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contributorsJENN LEWIS

Artsy, sassy, a little classy, with hair that looks brassy, I’m beyond 32 flavors...My pass-port has way more

stamps than Johnny Depp’s been the main character in Tim Burton’s movies. I’ve been a teacher, radio DJ, and an art director in the past amongst other professions.

PAUL GONZALESPaul does things and then writes about them. That’s pret-ty much it. Now, some-times, he gets to do

really fun stuff and still manage to have a job when he returns to his office. Maybe they’re just not on to me yet?

So what I mentioned in a previ-ous issue was that for the entire month of August I would take one selfie a day for the entire 31 days to try and wrap my head around the concept of taking a picture of myself for no reason. Or maybe there was a reason? I really want-ed to know why social media folks (mostly girls) take so many pic-tures of themselves and post them online. What purpose does that serve?

Well, I tried and failed. After about day 13 or 14 it just seemed cumbersome and, well frankly, dumb. Who really needs to see a picture of me? I understand if I’m with a well-known musician or at a really cool event and I want to show off, then sure, snap away. But most of the time I’m driving or at home with my infant daughter. And I’d rather take pics of her any

day than of myself.

Once of the things I knew being a photographer is that there is beauty all around, and we have this great contraption in our pock-ets everyday that could take really great pics of the world around us, if we’d just turn our phones around and stop focusing so much on us. Do we really need another pic of you in your bathroom telling us that you’re feeling ‘gorgeous’ and that you’re having the ‘best day’?

Selfies are annoying. Taking them and having to see them all day long through your Facebook feed. I’m sorry I have failed my read-ers by not getting down to the bot-tom of the strange phenomenon. I apologize.

And I will not take a selfie first.

– Paul GonzalesEditor

Selfie Fail

DAPHNE GARCIADaphne has been playing video games since her mother bought her an Atari when she

was 4 years old. When not kill-ing zombies or raiding caves, Daphne can be found creat-ing weapons and clothing for her Steampunk character.

Stuff I tookpictures of instead

LESLEY ESTESLesley is a 31-year-old working mom and wife with 3 amazing kids. I’m opening up my closet to

reveal my life and giving you all the ups, downs, in’s and out’s of the struggles and rewards that a healthy lifestyle has to offer.

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ilm studio Twitchy Dolphin from Austin has been churning out films

year after year for nearly a decade now from hor-ror to drama to romantic comedies;these guys do it all. And they travel all over attending film fes-tivals and never return empty handed.

Well, three years ago, they decided to start their own festival and on Thursday, Sept. 25, the fun kicks off once again.

STXscene had a chance to chat with Twitchy Dolphin and Austin Indie Flix Showcase head hon-cho James Christopher

about what to expect dur-ing this year’s fest.

STXscene: Can you explain the origins of the fest?

James Christopher: The Austin Indie Flicks Showcase was born out of a Halloween party turned mini festival called SCARLET WATERS. We used it as a chance to showcase the work of our folks in horror shorts. We later expanded it to films from friends of ours before going full-blown festival with submissions and such. After a while we made it a non-genre specific event. We just wanted to fill the void in

Austin by forming a film event that focuses on the work of true, low budget indies.

STX: Twitchy Dolphin attends a number of film fests; what have you learned about running a successful festival?

James: Well, to make it about the films and the filmmakers. Expensive galas populated with C and D level celebrities take the focus off what matters…the work of indie film in our culture. So, we try to shine the light on that. The stars are the people playing in our festival who put it all on the line for their proj-ects. So, that’s our man-tra. All about the story. All about the films.

STX: What’s unique about Austin Indie Flix Showcase?

James: We clearly live in a very busy film town. So for us, we need to focus on keeping it indepen-dent. That means films made with blood, sweat and tears and not a mil-lion bucks. Audiences need to take a chance

and see that there is good work out there. We com-plain all the time that big corporations have control of our pop culture. The way to combat that is to look at the indies. There is some excellent, daring storytelling out there. You just have to find it.

STX: What are some of the highlights this year?

James: So much. We playing over 70 films rep-resenting several genres from all over. We’re excit-ed to put “I Owe You” from Ohio-based Hands Off Productions up. It’s a great thriller with a throwback feel. We’re stoked to have the world premiere of “Dorchester’s Revenge” from some filmmakers from South Carolina. Other fan favor-ites from Oklahoma will have a few items playing, including a very creepy short called “A Beautiful Day.” Festival darling “Suck It Up Buttercup” comes to us from direc-tor Malindi Fickle. And highlighting our drive in night, we have “Army of Frankensteins” from 6 Stitches.

