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ART ON THE VINE<br />
The grape and the<br />
grand come together<br />
HUDSON REBORN<br />
New York’s happy<br />
and happening valley<br />
A SENSE OF WELLNESS<br />
Advice, apps, and more<br />
for mindfulness matters<br />
CHEF’S ODYSSEY<br />
Daniel Boulud on<br />
reinventing classics<br />
THE NEXT STEP<br />
One man’s quest<br />
to travel to space
TAKING OFF<br />
AS WE HEAD INTO FALL—a time that can be very busy at home and at work—all<br />
of us at NetJets are rededicating ourselves to the idea of renewal.<br />
We look forward to sharing with you some of the amazing features that our<br />
editorial team put together. As hectic as this year has been for those of you<br />
reading this, we all know how important it is to take a moment and reflect.<br />
Perhaps that means you are taking a well-deserved trip to a favorite destination with your<br />
family or finding time to begin that hobby you always said you never had time for. Or<br />
maybe you are looking for ways to incorporate wellness into your everyday routine, as so<br />
many of us are these days.<br />
Our editors took an expansive look at all things running in the summer issue, and this<br />
fall they investigate how e-bikes are allowing cyclists of different abilities the opportunity to<br />
ride together for more meaningful experiences and exercise.<br />
They find inspiration by visiting the French apple brandy region of Calvados where two<br />
elements—craft spirits and cider—collide to produce a seasonal liquor for the senses.<br />
Then they report from the Hudson Valley, where there are freshly unveiled hostelries,<br />
restaurants, and attractions popping up in every conceivable corner.<br />
Some of my favorites in this issue are the lifestyle features, where you’ll read about<br />
Alaska native John Shoffner, who is training to fly Axiom’s Ax-2 mission for an eight-day<br />
stay on the International Space Station; and the team connects with William Chase to hear<br />
what’s next for the Herefordshire, UK-based entrepreneur. Finally, we bring you all the<br />
latest in NetJets news, travel tips, and information about our partners.<br />
We hope you enjoy this edition of the magazine and wish you safe travels wherever they<br />
may take you.<br />
Only NetJets!<br />
Adam Johnson<br />
Chairman and CEO<br />
C O N T R I B U T O R S<br />
BILL KNOTT<br />
The London-based<br />
restaurateur and<br />
food writer gets a<br />
glimpse into the<br />
world of Daniel<br />
Boulud, the<br />
towering creative<br />
mind behind the<br />
reinvention of a<br />
Manhattan icon,<br />
Le Pavillon, in<br />
Updating the<br />
Classics (page 64).<br />
ELISA VALLATA<br />
For Fit For a Queen<br />
(page 60), the<br />
Italian stylist and<br />
fashion expert<br />
has selected and<br />
arranged some<br />
of this season’s<br />
most spectacular<br />
jewels against<br />
the backdrop of a<br />
beautifully crafted<br />
chessboard from<br />
Purling London.<br />
LARRY OLMSTED<br />
An award-winning<br />
golf author, the<br />
American looks<br />
at the legacy of<br />
legendary course<br />
designer Donald<br />
Ross and gets an<br />
insight into The<br />
Glorious Restoration<br />
(page 32) that’s<br />
taken place at<br />
North Carolina’s<br />
Southern Pines.<br />
JIM CLARKE<br />
The well-traveled<br />
wine and spirits<br />
specialist ventures<br />
from his New<br />
York home to a<br />
fascinating part of<br />
France to catch up<br />
on the developments<br />
in Calvados and<br />
discovers the Spirit<br />
of Normandy (page<br />
68) is enjoying its<br />
time in the spotlight.<br />
JOHN McNAMARA<br />
Always eager for<br />
assistance, the<br />
managing editor<br />
of NetJets, The<br />
Magazine evaluates<br />
the latest e-bikes<br />
on the market and<br />
how they ease travel<br />
around town and<br />
country—and do<br />
so with style—in<br />
Power to the Pedal<br />
(page 48).<br />
This symbol throughout the magazine denotes the nearest airport served by NetJets to the<br />
story’s subject, with approximate distances in miles where applicable.<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
THROUGH THE MIST<br />
“Massless Clouds Between<br />
Sculpture and Life,” by<br />
teamLab, page 74.<br />
6<br />
NetJets
36 42 64<br />
THE BIOFUEL EQUATION<br />
NetJets’ support of<br />
sustainable aviation fuel is<br />
a pointer to the future<br />
pages 10-13<br />
INTOXICATING BEAUTY<br />
Vineyards are now cultural<br />
showcases as art and wine<br />
prove a perfect blend<br />
pages 36-41<br />
ALL THE RIGHT MOVES<br />
The season’s most alluring<br />
jewels shine against a<br />
chessboard backdrop<br />
pages 60-63<br />
IN THE NEWS<br />
A hideaway in North<br />
Carolina, Rolls-Royce<br />
advances, and more<br />
pages 14-22<br />
ALL IN THE MIND<br />
A comprehensive guide<br />
to taking charge of your<br />
mental well-being<br />
pages 42-47<br />
NEW YORK DARLING<br />
Daniel Boulud’s latest<br />
venture in the Big Apple is<br />
an old classic reimagined<br />
pages 64-67<br />
© TEAMLAB / COURTESY OF PACE GALLERY, SHAWN CORRIGAN, DIANA HIRSCH / ISTOCK, THOMAS SCHAUER<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> UPDATE<br />
Travel concierges, fall travel,<br />
staff in profi le, and hiring the<br />
best pilots in the industry<br />
pages 24-27<br />
SPACE <strong>2021</strong><br />
John Shoffner’s adventurepacked<br />
life is to have an<br />
extraterrestrial twist<br />
pages 28-31<br />
RESURRECTING ROSS<br />
The revered golf course<br />
designer’s Southern Pines<br />
classic gets another start<br />
pages 32-34<br />
MOTOR ON<br />
The increasing popularity<br />
of e-bikes is producing a<br />
plethora of exciting options<br />
pages 48-51<br />
UPSTATE UPGRADE<br />
The Hudson Valley is in<br />
bloom as new openings<br />
add to its timeless charm<br />
pages 52-59<br />
A TASTE OF CALVADOS<br />
Normandy’s local spirit is<br />
being elevated by a fresh<br />
generation of producers<br />
pages 68-73<br />
RETHINKING THE GALLERY<br />
Miami’s Superblue offers<br />
a very different type of<br />
artistic experience<br />
pages 74-81<br />
THE LAST WORD<br />
Entrepreneur William<br />
Chase on how he enjoys<br />
the finer things in life<br />
page 82<br />
NetJets<br />
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<strong>NETJETS</strong>, THE MAGAZINE<br />
FALL <strong>2021</strong><br />
FRONT COVER<br />
Aerial view of the fall<br />
colours of Tuscany.<br />
(See page 36, for art in<br />
vineyards in Italy, France,<br />
and beyond.)<br />
Image by Gábor Nagy<br />
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ART DIRECTOR<br />
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MANAGING EDITOR<br />
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STAFF WRITER<br />
Claudia Whiteus<br />
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR<br />
Vicki Reeve<br />
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR<br />
Albert Keller<br />
SEPARATION<br />
Jennifer Wiesner<br />
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Jim Clarke, Bill Knott, Jen<br />
Murphy, Larry Olmsted, Julian<br />
Rentzsch, Thomas Schauer,<br />
Josh Sims, Elisa Vallata,<br />
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GOODWILL<br />
Fuel of the Future<br />
Key in reducing carbon emissions, biofuels present<br />
a bridge to a sustainable future for NetJets—and<br />
for the aviation industry as a whole. // By Josh Sims<br />
ISTOCK<br />
“THE FACT IS THAT, right now and for the<br />
foreseeable future, sustainable aviation<br />
fuel is the best option for sustainability in<br />
aviation,” says Bradley Ferrell who, in his<br />
role as NetJets’ Executive Vice President<br />
for Administrative Services, is keen to raise<br />
awareness of a biofuel that is already making<br />
a significant difference within the industry.<br />
As sustainability becomes ever-more<br />
important, with new innovations across every<br />
industry, what’s perhaps most remarkable<br />
about sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is that it<br />
is already a proven technology, a biofuel made<br />
out of everything from used cooking oil to nonfood<br />
crops, from urban or agricultural waste<br />
to algae, which can be blended with standard<br />
aviation fuel in order to reduce the life-cycle<br />
emissions by up to 80%, depending on how<br />
the SAF is made and sourced.<br />
By the CI, or carbon intensity, standard<br />
applied by the GREET model (greenhouse<br />
gases, regulated emissions and energy<br />
use in transportation), Jet A—that’s<br />
conventional aviation fuel—scores 89, while<br />
SAF scores just 37.<br />
For the moment, SAF, which undergoes<br />
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GOODWILL<br />
the same necessary safety certification as<br />
any aviation fuel, accounts for less than one<br />
percent of all airlines’ fuel consumption. But<br />
it is a game changer, and this percentage is<br />
set to grow across the globe. This is the case,<br />
not least, because several countries have set<br />
blending mandates for sustainable aviation<br />
fuels, with the Netherlands, for example,<br />
stating that 14 percent of its aviation fuel must<br />
be sustainable by 2030.<br />
“In time, the likes of electrically powered<br />
aircraft—which for the time being haven’t<br />
solved the issue of limited range—will become<br />
a bigger part of the sustainability picture,”<br />
explains Ferrell. “But what makes sustainable<br />
aviation fuel so important is that you don’t<br />
have to change the specifications of the aircraft<br />
or their engines to use it. As the technology<br />
is refined over coming years, the fuel is only<br />
going to become more efficient to produce. And<br />
the more SAF is adopted, the more prices will<br />
be driven down more in line with Jet A.”<br />
That’s why NetJets is getting ahead of the<br />
curve in becoming not just a buyer of SAF—<br />
in 2020 it purchased three million gallons<br />
of it in partnership with global aeronautical<br />
services network Signature Flight Support—<br />
but also the first private aviation company<br />
to go as far as taking a stake in the actual<br />
production of SAF.<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> HAS MADE a sizable investment in SAF<br />
developer WasteFuel, committing both to<br />
buy 100 million gallons of its fuel over the<br />
next decade—“that’s a substantial portion of<br />
our annual fuel usage under any scenario,”<br />
stresses Ferrell —as well as partnering with<br />
the company in the development and building<br />
of biorefineries.<br />
The first, in Manila, will come on line<br />
within four years, which is a fairly quick<br />
pace, given the need to acquire land and<br />
build infrastructure, and the logistics of what<br />
is a hugely complex system. The plan then<br />
is to import its SAF into Los Angeles, in time<br />
perhaps using ships powered by sustainable<br />
marine fuels, so that the carbon reduction<br />
is maintained from end to end of the supply<br />
chain. The biggest hurdles to SAF’s uptake<br />
right now are its comparative expense and the<br />
fact that supply is limited.<br />
“THAT’S WHY WE invested in WasteFuel,”<br />
explains Ferrell. “Yes it gives us a competitive<br />
advantage over the availability of SAF,<br />
but the primary goal for us has been to drive<br />
better prices by putting our own money in at<br />
the front end, and because the more<br />
biorefineries there are the easier the global<br />
supply of SAF will become too.” That<br />
means it’s something good not just for<br />
NetJets, but for the wider aviation industry<br />
too. “Of course,” Ferrell continues,<br />
“it’s also the chance to be part of a new<br />
growth business.”<br />
Ferrell stresses that as a leader in the<br />
aviation industry —and as a business that’s<br />
been carbon neutral in Europe for a decade<br />
now—it’s important NetJets encourages<br />
relevant action on important issues.<br />
“The fact is that when it comes to<br />
reducing aviation’s carbon footprint, SAF is<br />
the way to go,” says Ferrell. “And it’s going to<br />
play a major role in the promotion of aviation<br />
in the future too, building acceptance of<br />
the idea that, yes, you can travel the world<br />
without compromising on a commitment to<br />
protecting the planet.”<br />
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CLEAR SKIES AHEAD<br />
Sustainable aviation fuel<br />
is the way forward for a<br />
greener future.<br />
SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
“In time, the likes of electrically powered<br />
aircraft will become a bigger part of the<br />
sustainability picture.”<br />
NetJets<br />
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THE SMART GUIDE<br />
A North Carolinian getaway, travel accessories,<br />
mouthwatering spirits, Rolls-Royce-plus, and more—<br />
herewith the best, the boldest, and the brightest.<br />
SOUTHERN<br />
COMFORT<br />
The team behind Blackberry<br />
Farm resort has breathed<br />
new life into a beloved<br />
North Carolina retreat.<br />
FOR WELL OVER a century,<br />
High Hampton has been the<br />
annual vacation getaway<br />
for generations of Southern<br />
families. Tucked away in the<br />
heart of North Carolina’s Blue<br />
Ridge Mountains, 90 minutes<br />
southwest of Asheville,<br />
the historic resort oozes<br />
childhood camp nostalgia<br />
with its private 35-acre<br />
lake, miles of hiking trails,<br />
and bark-sided cottages.<br />
Set across more than 1,400<br />
acres near the Nantahala<br />
National Forest, the property<br />
is reminiscent of Adirondack<br />
Great Camps and the National<br />
Park lodges of the 1930s.<br />
Long a Southern secret,<br />
the inn is gaining national<br />
attention after the team<br />
behind Tennessee’s acclaimed<br />
culinary retreat Blackberry<br />
Farm recently helped oversee<br />
a complete property refresh.<br />
A National Register of<br />
Historic Places designation<br />
meant the Blackberry Farm<br />
design team had to work<br />
closely with the North Carolina<br />
Historic Preservation Office to<br />
update and enlarge the 12 inn<br />
rooms, 40 cottage rooms, two<br />
