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Our Creative Director makes her debut as Mrs. Vanessa Hitt!
Photo by Athena Pelton (www.athenpelton.com)
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Amidst a day of push notifications, ombre hair, statement necklaces, passion fruit infused vodkas, and Lo-Fi filters, there’s something delightfully startling about simplicity. What is natural has become the exception, and regarded as unique. In the most wonderful way, this movement is causing us to peel back our own layers. The no make-up make-up. Rocking yesterday’s hair. The comfort of a hometown diner. A fresh take on a simple pizza. The clean lines of 90s throwbacks. The chic foundation of monochromatic loose silhouettes. Excitement in the seemingly mundane.
In a lot of ways, northerners by nature ditch the frills. Emerging from the tundra-like winter, we want to feel a warm breeze or the heat of the sun on our skin. Headphones? Politely decline. We need to hear those birds chirping. Maybe that’s why we care so much about our lakes, bike paths, the corner coffee shops, local boutiques, and hidden nooks and crannies. We want to get back to the essentials, like the incredible talent right in our own backyard. It’s that lovely feeling of Minnesota Nice: full of good intentions, warm souls and kind hearts.
We spend so much time and effort to look like we don’t. Who actually wakes up with effortlessly elongated lashes and a bronze glow? But we’re starting to see through those lash extensions and self tanner. So for this issue, we’re going back to bare bones, and working our way up from there. Because basic isn’t boring (and doesn’t have to be bitchy). Basic is beautiful.
B o w & A r r o w M A g A z i n e
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ABOUT US
KATIE DOSENfashion editor
She loves hosting parties, enjoys handwritten cards, and sometimes eats the entire box of Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Almonds for dinner (huge sweet tooth!). Katie uses styling as her creative outlet, but it can be dangerous because it sometimes leads to her purchasing the materials they use for shoots. She’s working on this. With the arrival of the new year, she’s been experimenting more in the kitchen and considers herself a puppy chow extraordinaire.
VANESSA HITTcreative director
This girl sleeps in whenever possible and needs her daily coffee (cream, please, but hold the sugar). But, once she’s woken up to the world each day, she rarely sits still for more than a few minutes. Full of activity and energy, Vanessa is always designing, freelancing, trying new recipes, or organizing her desk (again). Happiest with the simple things, the perfect night is one at home with her husband, watching Netflix.
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JACLYN HANSELphotography director
Wide-eyed with an affinity for wonder. From rappelling off 20-story buildings to exploring abandoned brewery caves, this girl craves adventure. In her free time you can find her strolling the town pretending to be a foodie, salsa dancing up a storm, or at the beach writing her next best-selling children’s book (which also happens to be her first).
LAURA WIERINGlifestyle editor
Laura likes fun. She is curious to a fault, and laughs at her own jokes because she thinks she’s funnier than she actually is. She won’t shake her desire for the limelight (she goes to karaoke almost weekly), and loves food, plain and simple. But mostly, Laura is seeking the next big thing while learning what it means to find balance.
CONTRIBUTORS
ERINPEDERSON
Erin is a Minneapolis-based photographer. She’s currently co-director of Mill City Men, an online photographic journal exhibiting the life of the modern man in the Twin Cities. Travel, music, and adventure fuel her creative fire.www.erinpederson.net | @erin_pederson
GRANTSPANIER
Grant Spanier is a writer x director x designer. He co-hosts a podcast about craft and creativity called 10,000 HOURS, is creative director of Greenroom Magazine and founder of a filmmaking studio called highqlty™.grantdoeswork.com | @grantspanier
TRESTONKOEHLER
Treston is a young chef, but his passion for flavors and the artistic side of food is unwavering. After working in restaurants, he now teaches culinary to spread his knowledge and to better hone his own skills.
AMBERYOUNG
Amber is a professional makeup artist based in Minneapolis, MN. With over a decade of experience working in the industry as an actor/model/voice talent, her years on the other side of the camera give her a unique perspective as a makeup artist. And as someone who is enlivened by all walks of life, Amber feels honored to help people make their outward appearance a reflection of their unique and radiant beauty within.
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CHADMOON
PHOTOUNAVAILABLE
Chad Moon is an internationally published, Fashion, Beauty, and Editorial photographer based in Minneapolis, MN. He has been shooting professionally for 6 years and has traveled the globe shooting for multiple publications and modeling agencies. Chad’s career goals include moving to New York and shooting for the major fashion publications around the world.
ANNAHOESCHEN
Anna Hoeschen is a copywriter at 3M, and a contributing writer at RedCurrent and Handful of Salt. She’s grateful for the opportunities that writing has afforded her – namely, meeting cool people like the folks at Bow & Arrow Magazine. Aside from writing, she loves yoga, salsa dancing and shamelessly reading other people’s blogs.