We’ve also got some

great foreign produc-tions. Pete Winning will make his return to Texas along with some other Canadian films including “The Scarecrow Club” by Richard Groen and “Spookslayers” by Michael Pereira.

We’ll be taking some time to shine a spotlight on some Texas films as well. We’re excited to bring Tiffany Heath’s “Spavine” to the festival along with “Ash” by Brett Bentman and a slew of other great films from the Lone Star State.

We’ll also be slow-ing a collection of flicks from the Twitchy cata-log, including a special sneak peek of our com-edy “Quad X: Rise of the Beaver Slayer.”

STX: What are you

most excited about this year?

James: The lineup. It’s got a little something for everyone, made by some very talented folks. And we’re going to have some amazing panels featuring the filmmakers from the festival. Going to be a lot of fun.

STX: What’s the future hold for the festival?

James: It’s going to get bigger. The number of submissions went up and we’re hoping to keep see-ing it grow. We just want to deliver a true indepen-dent film voice to Central Texas.

You can tickets for the film festival at twitchy-dolphin.com/shop and get more info about the event here scarletwatersshow-case.wordpress.com.

film festival

Twitchy Dolphin presents

by Paul Gonzales

Jim Jarmush probably isn’t a directors name on most average movie watcher’s tongues. But he’s made a western with Johnny Depp, a samu-rai movie with Forest Whitaker and nearly made Bill Murray quit acting after Murray stat-ed that he had done his best work in one of his films.

Well, now he tackles the vampire genre.

The film stars Tom Hiddleston (Loki in “Thor”) and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, respec-tively, who are two vam-pires who have been mar-ried for centuries. They live across the continent from each other but are very much in love.

Adam is growing tired of the way humans (or as he refers to us, zombies) treat the world around them and contemplates suicide via wooden bullet. Eve senses this and pays him a visit in the crum-bling city of Detroit where he’s become a reclusive musician.

The two of them rekin-dle their relationship just as Eve’s younger sister shows up to wreck havoc on the couple.

The film doesn’t play to many of the tropes of vampire films. The word vampire isn’t even uttered throughout the run time

of the picture.But it does deal with

everything that would come with being immor-tal in both humorous and thought provoking ways which is Jarmush’s trade-mark.

There’s very little hor-ror and gore, so don’t expect buckets of the red stuff.

It’s a very fun and interesting addition to the vampire genre and has finally found a cult audience on video.

“Only Lovers Left Alive” is available at your local Redbox kiosk and VOD.

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movie review

I first was intro-duced to the com-pany Burt’s Bees through a friend

who swore that every crack on one’s foot could be miraculously fixed by using Burt’s Bees’ coco-nut creme. I thought it was a ridiculous notion to use just a tad bit of some creme and voila!—my dry, chapped feet from the cold, wintry air in the Midwest would be fixed! But, I woke up a believer as I took off my socks and saw my little feet were happily soft once again. Amazing. I went on to try the lip balm and became a fan of that too. For years I was loyal. And then I watched the documen-tary.

Ignorance really is bliss.

It isn’t Burt Shavit’z fault that this film

changed my opinion; in fact, I felt a loyalty to the man behind it all, to the point where my sympathies for the bur-dens he has had to bear is enough to inspire me to find a new product where I know the money is going to the right place.

So, let’s meet the pro-tagonist of the story —an eccentric, enigmatic char-acter from New York who sought to live off the land after years of being a pho-tojournalist in NYC. He was shooting photos for Time / Life magazines in the ’60s when he decid-ed that shooting anti-war rallies, protests and everyday life for locals was not for him any lon-ger. What a better place than Maine for such a change?

That was what Burt thought, so he headed out of the “big life” as a “big photojournalist”

and became one with the earth and living in a truly humble manner. Taking care of bees was his thang, so he decided to make a bit of money of it, enough to continue his simple lifestyle.

All was well until Roxanne Q u i m b y showed up in 1984 and start-ed using e x c e s s b e e s -wax to m a k e candles, and her a m b i -tion was her driving force. Albeit, it did start with humble begin-nings, as their first headquar-ters was an aban-doned one-room school-house which they only paid $150 bucks for an entire year.

But by 1991, soaps, perfumes and, of course, the famous lip balm were

all starting to be created, and momentum kicked it all into overdrive. So what was once a small operation of just Burt and his awesome bees selling

honey o n

t h e side of

the road (I’m pretty sure the bees stayed at home and chilled), became a fairly large business. In 1993, Roxanne bought out Burt’s shares in the company, because, as

Burt said in the film, “Roxannne really wanted to own me. And no one owns me; no one’s ever gonna own me.”

