We’ve fallen hard for Lucius, the Brooklyn band with the let’s-get-happy, sweet-as-candy number Turn it Around. The cheery, instantly catchy tune blends grand, sis! boom! bah! pop-rock with the warm, richly layered vocals a la ’60s “girl groups”. Think Arcade Fire and Fun! meets the Ronnettes and the Shangri Las. Just try not sing along…
1) NIKKI LANE’S VOICE Doesn’t matter if she’s using it to sing: Or speak. Thanks to Vans and documentarian Jared Eberhardt—who also directed Lane’s Gone, Gone Gone video—for this: 2) APPLE SEASON Ah, the first week of Fall. For some, it’s sweater season. For us, it’s high time for crispy, crunchy, juicy apples that obliterate the…
1) ALISON ROSE The latest piece by our Art + Design Team touts the new very limited edition Gia-CONE-metti J-Bar. The delicious sculpture on a stick is inspired by the Wexner Center for the Arts’ upcoming landmark 25th anniversary exhibition (Sept. 21 to Dec. 31 in Columbus) and one of the featured artists, Swiss sculptor Alberto…
Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present the limited-edition Gia-CONE-metti J-Bar, inspired by Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, in honor of the Wexner Center for the Arts’ 25th anniversary exhibition, Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection (Sept. 21 to Dec. 31). The very labor-intensive Gia-CONE-metti bar—a chocolate ganache-filled mini cone inside dark chocolate-enrobed Ndali Estate Vanilla…
1) SHINOLA RUNWELL WATCH From bikes and watches, to journals and leather goods, we love everything Detroit’s Shinola creates and builds. But we’re especially keen on the Runwell watch with the red dial color detail. Like everything Shinola makes, the Runwell is built to last generations. The red adds pizzazz at just the right…
Here at Jeni’s, our employees spend lots of hours outside the offices and kitchens making our community a better place. But tomorrow, we’ll be concentrating our efforts during the Columbus Volunteer Challenge, a city-wide call-out to Columbus businesses, non-profits, universities, and community groups to participate in community service events through Thursday September 11. (If your…
1) INTELLIGENTSIA BLACK CAT ESPRESSO ICE CREAM World-renowned coffee sourcer and roaster Intelligentsia, based in Chicago, supplies the Direct Trade beans we use to make a new ice cream that’s available beginning today. We couldn’t be happier with the flavor of our new collaboration ice cream. Have a scoop in our Ohio and Chicago shops, ship a pint,…
The Hideout (Chicago’s finest source for live music) & the A.V. Club (the arts-and-entertainment wing of The Onion, America’s Finest News Source) are presenting one terrific festival. Not only will we be there scooping to the sounds of Death Cab For Cute and the War on Drugs, we’re also giving away a pair of tickets…