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Travel

11 Private Islands Where Architecture Isn’t Just a Backdrop - Galerie Magazine

From Madagascar to the Maldives, a new class of island retreats is prioritizing coral restoration over cabanas and designing with ecosystems, not just aesthetics, in mind. Simply put: you have to see these insane places that are like a dream

Culture

An Existential Guide to: Making Friends

Without hyperbole, this is one of the best things I've ever read on the internet.

He Escaped Alzheimer’s. Scientists Want to Know How.

"Nobody in history has dodged that bullet." One takeaway: I'll keep doing saunas every week.

Wait, When Did the Upper East Side Get Cool? - WSJ

Uptown is the new downtown. Buzzy restaurants are moving in, and young people are moving up. The neighborhood has never been hotter. ‘Preppy dressing is back. The old money vibe is back.’ While Soho and the West Village are now home to a new, more extreme kind of wealth.

The 50 Best Men's Colognes of All Time

The best men's colognes of all time, voted on by an international roster of fragrance experts: Creed Aventus, Dior Sauvage, Bleu de Chanel, and more.

Sporting

Bernie Williams Turns His Passion for Music Into a Thriving Second Act

Yankees legend and jazz musician Bernie Williams talks his first time picking up a guitar and baseball bat, plus his next album with Robb Report.

Looking Through Water | More Than a Fishing Movie

It's not often that a movie gets fly fishing right.

Music

Nectar's - the Vermont venue that launched Phish - closes after 50 years

Phish meanwhile credits Nectar's owner with their early success, giving them a stage to experiment on when they were starting out in the early '80s.

Golf

Fore All: Golf is a Refuge to Find Community, Connect with Nature, & Improve Mental Health

More than a game, golf is a refuge, with participants citing community, nature, and mental health as top motivations for playing. An elitist aura, time-consuming rounds, and high costs have gatekept its benefits from the masses — but upstarts are redefining its reputation and democratizing tee times.

Full Swing: Golf Participation is Growing & Diversifying

Of the 28M Americans who hit the course last year, a record 28% were female and 25% were people of color — representing 23% and 43% spikes from 2018, respectively. An entry point, another 19M played off-course versions (i.e., Topgolf, mini golf, and simulators), leading to rising interest among younger players.

Tour pro hit a shot while standing dangerously close to a lurking alligator

Vince Whaley was in the hunt at the Sanderson Farms Championship and opted to hit this shot with the dinosauric reptile only a few feet away at Kiawah's Ocean Course.

Food & Drink

The 25 Most Important Cocktails of the 2000s

The modern craft cocktail movement kicked off on the eve of the millennium when New York City's influential Milk & Honey opened its doors, helping ignite contemporary bar culture as we know it. Here are the 25 most important cocktails of the 2000s.