So, obviously their ideas of business were inor-dinately different. And I can only imagine how Burt felt when he real-ized that he had brought in someone to help with

marketing but ended up with someone who

turned his small and comfort-able world into

a global corpo-rate warehouse of products. In

2007, Quimby sold the company to

the Clorox at a reported $925 million. Please note that the company was ranked at #461 on the Fortune 500 list for 2013. And let’s just say Quimby did just dandy financially.

The film was directed well by Jody Shapiro, and Isabella Rossellini did a good job producing it. The realistic, basic approach to the naturalist and his natural world was appro-priate indeed. Certainly,

Burt was portrayed in his wise, calm, aloof and reserved coolness at all times to the backdrop of his celebrity status and expected debuts (which is how he receives money from the company) and is much more comfort-able amid his loved ambi-ance—his dogs and beau-tiful land in Maine.

I would suggest watch-ing the movie to befriend this unique character we know as the face behind Burt Bees if for nothing else. Because, it’s not about the money, as Burt so rightfully reminds the audience in the film, “In the long run, I got the land, and land is every-thing… And money is nothing really worth squabbling about.”

And Burt, you are one intriguing and fascinat-ing fellow. Best of luck to you. I just wish I knew you back in the day and bought my honey from you then!

3 fist bumps out of five.

Burt’s Buzz is available on iTunes.

Burt’s Buzz

Only Lovers Left Alive

Indie Flick Pick

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fter nine years, we’re finally invited back to Sin City, but it’s

a trip not really worth the wait.

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” looks like a Sin City movie should. Like the first film, it’s stark black and white images directly mimic writer and creator Frank Miller’s graphic novel style, but in the latest offering it seems a bit...cheap.

Since “Sin City” the style has been mocked and rehashed from films like “300” and the TV series “Spartacus” and its numerous spin-offs, not to mention Miller’s own horrendous goof of a film “The Spirit.”

Even watching the film in 3D, it’s not much more than a gag than a real storytelling element. The plot gets a bit confusing as well with the open-ing being, basically, a short film featur-ing fan favorite lug Marv, Mickey Rourke looking spectacular unin-terested and puffy, as he tries to figure out how he wound up on the side of the road, bloody, surrounded by two smashed up cars.

It basically leads to nothing but a violent romp that’s supposed to reintroduce to Sin City.

Anyhoo, the movie is made up of three p a r t s focus-i n g o n

three different char-acters, and two of them take place before the events of “Sin City”; and one takes place dur-ing the current time frame. It gets confus-ing when characters you thought were dead show up and become integral to the little plot that winds through the film.

Yes, it’s a mess. And while the film is notorious for being filmed complete-ly on a green screen with no sets and sometimes no props being added until later after the movie is f i lmed, i t ’ s h a r d t o

ignore this time out.

Especially when the actors that appear in scenes together on screen were filmed entirely sepa-rate and struggle to have chemistry.

And it seems that Jessica Alba’s charac-ter, Nancy, notorious for dancing in a cowgirl get-up and swinging a lasso overhead, has forgotten how to dance. What she’s doing on stage in vari-ous costumes throughout the movie is lost on me. Only at the end of the film does she do anything that reminds me of any-thing that could actually be called “dancing.”

It seems that after nine years since the origi-nal this was somehow

rushed. Fans, myself included, have been

clamoring for a sequel for years but instead got a stark black and white ink blot mess that even new blood like Joseph Gordon-

Levitt and Josh Brolin couldn’t save.With talks about a

third film rumored to be in the works, it’s best

to leave Sin City in the pages of comic books and save the rest of us from ever having to be disap-

pointed by yet another return trip to this

l o s t city.

movie review

by Paul Gonzales

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T yler McCumber has been a music staple in South Texas for years.

He’s played venues in various bands, and his debut album Catch Me won the Texas Music production award. Now, he’s just released his second album this year, Tyler McCumber Band: Sarcene Sessions Tape 2, following Tape 1 which was released in February.

“I was always kind of attracted to music,” McCumber mentioned, sitting at his desk lit-tered with a few of his newly received albums at his home in Dinero. “My mom would sing to the radio, and I would listen to her sing harmonies, and that’s kind of how I learned to sing, just by listening to her.”

