February ’13

Meet About magazine’s fourth class of Most Eligible Singles – and all their personalities – in the pages that follow.

You could feel the nervousness as soon as you entered the room. It was photo-shoot day for our fourth annual Most Eligible singles issue — and the first year we’ve attempted to get all of the singles together at the same photo shoot.

We knew you’d wanna know — we did too. We checked in with our singles from last year and asked them to tell us what has happened in their lives since they were featured.

Days are short, nights are long, and summer seems so distant as to be unreachable. As a momentary break from all the gray and cold, what could be more welcome than a sunny bowl of corn soup?

On the hottest day of 1935, Briony, 13, sees her sister Cecilia undress and plunge into the garden of their home. Watching her is Robbie, her childhood friend, who like Cecilia, recently has come down from Cambridge.

Tana Silla and Matt Pflaum met at Diebold, where Tana works in marketing and Matt works in sales. Their connection didn’t happen through the office though — the timing just never seemed right, Tana said.

Reusing and recycling items that can be used in another capacity is what The Stock Pile Reuse Store in Canton is all about. “The Stock Pile is Canton’s best-kept secret, but we don’t want it to be a secret anymore,” said Patrick Gerber, program manager.

While “farm to fork” has become a buzz phrase in today’s restaurant industry, Kent Welsh is as passionate about the concept as if it were new.

Rocktoberfest 2012, Foundation for Community Betterment

Gasser Jewelers 75th Anniversary Party