Indianapolis Monthly

AGE: 25  GIG: Co-host of Kyle & Rachel in the Morning on RadioNOW THE LOVE LINES ARE OPEN: Bogle, a former Miss Indiana contestant, always has advice for her fellow singletons—and her quarterback crush. CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT: In 2011, the radio host won Playboy’s International Girl of Golf contest, an honor that included a trip to the Mansion. She declined a photo shoot.

Dear Members of the 118th Indiana General Assembly,

AGE: 55  GIG: Morning meteorologist on WTHR Channel 13  SNOW BUSINESS: Lofton wakes up at 1:40 a.m. to arrive at the office for Eyewitness News Sunrise an hour later.

AGE: 65  GIG: Founding principal of Borshoff, one of Indiana’s largest public relations and advertising firms.  NEW SPIN: Cook is scaling back to crisis projects and a few clients as she enters her “renaissance period.”

On October 8, Charles Venable begins his job as the IMA’s director and CEO. We decided to get to know him first.
 

AGE: 68  GIG: Bestselling author & screenwriter  INDY BOUND: On Oct. 24, Ephron opens the Ann Katz Festival of Books and Arts with a talk on her latest novel, The Lion Is In.

In 1969, L.S. Ayres invited native son Kurt Vonnegut to sign copies of his latest novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, in the downtown department store. At earlier stops on the book tour, the literary icon had drawn throngs of fans; here, he was met with indifference—and the irony didn’t escape him. “I sold thirteen books in two hours, every one of them to a relative,” Vonnegut wrote to fellow novelist and Shortridge High grad Dan Wakefield. “Word of honor.”

Editor’s Note: Former U.S. House representative Lee Hamilton’s wife Nancy died in Bloomington on Aug. 11, in an accident when her own car rolled back and struck and ran over her. Here, our December 2010 conversation with Lee Hamilton in which he speaks about his wife.  AGE: 79 WHEREABOUTS:Just returned home, to direct The Center […]

AGE: 46  GIG: Actor and racecar driver  DREAM ROLE: The Grey’s Anatomy star will race in the IMS’s inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series event on July 27 as part of the Super Weekend at the Brickyard.

“The first job I ever had was selling garbage bags door-to-door when I was 12.”

Fans of pitch-perfect surf and turf always have the fallback lushness of Peterson’s (7690 E. 96th St., Fishers, 598-8863, petersonsrestaurant.com), especially in its tender osso buco, and row of seared Maine Diver scallops with alternating disks of apple tuille on a bed of risotto > Sporting dark paneling and Germanic robustness, The Rathskeller (401 E. Michigan St., 636-0396, rathskeller.com) pioneered the civilized rustic theme. Oxtail is listed among the soups, and the sides include spaetzle, red cabbage, and warm potato salad.

With exposed-brick walls, raw wood beams suspended above the bar, and bell-shaped lamps that look like they could be lighting a henhouse, Black Market feels like the most stylish barn you’ll ever dine in. But the black-topped bar and skinny-legge

To experience some speakeasy decadence (and that famous shrimp cocktail), climb the stairs to St. Elmo Steak House’s second-story 1933 Lounge (127 S. Illinois St., 635-0636, stelmos.com) > Sazeracs and Chartreuse Swizzles are among the classic pours at Ball and Biscuit (331 Massachusetts Ave., 636-0539, ballandbiscuit.com), paired with Chef Brad Gates’s small plates > Vodka drinkers flock to Tini (717 Massachusetts Ave., 384-1313).

Other scaled-down epicurean spots include Northside Social (6525 N. College Ave., 253-0111, northsidesocial.com), which prepares its mac ’n’cheese with bacon, pancetta, and prosciutto > Taste Cafe (5164 N. College Ave., 925-2233, tastecafeandmarketplace.com) serves approachable gourmet > Oakleys Bistro (1464 W. 86th St., 824-1231, oakleysbistro.com) keeps us entertained with upscale versions of (shrimp) corndogs and (goat cheese and fig marmalade) pizza.

Editor’s Note, June 22, 2012: Sensu announced early this month that it will no longer serve dinner. It will, however, remain an upscale nightclub and special-event venue, with Asian-inspired catering services available.