But McCumber didn’t really make a serious run at music until later in life. After his children were born, he a little

spare time and then had a chance run in with an old musician.

“It might have been the inaugural Story Fest. I went and saw Robert Earl Keen on a recommenda-tion from Pear Ratz’s Bob Staruse’s brother.

“I went and waited all day, and there was this weirdo walking around in a tweed sports coat all day. He was so out of place. He had on dress

pants and nice boots and no hat. Everybody had some sort of hat, whether it was a cap on backwards or a cowboy hat.”

So when it was time for the show to start, there walked the “weirdo” with the sports coat on stage with his Martin guitar.

“He just stole me that night. It was really inti-mate. I could’ve stepped out and touched him. There was no crowd.

“He’s just a great storytell-er with a gui-tar. And those are the songs that attract me, really, the story songs. Whether they’re true, or I made them up.

“And that night, it was kind of a moment where, hell, I was learn-ing how to play chords and play guitar, so why not try to write some-thing I wanted to listen to instead of what’s being played on the radio?”

So, McCumber began on his song writing path. He began learning the guitar a little better and started telling his stories through song.

“Learning how to play guitar at 30 years old is like trying to ride a skate-board at 30 years old. It’s a steep learning curve. It took some time, and I still struggle. I use a guitar to write mostly; I’m not a guitar player.”

Soon after, McCumber formed a band with another local and began hitting the local circuit of venues and bars.

“We did get some open-ers for some regional acts, Randy Rogers and stuff like that. But for the most part, the buzz was a hell of a lot better than what the sets were. But we would just sell out venues here close.

“The music wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t that good,” McCumber remem-bers with a laugh.

The two members went on their separate ways with McCumber form-ing The Tyler McCumber Band and released his award-winning debut album Catch Me and headed out with a record under his belt.

“We released that record without any push to the radio. But it got picked up; it got picked up on the Internet.

“I have a tribute band in Germany called Bojack Lumis. Look ’em up; I’m not kidding. They named themselves after a char-acter in the song ‘White Trash Farm’ off the Catch Me album.”

The album was funded by a private investor and got a lot of radio play and some notoriety for McCumber. But after a few years it was time for a new record, though with-out a decent-sized record-ing budget this time around, it was looking a

bit tough.“It’s not that I

had given up. I was still writing, but I didn’t see a way to facili-tate recording. And through Chisholm Mills, a really good musician friend of mine, who’s been in my band and helped out a lot, he suggested I get in touch

with this guy named Tony Saracene in San Antonio. And I did.”

Saracene had a home recording studio and was working as a musician as well.

“Whenever Tony came along five, six or seven years later, we had worked that record until there was no use. They had either heard it or not. You just need new material if you’re going to go out as a songwriter. It does you no good if you’re going to play songs at a bar that people had only heard one time, that night, and expect them to sing along.

“You have to have something that they can take home and grasp a hold of.”

After the two of them met up, a friendship was forged, and McCumber finally began to see his aspirations of a follow up album coming to fruition.

“We did some tracking, about three or four songs. But the relationship was forged there, and Tony covered a lot of guitar work on the road then. We were still working, but we were working the same material and the same covers; it was the same damn show and not hav-ing a lot of fun. And not making a lot of money.

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Tyler McCumberstory and photos by Paul Gonzales

‘We were still working, but we were working

the same material and the same covers; it was

the same damn show and not having a lot of fun. And not making a

lot of money.’

FOR THE RECORD The Tyler McCumber Band’s Saracene Sessions Tape 1 is avail-able on iTunes along with his debut album, Catch Me, and Tape 2 will be avail-able soon. You can purchase hard copies of all three albums at facebook.com/tylermccumber72.

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cover story“We always joked that

one day we’re going to move him down here and set up a studio and make a record at the house. It was sort of a pipe dream, but it was about the only way I was going to see myself getting records made anyway.”

And sure enough, not too long after Saracene was ready to get out of San Antonio and was looking for a place to set up shop when he con-tacted McCumber to ask if his offer was still valid.

McCumber took a U-Haul and brought Saracene and all his stuff down to Dinero, and they began setting up to record what ended up being not just McCumber’s sopho-more album but Dan Brodhag’s debut album, Sleeping Dogs, Carrie Denniston’s debut EP and Jason Maddox’s

newest record.But before any magic

got laid down, Saracene had some unforeseen circumstances that took him away for months.

And all the record-ing equipment sat in McCumber’s living room collecting dust.

“When we got him back, he was on fire, and we went to work just tracking. I did a lot of writing while he was away. We had one song in the can before he went away.

