Travel
An Idyllic Long Weekend in the Golden Isles of Georgia
Head to these barrier islands for spectacular sunsets, seaside biking, and Southern hospitality.
elle.com
Magnolia League
Take Magnolia: The Story of the Original Magnolia League
The forming of a Southern Ivy League that became our inspiration. With Magnolia Leaguer style guides for him and her, cultural moodboards for all 8 schools, and tongue-in-cheek "Ivy v. Magnolia" comparison.
magnolialeague.com
Ivy v. Magnolia | Spotify Playlist
The soundtrack to effortless sporting elegance and classic sophistication from Dartmouth to Durham.
spotify.com
Culture
Buckhead Families Still Rebuilding 1 Year After Hurricane Helene Flooding
Helene dumped heavy rain in Atlanta last fall, prompting the city’s first-ever flash flood emergency. Now some families (like us!) are still rebuilding. See my wife and flood friends interviewed for this story.
fox5atlanta.com
Prep School Gangsters
Manhattan, 1996: this influential piece, immortalized by the Vampire Weekend song & recently touted by Supreme as a "piece of cultural history," follows several of these Manhattan rich kids - who joined forces with “their ghetto counterparts" to commit petty crimes like selling dope.
nancyjosales.com
Sorority Girls Are Cashing In Big for Their Viral Rush Videos - WSJ
Sororities: the new NIL?
wsj.com
Revisiting Robert Redford’s Western Retreat in Sundance, Utah | Architectural Digest
Robert Redford, the actor, Oscar-winning director, and environmentalist who forever changed the independent filmmaking scene with his Sundance Film Festival, has died at the age of 89. AD tours the icon’s Utah ranch - "lush and spare, sophisticated and primitive—like art itself," - Robert Redford
architecturaldigest.com
Sporting
SEC Football Is No Longer Untouchable
Once unstoppable, the league now faces tough questions and dwindling confidence as the Big Ten rises to power.
si.com
Business & Money
Run Clubs Reach Record Highs | Fitt Insider
Run rate. Running crews now account for 39% of all Strava groups, with most of Gen Z joining for social connection. While run clubs aren’t new, the motivations are. For younger generations, weekly jogs are about relationships, self-expression, and culture as much as performance.
fitt.co
Music
Goose is the Future of the Jam Band World
I had the pleasure of attending my 3rd Goose show at Northerly Island Saturday night and hot damn it was something! I'm still getting familiar with the music but these fellas are onto something special...
barstoolsports.com
Phish Confirms Four-Night 2025 New Year's Run At Madison Square Garden
Surprise, surprise: Phish will wrap up a busy 2025 with a four-show run at New York, NY's Madison Square Garden leading up to New Year's Eve.
liveforlivemusic.com
Golf
Tempers flared. Fans clashed. This Ryder Cup went to the brink
A caddie clash. A thrown drink. Record f-bombs — in both directions. And epic golf all the while. Ryder Cup Saturday at Bethpage went mad.
golf.com
An Inside Look at What Makes the Masters an Experience Unlike Any Other
A new book, “The Augusta Principles,” explores how the Masters shares something in common with the most respected brands in the world.
si.com
Food & Drink
Toast Like Gatsby – Garden & Gun
Louisville's Seelbach Hotel honors a literary legend with a dazzling libation (recipe)
gardenandgun.com