Sacramento is lucky enough to have two local magazines |
I love opening the mailbox to find a new one, I love the short and to the point articles, I love the pictures, I love it all. They are happy little vacations from the many books that I seem to always have wrapping up my attention. Those are some of the reasons that I get subscriptions, the other is that I really, really want journalists and writers to have jobs, and I want to keep these magazines in existence. Each year it gets harder and harder for print media to stay in business, and along with them the shops and individuals that make them available to us. Everyone in the food community remembers when the closure of Gourmet magazine was announced, and closer to home for us in Sacramento the awesome and unique midtown magazine shop Newsbeat that closed down just a few months ago.
There is something to be said for a really well written article, and just as importantly a perfectly shot photo. Though I love books, magazines hold a special place in my reading time, that sexy half hour vacation where everything is pretty and interesting and so perfectly propped, placed and posed. Can’t help but love them.
Currently my magazine subscriptions include:
Food & Wine (got a great holiday offer and so far so good, man love those pictures!)
Ms. Magazine ( A Christmas present from my husband, the feminist that he is. I have wanted this one for years and never subscribed)
Marie Claire (Gotta get my beauty tips somewhere J
Sacramento Magazine
Sac town (seriously I live in a town that has two magazines! I think it is shameful to live here and not support these two great local magazines)
Bottom Line Personal ( A Christmas present from my dad, and I love the random things I learn with each issue)
Lucky Peach ( though I don’t have a subscription yet, I am loving this brand new food mag, and I think, it is a new essential for any lover of food writing)
So, what are your favorites? Do you subscribe to the print edition, buy it off the stands, read it online, or subscribe to the digital edition?
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