“And it was hard to get musicians to come in because they didn’t want to drive all the way here. I can pay them gas, but they’re musicians. When I made Catch Me, those were $300 a day musi-cians. And I never paid one guy a penny to come in here. Both of these new records were made

with 100% pure volun-teer craftsmanship. Buy ’em gas, feed ’em lunch.”

For months, the McCumber house (dubbed McCumber’s Institute for the Musically Illiterate aka M.I.M.I.) was chock full of musicians work-ing on their own projects as well as helping each other out.

I met most of the musi-cians around this time. It was amazing seeing these great musicians walking in and out on a daily basis.

“I’m not afraid to do the ‘single guy and a guitar’ thing, that’s how I write them. But when I write them and make arrange-ments, I write them with a band in mind because I want to record them.”

And though McCumber does play some shows solo, it’s astounding to watch him with a full backing band.

“Two or three times a year, I want to go blow it out somewhere. We’re lucky because with these new releases we’re get-ting some interest and some out-of-town book-ings for some regional acts that pay enough to get a crew up there and even rehearse once a week and put on a solid a** show for them.

“It’s good for us, and it’s fun for them.”

And after over a year and two records worth of songs finalized and ready to be sent out to get mixed, McCumber and Saracene decided to go their separate ways.

And it was because of the work and dedication that Saracene put in that McCumber decided to pay homage to the pro-ducer and friend.

“The scene around here

has always been mean. Instead of guys helping each other up and every-one being real brothers, there’s snidey, snippy sh*t and people clique up.

“He’s not about it, and I’m not about it. I know there are cliques, but none of them would have me. And he was that way, too. And everybody caught that vibe, and everyone that met him left a better person.

“I didn’t want it to be a liner note on a record. He did his end of the bargain. We moved him in here to make a record. He held up his end of the deal, so I wanted to hold him up.”

McCumber was real-ly picky about how he thought the record should sound. After all,

his debut album won an award for production, so he wanted everything to be the best it could.

And he wasn’t disap-pointed by the end prod-uct.

“I was a little queasy about doing it yourself, like, ‘Dummies Guide to Home Recording’. So when I first started get-ting the recordings I knew I could relax a little bit because the level was up there.

“Some of our roughs were better than the fin-ished products that were on the Texas music sta-tions that I can pick up. And I didn’t just trust my ear either. I got as many people as I could to listen to it and see what they thought.

“I’m glad he came in here or else I would’ve

never got this stuff out there.

With Tyler McCumber Band: Saracene Sessions Tape 1 doing well and Tape 2 just a week old at this point, be prepared to be hearing and seeing a lot more McCumber in the very near future.

“I’m a subscriber to faith. Everything hap-pens for a reason. He was supposed to be here for this time. It’s predis-posed. You get a chance to say no, but it may not be a good idea for some of those things that are laid in your lap.”

“Tyler McCumber Band: Saracene Sessions Tape 1” is available on iTunes and both “Tape 1” and “Tape 2” can be purchased on hard copy through facebook.com/tylermccumber72.

‘He’s not about it, and I’m not about it. I know there are cliques, but none of them

would have me. And he was that way, too. And everybody caught that vibe, and

everyone that met him left a better person.’

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Sept. 2 marked the release of “The Sims 4,” a date which should have

been joyous for long time fans but was instead met with disappoint-ment and discontent.

Sims 4 is the newest installment of Maxis’ life simulator where play-ers take control of their character creations, Sims, through various life activ-ities and relationships. Think digital doll house. Incredibly, this game concept is highly popu-lar among players of all genders and ages, so why, if a game franchise is so

popular, does the new-est installment anger so many fans?

A few months before its release, Sims 4 creators announced they were removing two key fea-tures that fans have come to regard as core base game features. According to developers these fea-tures were removed so they could focus else-where within the game’s mechanics. The features that were removed were swimming pools and the

toddler stage in a Sims’ life cycle. Most fans took this

news poorly and divided into two groups, those wanting toddlers and those wanting pools back into the game.

The swimming pool was a feature that dates back to the original “The Sims,” which was released in 2000. For many, the pool was a great addition to their digitized dream home, and others pre-ferred the social interac-tions available with the pool.

M u c h like the p o o l , t h e

toddler became a beloved core element to the “Sims” franchise. The toddler stage in a Sims’ life cycle was introduced in “Sims 2” and meant the infant now had a stage between infancy and a child aged roughly at 10 years old.

