America’s Most Captivating Couples 2009, Part II
San Francisco, California
Annie, 54, artist, author, educator
Beth, 48, artist, professor
Annie and Beth are an artist couple committed to doing projects that explore, generate, and celebrate love. “We utilize visual art, installation, theater pieces, interventions, live-art, exhibitions, lectures, printed matter and activism,” says Annie. “Each year we orchestrate one or more interactive performance art weddings in collaboration with various national and international communities, then display the ephemera in art galleries.” Their projects incorporate the colors and themes of the chakras, a structure inspired by Linda M. Montano’s 14 Years of Living Art. “Our current project, The Love Art Laboratory, grew out of our response to the violence of war, the anti-gay marriage movement, and our prevailing culture of cynicism. We hope the Love Art Laboratory will help make the world a more fun, sexy, tolerant, love-filled place.”
We rounded up so many gorgeous couples we couldn’t fit them all in one issue. That said, we’re happy to have the cuteness continue.
Maggie & Jamie
San Francisco and New York
Maggie, 30, owner, event company
Jamie, 31, executive chef
Maggie loves singing, theatre, traveling, food, playing Wii and throwing fabulous events for lesbians. Jamie loves cooking, theatre, traveling, food, wine, Madonna, and Marc Jacobs. Jamie, a former Top Chef contender, met Maggie through a fellow cast member. They swapped numbers with Maggie thinking they’d network, but Jamie had different plans. As their texts grew more flirtatious, they bonded over their mutual love of musical theatre, fried foods and lots and lots of cheese. “We live 3000 miles apart, so to make it work we never go more than two weeks without seeing one another. Other than that, we try to celebrate each other’s talents to the fullest. Jamie cooks for me and I sing to her,” says Maggie. “We’re both extremely passionate and proud gay women, we laugh a ton, love socializing and have killer sex.”