freestanding cottages, and rustic<br />
log cabin. Much of the original<br />
antique furniture was cleverly<br />
repurposed (doors have found<br />
new lives as coffee tables) and<br />
stylish design touches include<br />
bright vintage kantha quilts and<br />
botanical-print cushions and<br />
drapes. Longtime guests are<br />
thrilled with modern updates like<br />
spa-worthy bathrooms, central<br />
heating, and soundproof walls.<br />
The biggest improvement—<br />
no surprise—is the food. A<br />
run-of-the-mill dinner buffet has<br />
been replaced with a high-touch<br />
multicourse dining experience<br />
inspired by Blackberry Farm.<br />
Locally sourced dishes such<br />
as green garlic gnocchi with<br />
fava beans and preserved<br />
lemon, and poached farm egg<br />
with wilted pea tendrils and<br />
country ham are served in<br />
the reimagined Dining Room,<br />
which looks out over Rock<br />
Mountain. Be sure to save room<br />
for decadent Southern desserts<br />
like the chocolate cake with<br />
caramel buttercream. The more<br />
relaxed Tavern serves gussiedup<br />
versions of comfort foods<br />
like pizza and burgers for lunch.<br />
There are plenty of<br />
opportunities to work up an<br />
appetite in the fresh Appalachian<br />
air. Fall is prime time to explore<br />
the <strong>15</strong> miles of trails, lined with<br />
brilliantly hued maples, black<br />
birches, and yellow poplars.<br />
Golfers can tee off at the new<br />
Tom Fazio-designed course.<br />
And tennis and pickleball<br />
courts have been added to<br />
complement lake activities like<br />
kayak and canoeing. Doing<br />
absolutely nothing is also highly<br />
acceptable: Parasol-topped<br />
daybeds on the lawn and a<br />
new six-room spa might even<br />
encourage you to embrace a<br />
long, lazy day.<br />
highhampton.com<br />
R<strong>US</strong>TIC RESPITE<br />
High Hampton embodies<br />
the best of North Carolinian<br />
rural hospitality.<br />
© HIGH HAMPTON<br />
ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT: 49 miles<br />
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THE SMART GUIDE<br />
Club Corner<br />
Spirits of great distinction, making<br />
cocktails with class and art in a glass.<br />
2<br />
3 4<br />
5 6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
1<br />
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES<br />
1 THE BROLLACH A tribute to the Craft Irish Whiskey founder Jay Bradley’s late father, just 661 bottles of rare double-distilled, single malt whiskey have been released.<br />
craftirishwhiskey.com // 2 TALES OF THE MACALLAN <strong>VOLUME</strong> I Distilled in 1950 and bottled in <strong>2021</strong>, this is a homage to Captain John Grant, the inspiration behind Macallan,<br />
whose story is told in an accompanying book. themacallan.com // 3 BENROMACH 40 YEARS OLD The Speyside distillery has released just over 1,000 bottles of this rare single<br />
malt that has spent four decades maturing in Oloroso sherry casks. benromach.com // 4 BOWMORE 27 YEARS OLD Part of the Timeless Series, the whiskymaker from Islay has its<br />
distinguished product housed in a distinctive display box with a decorative hourglass. bowmore.com // 5 GLENLIVET 2004 Independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has added three<br />
new single malts from the Moray mainstay to its Connoisseurs Choice range, including this 16 year old, aged in refill bourbon barrels. gordonandmacphail.com // 6 THE MACALLAN<br />
A NIGHT ON EARTH IN SCOTLAND A single malt with which to bring in the New Year, the Speyside distillery honors aspects of Caledonia’s most treasured evening of celebration.<br />
themacallan.com // 7 HIGHLAND PARK CASK STRENGTH The second release in the “straight from the cask’ series is whisky in its purest form, with no water added after maturation,<br />
delivering a robust and intense flavor. highlandparkwhisky.com // 8 VECCHIA ROMAGNA RISERVA ANNIVERSARIO A blend of five different casks and a product of 200 years of<br />
expertise, this Italian brandy comes in individually numbered crystal decanters. vecchiaromagna.it // 9 THE YAMAZAKI 25 A novel mix of single malt whiskies, marks a new direction<br />
for the collectable Japanese brand, led by the fifth-generation chief blender Shinji Fukuyo. suntory.com<br />
SHAKE IT<br />
ALL ABOUT<br />
Mixology comes home as<br />
Italian design firm Alessi has<br />
teamed up with world-renowned<br />
mixologist Oscar Quagliarini to<br />
create five different stainless<br />
steel mixing kits, including North<br />
Tide, left, which comprises<br />
cocktail measure, bottle opener,<br />
ice bucket, and ice tongs, along<br />
with an “870” shaker designed<br />
by Luigi Massoni and Carlo<br />
Mazzeri in the 1950s. alessi.com<br />
ARTISTIC TOUCH French cognac brand Rome De Bellegarde<br />
continues to reinvent its luxe liquor, including a release of<br />
<strong>15</strong>0 decanters designed by Iranian artist Ghass Rouzkhosh.<br />
romedebellegarde.com<br />
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THE SMART GUIDE<br />
Always moving, Rolls-Royce has never been<br />
busier as it finds handsome ways to a new<br />
spin to its classic cars.<br />
OPENING UP<br />
The Rolls-Royce<br />
Boat Tail shows off<br />
its cantilever trunk.<br />
© ROLLS-ROYCE<br />
Making of<br />
a Marque<br />
IT’S A SIGN OF THE standing<br />
of Rolls-Royce that as<br />
spectacular as its recent<br />
models have been—think<br />
of its “baby Roller” Ghost<br />
model from last year, or the<br />
attention-grabbing Black<br />
Badge limited edition from<br />
earlier this year—it’s not just<br />
the big releases that really<br />
make the marque. And so<br />
Rolls-Royce’s innovators are<br />
ever looking at different ways<br />
to enhance the experience<br />
of owning the world’s most<br />
iconic automobile.<br />
Nautical Nous<br />
Inspired by J-class yachts,<br />
the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail—of<br />
which just three have been<br />
made so far—does little to<br />
hide its seafaring roots, but<br />
the grand tourer, a product of<br />
the company’s coachbuilding<br />
workshop, has some secrets<br />
within the undoubtedly<br />
sleek design. At the touch<br />
of a button the rear of the<br />
car opens in a cantilever<br />
movement—supposedly<br />
inspired by Spanish architect<br />
Santiago Calatrava. The<br />
bounty is within, as the<br />
trunk contains a champagne<br />
chest, two bottles of Armand<br />
de Brignac vintage cuvée,<br />
caviar, and blinis. For perfect<br />
moments of relaxation, two<br />
cocktail tables open on<br />
either side of the deck, with<br />
accompanying picnic stools.<br />
A Matter of Time<br />
The Boat Tail is also home<br />
to one of the most stunning<br />
collaborations that Rolls-<br />
Royce has been involved<br />
in—with Swiss watchmakers<br />
Bovet 1822. What appear<br />
to be an unusual two<br />
clocks in the fascia of<br />
the Boat Tail, are, in fact,<br />
removable watches. The<br />
pair of reversible tourbillon<br />
timepieces are both designed<br />
to be worn on the wrist, used<br />
as a table clock, pendant, or<br />
pocket timepiece, when they<br />
don’t take their place in the<br />
dashboard. Both watches<br />
have specially designed<br />
18K white gold cases and<br />
feature matching front dials<br />
with the same Caleidolegno<br />
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veneer found on the aft deck of<br />
Boat Tail itself. The gentleman’s<br />
timepiece is highly polished;<br />
the lady’s is ornately engraved<br />
then filled with blue lacquer,<br />
with great effort—and teamwork<br />
between Rolls-Royce and<br />
Bovet—to get a precise color<br />
match between this lacquer and<br />
that of the car.<br />
Escape to the Country<br />
Rolls-Royce’s bespoke services<br />
have also stepped up a gear<br />
recently, epitomized by the<br />
Cullinan, its take on the SUV.<br />
At the heart of its “Celebration<br />
of Sporting and Country<br />
Pursuits,” the Cullinan has a<br />
range of options for enhancing<br />
a trip out of the city including<br />
the Recreation Module, a<br />
© ROLLS-ROYCE<br />
motorized drawer cassette that<br />
appears at the touch of the<br />
button, offering the perfect<br />
paraphernalia for a day out.<br />
And Bags More…<br />
Proving that it is about more<br />
than the motors, Rolls-Royce<br />
also has a luxury luggage<br />
range to complement its<br />
cars—a range that has<br />
recently taken a different<br />
turn with the Black Badge<br />
variant to its Escapism range.<br />
Comprising a 48hr weekender,<br />
24hr weekender, holdall, tote<br />
bag, and organizer pouch,<br />
the leather collection reflects<br />
the “darker, edgier personas”<br />
of the Black Badge cars —the<br />
Cullinan, Wraith, and Dawn.<br />
rolls-roycemotorcars.com<br />
IN BLOOM<br />
FOR HIS FIRST M<strong>US</strong>EUM exhibition in France, the<br />
one-time enfant terrible of British art Damien<br />
Hirst has opted for the rather calming subject<br />
of cherry blossoms. The Fondation Cartier<br />
pour l’art contemporain hosts 30 large format<br />
paintings. It’s an intriguing mix of master and<br />
subject, but as Hirst explains, “The cherry<br />
blossoms are about beauty and life and death.<br />
They’re extreme—there’s something almost tacky<br />
about them. Like Jackson Pollock twisted by<br />
love.” All 107 paintings in the series, which took<br />
the artist three years to complete, are available<br />
in an accompanying book. Until 2 Jan 2022;<br />
fondationcartier.com<br />
© ROLLS-ROYCE<br />
DRIVE TIME<br />
Bovet 1822’s timepiece<br />
for the Boat Tail;<br />
above: the Cullinan’s<br />
Recreation Module.<br />
© DAMIEN HIRST AND SCIENCE LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, DACS 2020<br />
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THE SMART GUIDE<br />
At the Wheel<br />
Whether it’s taking to the open road or enjoying a guided tour, the<br />
options for exploration are increasingly decadent.<br />
SPORT BUT NOT<br />
AS WE KNOW IT<br />
ALL ABOUT<br />
THE STYLE<br />
© ARES<br />
IF THE MILWAUKEE manufacturer of iconic motorcycles<br />
has a particular reputation, then Harley-Davidson is<br />
doing much to change that—and its latest release<br />
certainly does challenge preconceptions. The<br />
Sportster S is certainly different to what has come<br />
before it, both as an HD bike and in the sportster<br />
genre. Visually, there is no doubting this is a very<br />
modern bike, but the devil is in the detail, in this case<br />
a new engine (a Revolution Max 1250T V-Twin) and a<br />
flurry of technical innovations. Sport, Road, and Rain<br />
riding modes lead the way, while a sat-nav screen and<br />
smartphone integrations follow. Performance-wise, it<br />
is also a step up on previous iterations—and a bike<br />
that truly shows its best on wide-open roads. harleydavidson.com<br />
IT’S NO LONGER ENOUGH for high-end hotels and<br />
entertainment venues to simply ferry their guests<br />
around in ordinary vehicles—something special is<br />
required. That’s why the Billionaire Life, whose portfolio<br />
includes properties in Porto Cervo, Dubai, Monaco,<br />
and Riyadh, has teamed up with Ares, the Italian<br />
coachbuilder, which has delivered a fleet of individually<br />
built ARES for Land Rover Defender Spec 1.2<br />
Cabriolets. Each of these vehicles sports a remarkable<br />
level of customization with features hand-crafted in<br />
Ares’ Modena atelier. Every one of the Defenders’ livery<br />
and style mirrors the color palettes and trims of the<br />
various venues (such as Cipriani in Monaco, above)<br />
and will offer a bespoke VIP service to Billionaire Life’s<br />
guests. aresdesign.com<br />
CLUTCH STUDIOS<br />
VISION VIRTUOSITY<br />
MARK COCKSEDGE<br />
Iconic designer Marc Newson has joined forces with<br />
Austrian crystal expert Swarovski to produce the CL Curio<br />
7x21, light and compact binoculars that promise a higher<br />
level of intensity and clarity. swarovski.com<br />
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If you’re sipping Tito’s,
THE SMART GUIDE<br />
On the Move<br />
Travel in style with luggage and accessories that<br />
prove function and form need not be strangers.<br />
THE GAME<br />
IS AFOOT<br />
FOLLOWING ITS BELGIAN FOUNDER Georges Nagelmacker’s<br />
dream of Orient Express being more than a way of<br />
getting from A to Z, the Steam Dream collection of<br />
travel objects is a series of accessories from the famed<br />
company that elevates the travel experience. As the<br />
remarkable interiors of the carriages are adorned<br />
with fi ne marquetry and exceptional gold work, so<br />
the creations of 18 craft houses and designers are<br />
designed by singular talents and honed to perfection.<br />
Among those contributing to the collection are such<br />
diverse companies as Danish electronics company<br />
Bang & Olufsen, French malletier Au Départ, Smythson,<br />
London-based purveyors of high-end stationery, and<br />
Hector Saxe, the Parisian creators of unique designer<br />
games, whose mahjong trunk is pictured here.<br />
orient-express.com<br />
QUITE THE<br />
CARRY-ONS<br />
New world, new luggage—a pair of the<br />
fi nest case makers has released exceptional<br />
luggage for the modern traveler. The 19<br />
Degree international expandable 4-wheeled<br />
carry-on from TUMI (tumi.com;<br />
below left) is made from recycled<br />
polycarbonate. Carl Friedrik’s<br />
Carry-On (carlfriedrik.com, right)<br />
features large zip compartments<br />
and compression straps to keep<br />
essentials in order.<br />
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES<br />
METAL MAGIC<br />
Available in either silver (left) or black, the latest Rimowa<br />
Personal Cross-body Clutch Bag, with a removable<br />
leather strap, features two open compartments, a zipped<br />
pocket, three slots for cards, and updates the previous<br />
polycarbonate model to aluminum. rimowa.com<br />
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Riviera living redefined<br />
on the shores of Boka Bay.<br />
BRANDED RESIDENCES AVAILABLE TO OWN<br />
Discover an exclusive collection of 3 and 4 bedroom beachfront<br />