This gap was fairly jar-ring in the original game. Toddlers provide ador-able entertainment and some of the more heart-ening social interaction between Sims. The tod-dlers are a handful but worth the fuss; after all, this is a life simulator.

Many fans refused to buy the “Sims 4” until these beloved features were added back into the game. But while these missing features were making headlines, it appears Maxis had removed or downsized 87 more features that could be considered key game-play features.

Other features that were completely removed

from core gameplay are “Create a Style” and an open world.

“Create a Style” allowed

play-e r s t o

color coordinate every-thing from furniture to wallpaper and import their own images and pat-terns to use in the game.

Removing open world means players must endure a load screen between active lots, and those are limited to a maximum of five lots within a neighborhood.

In the previous install-ment, “Sims 3”, only one load screen was used then a player’s Sim could roam an entire cityscape that was vibrant and alive. Sims not under immedi-ate control of the player lived their own lives, mar-rying, having children and building careers. This made the Sims feel more real with emotions attached, and that was taken away.

Some features that have been crippled due to severe downsizing are building limitation. Now, a player can only build structures three stories tall. Teens are now the same height as adults, causing them to be virtu-ally identical to adult and elder Sims. The infancy stage has been limited to the area around a bas-sinet, and interactions with the babies have been severely scaled back.

Other elements like cars, facial hair, aliens, burglars and party invi-tations have also been removed. While these fea-tures seem trivial, they

have all been features of previous base games.

When reviewing a list of 89 missing or crippled features from previous installments, the “Sims 4” loses most of its appeal.

Many gamers speculate that Maxis and EA will release many of these fea-tures in future expansion packs which, of course, means players will have additional costs for fea-tures that should be avail-able with the base game.

Giving players a watered down version of a game or incomplete game is difficult to accept.

I personally have been a huge fan of the Sims since it was first released. I had decided I could wait until toddlers were inevitably re-added to the game before making my purchase. But, after see-ing the additional missing features, I highly doubt I will ever purchase “Sims 4” regardless of later expansions.

“The Sims 4” feels like a slap in the face of its fans, and that is not something that is excusable. It is unfortunate that such a beloved franchise can fall out of favor so quickly among die-hard fans. Time will tell if the Sims will survive, but let’s hope this does not become a trend in other video game franchises.

Now go forth and game on.

video games

The Simoleon stops here! by Daphne

Garcia

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health & fitness

So whether you’re hustling get-ting your kids to school or yourself

to work on time, there’s still plenty of sweating to do, even with summer now gone.

Maybe you want to hit the gym and let off some steam? Perhaps hit the track and burn off those extra calories you had during lunch?

Well, this drink will

make sure you stay hydrated in the process.

The Chia seed drink is awesome because these tiny seeds actually soak up nine times their weight in water! You will

see when you make this drink what I am talking about.

Not only will they help replenish your body with water, Chia seeds are super foods!

OK, you remember those infomercials where you could buy a pot that was the shape of a man or object, add seeds and water and it grew what looked like hair? Well, little did you know that your Garfield Chia Pet was actually growing a super food!

Chia seeds have more potassium than a banana, more calcium than milk, and are very high in Omega 3. Modern diets are very deficient

in Omega 3s (the good fats) and are very high in Omega 6s (the bad fats) which cause a lot of inflammation and lead to chronic disease.

Chia seeds (as if they aren’t amazing enough) provide a gentle detox to your intestines because once they are put into a liquid they take on a gel consistency and as they pass through your sys-tem grab on to toxins and flush them out!

Ch-ch-ch-chia seeds can get you ready to goby Lesley Estes

Place the mixture in the fridge and allow to cool, even up to over night. A lot of the time a just let it cool about 30 minutes.

Once the mixture is cool, you will see it has made a rather thick gel; you will then add the desired amount of juice, stir and drink up. YES, it really is that easy!

My husband and I Crossfit 5 days a week and most days we run a mile after workout, so hydration is crucial, I love this drink because not only does it provide hydration for the workout, the juice gives a nice little blood sugar boost to help fuel my workout without being heavy on my stomach.

Ingredients: 3 TBS Organic raw chia seeds. You don’t want these to be processed at all, I get mine at Sprouts. 1 cup filtered water and 1 1/2 to 2 cups of organic juice, I use Central Market Organics 100% Concord Grape juice. (always read the ingredients! Mine reads : Organic Concord Grape Juice, not fillers, preservatives, or sugars added) The amount of juice will depend on the consistency that you like, I prefer a thicker drink so I only use 1 1/2 cups.

