In the hierarchy of food memory-making, the winter holidays may trump July 4th, but I'd argue for a reassessment of summer. Everything we ate at county fairs and boardwalks was essential to the fun of summer growing up.