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It's hot outside, and getting hotter. Thankfully, Arizona's burgeoning brew industry has a seasonal offering just for you.

Summer beers have typically become lighter, more refreshing styles,” says Arizona craft beer distributor and certified cicerone Chuck Noll. Educate your beer-loving mind with this handy overview.

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Summer is the ideal season for Phoenicians to indulge their deepest-held travel fantasies. The snowbirds have flown, the kids are out of school and the northern snows have melted, paving the way for outdoor adventure. From waterfall hikes to canyoneering in the Salome Wilderness to biker rallies, we’ve tracked down some of the best recreation opportunities for summer 2014.

Bonus: Six out-of-state adventures!

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Valley travel maven Tara Hitchcock tells italy-bound attendees what to expect at Celebrity Fight Night.

I fell in love with Italy waaaay before Elizabeth Gilbert penned her “self-discovery tour guide” best seller Eat Pray Love. Italy is everything you see in the movies and more.

Valley travel queen Tara Hitchcock gives Celebrity Fight Night Italy attendees the low-down on that country’s Old World charms in this month’s Tara’s Travels. Find her Top 3 list of Italian travel experiences in this outtake extra.

Hiking the Dolomites hut-to-hut. If you love the outdoors and don’t mind sleeping on a wooden cot in a refugio, you will thank me later! A trek though this mountain range in Northern Italy - about an hour-and-a-half of Cortina d’ Ampezzo – is right out of Lord of the Rings, the via ferrata (old wartime climbing routes) are breathtaking and the food is incredible (I have no idea how the Italians transport their fresh pasta thousands of feet up a mountain). Plus, you won’t gain weight as you’ve hiked it all off!

After digging into our Italian Dining Guide, get a second serving with more Q&A and video featuring Angelo Livi and Tomaso Maggiore; local spots to try the various regional cuisines of Italy; a how-to video on making uova raviolo at Noca; and more. It’s a multimedia meal of epic proportions.

Looking for more locally made health & wellness products like those featured on the Shopping page in our April issue? Open up and say ah.

Hi-Health: Nutritional Supplements
With more than 49 stores throughout Arizona, this local purveyor of vitamins and herbal supplements is always around the corner. The chain, founded in 1972, stocks a variety of national brands, but takes particular pride in its own Ultra Plan line, which includes everything from vitamins and minerals to enzymes and protein powders. Multiple locations, hihealth.com