By Olivia Trowbridge, Blog Editor Variant Magazine hosts their own Variant Island dating game show live at the Union Bar in late September. Photos by Marin McCudden and Megan Young The promise of love, lust and everything in between lives in the Union bar on a rainy Thursday night. Purple lights welcome attendants to Variant Island. An all baddie bikini party. Hosted by Aslyn Fannin and Hope Oelkrug, the night is young, the drinks are flowing, and the sexy singles are here.