Warm the 1 cup filtered water, not to a boil, you don’t want to kill any of the nutrients in the seeds but you do want to encourage them to open and absorb as much as possible. So get your water to just above what you are able to touch heat wise. Pour water into whatever cup you will drink your drink out of making sure you will have room to add the juice. Add the 3 TBS of Chia seeds, and stir.

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Beeville Diner2503 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 362-9724Burger Depot515 E. Houston St.(361) 362-2400Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600Church’s Chicken611 N. Washington St.(361) 358-9256Domino’s Pizza414 N. Washington St.(361) 358-6871El Charro Restaurant601 E. Houston St.(361) 542-4572El Jardin Restaurant806 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-2922Gasthaus Berliner Bear2510 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5444Golden Chick2305 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5525Gumbo Seafood Restaurant2017 N St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5201.Hong Kong Palace301 S. FM 351(361) 358-2861Jalisco Mexico Taqueria1401 W. Corpus Christi St.

(361) 362-0841KFC200 E. Houston St.(361) 358-7222Little Caesars Pizza420 E. FM 351(361) 358-9555The Lodge at Shorty’s Place702 S. Washington St.(361) 358-7302McDonald’s(Walmart) 502 E. FM 351(361) 358-92552301 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5215New China Super Buffet2003 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-8889Pantry Stores3803 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 358-4965911 S. Washington St. (361) 358-84771720 E. Houston St. (361) 358-8602Pizza Hut1103 N. Washington St.(361) 358-2970Sammy’s Burgers & Brew2144 Ellis Road(361) 358-1067Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055Stars Restaurant2403 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-0020Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5189

Subway710 E. Houston St.(361) 358-62001700 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-6000Taqueria Chapala1805 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5945Taqueria Guadalajara622 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-1971Taqueria Jalisco2020 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 354-5803Taqueria Vallarta1611 S. Washington St.(361) 358-5948Whataburger1710 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1971

GEORGE WESTAgave Jalisco Restaurant403 Nueces St.(361) 449-8899Burger King4059 W. Hwy 59(361) 449-3014Church’s ChickenHighway 281 at Burleson(361) 449-1864Dairy Queen1350 U.S. 281(361) 449-1822Nueces Street Grill206 Nueces St.(361) 449-2030Pizzarriffic407 Nueces St.(361) 449-1900Sonic Drive-In

805 Nueces St.(361) 449-2614

GOLIADBlue Quail Deli224 S. Commercial St.(361) 645-1600Dairy Queen243 E. Pearl St.(361) 645-3274Empresario Restaurant141 S. Courthouse Sq.(361) 645-2347Hanging Tree Restaurant144 N. Courthouse Sq.(361) 645-8955La Bahia Restaurant1877 US 183(361) 645-3900Subway420 E. Pearl St.(361) 645-3709Whataburger348 E. Pearl(361) 645-8800

KARNES CITYBecky’s Cafe201 W Calvert Ave.(830) 780-4339Big Daddy’s Tarbender’s426 CR 298(830) 780-3202Dairy QueenTexas 80(830) 780-2712El Mariachi Jalisco

Restaurant118 Texas 123(830) 780-3350The MarketSat. & Sun. only208 E. Calvert Ave.(830) 780-3841Partner’s BBQ204 S. Hwy. 123(830) 780-5121Polak’s Sawsage Farm

Restaurant2835 U.S. 181(830) 583-2113Taqueria Vallarta202 Texas 123(830) 780-2465

KENEDYThe Backyard Grill496 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-0438

Barth’s Restaurant445 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-2468Church’s Chicken110 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Drillers Bar & Restaurant820 Escondido St.(830) 583-0371Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455Pizza Hut106 N Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9864R J’s Hamburgers420 W Main St.(830) 583-2344Red Dog Icehouse130 Boardwalk(830) 583-2277Rodriquez’s Tacos205 Texas 72(830) 583-9800

THREE RIVERSAgave Jalisco Mexican

Restaurant400 S Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2020Bar @ 3 Rivers Bar & Grill201 N. Harborth Ave.

