48 JULY 2019 Here are six drink recipes to keep you and the whole family cool when the temperatures rise. Drinks to keep your summer refreshing Pineapple Lemonade • 1/2 cup sugar • 1 cup lemon juice • 1 cup pineapple juice • 2 tablespoons lime juice To make the simple syrup, combine sugar and one cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved; let cool. In a large pitcher, whisk together simple syrup, lemon juice, pineapple juice, lime juice and five cups of water. Place in the refrigerator until chilled. Serve over ice. Watermelon Slush • 5 cups diced seedless watermelon • 2 tablespoons sugar • Juice of 1 lime, optional Combine watermelon, sugar, lime juice and one cup of ice in blender until smooth. Serve immediately. Raspberry Peach Iced Tea • 2 tea bags • 1 cup raspberries, plus more for garnish • 2 peaches, sliced, plus more for garnish • 3 tablespoons agave nectar, or more to taste • Mint leaves, for garnish Steep tea bags in four cups boiling water according to package instructions; discard tea bags and let cool. Combine peaches, raspberries and agave nectar in blender until smooth; strain through cheesecloth or fine sieve. In a large pitcher, whisk together raspberry peach mixture and brewed tea. Place in refrigerator until chilled. Serve over ice, raspberries, peach slices and mint leaves, if desired. Ginger – Peach Soda • 1 cup water • 1 cup sugar • 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger • 2 very ripe peaches • 2-liter seltzer • 16 fresh mint leaves In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, bring one cup water, sugar and ginger to a gentle simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove simple syrup from heat, cover and steep for about 30 minutes. Over a medium bowl, pour syrup through a fine- mesh sieve, pressing minced ginger against sieve with the back of a spoon to extract flavor. Discard ginger. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; refrigerate until well-chilled. Distribute peach slices among eight tall glasses. For each glass, lightly press peaches with the back of a wooden spoon to release their juice. Pour about two tablespoons chilled syrup over peaches. Add ice cubes; top with seltzer. Stir to distribute syrup, peach juice and seltzer evenly. Garnish with mint. Strawberry “Colada” Smoothie • 8 ounces of chilled strawberries, hulled • 1 ripe banana, peeled and frozen • 1 1/2 cups frozen pineapple • 1 5-ounce container coconut Greek yogurt • 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut milk Pulse strawberries in a food processor until well pureed. To a blender add banana, pineapple, coconut Greek yogurt and 1 1/4 cups coconut milk. Pulse until well blended, adding an additional 1/4 cup coconut milk as needed. Spoon pineapple mixture into glasses filling about 1/3 full then add a spoonful or two of the strawberry mixture, swirl lightly with a butter knife then repeat twice more. Serve immediately. Alternately, all ingredients can be blended together in a blender versus processing strawberries separately. Sparkling Cherry Lemonade • 2 ounces cherries, pitted • 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice • 2/3 cup sugar • 4 cups sparkling water To make the cherry syrup, combine cherries, lemon juice and sugar in blender until smooth. Place in the refrigerator until chilled. Serve over ice and sparkling water.

49 JULY 2019 By Anthony Wallace Nobody really knows exactly what to expect when they go to The Lavatory’s museum and ball pit. No Instagram post or Yelp review can prepare one for the reality of the place. The Lavatory, which opened November 2018 with the ‘cleanest ball pit on the planet’, has recently expanded to include six immersive exhibition rooms and is the latest Valley offering in the area of interactive, experience-based art spaces. The Lavatory is the brainchild of local landscape architect and artist, Bill Tonnesen. Before patrons step into the building, Tonnesen, last seen sporting a cockroach bowtie, shakes the hand of each and greets them all individually with a witty, personalized comment. Once inside, the group is led into the pit, where Tonnesen delivers a speech that is equal parts amusing and disturbing. Looking around, it was clear I wasn’t the only one in the group considering whether we had unwittingly joined a cult. Suspense builds and finally the ‘Mega- Drop’ arrives. More than 100,000 sanitized, tennis-sized plastic balls come raining down, engulfing everyone brave enough to remain seated throughout the process. “You’ll be buried alive, but you can breathe,” Tonnesen said. Once they drop, the transparent balls light up with evolving neon colors and the pit bumps with club/dance music. Attendees were prancing around and posting pictures. The museum portion of The Lavatory has less mainstream appeal. The series of meticulously-designed rooms features jumpy surprises, lots of toilets, sculptures adorned in endless detail and live humans and animals. There seems to be social commentary offered in some of them. The most ironic of all is on display in the all-white Sugar Room, where “lifeless” parents ignore their child in favor of screens. “When people talk about [experiential art spaces] in a pejorative sense, they call them Instagram factories,” Tonnesen said. Tonnesen is a talented and enthusiastic photographer, constantly scanning his patrons for potential models. I traveled through the exhibition rooms with Tonnesen and two college-aged patrons, Molly Ryerse and Tyler Brooks. Going in, Brooks and Ryerse knew only of the ball pit and Instagram pictures, but found the museum and the artist himself to be just as enjoyable. “I admire it so much because you can tell it’s all done by Tonnesen. His personality is everywhere,” Ryerse said. Tonnesen bristled a bit at the question of his favorite artists. “I think it’s very helpful to not think in terms of favorites or ‘like.’ A shrewder approach is not to say ‘Do I like that?’ but rather, ‘What’s going on?’ and ‘What’s interesting?’” Tonnesen said. Patrons might visit The Lavatory for a multitude of reasons – whether it be the Infinity Room, Mona Lisa Gallery, Rest Room or Sugar Room. It’s possible you might come out feeling like a completely different person, which is exactly what Tonnesen is going for. The Lavatory offers a grown up museum experience A crowning experience for patrons of The Lavatory is the moment when 100,000 plastic balls rain down from above, engulfing visitors seated in a pit. PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL TONNESEN THE LAVATORY 4700 N. 12th St., Phoenix, 85014 Hours: Sunday – Thursday 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday – Saturday 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Phone: 480-968-7895 Admission: $25 for museum and pit, $25 for Mega-Drop only; $40 for combination. Ages 5 and up. For more: Lavatoryphx.com