villas, with an ultra-chic resort destination on your doorstep.<br />
portonovi.com
NOTES FROM <strong>NETJETS</strong><br />
Latest happenings, onboard updates,<br />
and companywide news and profiles.<br />
PIECE OF PARADISE<br />
A LaCure property on<br />
Turks and Caicos.<br />
© LACURE<br />
THE BENEFITS OF A TRAVEL CONCIERGE<br />
When you’re ready to plan a much-needed vacation, a quick romantic getaway, or an oceanic adventure,<br />
NetJets has partnerships to help you coordinate every aspect of your trip. As a NetJets Owner, you have<br />
access to our partnership with LaCure, a luxury travel concierge whose travel experts plan and execute the<br />
vacation of your dreams. By using LaCure, you gain access to personal contacts for booking and concierge<br />
services from expert staff, as well as special property offerings, selectively hand-picked and uniquely<br />
suited for private jet landings. Email netjets@lacure.com for additional details.<br />
EXPERIENCE <strong>NETJETS</strong><br />
ENCOUNTERS<br />
IN ADDITION TO providing a luxurious experience in the skies, we also<br />
offer our Owners opportunities for unique experiences through NetJets<br />
Encounters. By partnering with other like-minded luxury brands, we<br />
give our Owners an array of unparalleled travel opportunities. Whether<br />
you want special access to the world’s finest resorts, most scenic<br />
golf courses, or luxury sports cars, we have a partnership for every<br />
lifestyle. You’ll find all of our partnerships and the benefits offered on<br />
the NetJets Owner Portal.<br />
TRINETTE REED<br />
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<strong>NETJETS</strong> BY THE NUMBERS<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> PILOTS<br />
NetJets pilots accrue, on average<br />
8 TIMES THE IND<strong>US</strong>TRY STANDARD<br />
of flight hours over the course of their careers<br />
JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
Our pilots average<br />
16+ YEARS<br />
working for NetJets<br />
INSIDE TRACK<br />
PATRICK<br />
GALLAGHER<br />
President, Sales,<br />
Marketing and Service<br />
WHEN DID YOU START AT <strong>NETJETS</strong>?<br />
I started with Marquis Jet and was the<br />
Executive Vice President of Sales when<br />
it was acquired by NetJets in late 2010.<br />
At that time, I was asked to lead and bring<br />
together the two sales organizations. In<br />
the years that followed, I got the opportunity<br />
to work with our Marketing and Owner<br />
Services departments as well.<br />
WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY<br />
CONSIST OF?<br />
No two days are the same. I try to divide<br />
my time between our teams and our clients,<br />
staying close to the front lines of our<br />
business. There was no such thing as<br />
“normal” over the past 18 months. When<br />
COVID-19 spread worldwide, we had to<br />
determine how to successfully survive a<br />
pandemic with 10% of our typical fl ight<br />
volume. Within a few months, we had<br />
record interest in our services. It became<br />
more important than ever to keep both our<br />
customers and our teams informed.<br />
We plan to hire<br />
300+ NEW PILOTS<br />
by the end of <strong>2021</strong><br />
We hired<br />
93 PILOTS<br />
after our initial <strong>2021</strong><br />
Pilot Career Day<br />
NetJets employs<br />
3,000+ PILOTS<br />
worldwide<br />
Our new pilots average<br />
6,200 FLIGHT HOURS<br />
of experience before joining NetJets<br />
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE<br />
YOU FACE IN YOUR ROLE?<br />
Staying disciplined and maintaining focus<br />
on the long-term view. It is so important<br />
to not overreact to near-term stimuli and<br />
to stay true to our business model. We<br />
must never sacrifi ce the core values of<br />
NetJets to take advantage of near-term<br />
growth opportunity.<br />
KURT ISWARIENKO<br />
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NOTES FROM <strong>NETJETS</strong><br />
THE BRANDS OF<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> INC.<br />
SEASONAL<br />
TIPS FOR<br />
TRAVEL<br />
© <strong>NETJETS</strong><br />
NetJets is one of several brands under Berkshire<br />
Hathaway which all share the high standards for<br />
safety, comfort, and service that you have come<br />
to expect when flying with NetJets. From personal<br />
security to aircraft brokerage, these companies offer<br />
an array of services to meet the needs of the most<br />
discerning travelers.<br />
Fall can be a lovely time to travel,<br />
with views of the changing leaves<br />
from the skies above. Whether<br />
you’re traveling to see your favorite<br />
football team compete or to visit<br />
family and friends for the holidays,<br />
consider these suggestions when<br />
making your autumn travel plans:<br />
EXECUTIVE JET<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
FOR 40+ YEARS, Executive Jet Management (EJM) has been the largest<br />
aircraft management and charter company in the world, providing aircraft<br />
management and charter services with a keen focus on safety and<br />
reliability. Its aircraft management services allow customers to enjoy the<br />
convenience and luxury of private jet ownership without the complexities of<br />
the day-to-day operations. EJM’s charter solutions offer private jets one trip<br />
at a time for those who travel less frequently.<br />
QS PARTNERS<br />
QS PARTNERS PROVIDES a full range of aircraft brokerage, acquisition,<br />
and transition services to help individuals and businesses manage<br />
transactions of wholly owned aircraft. Aiming to be the No. 1<br />
broker in the world, and offering full consultations focused on the<br />
unique and specific needs of each client, it creates solutions with<br />
the smallest details considered.<br />
QS SECURITY SERVICES<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> HAS ALWAYS prioritized safety and understands that security is<br />
not always a one-size-fits-all solution. QS Security Services customizes<br />
additional personal safety and security services to perfectly suit the<br />
unique travel requirements of each individual Owner. It offers security<br />
drivers for ground transfer, armed protection agents, personalized<br />
travel security briefs, and more.<br />
Choose off-peak travel days:<br />
Thanksgiving weekend has<br />
the highest travel numbers of<br />
the entire year. Travel earlier in<br />
November to avoid the crowds<br />
and potential delays and to gain<br />
more quality time with your<br />
family or fellow travelers.<br />
Explore resorts outside the ski<br />
season: Some of the country’s<br />
most popular ski resorts have<br />
gorgeous views and discounted<br />
rates in the fall.<br />
Discover off-season<br />
destinations: Southern states<br />
and beaches are much less<br />
crowded outside the summer<br />
months.<br />
Consider state and national<br />
parks: Enjoy the protected<br />
beauty, wildlife, and free<br />
family fun.<br />
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JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE<br />
PEGGY CARNAHAN<br />
Captain<br />
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …<br />
the Air Force Academy. I was in the fi rst<br />
class to include women and took advantage<br />
of orientation fl ights—even though women<br />
weren’t allowed to be pilots. My senior year, that<br />
changed, and I soloed in the Academy’s fl ight<br />
screening program.<br />
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … viewing<br />
the world from above. I fi nd cloud formations<br />
especially fascinating. I take pictures of airports<br />
from the sky and post them on Facebook for<br />
friends and colleagues to guess the airport. It’s<br />
been a lot of fun.<br />
BEFORE JOINING THE <strong>NETJETS</strong> TEAM,<br />
I WAS …in the Air Force for 20 years. After<br />
that, I fl ew an MD-80 as a First Offi cer for<br />
American Airlines for 3.5 years until I was<br />
furloughed. Then, I came to NetJets and<br />
stayed even after American Airlines invited<br />
me back.<br />
THE ONE DAY AT <strong>NETJETS</strong> I WON’T<br />
FORGET WAS … when I was able to give our<br />
passengers a view of a missile launch from Cape<br />
Canaveral. One of our Owner’s guests was in<br />
her mid-90s, and I can still remember how she<br />
clapped when she saw it. Thinking about all the<br />
wonders she must have seen throughout her<br />
long life and how I got to help add to that list<br />
always makes me smile.<br />
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T<br />
GUESS ABOUT ME IS … I used to teach online<br />
master’s degree courses on leadership for the<br />
Air Force.<br />
ON MY DAYS OFF … my husband and I run a<br />
Black Angus cattle farm, with 14 rescued cats<br />
and a pot-bellied pig named Maxwell. I also<br />
work on the Women Military Aviators’ board of<br />
directors, where I oversee communications.<br />
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I WOULD<br />
LIKE TO … retire! I want to travel to places I’ve<br />
only seen from the air. I also want to dedicate<br />
more of my time to Women Military Aviators and<br />
record more of the oral history from the women<br />
aviators of my generation.<br />
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE ACROSS<br />
TIME ZONES IS … exercise. A short stint on the<br />
treadmill helps clear your head, shakes out the<br />
kinks from being in the pilot seat, and improves<br />
quality of sleep. It’s also very important to<br />
hydrate, eat nutritiously, and respect your<br />
physical limits.<br />
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OWNER’S PROFILE<br />
REACHING<br />
FOR<br />
THE STARS<br />
With boundless energy and a savvy tactical<br />
approach, John Shoffner is hoping to become one<br />
of the fi rst private citizens on the International<br />
Space Station—and to be productive while he’s<br />
there. // By Josh Sims<br />
JOHN SHOFFNER CANNOT FLY an airship. “Gliders,<br />
hang gliders, airplanes, seaplanes, warplanes, and<br />
jets,” says Shoffner, ticking off those craft he has<br />
learned to pilot. “But somehow I missed airships.”<br />
One might be tempted to nip in with<br />
“spaceship” too, but Shoffner has that covered as<br />
well. The businessman, racing driver, and NetJets<br />
regular has recently started training with private<br />
space company Axiom Space with a view to<br />
rocketing to the International Space Station (ISS)<br />
on a SpaceX ship in the latter part of next year.<br />
“I’ve always been interested in those activities<br />
that involve calculated risk, that involve a<br />
challenge you have to prepare for, that make<br />
you feel uncomfortable, that have an element of<br />
danger to them,” says Shoffner, who, driving for<br />
his own champion J2-Racing team, once totalled<br />
his new Porsche 911 on a corner at Germany’s<br />
famed Nürburgring, fl ipping it over and over and<br />
yet somehow coming out largely unscathed.<br />
“That just showed me what you can go through<br />
with good preparation and equipment. In fact,<br />
when I woke up in hospital I was ready to race<br />
again and did so the following week—though<br />
not in that car,” he adds with a laugh. “When<br />
[my wife and I] took up racing cars, neither of us<br />
had even driven sports cars before. We stopped<br />
skydiving because it was starting to get boring.<br />
Put it this way: We’re not exactly golf fans.”<br />
Unless, perhaps, it’s the kind played by<br />
astronaut Alan Shepard on the moon. Then<br />
Shoffner might be tempted. Indeed, getting<br />
into space will be the fulfi llment of a lifetime’s<br />
ambition, even if it’s a counterintuitive adventure<br />
to go on, it might seem, for someone who’s<br />
also fascinated by the idea of maxing out his<br />
lifespan by keeping up with the latest science<br />
in nutrition, sleep, and lifestyle. He grew up<br />
through the bold ambitions and amazing<br />
achievements of the Space Race between<br />
the U.S. and Soviet Union, and always had a<br />
fascination for equipment with plenty of lights<br />
and switches, with rockets and the stars.<br />
“I was sure I’d go into space some day—I<br />
was just never sure how—so it’s been amazing<br />
that the advent of private spacefl ight and the<br />
gradual maturing of that market now allows<br />
that to be possible,” says Shoffner, who made<br />
his money building Dura-Line, a Kentuckybased<br />
company that pioneered and patented<br />
fi ber-optic cable installation technologies,<br />
before retiring in 1996.<br />
© AXIOM SPACE<br />
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NEXT STOP: SPACE<br />
Shoffner and Peggy Whitson, who<br />
will command the flight to the ISS, in<br />
Axiom’s zero gravity chamber.<br />
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OWNER’S PROFILE<br />
ALL IMAGES COURTESY JOHN SHOFFNER<br />
ADRENALINE HIGHS<br />
Shoffner has embraced<br />
risk-taking activities from the<br />
skies to the water—and is<br />
now aiming for loftier heights.<br />
“The first time I heard about it I [counted<br />
myself] in,” he says. “I’m not a window-shopper.<br />
If I have no interest in owning something I don’t<br />
go into the shop. But I enquired about the ISS<br />
trip, the answer was right for me, and then I<br />
knew I was going. Space isn’t going anywhere,<br />
but I want to be one of the first [private citizens<br />
to go]. In five years people will be going into<br />
space for the weekend but I want to go when it’s<br />
difficult, not when it’s easy.”<br />
OF COURSE, it would be easy to dismiss this all<br />
as the ultimate joyride of someone with the<br />
funds to pay their way. (Axiom isn’t talking<br />
money, but SpaceX charges NASA around<br />
<strong>US</strong>$55M for a ticket to the ISS.) Two other<br />
billionaires have signed up for Axiom flights<br />
to the ISS too. What makes Shoffner’s flight<br />
crucially different, though—at least compared to,<br />
say, that of Dennis Tito, the first space tourist,<br />
20 years ago—is that he will be the pilot,<br />
traveling alongside revered astronaut and NASA<br />
veteran Peggy Whitson as commander.<br />
“As a passenger I’d likely not have gone,” says<br />
