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Maia Josebachvili: Professional Rum Bum
At 25 years old, Maia Josebachvili has climbed mountains, zip-lined across jungles, and sky-dived naked. And now, as Founder and President of Urban Escapes, she's finally getting paid for it. After graduating from Dartmouth University in the Spring of ... -
Born to Dive
At the kickoff party for the Jack Kearns Spearfishing Tournament on Friday in Coral Gables, one charming man enjoyed a veritable revolving door of honorable salutations and hand shakes – the man behind the tournament, the legendary Mr. Jack Kearns himself. ... -
Going Anywhere - Slowly - In a Ural
"If you don't like talking to complete strangers you don't need to be on a Ural." That's how Domingo (Dom) Chang sums up the public reaction when he goes out on his Ural motorcycle-sidecar rig. It's called the UDF, or "Ural Delay Factor," he explains. ... -
Surly Amy Goes from Starving to Artist
When her North Hollywood art gallery called The Art Coalition, which offered studio space to local artists and showcased their work, went bankrupt after less than 24 months, Amy Davis Roth, A.K.A. Surly Amy, had lost everything except her desire to ... -
Meet Black Joe Lewis
Drive down Airport Blvd. in East Austin and there's an unassuming restaurant called Quality Seafood Market that, up until three months ago, employed Joe Lewis as an oyster shucker. Now a full-time musician, Joe Lewis, front man of the Austin, Texas soul-funk ... -
Rum Bum's Funny Girl
If you've seen any of our festival coverage you know that Rum Bum is lucky enough to have a star on board our ever-crowded festival ship. As she interviews bands, she's often caught singing, rapping and generally yucking it up with her subjects. ... -
Bringing the Underground into Focus
In college, Alex Pellerano studied radio, television and film at Syracuse University. After college, he realized just how much he hated the industries for which he had studied. So he took a job creating online content for MLB.com and then a job ... -
Chicks on Bikes (And on Film)
Christina Shook was a newcomer to San Francisco and she didn't know anyone. Meeting men was no problem but she wasn't meeting any women. She had also just learned to ride a motorcycle. As an aspiring photographer, it all fit together: She would shoot ... -
A Disabled Fisherman Finds Freedom on the Water
Graham loves to catch fish... big ones. "A 300lb fish swimming 40mph away from you is a hell of a lot more exciting than catching a redfish on the flats" explains Miami native and fishing captain, Graham Hooper. "Everyone cussing, slipping on chum; it's ...