(361) 786-2020Beckett’s Dugout800 N Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3600Brush Country BBQU.S. 281 (361) 786-4335El Tapatio405 N. Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3949Pepe Boudreaux’s3145 Texas 72(361) 786-4938Ranch House100 S Harborth Ave.(361) 786-2196Sowell’s BBQ114 W Thornton St.(361) 786-3333Staghorn Restaurant1019 N Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3545SubwayS Harborth Ave.(361) 786-3308Church’s Chicken110 N. Sunset Strip St.(830) 583-9030Jerry B’s4531 U.S. 181(830) 583-2500Lucita’s Mexican Restaurant500 W. Main St.(830) 583-9455

Fri. Sept. 5• In The House at

Aria Sky Terrace & Lounge: Dance the night away with your favor-ite Austin DJs Matteo Thomas, Resident Dj Lanai Austin & Loft718 and Kaycee Paul. There’s no cover for ladies before 11 p.m., and the event is just $5 and kicks off at 10 p.m. 326 N. Chaparral St. in Corpus Christi.

Sat. Sept. 6• Walk to Stop

Diabetes at 1321: Wolves Amongst Sheep, A Growing Menace, Jokes on You, Black Tarpoon and Surlee will be jam-ming starting at 7:30 p.m. to help raise money for diabetes research. The event is only $5 and lasts until 2 a.m. 1321 Ayers in Corpus Christi.

• Cocktails After Dark at The House of Rock: The After Dark Burlesque Revue is throwing a cocktail party so throw on your best evening attire and watch them take off

theirs. There’s something for both men and women so make it a date night. It all begins at 10 p.m. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Sat. Sept. 13• Steven James at

Disc Go Round: Wolves Steven James will be per-forming an in-store show which is free and B.Y.O.B. with proper I.D. It starts at 8 p.m. 5734 McArdle Rd. Suite A in Corpus Christi.

Sun. Sept. 14• Corpus Christi

Songwriters at The House of Rock: Corpus Christi Songwriters Series invites all songwriters to showcase their origi-

nal songs on stage once a month. Each songwriter is allowed to perform two songs (they can be new songs, or old songs, but they must be ORIGINAL songs). Once everyone has shared their songs, stories and inspirations behind them, the cycle will begin again. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Sat. Sept. 20• Hope & Hostility

CD Release Party at The House of the Rock: Ma & God and Fire in the Kitchen will be join-ing Hope & Hostility as they release their first EP “Heart/Ashes”. The event is free so get there early and check out some awe-

some live music. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Thurs. Sept. 25• Austin Indie Flix

Showcase at Alamo Drafthouse (Slaughter Lane): Three days of films and fun kicks off and runs through Saturday with films screened at a drive-in and tons of other awesome events. Get your tickets at twitchy-dolphin.com/shop. 5701 W Slaughter Lane in Austin.

• Granger Smith at Brewster Street Ice House: Jeff Allen and Earl Dibbles Jr. will be opening the show for Granger Smith and it’s just $15 at the door. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the music starts at 9 p.m.

1724 N. Tancahua St. in Corpus Christi.

Sun. Sept. 28• Ink Model

Competition at The House of the Rock: Like your model competition with a little more ink? Well, the House of Rock is holding the Beautiful Women of Ink in Corpus Christi model competi-tion. The doors open at 8 p.m. and if you know someone interested in competing you can show up register. First place is $300 and a featured appearance at Bikefest so show up early and be ready to bare your ink. The tickets are just $8 at the door. 511 Starr St. in Corpus Christi.

Mon. Sept. 29• Back to Back at

Downtown Victoria: Graffiti artists from Berlin, Hamburg, LA, Atlanta, Austin, San Antonio & Houston will travel to Victoria, TX to join up with local artists and paint over 25,000 square feet of wall space in downtown Victoria, including an entire Wells Fargo drive-thru bank that is empty and sched-uled for demolition in a year or two. There will be film screenings and live music and is free for all. 209 E. Constitution St. in Victoria.

Thurs. Oct. 16• Stoney LaRue at

Brewster Street Ice House: Stoney returns to Brewster Street and it’s just $17 at the door and the show kicks off at 9 p.m. 1724 N. Tancahua St. in Corpus Christi.

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19th Hole Patio Cantina3601 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-2837B.O.B.W.E.1308 S. St. Mary’s St.(361) 542-4551Chili’s Grill & Bar400 E. FM 351(361) 354-5600The Grand Dancehall2461 U.S. Hwy 59(361) 358-1185Papi’s Place1517 W. Corpus Christi St.(361) 358-7160

The Riverbend Sports Bar1603 N. St Marys St.(361) 362-0471Roadside Tavern2503 S. Washington St.(361) 362-1720Scores Sports Bar & Grill1502 N. St. Mary’s St.(361) 358-5055Stone Creek Grill4402 N. St. Mary’s St. (361) 354-5189T’s Honky Tonk209 N. Washington St.(361) 358-1411

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