Shoffner, who, far from finding it an inconvenience,<br />
seems thrilled by the fact that NASA now requires<br />
that anyone going to the ISS undergoes full<br />
astronaut training, the space station being, after<br />
all, a government-owned research facility, not an<br />
orbiting hotel. “I don’t want to go on a trip like this<br />
just to take a bunch of selfies. I want to be useful<br />
up there. It would just be way too much money for<br />
it to be just for the fun of it.”<br />
That’s why Shoffner will be helping to conduct<br />
experiments during his eight-day stay on the<br />
station, specifically those involving singlecell<br />
genomic methods for 10x Genomics, a<br />
Californian bio-tech company in which he’s also<br />
an investor. To date, scientific work in this field<br />
hasn’t been attempted on the ISS, so it was of<br />
interest to NASA. That Shoffner has bought his<br />
ticket is likely the only way 10x would be able<br />
to get to conduct this research in a micro-gravity<br />
environment—and get the results back quickly—<br />
so that’s a huge bonus for it as well. It helps to<br />
fund the likes of Axiom too, in its mission to build<br />
the next space station, seeing as the ISS will soon<br />
be decommissioned. And, naturally, it satisfies<br />
Shoffner personally.<br />
“Sure, I get to go on a cool trip,” says the<br />
man whose slowest speed is white-water<br />
kayaking or cross-country cycling (that is, across<br />
the entire country). “I get to do something<br />
challenging for me. But also to do something<br />
good for mankind more broadly in the process.”<br />
But that’s getting ahead of ourselves, Shoffner<br />
concedes. He has to undergo all the training<br />
first. NASA isn’t cutting any slack either. There<br />
will, he says, be weeks and weeks of classroom<br />
study before he spends the same time inside<br />
a spaceship mock-up learning the controls in<br />
practice. He notes that because they are now<br />
highly automated, piloting such a craft is more<br />
akin to being, as he puts it, “a high-function<br />
systems manager.” But not everything is<br />
automated. “There’s a lot to take in, right down to<br />
how to use the toilet,” he chuckles. “I’m anxious<br />
to get the training started.”<br />
He certainly expects others like him<br />
to follow—and he concedes that there is<br />
something of a Wild West flavor to the<br />
privatization of spaceflight that can divide<br />
opinion. Is the idea of spaceflight trivialized by<br />
allowing film directors to take actors into space<br />
to shoot a movie scene? Or by allowing people<br />
to be able to win tickets for spaceflights in TV<br />
competitions? Both are currently on the cards.<br />
In fact, the competition winner may be flying<br />
with Shoffner and Whitson.<br />
“It’s all still early, and people are still trying to<br />
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work [this new world of private spaceflight] out.<br />
It’s like the early days of aviation, in the 1920s<br />
and 1930s. There was airmail and then cargo,<br />
but when passenger routes were first proposed<br />
people scoffed,” says Shoffner. “Even the military<br />
thought aeroplanes were silly at first. But over<br />
time the value of such advances came to be seen,<br />
and improvements in technology and increased<br />
availability pushes prices down. I think the public<br />
is still skewed towards scepticism: There are so<br />
many major problems on Earth that need solving<br />
it’s easy to say that the cost of space travel would<br />
be better put to other uses. But things have to<br />
shift slowly.”<br />
INDEED, with NASA increasingly seeing itself<br />
as more a spaceflight customer and not as a<br />
spaceflight provider, Shoffner argues that the<br />
willingness of private individuals like him to<br />
spend a lot of money in order to, in part at least,<br />
fulfill an understandable childhood fantasy will<br />
in the coming years prove vital to the next space<br />
race. That’s space’s commercialization. And, from<br />
the human perspective, its expansion.<br />
“Right now, getting into space is expensive<br />
enough that people who do it have to take the<br />
decision very seriously. You have to think about<br />
the value your money is providing,” explains<br />
Shoffner. “But space is only going to become<br />
more and more available to people with different<br />
objectives. Some people will just want to go, as<br />
I do, while also wanting to do something useful<br />
with my time up there too.<br />
“But I believe that it’s also important that<br />
humanity makes progress in space,” he adds.<br />
“Listen to Elon Musk and he argues that for our<br />
long-term survival it’s important we think of<br />
ourselves as an inter-planetary species. But also<br />
because there are [scientific research] things<br />
we can do in space that you can’t do on Earth.<br />
And private people like me going into space is<br />
another way of promoting awareness of space,<br />
of catching attention in the way mine was as a<br />
seven year old.”<br />
That’s also why Shoffner is developing<br />
a STEM (science, technology, engineering,<br />
and mathematics) program for the school he<br />
attended, in the hope that more of an emphasis<br />
of science and tech—“education is too generic,”<br />
he suggests—will foster an interest in working in<br />
the space sector, a career he would have pursued<br />
himself if he had been nudged in the right<br />
direction earlier.<br />
Still, better late than never, as he may say to<br />
himself as the countdown runs out and engine<br />
ignition fires up. After all, he’ll likely touch down<br />
as a changed man. As so many astronauts have<br />
found, spaceflight can be a profound experience.<br />
Shoffner says he hopes it doesn’t make him<br />
cry, but he does expect to be changed by being<br />
able to see for himself the fragility of the planet,<br />
protected only by its thin curl of atmosphere.<br />
“I hope to come back wanting to look for ways<br />
to do some good in the world, without going<br />
to the top of the mountain and sitting crosslegged<br />
for the rest of my life,” laughs the man<br />
who, one imagines, would find sitting still rather<br />
intolerable. “I hope to come back less resource<br />
hungry and less consumerist. Really, just less of<br />
an asshole. And that has to be a good thing.”<br />
“I believe that it’s also<br />
important that humanity<br />
makes progress in space.”<br />
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TEEING OFF<br />
GREEN AND PLEASANT<br />
Treelined fairways of<br />
Southern Pines, now ready<br />
to challenge golfers once again.<br />
THE GLORIO<strong>US</strong><br />
RESTORATION<br />
© SOUTHERN PINES GOLF CLUB<br />
A long-neglected Donald Ross-designed course in<br />
North Carolina has finally come back into play—and<br />
it’s a gem. // By Larry Olmsted<br />
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IN 1899 DONALD ROSS left his native Scotland<br />
and job as greenskeeper at the famed Royal<br />
Dornoch Golf Club to make a new life in the<br />
United States. Just a year later he found himself<br />
at the newly opened Pinehurst Resort in North<br />
Carolina—the nation’s very first purposebuilt<br />
golf destination. Ross famously designed<br />
the first four (of what are now nine) 18-hole<br />
courses, including the revered venue No. 2,<br />
which has hosted, among others, the U.S.<br />
Open, PGA Championship and Ryder Cup.<br />
In the next half-century Ross designed roughly<br />
400 more courses in the U.S. and Canada,<br />
including celebrated tracks like Seminole, East<br />
Lake, Oak Hill, and The Broadmoor, but he<br />
lived the rest of his life alongside the fairways<br />
of Pinehurst. As a result, he also created<br />
several very notable courses in the neighboring<br />
town of Southern Pines, including seven-time<br />
<strong>US</strong>GA Championship venue Pine Needles and<br />
Mid Pines, both Top 100 U.S. rated layouts.<br />
Now, 73 years after his death, Ross has<br />
posthumously given avid golfers a big reason to<br />
celebrate. Southern Pines Golf & Country Club,<br />
one of the least known—but very best—of his<br />
works, has risen from the dead, and after a<br />
meticulous and historically accurate renovation<br />
by Ross specialist Kyle Franz, it is open to the<br />
public for the first time in over a century. Built in<br />
1906, Southern Pines is one of the oldest of more<br />
than three dozen courses in this concise region<br />
rightfully called the Home of American Golf, and<br />
it immediately becomes a must-play on par with<br />
nearby Nos. 2 and 4 and its resort siblings—<br />
making it, along with the twin Pine Needles<br />
and Mid Pines, adjacent and under combined<br />
ownership, the only resort in the world with three<br />
classic Ross layouts in their original routings.<br />
Southern Pines offers the stunning signature<br />
green complexes that made Ross one of the<br />
greatest architects in the history of golf, but<br />
this is just the start. While 2 and 4 are flat<br />
and wide open, speckled with stands of sparse<br />
trees, Southern Pines occupies a much more<br />
interesting site of rolling hills, ridges, and<br />
forest. The first holes set the tone, with one<br />
playing substantially downhill to a fairway<br />
narrowing like an arrowhead as bunkers on<br />
either side grow progressively closer, followed<br />
by a gorgeous par-five that plays up and over<br />
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a semi-blind ridge to a rewarding reveal of the<br />
green complex below. The magical feel that is<br />
Donald Ross at his best comes shining through,<br />
accentuated by a piece of land much different<br />
and more varied than many of his layouts.<br />
“It works around a big valley with a lot of<br />
side hills and a lot of up and over where you<br />
can get a big run out from good tee shots,”<br />
said Franz. “We are trying to restore it to the<br />
Ross period of 19<strong>15</strong> to the 1920s. I think of<br />
it like The Beatles and “Sgt. Pepper.” Styles<br />
changed, and Ross had more wild stuff in his<br />
early designs of this era—forced carries, even<br />
a blind bunker—but then he got more into the<br />
finesse he is now known for. What we are trying<br />
to do is center in on a different period, and this<br />
is his oldest here after No 2.” Mid Pines and<br />
Pine Needles were built in 1921 and 1928,<br />
respectively, making Southern Pines the wild<br />
child of the trio. “It gives people a chance to<br />
play a different period in Ross’s life. Here his<br />
early work had forced carries over native areas.”<br />
ROSS GOT SO CREATIVE he added a 19th hole, but<br />
not the typical post-round one-shotter used to<br />
settle ties. The Lost Hole was a par-three set<br />
in the middle of the non-returning loop that<br />
allowed golfers to play across from four to <strong>15</strong><br />
for nine holes. It disappeared years ago and,<br />
using the original Ross drawings, Franz has not<br />
only recreated it, but added an element visiting<br />
MASTER PLAN<br />
Kyle Franz’s design for the<br />
restoration of the course<br />
has come to fruition.<br />
golfers will likely never have the opportunity to<br />
experience anywhere else, a sand putting green.<br />
In the early 20th century agronomy<br />
limitations and the local climate hampered the<br />
winter grass growth that was needed to keep the<br />
greens in shape, which meant that for nearly<br />
three decades the oldest Ross courses had<br />
putting surfaces that were a compacted mix of<br />
native sand, clay, and gravel. Franz built two<br />
greens on the Lost Hole, one grass and one<br />
sand, allowing golfers to choose whether to play<br />
to the 21st century or travel backwards in time.<br />
The course was long privately owned by the<br />
local Elks Club as an amenity for members but<br />
was underused and had fallen into disrepair. It<br />
was sold to Mid-Pines/Pine Needles, and Franz<br />
spent 18 months on the restoration, adding a<br />
grass putting course outside the clubhouse, also<br />
due for an overhaul, and rebuilding the range with<br />
Toptracer shot-tracking technology. The course<br />
has just reopened in all its glory and is hidden in<br />
a residential section of Southern Pines, just a few<br />
minutes from the adjacent resorts it belongs to.<br />
No. 2, No. 4, Mid Pines, and Pine Needles<br />
were all extensively and successfully restored in<br />
recent years by Coore & Crenshaw, Gil Hanse,<br />
and Franz, and there are no more hidden Ross<br />
gems to unearth after Southern Pines. As Franz<br />
notes, “This is the last great Ross restoration<br />
here with all 18 holes where they were.” Or<br />
in this case, 19. southernpinesgolfclub.com<br />
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CULTURAL CACHE<br />
A REFINED<br />
PAIRING<br />
LOST IN ART<br />
Gao Weigang’s “Maze,”<br />
2017, at the Donum Estate,<br />
Sonoma, California.<br />
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Vineyards have become showcases not only for the viticulturist’s<br />
art but also for museum-quality artworks and exhibitions that are<br />
increasingly taking center stage. // By Brian Noone<br />
ART OPENINGS ARE INCOMPLETE without wine: It stimulates<br />
conversation, of course, but the slow pleasures of sipping are<br />
also a good match for the equally slow pleasures of reflecting on<br />
a painting or a sculpture. You can’t—or at least you shouldn’t—<br />
rush a glass of good wine any more than you hurry through an<br />
interesting art exhibition. Not if your palate is sufficiently refined.<br />
Museums have long understood this connection as well. It’s why<br />
the wonderfully muralled restaurant at Tate Britain in London has<br />
one of the city’s best wine lists, and why Odette, the three-Michelinstarred<br />
dining destination at the National Gallery of Singapore, has<br />
some 700 varieties in its cellar. Connoisseurs rarely appreciate just<br />
one aspect of the world—and the opportunity to mix several sublime<br />
things with each other is what makes for truly memorable occasions.<br />