CHRISTINAFORTIER
Christina Fortier is a savvy fashion stylist and a creative energy in the Twin Cities. Christina creates work that connects and supports community through design and fashion.www.christinafortier.com.
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CONTENTS
PIzzA PERFECT 10Putting the pizzazz back in pizza
THE NEW NORM 16A no-excuses returnto basic comfort and style
CAROLINE SMITH 24Coffee and pancakes with asinger/songwriter who’son the rise
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recipes by Treston Koehlerphotos by Jaclyn Hansel
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No more frozen pizzas for you!Making impressive, delicious pizza is easier than you think. A basic crust, a simple sauce, and the rest is up to you. The Balsamic Shrimp and Arugula Pizza is a great one to start with, then let your creativity go wild.
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Combine 1 cup of flour and all other dry ingredients in bowl. At roughly the same time, add oil and warm water to the dry mix. Stir until combined, then continue to add remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time.
When a dough ball starts to form, remove the ball and knead on a hard surface for 6 to 8 minutes. Place dough ball in a warm area if possible, cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until ball doubles in size.
Combine all ingredients in sauce pan and heat until butter is completely melted.
2 3/4 C. all-purpose flour1 T. sugar1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 tsp. fast active dry yeast3 T. olive oil1 C .warm water (120-130F)
1/2 C. salted butter4 cloves of garlic
1 tsp. dry oregano1 tsp. dry basil
Pizza Dough
Herbed Garlic Butter
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Balsamic Shrimp& Arugula Pizza
1 uncooked pizza dough1/2 C. Herbed Garlic Butter15 medium-sized fresh shrimp, detailed1 T. vegetable oil4 Roma tomatoes, sliced2 C. arugula
1 C. shredded mozzarella 1 C. shredded Parmesan cheese8oz balsamic vinegar 1/2 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Reduce vinegar in a small sauce pan at medium heat until it’s the consistency of thin syrup.
Separate dough ball into two smaller balls and roll them out using a rolling pin until about 1/2 inch thick. Place each one on a cookie sheet and brush with Herbed Butter. Bake crusts at 400 for 8 to 10 minutes.
While crusts are baking, cook shrimp at high heat in a fry pan using 2 T. of oil, salt and pepper.
Remove par-baked crusts from oven and top with cheeses, tomato slices, and shrimp. Return pizzas to oven for another 6 to 8 minutes. Remove pizzas and garnish with arugula. Carefully spoon out balsamic reduction on top and serve.
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NEW NORMPhotographer Chad MoonStylist Christina FortierHair & Makeup Amber YoungModel McKenna P.
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top. American Appareljeans, Levis (vintage)
belt, stylist’s own (vintage) sneakers, Nike (vintage)
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top. Banana Republiccoat, Zarapants, Mossimoshoes, Steve Madden
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top, Hanes
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dress. BoxItStyle.comskirt, H&Mshoes, Blowfish
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tops. Hanesjeans, Sparkle&Fadeshoes, Nike (vintage)
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top. Poofskirt, TJ Maxxleggings, Mossimosandals, Basic Editions (vintage)
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Diner Darling / Caroline Smith looks damn sexy. Bright, high-waisted cobalt blue pants. Boots. Striped turtleneck. She gingerly rests her head on the café table – the one cornering the entrance to Mickey’s By Willy on West 7th Street in St. Paul. Shiny puckered cushions, a rattling till, tarnished silverware, smudgy napkin dispensers – they assume their nonchalant and rightful place among the shuffle and din. Patrons who pay no mind to the flaxen bombshell squeeze past two photographers and idle in booths, eager for OJ and ham and cheese omelets.
written by anna HOeSCHen
photos by granT SPanier
& erin PeDerSen
hair and makeup by QUinn WilSOn
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Authentic, sagacious and charmingly outspoken, Caroline dismantles any notion of perfection while kindly imploring the waitress for another coffee refill. Baby, it’s bright and early after all. “The hardest thing is accepting yourself for who you are,” she says. “It’s not easy to do, and I’m always tested … I have to coach myself through everyday experiences that test a woman and make her feel inadequate.”
Hardly shy or reticent, the sun slices through the windows and proclaims its presence. The sensuous, upbeat, feel-good spirit of Caroline’s music begins to take on a new life as she divulges her favorite designers, her love for style blogger Man Repeller, her late nights with girlfriends, her thoughts on feminism and the having-it-all woman. “I love Sex and the City,” she says, “but Carrie Bradshaw is infamous for not ever working
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out. Yea right. You look like a 9 year-old boy soccer player.” I’m beginning to see the light.
