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HOBBY HUB<br />
GOOD READS<br />
You Are What You Wear<br />
by Jennifer<br />
Baumgartner<br />
It’s an old joke, but so true:<br />
you haven’t got a thing to wear.<br />
Yes, your closet’s crammed.<br />
You could wear a different outfit<br />
for six months with no repeats.<br />
You could skip doing laundry<br />
for weeks and you’d be okay,<br />
but when you got dressed this<br />
morning, everything was all<br />
wrong.<br />
Why can’t you get rid of that<br />
ripped sweatshirt from college?<br />
Are you wearing things that show<br />
too much skin? Why aren’t you<br />
taken seriously at work?<br />
Dr. Jennifer Baumgartner says<br />
that what’s in your closet can<br />
answer all those questions and<br />
more. In her new book You Are<br />
What You Wear, she explains<br />
that, when she was a small<br />
child, she loved to explore her<br />
grandmother’s closet. Even at<br />
that early age, she realized that<br />
she could understand a lot from<br />
the things her grandma wore and<br />
loved.<br />
For the extended book review<br />
visit thecitymag.com<br />
Terri Schlichenmeyer is owner of<br />
The Bookworm Sez, LLC, based out of<br />
LaCrosse, Wis. and writes book reviews<br />
for publications all across the country.<br />
HOBBY HUB<br />
FUN AND GAMES<br />
BINGO FEVER<br />
Have You Caught It?<br />
Bingo. It’s more than a song about a dog. It’s a popular pass<br />
time for people of all ages.<br />
This beloved game can be traced back to Italy as far<br />
back as 1530. As time evolved, so did the game, changing<br />
from three rows by nine columns of 27 numbers, to the classic five by<br />
five cards we have now.<br />
Stereotyped as a game for elderly, it couldn’t be farther from the<br />
truth. Walk into any local bar around 5:30 at night and you will see<br />
men and women, young and old with an ink dabber in one hand and a<br />
beer in the other.<br />
It is an inexpensive game to play, typically a dollar per card, and a<br />
very intense game, too. As the numbers wind down, it’s a battle against<br />
your friends and competitors to see who’s final numbers will be called<br />
first.<br />
This isn’t the<br />
same game you<br />
played as a child.<br />
You don’t play<br />
for prizes, now<br />
you play to win<br />
cold hard cash.<br />
Depending<br />
where you<br />
choose to play<br />
bingo, you can<br />
win anywhere<br />
from 25 dollars<br />
to 2,000 dollars<br />
Photo by FlashPoint Photography<br />
for a simple bingo. And considering you only paid a dollar to play,<br />
that’s a pretty good profit!<br />
It’s not that easy to win bingo. Forget trying to get just five<br />
numbers in a row in any direction, there are so many different ways to<br />
play and win. You can play four corners, draw different pictures such<br />
as kites, spell letters like “V”, “T” or “F” or play classic blackout.<br />
Most local bars offer bingo, usually in the evening around 5:30<br />
p.m., and will play for several hours into the night. Typically, bingo is<br />
played during happy hour and most bars have great food and drink<br />
specials. And as always, the popcorn is always free.<br />
Bingo is a great way to relax after a stressful day at work, catch up<br />
with friends or even meet new friends. To find out if a bar near you<br />
has bingo, check out their website or give them a call.<br />
Or if the bar scene isn’t for you, you can always download several<br />
different bingo apps on your smart phone or mobile device. You can<br />
play with thousands of people all over the world from the comfort of<br />
your home.<br />
Rebecca Rattei is the executive director and editor of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
She is also a graphic artist at United Printing and a recent graduate<br />
of the University of Mary.<br />
26 | THECITYMAG.COM | AUGUST 2012
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