So there is an elegant simplicity about reversing the norm and<br />
bringing art to the vineyards instead. Increasingly, this is just what<br />
viticulturists around the globe are doing, turning the geometric<br />
beauty of their repeating rows of vines into a stunning backdrop<br />
for artworks of distinction—pieces that might otherwise be<br />
found in an urban museum and are drawing culture vultures to<br />
the countryside for a truly slow experience, of both art and wine.<br />
ROBERT BERG<br />
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CULTURAL CACHE<br />
ITALIAN WORKS<br />
From left: “Protect Me<br />
Everywhere,” 2012, by Valerio<br />
Berruti at Ceretto; “red<br />
nerve,” 2019, by Miroslaw<br />
Balka at Castello di Ama.<br />
MARINA SPIRONETTI<br />
ALESSANDRO MOGGI<br />
The placement of art in vineyards is a relatively recent<br />
phenomenon, largely because enotourism itself is relatively new.<br />
For centuries, wine lovers, even the most ardent, were as unlikely to<br />
visit the grapes as they were to try catching a beluga in the Caspian<br />
Sea or visiting the dairy that made a particularly piquant cheese.<br />
AS IN SO MUCH of the modern wine world, Robert Mondavi played<br />
a role in turning vineyards into destinations. His efforts in getting<br />
Californians to venture north to Napa kickstarted the concept—and<br />
not just in the American West. In France, for instance, people didn’t<br />
visit vineyards, in part because the négociant model gave merchants<br />
full control of distribution, which meant that in some cases you couldn’t<br />
buy the wine directly from the grower even if you knocked on the door.<br />
Standing in the splendid isolation of the Peyrassol (peyrassol.<br />
com) estate in Provence today, with views of the rolling hills and<br />
distant mountains, kissed by the breezes wafting up from the<br />
Mediterranean, you wonder why it took us so long to make vineyards<br />
visitable. The estate dates back to the 13th century and still produces<br />
standout rosés, but its leading appeal at the moment is its phenomenal<br />
sculpture garden, superb permanent indoor exhibition, and current<br />
temporary solo show given over to Anish Kapoor. Just up the road,<br />
on the other side of Aix-en-Provence, Château La Coste (chateaula-coste.com)<br />
has taken the art-and-wine destination to the next<br />
level: Museum-quality exhibitions are joined by a sculpture garden of<br />
marvels as well as two restaurants led by celebrated chefs—Hélène<br />
Darroze and Francis Mallmann—and a 28-suite hotel and spa.<br />
Across the Italian border, in Piedmont, Ceretto (ceretto.com)<br />
was a pioneer in modern winemaking in the region—the singlevineyard<br />
barolos are a must-try—and it was also the first to bring<br />
artists to the region for site-specific creations. Third-generation<br />
vigneron Bruno Ceretto invited British artist David Tremlett to<br />
paint the Chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the first of his many<br />
Art in vineyards is a relatively recent<br />
phenomenon, largely because<br />
enotourism itself is relatively new.<br />
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CHRISTOPHE GO<strong>US</strong>SARD<br />
commissions in the region, in 1999. Other internationally known<br />
artists made their way to Ceretto and the region in his wake, from Sol<br />
LeWitt to Marina Abramović, and now Piedmont has taken a place<br />
beside Provence as the leading wine and art pairings in the world.<br />
Towns like Alba and winemakers such as La Raia (la-raia.it) have<br />
invited artists to make permanent installations, while Lunetta11<br />
(lunetta11.com) is a standalone gallery in the hamlet of Mombarcaro<br />
started by Eva Menzio, former director of the Marlborough<br />
Monaco gallery, to cater to the growing demand in the region.<br />
IT WAS ALSO in 1999 that Castello di Ama (castellodiama.<br />
com) in Chianti began its collaboration with Galleria Continua,<br />
bringing prominent contemporary artists to live on the terroir<br />
and construct works inspired by the setting. The first creation,<br />
“L’Albero di Ama,” by Michelangelo Pistoletto, has been joined by<br />
works from Anish Kapoor in 2004, Louise Bourgeois in 2009,<br />
Lee Ufan in 2016, among many other artists, which have created<br />
a lasting showcase that has since been joined by five suites,<br />
a convivial restaurant, and an atelier featuring local artisans.<br />
In California, the Robert Mondavi Winery (robertmondaviwinery.<br />
com) remains an art destination—including the Welcoming<br />
Muse sculpture that has greeted visitors for more than four<br />
decades—but other vineyards have taken the concept of on-site<br />
art to dizzying heights. Donum (thedonumestate.com) in Sonoma<br />
boasts a remarkable—and growing—collection of site-specific<br />
sculptures by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Danh Vo, and Doug<br />
Aitken that is among the leading sculpture parks in America.<br />
The Hess Collection (hesscollection.com), meanwhile, is one<br />
of the premier art collections in the world, with pieces assembled<br />
over 50 years by Swiss winemaker and philanthropist Donald<br />
Hess. Less than a quarter of the collection—which includes<br />
works by Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Frank Stella, and Anselm<br />
HOME COMFORT<br />
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s<br />
“Teenager, Teenager,” 2011,<br />
at Peyrassol.<br />
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CULTURAL CACHE<br />
Kiefer —is on display at the winery atop Mount Veeder in Napa.<br />
More of Hess’s collection can be seen at another winery: Bodega<br />
Colomé (bodegacolome.com) in the Andes, the oldest continuously<br />
producing winery in Argentina and one of the world’s highest vineyards<br />
at 7,500 feet above sea level. The on-site James Turrell Museum is a<br />
truly remarkable showcase of the artist’s immersive light installations—<br />
in a building Hess worked with Turrell himself to design—as well as a<br />
number of drawings and other works by the artist in Hess’s collection.<br />
IN RECENT YEARS, South Africa’s picture-perfect valleys surrounding<br />
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek have emerged as a relatively<br />
compact centre for both world-class wine and African art. There<br />
are Hess’s fingerprints here, too—he built the still thriving gallery<br />
at Glen Carlou (glencarlou.com) before selling the property in<br />
2016—but Cape Town’s emergence on the global art scene, led<br />
by the city’s MOCAA, has spurred wineries across the region<br />
to showcase art from all over the continent. Grande Provence<br />
(gpgallery.co.za) hosts a gallery that focuses on South African<br />
artists, while Cavalli Estate (cavalliestate.com) features both a<br />
gallery and a residency program. Jeweler Laurence Graff’s personal<br />
collection is on display at Delaire (delaire.co.za), a testament to<br />
the history and quality of African artists. La Motte (la-motte.com)<br />
similarly features the collection of its owner, Hanneli Rupert-<br />
Koegelenberg, but here the art is more global in scope, with a<br />
recent exhibition featuring works by figures as diverse as Picasso,<br />
German Käthe Kollwitz and experimental Israeli artist Yaacov Agam.<br />
Australia’s expansive vineyards are taking part, too, led by<br />
Pt Leo Estate (ptleoestate.com.au) in Victoria, which features<br />
pieces by blockbuster artists scattered across the grounds.<br />
Elsewhere in the Antipodes, the sculpture garden at Brick<br />
Bay (brickbaysculpture.co.nz) in New Zealand showcases<br />
leading local contemporary artists, while in Tasmania,<br />
the iconoclastic Museum of Old and New Art (mona.net.<br />
au) was built on the Moorilla (moorilla.com.au) estate,<br />
making for a permanent multisensory pairing like no other.<br />
Aesthetes seeking pedigree should naturally turn back<br />
toward France—and the southwest in particular. Malromé<br />
(malrome.com) was the summer home of the Toulouse-<br />
Lautrec family, and today pieces by its most prominent artistic<br />
member, Henri, are on display, in combination with changing<br />
contemporary exhibitions—best enjoyed with a glass of the<br />
bordeaux in hand made from the surrounding 106-acre terroir.<br />
Finally, at the venerable Château Mouton Rothschild (chateaumouton-rothschild.com),<br />
the art exists not just for atmosphere:<br />
Since 1945, the winery has commissioned an artist to draw a<br />
label for it, and the originals are on display. There’s a Francis<br />
Bacon from 1990, a Niki de Saint Phalle from 1997, as well<br />
as works from Dalí, Miró, Chagall, Picasso, and Warhol. It’s a<br />
remarkable collection from a remarkable winemaker—and evidence<br />
of yet another reason why wine and art go together so well.<br />
DOWN UNDER<br />
Siloam—the tunnels leading<br />
to the underground galleries<br />
at MONA in Tasmania.<br />
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© DELAIRE GRAFF ESTATE<br />
TRUE BELIEF<br />
One of Anton Smit’s “Faith”<br />
sculptures at Delaire.<br />
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LIVING WELL<br />
MIND<br />
OVER<br />
MATTER<br />
Perspectives, practices, and gadgets that demonstrate<br />
how being rooted in the present can help us take charge<br />
of our future. // By Jen Murphy<br />
AS THE WORLD STARTS TO REEMERGE from lockdown, there are<br />
different and new challenges to face. Controlling how we react<br />
to changing situations is ever-more vital and we can do so by<br />
adopting a mindfulness practice. The terms mindfulness often<br />
evokes images of a Buddhist monk meditating in stillness for<br />
hours on end. “I don’t even like to use the term mindfulness or<br />
meditation because they scare people away,” says Monique Tello,<br />
co-director of the Healthy Lifestyle Program at Massachusetts<br />
General Hospital in Boston. “Being mindful is as simple as being<br />
aware of what you are doing throughout the day. It encourages<br />
you to be present in the moment and ignore distractions.”<br />
We live in a world of distractions, so paying attention to the<br />
present moment takes practice. But studies have shown that by<br />
cultivating mindfulness, you can improve your mental and physical<br />
wellness through reduced stress, anxiety, and depression. Being<br />
aware of what is happening in the present moment allows us<br />
to observe the emotions that arise and choose how we react to<br />
those emotions, says Jacob Mirsky, a consultation physician at<br />
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, also in Boston.<br />
While meditation is one formal form of mindfulness (and don’t<br />
worry, there are apps to help you get started) it’s far from the<br />
only one, says Dr. Mirsky. We can choose to eat, walk, and even<br />
scroll through our social media feeds more mindfully throughout<br />
the day. “If we can learn to recognize when a stressful thought<br />
or emotion comes up it allows us the opportunity to develop<br />
healthy coping mechanisms like walking around the block or<br />
calling a friend,” he says. “And when we learn our stress triggers,<br />
we can create a strategy for avoiding them in the first place.”<br />
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JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
DIANA HIRSCH / ISTOCK<br />
MINDFUL RETREATS<br />
In conversation with Amy Cherry-Abitbol, CEO &<br />
co-founder of Shou Sugi Ban House—and its new,<br />
more intimate sister property Shou Sugi Ban Inn—<br />
an integrative wellness retreat in the Hamptons.<br />
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF<br />
MINDFULNESS?<br />
Mindfulness is being present and<br />
aware of your physical state, immediate<br />
surroundings, thoughts, and feelings,<br />
and not focusing on the past or future.<br />
HOW DOES MINDFULNESS PLAY<br />
INTO THE SHOU SUGI BAN HO<strong>US</strong>E<br />
RETREAT EXPERIENCE?<br />
To me, mindfulness is an important<br />
part of the overall experience, but it<br />
should be one element of our holistic<br />
approach that includes wellness and<br />
spirituality. Throughout each day we<br />
weave simple acts of ritual into the<br />
experience. Mornings at Shou Sugi Ban<br />
House begin with a meditation and yoga<br />
with gentle stretching followed by our<br />
signature plant-forward breakfast. At the<br />
end of each day, our house-made herbal<br />
seasonal soaks are placed in each guest<br />
studio, to encourage a nightly bath to<br />
induce a restful sleep. We pay close<br />
attention to the natural cadence of the<br />
day and allow people to find the rest<br />
and relaxation they need during their<br />
stay with us.<br />
CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT SOME OF<br />
THE PROGRAMS FROM YOUR<br />
RESIDENT EXPERTS?<br />
Our programming is based upon both<br />
ancient rituals and state-of-the-art<br />
wellness practices. In addition to special<br />
collaborations with extraordinary minds,<br />
we also offer sessions with our resident<br />
experts and healers for individualized<br />
experiences that bring specific awareness<br />
to mind, body, and spirit. Some of our<br />
most popular guided offerings include an<br />
intuitive painting workshop where you<br />
are guided to express yourself through<br />
art, and heart opening led by sensuality<br />
mentor Juliet Lippman.<br />
WELLNESS WAS ONCE RELEGATED TO<br />
EXERCISE AND DIET, BUT YOU TAKE<br />
A MUCH MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH.<br />
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY THAT IS<br />
IMPORTANT FOR OVERALL HEALTH?<br />
I believe that self-care, movement,<br />
mindfulness, and clean-eating combined<br />
with sustainable practices create a more<br />
positive and powerful impact upon our<br />
physical and mental health as well as the<br />
environment. Our multipronged approach<br />
sets us apart and underscores how these<br />
intentional practices and rituals work<br />
synergistically for optimal wellness and<br />
full-body health.<br />
MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING<br />
WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY FROM<br />
THE PANDEMIC. WHAT OFFERINGS<br />
DO YOU HAVE AT THE RETREAT THAT<br />
MIGHT HELP THEM?<br />
The pandemic has underscored that<br />
wellness in its many forms is more<br />
important now than ever before. Our<br />
programs have always been designed<br />
to enhance mindfulness, and many of<br />
our guests were already coming to us<br />
to combat grief, stress, and anxiety. For<br />
stress and anxiety relief, I suggest our<br />
radical self-care workshop, which explores<br />
the four pillars of self-care through group<br />
sharing and meditation. Our breathwork<br />
release workshop helps get rid of stagnant<br />
energy and physical blocks that are often<br />
inaccessible to our logical minds through<br />
breathing exercises.<br />
DOES MINDFULNESS HAVE TO BE A<br />
STILL AND SEDENTARY ACT OR CAN IT<br />
BE PRACTICED WITH MOVEMENT?<br />
My favorite type of moving meditation<br />
is a morning walk on the beach. I find<br />
it to be a great way to clear my head<br />
and start the day and I approach it as<br />
a moving meditation—paying attention<br />
to each breath, taking in the air, the<br />
sounds, the sand between the toes, and<br />
the physical sensation of each footstep.<br />
Focusing on one element at a time, and<br />
watching your breath, calms the nervous<br />
system and can bring increased focus to<br />
your surroundings. You can apply this<br />
same approach to other situations and<br />
rituals during your day, such as sipping<br />
your morning coffee or tea, and taking<br />
the time to appreciate and focus on each<br />
element—the warmth of the mug, the<br />
aroma, the taste. shousugibanhouse.com<br />
TAKE HOME TIPS<br />
STANDING MEDITATION: Stand<br />
with feet hip-width apart and parallel.<br />
Gently shift your weight back and forth<br />
from the right to the left foot. Notice the<br />
movement, but mostly, notice that tiny<br />
instant when you’re perfectly balanced<br />
between two feet. Try to “catch” that<br />
moment and then, gradually, come to<br />
stillness there. This is great to try if<br />
you’re waiting in a line.<br />
STEPPING MEDITATION: Every<br />
time you pass from one room to the<br />
other, at the office, at home, at a<br />
restaurant, step with the right foot. This<br />
mindful moment is a wonderful check-in<br />
with yourself, wherever you are.<br />
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LIVING WELL<br />
END-OF-DAY NAMASTE<br />
Four yoga poses to unwind from the workday.<br />
WORK-RELATED STRESS can be a major contributor to health problems<br />
such as poor sleep quality and high blood pressure. If you find<br />
yourself still worrying about the office long after you’ve finished work<br />
try adopting a yoga practice to help you unwind and reset. Studies<br />
have shown that connecting breath to movement lowers levels of<br />
cortisol, the hormone associated with the stress response. And<br />
according to the National Institutes of Health, scientific evidence<br />
shows that yoga supports stress management, mindfulness, mental<br />
health, weight loss, healthy eating, and quality sleep. You don’t have<br />
to be flexible, get sweaty, or carve out 90 minutes to reap the benefits.<br />
Studies have shown that just 20 minutes of yoga can rewire the brain<br />
and help bring clarity and focus. The following four beginner-friendly<br />
poses will help you slow down the body and mind at day’s end.<br />
1<br />
1 CAT-COW POSE<br />
How: Start on hands and knees. On an inhale, drop your belly towards the mat and lift<br />
your chin and chest as you gaze up to the ceiling. On an exhale, draw your belly up to<br />
your spine as you round your back toward the ceiling. Allow your head to drop toward<br />
the floor. Alternate between poses.<br />
Benefit: Coordinating movement between poses with your breath relieves stress and<br />
calms the mind.<br />
2 COBRA POSE<br />
How: Lie face down with your legs extended behind you. The tops of your feet should<br />
rest on the mat and your feet will be a few inches apart. Place your hands under your<br />
shoulders and hug your elbows to your sides. On an inhale, slowly lift your head and<br />
chest off the ground. Draw your shoulders back and press down through your thighs<br />
and feet. Exhale and lower down.<br />
Benefit: This energizing backbend reduces fatigue and stress while stretching the<br />
spine and opening the chest and shoulders.<br />
3 LEGS-UP-THE-WALL POSE<br />
How: Sit with your right side against the wall. Turn your body to the right and bring your<br />
legs straight up the wall, using your hands for balance. Your butt should be against the<br />
wall. Use your hands to lower your back to the floor and lie down with your arms open by<br />
your sides, palms facing up. Close your eyes and breathe slowly for five minutes.<br />
Benefit: This inverted pose calms the nervous system and helps bring on a deep state<br />
of relaxation.<br />
4 RECLINED BOUND ANGLE POSE<br />
How: Start seated with your knees bent out to the sides and heels drawn inward, soles<br />
of the feet touching. If this is uncomfortable you can place pillows beneath your thighs<br />
for support. Use your hands to lean backward and lower your back, shoulders, and<br />
head to the floor. Rest the arms by your sides, palms facing up. Close your eyes and<br />
breathe slowly for five minutes.<br />
Benefit: A reclined hip opener, this pose helps reduce stress and anxiety.<br />
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4<br />
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J U S T B R E A T H E<br />
Four mindful breathing techniques you can do anywhere.<br />
We breathe 24 hours a day, usually without<br />
thinking twice about such an innate act. But<br />
monitoring and regulating our inhalations and<br />
exhalations throughout the day can have huge<br />
value. The next time you are stuck in traffic,<br />
frustrated with your children, or stressed before<br />
a big meeting, check in with your breath. Are<br />
you holding it? Breathing rapidly? Mindful<br />
breathing can help anchor us to the present<br />
and prevent stress or anxiety from taking<br />
over. According to an article in the Scientific<br />
American, daily breathing exercises can help<br />
counter the accumulation of even minor physical<br />
tension associated with stress. When you feel<br />
overwhelmed at any point of your day, use one<br />
of these four breathing techniques to help calm<br />
your central nervous system and help refocus<br />
your mind.<br />
2-4 BREATHING<br />
This is a form of paced breathing when your<br />
exhale is longer than your inhale. Start by<br />
inhaling slowly through your nose for a count of<br />
2 seconds, allowing your chest and lower belly to<br />
expand. Then exhale slowly through your mouth<br />
for a count of 4 seconds. You can slowly work<br />
your way up to a 3- or 4-second inhale and 5- or<br />
6-second exhale. If you lose concentration, try<br />
using a free paced breathing app such as Breathe<br />
for iPhone or Paced Breathing for Android.<br />
4-4-8 BREATHING<br />
Breathe through your nose for a count of 4,<br />
allowing the lower belly to expand. Hold your<br />
breath for a count of 4. Exhale through your<br />
mouth for a count of 8. Immediately inhale for a<br />
count of 4 through the nose, repeating the entire<br />
technique three to four times in a row.<br />
ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING<br />
In Sanskrit, this technique is known as nadi<br />
shodhan pranayama, which translates to subtle<br />
energy clearing breathing technique. Yogis have<br />
used it for centuries to calm and focus the mind.<br />
Sit in a comfortable position with a tall spine.<br />
Place your left hand on your thigh, palm up. Bring<br />
your right up to your nose and use your right<br />
thumb to close your right nostril. Inhale through<br />
your left nostril. Now close the left nostril with<br />
your left index and middle finger. Open the right<br />
nostril and exhale. Inhale through the right nostril<br />
and then close this nostril. Open the left nostril<br />
and exhale. Inhale through the right nostril and<br />
then close this nostril. Remember to always<br />
inhale through the same nostril you just exhaled<br />
through. Repeat five to ten rounds.<br />
DEEP BREATHING<br />
Also known as belly breathing or diaphragmatic<br />
breathing, this technique helps activate the<br />
body’s rest and digest response. Sit comfortably<br />
with one hand on the chest and the other on the<br />
belly. Inhale deeply through the nose. Ensure the<br />
diaphragm rather than the chest inflates with air.<br />
The hand on your chest should remain still and<br />
the one on your belly should rise. Exhale slowly<br />
through the mouth. Repeat for one minute.<br />
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The Power of Daily Affirmations<br />
Turn negative self-talk into positive motivation.<br />
Being mindful of<br />
the words we use<br />
to talk to ourselves<br />
can have a major<br />
impact on our mood,<br />
and subsequently,<br />
our actions, says<br />
Patricia Deldin, a<br />
professor of psychology<br />
and psychiatry at<br />
the University of<br />
Michigan, Ann Arbor.<br />
We’re in constant<br />
dialogue all day long<br />
with ourselves. Take<br />
note of how many<br />
times a day you use<br />
negative words and<br />
make a concerted<br />
effort to replace them<br />
with kinder, more<br />
encouraging words,<br />
like “could” instead<br />
of “should” or “can”<br />
instead of “can’t”. Dr.<br />
Deldin, who is the CEO<br />
of the mental-wellness<br />
program Mood<br />
Lifters, says if you’re<br />
feeling depressed,<br />
stressed or down, try<br />
to repeat positive selfaffirmations<br />
to adjust<br />
your mood. Remember<br />
it’s not “Monday is<br />
a stressful day,” it’s<br />
“Monday is going to be<br />
a great day.”<br />
G A D G E T S T O H E L P F O C U S T H E M I N D<br />
If you find your thoughts racing nonstop, try using one of these high-tech devices to help you master a quieter mind.<br />
Muse 2<br />
This slim meditation headband works in tandem with Muse’s<br />
free mobile app to provide real-time feedback on your heart rate,<br />
brain activity, and breathing. When your mind is calm you hear<br />
calm sounds, like lapping waves. When your mind is active, the<br />
waves start to crash and grow louder, signaling you to refocus.<br />
choosemuse.com<br />
Melomind Headset<br />
Reminiscent of Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones, this device<br />
uses electroencephalographic technology to help you deal with<br />
stress and anxiety. Calming nature-based soundscapes, such as<br />
tropical birds chirping, calm the brain and an accompanying app<br />
allows you to monitor when you reach a state of deep relaxation.<br />
melomind.com<br />
S8 Pegasi II Light Therapy Glasses<br />
If you’re a frequent flyer and struggle with jet lag, wearing<br />
these glasses for just 30 minutes a day can help reset your<br />
circadian rhythms. NASA technology was used to create lenses<br />
that generate wavelengths of light that stimulate the area of<br />
the brain that regulates the release of cortisol and melatonin.<br />
The result: improved sleep quality. sleep8.uk<br />
Aromeo Sense<br />
A combination of aroma, light, and sound therapy helps you<br />
fall into a deep slumber instantaneously. And a combination<br />
of sunrise simulation light, a symphony of chirping birds, and<br />
invigorating aromas helps you wake in the morning. Focusintensifying<br />
sensory effects, like alertness-boosting soft white<br />
light, can help you stay focused all day. aromeodiffuser.com<br />
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LIVING WELL<br />
S I X A P P S F O R D E C O M P R E S S I N G<br />
When you’re going to have screen time, make it with one of these meditation-based apps.<br />
Calm<br />
Downloaded more than 50<br />
million times, this app has<br />
features like Sleep Stories<br />
narrated by actor Matthew<br />
McConaughey and guided<br />
body scans.<br />
Headspace<br />
This app’s tagline is, “Gym<br />
membership for the mind.”<br />
Friendly animations help<br />
remove the intimidation<br />
factor for newbies and<br />
helpful how-tos go beyond<br />
meditation and tackle<br />
topics like how to deal<br />
with a panic attack.<br />
Aura<br />
The customization<br />
capabilities of this<br />
app have earned it the<br />
nickname the Spotify of<br />
mindfulness. If you’re<br />
short on time, the<br />
30-second stress busters<br />
and 3-minute personalized<br />
meditations are easy to<br />
slot into your day.<br />
Simple Habit<br />
If the thought of sitting<br />
quietly is overwhelming,<br />
this app is for you. All<br />
you need is just five<br />
minutes to achieve inner<br />
calm. Meditations are<br />
downloadable so you<br />
can easily access them<br />
on a flight or during your<br />
commute.<br />
Inscape<br />
In addition to having<br />
staple offerings like<br />
guided meditations and<br />
calming soundscapes,<br />
this app helps you destress<br />
based on real-life<br />
anxieties such as<br />
dating troubles or<br />
overcoming fears.<br />
STRESS-FREE<br />
VACATION PLANNING<br />
With so much uncertainty around travel,<br />
specialists are more relevant than ever.<br />
TRAVEL HAS NEVER BEEN more complicated. With borders opening and<br />
then re-closing and testing protocols constantly changing it’s hard<br />
even to know where to go, let alone what you’re able to do once you<br />
arrive. Here, Brooke Lavery, a partner at luxury travel consultancy<br />
Local Foreigner (localforeigner.com), shares fi ve reasons why<br />
establishing a relationship with a bespoke travel specialist can help<br />
take the stress out of pandemic travel.<br />
1. SAVE TIME<br />
Travel advisers protect your time during the planning process and<br />
on your vacation. You could devote hours to researching and crossreferencing<br />
your own itinerary just to use your precious vacation time<br />
as a testing ground for those discoveries. Or you can work with a<br />
professional you trust, who can design an itinerary to your taste and<br />