Caroline surrounds herself with strong women who have shaped her confidence; she gravitates towards sassy, sophisticated, courageous types. Some of these relationships are familial, and – without having met these blood relations – it’s easy to see the likeness:
“My grandma’s the shit. She’s very educated, she speaks her mind openly. She’s very lucid and thoughtful. She likes to talk, but she’s not nice like other grandmas who make cookies. She’ll say, ‘quit being a bitch’ … She’s so real. She speaks what’s on her mind … It inspires me to speak my mind and be real.”
MODern HUSTle / In this sun-studded throwback space, the morning imparts a welcome: stuff your face with pancakes, hustle, make shit happen. Known for championing the latter, Caroline released Half About Being A Woman in 2013, a sultry, anthemic album strumming with dance worthy neo-soul tracks. It was different than the indie-folk style that infused her earlier
“The hardest thing is accepting yourself for who you are. It’s not easy to do, and I’m always tested.”
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a woman in transit, she unearths more
soul and heart as she goes along.
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albums, Backyard Tent Set (2008) and Little Wind (2011) and was described as a new sound, a transformation, a radical departure from her previous work.
Watching Caroline champion her surroundings – she somehow manages to make silverware look organic and sensual – and listening to her talk about her pitfalls and triumphs communicates something else. From where I sit – the diner stool – it looks like something brave, endearing and universal. A natural shift. A chord progression. Half About Being A Woman, it seems, is a soulful reflection of Caroline’s
covetable range and a summation of how far she’s come. I’d argue that sound was never new; it surfaced and found resonance. Among the murmur of morning talk – right there – between the jocular moods of dudes flipping pancakes and amid the routine dispense of coffee, Caroline moves from one side of the diner to the other, propping herself up on the countertop. A woman in transit, she unearths more soul and heart as she goes along.
Time and experience have informed Caroline’s craft. Her sound got down to the business of doing its business, dismissing
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whatever labels or descriptions might get projected on it. Lamentably, that sound is subject to being treated differently. “People want to make characters out of women, “ Caroline observes. “Men don’t have to have a story like women do. My story is that I started out as a folk artist and now I’m R&B. That story needs to happen and be attached to me, like Hillary Clinton’s a bitch or Beyoncé’s a mother and sexual. But what’s Ed Sheeran? What is he? What’s Justin Timberlake? They just get to be.”
COllabOraTiOnS / On occasion, Caroline has been pitted against other women as part of the narrative and has seen artists whom she admires and respects subjected to online cruelty. It’s what fueled her collaboration with one of her best friends, Lizzo. “Let ‘Em Say” is an empowering and rousing song in which the duo basically kicks ass. The pair donated proceeds from the song to the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. “I love collaborating,” Caroline says. “I just like to write, and, honestly, when I can work with
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other people and use their voice as a sheath, I write more freely … It’s fun to get to do your artistry but not have to worry about the business aspects. I also feel that two writers coming together makes a better writer.”
The sensual and smooth riffs that characterize many of the songs in Half About Being a Woman also merit head bobbing and hip swaying. From the tender, soulful hum of “Bloodstyle” to the buoyant and stirring tempo of “Magazine,” Caroline
articulates her story in a celebratory fashion of the crooning-to-myself-in-the-mirror-with-a-hairbrush variety. The aspiration towards feel-good self-acceptance is universal, and Caroline made a concerted effort to arrive there, especially in her twenties:
“The best part has been a freedom from this looming self-consciousness … that looming low self-esteem and always worrying if you look a little chubby or something like that. I decided I wasn’t going to worry about it
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anymore … If I can run the way I want to run and dance without breaking down, then I’m healthy.”
HealTHy lOve / I ask Caroline about a song she’s written that’s most meaningful to her:
“My answer will change regarding which day you ask me. One that comes to mind now is “All That I Know Is (I’m Your Baby).” I like that one because it was the first fun song I’d ever written. It wasn’t complicated or heady ... The content of the song is about healthy love, not about tumult in relationships or unrequited feelings. I liked marrying those two things and saying, ‘this is my new foot forward.’ I don’t want tumult in relationships to define who I am as an artist or who I am as a woman. I’m dating someone who I’ve been dating for five years. He’s wonderful. We
have a healthy relationship. I like to think he makes me a better person. I don’t need to be writing about hurting and pain. It will come out, because those are real emotions, but I’d like it to be matched with other things.”
Caroline will skillfully tread the line between both camps: hurt and happiness. She’s adept at charging ahead, propping herself up, being impervious to the din. She will keep doing what isn’t so new or revolutionary – but human. She’ll evolve. Keep hustling. Keep moving. Keep fine-tuning her craft. And, hope beyond hope, she’ll get to create music with her dream co-collaborator.
“Babyface. I want to work with Kenny Edmonds so, so, so bad.”
“I don’t need to be writing about hurting and pain.
It will come out, because those are real emotions,
but I’d like it to be matched with other things.”
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