That "new magazine" smell

Canteen is here! We had launch parties on both coasts to celebrate.

Here's what we looked like at the beginning of the San Francisco event, all frayed nerves and cautious grins:

© Susan Walther

And here we are four hours, 200 guests, countless cheek kisses, several reporters, and one Miranda July later:

no idea who took this picture

For the record, that's a bottle of mineral water. We're just happy because of all those empty boxes—we sold out of copies.