preference based on years of experience and dozens of other client<br />
experiences in that destination.<br />
2. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT<br />
Work with a travel professional and you eliminate the guesswork in<br />
travel planning. Your expert has not only been to the destination,<br />
they’ve thoroughly scouted the hotels, eaten in the restaurants, and<br />
have local connections.<br />
3. NAVIGATING THE PROTOCOLS<br />
With each country dictating and changing their COVID-19 policies at<br />
a moment’s notice, travel is more overwhelming than ever. Outsource<br />
the stress of this to a travel professional who specializes in high-touch<br />
service and has the bandwidth to ensure details aren’t overlooked.<br />
JULIAN RENTZSCH<br />
Ten Percent Happier<br />
A beginner-friendly app<br />
with 350-plus guided<br />
meditations and access to<br />
personalized meditation<br />
coaches who quickly<br />
respond to your queries.<br />
4. PROBLEM-SOLVING<br />
In the event something doesn’t go as anticipated on the ground, who<br />
will you call for help? The best travel advisers are problem-solvers with<br />
the best local connections—no waiting on the phone for hours to talk to<br />
a real human.<br />
5. FEELS GOOD TO BE A VIP<br />
When you check in to a hotel, do you want to wait in line or be<br />
greeted personally by the general manager or hotel owner? Have you<br />
experienced a hotel room stocked with your favorite drinks and snacks?<br />
Do you want to stroll through the Louvre with the masses, or explore the<br />
underground closed-to-public workshops with a curator before visiting a<br />
few of the museum’s highlights? Being connected on the ground creates<br />
an entirely different travel experience, and a star travel adviser can<br />
facilitate those connections.<br />
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WE ARE<br />
WHAT<br />
WE EAT<br />
WE’RE ALL GUILTY of scarfing down a sandwich at our<br />
desk or devouring a pint of Ben & Jerry’s while zoning<br />
out to the latest episode of “White Lotus.” When<br />
mindless meals and snacks become part of your<br />
routine, pounds start to pack on. No matter how much<br />
you exercise, good nutrition is a crucial piece of the<br />
weight-loss puzzle. Instead of adopting fad diets, try<br />
paying more attention to what you put in your mouth<br />
and why. Studies have shown that the practice of<br />
mindful eating not only helps with weight loss, but,<br />
additionally, it can help you embrace long-term habits<br />
dealing with food cravings and portion control.<br />
H O W T O B E I N T H E<br />
M O M E N T A T M E A L S<br />
Experts at Harvard Medical School share tips and<br />
tricks for adopting more mindful eating habits.<br />
• Set your kitchen timer to 20 minutes, and take<br />
that time to eat a normal-sized meal.<br />
• Try eating with your non-dominant hand; if<br />
you’re a righty, hold your fork in your left hand<br />
when lifting food to your mouth.<br />
• Use chopsticks if you don’t normally use them.<br />
• Eat silently for five minutes, thinking about what<br />
it took to produce that meal, from the sun’s rays<br />
to the farmer to the grocer to the cook.<br />
• Take small bites and chew well.<br />
• Before opening the fridge or cabinet, take a<br />
breath and ask yourself, “Am I really hungry?”<br />
Do something else, like reading or going on a<br />
short walk.<br />
• Avoid eating with distractions like the television.<br />
• Avoid working meals where you eat at your desk<br />
or in front of your computer.<br />
• Avoid eating on the go when you are driving or<br />
commuting.<br />
• Start a food log and write down what triggers<br />
binge eating and how certain foods make you<br />
feel. Do they make you lethargic? Give you more<br />
energy?<br />
• Track your food choices on an app like<br />
MyFitnessPal or EatRightNow.<br />
P A N D E M I C P E T S<br />
De-stressing your animal companion.<br />
The pandemic created a boom in<br />
pet adoptions. According to The<br />
Humane Society of the United States,<br />
requests for pet fostering spiked by<br />
90 percent. Whether you’re a new pet<br />
parent or longtime dog or cat owner,<br />
the pandemic gave you more time<br />
than ever to bond with your furry<br />
loved one. As we start to travel again,<br />
it’s normal for both owners and pets<br />
to experience separation anxiety.<br />
NetJets has seen a significant<br />
increase in pets flying with owners<br />
in the past year, with 24,000<br />
animals joining their owners in<br />
2020. Whether you’re bringing your<br />
favorite feline travel buddy in the air<br />
for the first time in months or leaving<br />
your new pandemic pup in your villa<br />
alone, the ASPCA suggests these tips<br />
for keeping you and your pet calm.<br />
1. Honor Routine<br />
If you’re on vacation, try to mimic<br />
your pets daily schedule at home.<br />
2. Withdraw Slowly<br />
A sudden decrease in time with<br />
your pet can be difficult for both of<br />
you. Make sure you practice shorter<br />
periods of alone time before a big<br />
trip where you’ll be apart for longer<br />
stretches.<br />
3. New Distractions<br />
Change up your dog or cat toys to<br />
help keep them novel when traveling.<br />
Interactive toys or healthy chews can<br />
help keep your pet engaged when<br />
you’re gone.<br />
4. Background Noise<br />
Leave soothing music or the TV on in<br />
your hotel room or villa for auditory<br />
and visual stimulation.<br />
5. Hire a Pro<br />
Many hotels and villas offer petsitting<br />
services so you can rest<br />
assured your buddy is getting looked<br />
after while you’re out for a round of<br />
golf or catching a sunset surf session<br />
at the beach.<br />
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ON THE MOVE<br />
POWER TO<br />
THE PEDAL<br />
The e-bike revolution has many spokes to its<br />
wheels—equality, efficiency, and élan among them.<br />
// By John McNamara<br />
CLIMB TIME<br />
The lightweight Angell<br />
bike, designed by<br />
Frenchman Ora Ïto.<br />
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POWERED UP<br />
From top: Serial 1’s Rush/Cty Step-<br />
Thru; the Greyp e-SUV T5.<br />
IT’S RARE A NEW TECHNOLOGY receives universal approval—<br />
remember the ill-fated Segway?—but as increasing production<br />
and sales demonstrate, e-bikes have managed to garner fans<br />
across the full spectrum of cyclists. At the most basic level, the<br />
battery-powered two-wheelers provide a leveling out effect,<br />
allowing less able riders, including those of a certain age, to keep<br />
pace with faster partners and to explore more adventurous trails<br />
and experiences. Urban governments, too, have welcomed the<br />
development of the e-bike as an alternative mode of transport<br />
to help reduce pollution in city centers. Perhaps best of all, the<br />
opportunities afforded by this relatively nascent form of transport<br />
have piqued the minds of creative types around the world,<br />
leading both to new cycling innovations—different materials<br />
for the frame, belt drives replacing the cumbersome chain, and<br />
integrated controls through apps—as well as to eye-catching new<br />
designs. Be they tough trekkers or city slickers, the e-bikes of today<br />
represent remarkable displays of forward-thinking imagination.<br />
A leader in the this revolution is Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes<br />
(radpowerbikes.com), which between April 2019 and 2020 enjoyed<br />
a 297% rise in sales and was named as one of the <strong>2021</strong> TIME100<br />
Most Influential Companies. Its latest model, the RadRover 6<br />
Plus, exemplifies its ingenuity, with the fat-tired bike featuring an<br />
upgraded user interface and a 750w custom-made hub motor that,<br />
among other advantages, makes hill climbing much, much easier.<br />
Another American mainstay making e-bikes a success is Trek<br />
(trekbikes.com), a venerable name in the pedal-power market that<br />
has effortlessly turned its hand to the modern version. Ease of use and<br />
comfort are features of its award-winning Domane series, shown by<br />
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ON THE MOVE<br />
PRETTY IN GREY<br />
Cowboy 3 offers<br />
simple efficiency.<br />
one of its most recent iterations, The Domane LT+, that really feels<br />
and rides like a conventional bike, and can indeed be converted<br />
to one with the removal of the lightweight Fazua drivepack (battery<br />
and motor). But doing so misses out on the impressive capabilities<br />
of one of the smoothest e-bikes on the streets—and the trails thanks<br />
to the IsoSpeed technology that absorbs the bumps of rough terrain.<br />
RATHER MORE OF A new kid on the block, Croatia’s Greyp (greyp.<br />
com) shows the same innovative approach to two wheels as its<br />
sister company Rimac does to electric supercars. It has entered the<br />
trekking end of the market with the Greyp e-SUV T5, a bike that<br />
is a perfectly respectable option for a city commute but more than<br />
capable of taking on an Alpine jaunt. In a change from its previous<br />
models, the T5 frame is made from aluminum, which is more<br />
flexible than carbon, but it is the bike’s accessories that make it<br />
stand out. The 700Wh battery is on the large side for a trekking<br />
bike and allows the T5 a range of 62 miles, while a top speed of<br />
<strong>15</strong>.5mph is currently being upgraded for the U.S. market. Greyp’s<br />
next project is a city bike due next year and hotly anticipated.<br />
If electric car and bike makers seem an obvious overlap, the world<br />
of e-bikes throws up some more unusual bedfellows. Take MODMO<br />
(modmo.io), the brainchild of Irishman Jack O’Sullivan, whose quest<br />
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES<br />
ALL-ROUND EFFORT<br />
Clockwise from top: Trek’s Domane<br />
LT+; the Paul Teutul Jr.-designed<br />
PJD-E; MODMO’s Saigon+.<br />
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If electric car and bike makers seem an<br />
obvious overlap, the world of e-bikes throws<br />
up some more unusual bedfellows.<br />
to find the ideal location to produce his zero-emission e-bike took him<br />
to Vietnam. The result is the aptly named MODMO Saigon+, which<br />
boasts an incredible 125-mile range on a single charge and features a<br />
Gates Carbon Drive System, claimed to be almost maintenance free.<br />
Another cross-continent collaboration has seen Ruff Cycles<br />
(ruff-cycles.com), based in Regensburg, Germany, team up<br />
with Californian Paul Teutul Jr., renowned for his motorcycle<br />
designs and his appearances on the U.S. reality show “American<br />
Chopper.” The PJD-E combines the best of American design and<br />
German engineering, creating a range of bikes that aims to put the<br />
rock’n’roll into the market. The aesthetics of Ruff’s bikes, headed<br />
by The Ruffian, is more motorcycle cool, but the tech, including<br />
Bosch batteries, is very much the latest in e-bike innovation.<br />
TEUTUL JR. IS NOT THE only motorcycling aficionado to see the potential<br />
of the bicycle, and there is no bigger name straddling both genres than<br />
Harley-Davidson. Under its subsidiary Serial 1 (serial1.com), the<br />
iconic brand has produced a series of e-bikes with a particular eye on<br />
the urban cyclist, including the Rush/Cty Step-Thru, which along with<br />
the proprietary H-D battery has four ride modes—Eco, Tour, Sport,<br />
and Boost—and a walk-assist function. It also benefits from the Step-<br />
Thru, the simplest of design features, which allows the rider to quickly<br />
mount and dismount, especially useful on crowded urban streets.<br />
For all these flamboyant versions of the e-bike, there is also a<br />
demand for the more classical look—one that allows the cyclist who<br />
needs a bit of assistance to blend in with the crowd. French firm Angell<br />
(angell.bike) turned to designer Ora Ïto to create a bike with a sleek<br />
and stylish frame that camouflages an array of smart tech, including<br />
an integrated GPS with vibrating handlebars to indicate directions<br />
and security features include anti-theft alarm and light. Meanwhile,<br />
Belgian firm Cowboy’s 3 and 4 (cowboy.com) are perfect examples of<br />
how form and function can come together in an elegant and compact<br />
package. Featuring a battery built into the seat tube and an app that,<br />
among other things, synchronizes with the in-built GPS, the Cowboy<br />
4 also offers intuitive speed adjustment and wireless phone charging.<br />
In the U.S., e-bike sales rose 116% from $8.3m in February<br />
2019 to $18m a year later—and many producers ran low on<br />
stock last summer. It’s the sort of success that ensures creative<br />
companies will continue to produce ever-more inventive versions<br />
of the timeless two-wheeled treasure for many years to come.<br />
MOTORING ON<br />
From top: The RadRover 6 Plus;<br />
the Ruffian Black Redwall.<br />
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ON LOCATION<br />
ALL ABOUT<br />
UPSTATE<br />
With new and noteworthy openings proliferating<br />
across the Hudson Valley, its charming towns, hamlets<br />
and estates prove the enduring appeal of the Empire<br />
State—and not just as an escape from New York City.<br />
// By Jeremy Wayne<br />
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RIVER HIGH<br />
The Hudson Valley in<br />
all its fall glory.<br />
IAN POLEY<br />
EXTENDING <strong>15</strong>0 MILES north from the tip of<br />
Manhattan all the way up to Albany, the Hudson<br />
Valley seems to have it all. Its namesake river is<br />
surrounded by a narrow corridor of hills, dales,<br />
forests, wetlands, and open pasture as it weaves<br />
between a preponderance of small towns and<br />
villages and magnificent, historic houses and<br />
estates. It’s no wonder TIME magazine described<br />
it as one of the world’s great places for <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
The renaissance of the river-towns themselves—<br />
Hudson, Beacon, Cold Spring, Peekskill, and<br />
Poughkeepsie, to name but a few—had begun<br />
before the pandemic, but COVID-19, in a sense,<br />
