Stay in Art: Love, January 2025 Edition - Booked by the Cover

Welcome to the Book by the Cover Blog(cast), a spin on a podcast that I'm not currently able to record or-well-cast.

Today's book is a magazine. Within the magazine industry, magazines are often referred to as books. So, this magazine of a book is titled: Stay in Art, LOVE. It is the January 2025 edition. It's in German, so I am not entirely sure without a quick translation...

(Translation search.)

Well, "ausgabe" in German translates to "output" in English. So, I'm pretty confident the 1.25 means January 2025, referring to the release date/edition. The subtitle: "love" is in all capital letters with a thin yellow stroke. the main title at the top is the same, but the font is much smaller to allow it to fit-I imagine. About five lines of very small white text at the bottom balances out a lighter, pinkish splash of hue at the top of the cover. I won't put much effort into finding out exactly what it says there. If I did I would just be stalling because...

I have no idea how to describe what is on the cover of this book. 

It looks like blue and purple goo. If you've ever seen the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie from the mid 90s, it kind of reminds me of that. But I'm also getting crystal vibes from it. To the left, the color is a bit more a gentle blue mixed with purple. The rest of the page is an ombre of lighter and darker shades of purple. Whatever it is, it seems to be reflecting light, and as I get closer to it one more time, it looks like it might even be a grape soda spilled with some blue fabric to the left.

The bluish part to the left, has a five teal dots at the top and a flower towards the bottom. And now taking another closer look, maybe it's something over a microscope or zoomed in. That's it! It's just a close-up of the flower in the bottom left hand corner. That must be what it is. That's my best guess anyway. So, with all of that in mind, let's check out some connected travel bookings-beginning with the Power Rangers, I guess. 

(Apprehensive search.)

So, I don't think I'll be adding anything relating to the Power Rangers. But I do keep seeing these same cities listed when it comes to big touring productions: San Diego, California, Baltimore, MD, Toronto, Ontario, Denver, Colorado, Cincinnati, Ohio, San Antonio, Texas, Philadelphia New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City. Well, minus the ones I crossed out. I'm only mentioning this, because I'd like to make sure Pages Dale itineraries are open to the unbeaten paths. My concern recently has been that I'm focuses on the same major cities that have always been favored on itineraries. So, I'll put a little more effort into including towns and cities I've never heard of this time. 

(Extra-filtered search.)

Let's look for a city that produces fizzy grape soda.

[ I was just thinking yesterday about how odd I think it is to sell a bottled drink. Yet, about a week ago, I was elated to have a soda. So, I like buying premade drinks like sodas and juices. My main concern is bottled drinks as the pinnacle of drink quality within the home. More people made punch when I was younger. Occasionally, there was spiked punch (with alcohol), but most of the punch was alcohol free. This was in the 1990s. Cooking, baking, and drink-making are all important skills. Nowadays, though, homemade "drinks" are either just alcoholic, super simple, or old-time cultural drinks. Where are the home specials? 

Guests may appreciate knowing what to expect, but a pleasant surprise is also nice. Pleasant surprises make for great conversation starters. I once brought a homemade limeade to a Halloween party. The limeade offered something to talk about, and people remembered me due to the drink! Magical. I went to the party as a mad scientist, so the concoction was thought of as part of my costume. I decided green would be a good color for a mad scientist's drink. One of the girls that lived where the party was hosted thought the limeade was an absolute treat. She may have been the only one who enjoyed it, but I think I changed her life that day with just a unique limeade. 

RECIPE: I don't remember every detail.                                                                                                Water                                                                                                                                                      Sugar                                                                                                                                                      Limes                                                                                                                                                    Tarragon                                                                                                                                                Basil                                                                                                                                                      (Dill? - that sounds kind of crazy, but I think that was the idea)

Try it. I guess the label should just say INGREDIENTS. But the best things to do would be make the regular limeade to taste and let a (not heaping) palm-full of the other herbs set in it over night. ] 

No, let's look for a drink making, aka mixology, course or workshop. There's one listed in July in California. It is not described as a reoccurring event, but the instructor is "a passionate mocktail mixologist". So, chances are there will be other opportunities to attend one of her classes later within or after July 2025. Luckily, this is clearly family-friendly. Attendees 14 years of age and above are welcome. The best part about this find is the image. The example mocktail is outside and has a leaf in to, so the flowery, outdoorsy theme is strong. Let's stick with that, and tee about a microscope class with flowers or a flower photography class. 

(Searching for flower photography...)

There's one pretty fancy looking online course. Current registration appears to be closed, but it's a great option. Let's see what's available in person. 

(In-person flower photography course searching.)

Harold Davis has an in-person workshop-also in July, also full. It is a five-day workshop. That's amazing. Now where is the course? It is in Berkley, California. That's less than 20 minutes from where the mixology course is. I wonder if there is a Georgia O'Keefe connection to this area. 

(Searching GOK...)

Nope. There's no strong connection there exactly. 12 hours away, there is a museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Now let's see what's available within that 12-hour span related to looking at flowers under a microscope.

(Sudden realization.)

This itinerary still includes exclusively well-known cities. They aren't major, but they are certainly prominent in the travel sphere. 

(Map peek.)

I don't think adding the museum to this itinerary is worth it. So, we'll finish up with keeping this itinerary local and quickly find one last thing to do in the Oakland area.

(Oakland focus.)

Aand we found a Prince cover band.

(Back to Oakland with a focus on the color purple.)

Well, there's a restaurant called Purple Pepper Pizza where at the bottom at the page, they encourage us to grab a soda.

So that's it for this Oakland, CA's local travel take on the cover of Stay in Art: Love, January 2025 Edition.