has been kind to the Hudson Valley. Bolstered by<br />
the great pandemic exodus from New York City<br />
and the larger towns of the tristate area, an influx<br />
of city folk has moved in, among them artists,<br />
musicians, creatives, style-makers, designers,<br />
artisans, and craftsmen of every description,<br />
and the sense of optimism is unmistakable.<br />
Towns like Nyack, Irvington, Millbrook, Kingston,<br />
and Dobbs Ferry—already gaining traction in the<br />
“great places to relocate to” stakes pre-COVID—are<br />
now firmly on the map of cool. And all over the Valley,<br />
from Kingston, New York, to Kent, Connecticut,<br />
from Woodstock to Wappingers Falls, new specialty<br />
shops are opening, galleries and event spaces are<br />
launching, performance art is popping up, and<br />
restaurants and bars—new, nearly new and even<br />
some old-established well-beloveds—are starting<br />
up or reawakening with a palpable new energy.<br />
Yet for all its buzz and all its newfound<br />
trendiness, the valley retains an ancient,<br />
almost spiritual allure. Heavily forested, with<br />
great swathes of land still vastly undeveloped<br />
and astonishing in their natural beauty,<br />
this bucolic region offers the best of both<br />
worlds—pockets of urban sophistication<br />
combined with a simpler, less stressful life.<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
Where not so long ago you had to make the<br />
stark choice between a faceless Hilton or<br />
Marriott, or a “mom and pop” B&B with strict<br />
house rules and iffy plumbing, in the past few<br />
years the number of characterful, comfortable<br />
independent places to stay has surged.<br />
The times they are most definitely a changin’<br />
at small hotels like The Dylan (thehoteldylan.<br />
com), the very cool hotel in Woodstock where<br />
seasoned hoteliers Cortney and Robert Novogratz<br />
have spiffed up a dilapidated old motel and created<br />
a psychedelic tribute to the 1960s. And while<br />
each room is named for a rock legend and comes<br />
complete with a Crosley record player and a great<br />
selection of vinyl, the Novogratzes never make<br />
the mistake of letting style win out over comfort.<br />
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If music and cool colors are the vibe in<br />
Woodstock, across the scenic Ashokan reservoir—<br />
ten miles from Woodstock as the crow flies—<br />
silence is the allure at Hutton Brickyards<br />
(huttonbrickyards.com). A 73-acre former<br />
industrial site that reopened this year after a major<br />
renovation, this “camp” for adults offers a variety<br />
of luxury cabins—spare in design but with a sexy,<br />
minimalist aesthetic—right on the Hudson itself.<br />
There are spa sheds for massages and facials;<br />
archery and croquet are available on the lawn;<br />
and added to all this is an exceptional indooroutdoor<br />
restaurant where ex-Balthazar New York<br />
chef Dan Silverman cooks—mostly over wood.<br />
JANE BEILES<br />
© FRIDMAN GALLERY<br />
NICOLE FRANZEN<br />
THE CONTRAST COULD HARDLY be greater between<br />
bucolic Hutton and sleepy Kingston, and its<br />
lively neighbor across the river, Rhinebeck.<br />
This long-established river-town has always<br />
had a clutch of decent hotels and restaurants,<br />
but the bar has been recently raised with the<br />
launch of Mirbeau Inn & Spa (rhinebeck.<br />
mirbeau.com), a thoroughly indulgent new<br />
family-owned retreat, with a superb health and<br />
wellness program and a restaurant, Willow, with<br />
an appetizing New American menu, overseen<br />
by Charlie Palmer of New York’s Aureole fame.<br />
The approach is a bit more old fashioned<br />
at Troutbeck (troutbeck.com), albeit with a<br />
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© THE AMSTERDAM RHINEBECK<br />
© AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION<br />
strikingly contemporary face—namely, design<br />
and decoration by internationally acclaimed<br />
designer Alexandra Champalimaud, mother of<br />
Troutbeck’s owner, Anthony Champalimaud. (She<br />
has recently done The Carlyle in New York and<br />
Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles). The former home<br />
of the poet-naturalist Myron Benton, whose circle<br />
of friends included (Troutbeck visitors) Emerson<br />
and Thoreau, and later home to poet and botanist<br />
Joel Spingarn, this beautiful house—set on a 250-<br />
acre estate, complete with swimming pool, tennis<br />
courts, and wellness barns—still resonates with<br />
political and literary history and has become home<br />
to a hip young crowd. They love it for its laidback<br />
charm and excellent restaurant, under the baton of<br />
chef Gabe McMackin, for whom “farm-to-table” is<br />
not merely a catchphrase but means exactly that.<br />
ALL ON THE HUDSON<br />
Clockwise, from top left: Hutton<br />
Brickyards; The Maker; fare from The<br />
Amsterdam; The Opus Westchester;<br />
Glenmere Mansion; the house at<br />
Troutbeck; Feast & Floret restaurant; the<br />
Armour-Stiner Octagon House; the River<br />
Pavilion at Hutton Brickyards; Fridman<br />
Gallery; Troutbeck’s wellness barns.<br />
© FEAST & FLORET<br />
© GLENMERE MANSION<br />
PAUL BARBERA<br />
HEADING SOUTHWEST, about an hour’s drive down<br />
the Valley, brings you to the town of Beacon.<br />
Once an industrial hub, choked with factory<br />
fumes, Beacon is enjoying a remarkable rebirth,<br />
with good schools, terrific shops and restaurants<br />
and a handful of independent luxe hotels, among<br />
them the utterly charming, 23-room Roundhouse<br />
(roundhousebeacon.com). At the former textile<br />
factory and later the H. N. Swift machine shop,<br />
where the first lawnmowers in America were<br />
reputedly manufactured, owner and Long Islandto-Beacon<br />
transplant Bob McAlpine, of the<br />
McAlpine Construction Company fame, has<br />
managed to create a welcoming hotel within the<br />
curved walls, while respecting the building’s<br />
integrity. Brick, reclaimed wood, and many other<br />
salvageable parts of the original property meld<br />
together to make a homogeneous and rather<br />
beautiful whole, while the thrilling view of the<br />
Fishkill Creek waterfall adds yet another dimension.<br />
Continuing down to Peekskill, not so long ago<br />
a fairly dodgy, down-at-heel river-town, it’s hard<br />
to miss The Abbey Inn & Spa (theabbeyinn.<br />
com)—a magnificent, newly converted convent<br />
high up on the town’s Fort Hill, with spectacular<br />
river views. The Mother Superior’s circular, paneled<br />
office is now the Apropos bar; the nuns’ refectory<br />
is the restaurant (along with the added Hudson<br />
Room); and the church and chapel, complete<br />
with stained–glass windows and glorious period<br />
detail, are both breathtaking event spaces. A series<br />
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of pictures from the top floor down tells the story<br />
of the Hudson, from its source in the Adirondack<br />
Park all the way to Manhattan and the Atlantic.<br />
Cross the river itself, a relative trickle at this<br />
point, via quaint Bear Mountain Bridge, and<br />
half an hour’s drive west brings you to Chester,<br />
and Glenmere (glenmeremansion.com). This<br />
Italianate mansion, a Relais & Châteaux property, is<br />
a stunner. It has been lovingly restored by writer and<br />
realtor Alan Stenberg and his partner, orthopedic<br />
surgeon Daniel DeSimone, who saw the crumbling,<br />
neglected mansion when they were driving to lunch<br />
one day and knew they had to buy it. Set deep in<br />
the farmlands of the Lower Hudson Valley, with<br />
its sumptuous public rooms, ornate library, formal<br />
gardens, pool, and loggia, Glenmere is a dream of<br />
good living. And the bartender surely mixes the best<br />
dry martini between New York City and Montreal.<br />
In White Plains, meanwhile, the county seat<br />
and commercial hub of Westchester, where the bar<br />
and restaurant scene has been burgeoning for some<br />
time, the very swish Ritz-Carlton hotel has morphed<br />
into The Opus Westchester (theopuswestchester.<br />
com) and is much happier in its new skin. Part<br />
of Marriott’s Autograph collection, complete with<br />
indoor pool, steam room, and fitness center,<br />
while hardly small or charming, Opus makes<br />
perfect sense as a base to explore the region, or<br />
if you are flying into or out of the extremely handy,<br />
soon-to-be-expanded Westchester County Airport.<br />
And all the way to the north, in hip and<br />
happening Hudson-on-Hudson—not so long ago a<br />
rough-and-tumble river-town where venturing out<br />
after dark might have given you pause— without<br />
a doubt The Maker (themaker.com) is making<br />
its mark. A sumptuous house full of vintage<br />
furniture and beautiful antiques, this exquisite<br />
small hotel’s pool and gardens would not look<br />
out of place in Provence. But with everything<br />
sourced locally and brought together by Hudson<br />
Valley artisans and craftsmen, it is in fact a<br />
celebration of the region and American to the core.<br />
WHERE TO EAT AND DRINK<br />
With its abundance of high-quality local produce—<br />
meat, dairy, and vegetables—coupled with<br />
great butchers, cheese- and bread-makers, and<br />
micro-breweries, the Hudson Valley is a veritable<br />
cornucopia. But the great produce, sold in markets<br />
and merrily sent further afield, hasn’t always<br />
translated into local restaurants of any note.<br />
Happily, that’s all history now. At spots like<br />
Hudson Hil’s Cafe (hudsonhils.com) in Cold<br />
Spring—where property prices in the last year<br />
have soared and a recent search showed only two<br />
active listings in the town—the vibe is casual and<br />
easy-going. But menus, predicated on local and<br />
organic ingredients, like house-cured salmon with<br />
local eggs, or Hudson Valley grass-fed beefburger,<br />
say, have a real resonance with the area and the<br />
land. For a terrific sense of what’s going on in the<br />
Hudson Valley generally, Beacon’s Hudson Valley<br />
Food Hall & Market (@HVFoodHall), showcases<br />
a variety of local chefs, and in addition to the<br />
food and produce stalls, houses The Roosevelt<br />
bar, which offers cocktails made with local<br />
distilled spirits. There are eat-in outlets within<br />
the food hall, too, including the cheerful Momo<br />
Valley (momovalley.com), which is not strictly<br />
local but its Nepalese dumplings and steamed,<br />
pasture-raised chicken are irresistible nonetheless.<br />
OVER IN POUGHKEEPSIE, a key Hudson town and<br />
one which feels newly energized, Culinary Institute<br />
of America-grad Charlie Webb, one of a new<br />
generation of Poughkipsters, is delighting locals with<br />
his distinctive Detroit pizza at Hudson & Packard<br />
(hudsonandpackard.com). He uses locally<br />
sourced ingredients wherever he can and the line,<br />
which frequently runs along the street for his pizza<br />
pies, is all the proof you need of taste and quality.<br />
Just two doors away—and after some considerable<br />
delay, now slated to open this fall—is The Academy<br />
(theacademyhvny.com), a specialty coffee<br />
shop, food hall, brewery, and fresh food market,<br />
bringing further food-and-drink luster to the town.<br />
Just below the Hudson’s widest point, at<br />
Haverstraw, lies Tarrytown, home to a smattering<br />
of historic houses, like Washington Irving’s former<br />
home, Sunnyside, and Jay Gould’s Lyndhurst<br />
estate (think railroads and Western Union). It’s<br />
also home to the recently opened Goosefeather<br />
(goosefeatherny.com), a small but perfectly<br />
formed Cantonese restaurant, occupying a set of<br />
rooms on the first floor of the imposing, mid-19thcentury<br />
King Mansion, exquisitely decorated with<br />
many original antiques and lit almost entirely with<br />
candles at night. Four miles further on, at the Metro<br />
North railroad station in Dobbs Ferry, another<br />
characterful restaurant also respects the past—<br />
well, actually, revels in it. The recently opened<br />
Hudson Social (hudsonsocial.com) occupies a<br />
Victorian-era ticket office between the railroad tracks<br />
and the river, and its sublime burrata, generous<br />
salads, and brunch-option ham, cheese and egg<br />
sandwich are already earning it legions of fans.<br />
Across the valley, in Bedford Hills, a South<br />
Asian sizzler has come to sometimes staid<br />
horse country, in the form of Dinh Dinh Kitchen<br />
(dinhdinhkitchen.com), where Westchester native<br />
Brian Candee offers what he calls a “Southeast<br />
menu with an American core”—cue crispy<br />
Korean chicken with fries, and peanut noodle<br />
bowl with glass noodles and Napa cabbage.<br />
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For all its buzz and all its newfound<br />
trendiness, the valley retains an<br />
ancient, almost spiritual allure.<br />
SPANNING NATURE<br />
Bear Mountain Bridge,<br />
a notable landmark<br />
on the river.<br />
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Back in Dutchess County, meanwhile, there<br />
are universal plaudits for The Amsterdam, in<br />
Rhinebeck (lovetheamsterdam.com), a pareddown,<br />
blond wood, minimalist restaurant offering<br />
New American fare that focuses on the very best<br />
local produce. Wonderful cheeses and charcuterie,<br />
a hearty shakshuka, and a local take on chicken<br />
paillard are all standouts. Up in Hudson, where<br />
restaurants both before and during the pandemic<br />
seemed to open and close in the blink of an eye,<br />
Feast & Floret (feastandfloret.com), an eatery<br />
whimsically situated within a flower shop, with<br />
an evolved, mainly Tuscan menu—dishes prinked<br />
with locally tinctured honey and salts—looks like<br />
a keeper. And not far away, with probably the best<br />
cheese selection in the Hudson Valley, along with<br />
home-made pasta and prepared dishes to go, the<br />
newly expanded Talbott & Arding (talbottandarding.<br />
com) now offers indoor seating for the first time.<br />
WHERE TO SHOP<br />
You don’t go to the Hudson Valley for the<br />
shopping. Or rather, you didn’t. All that’s changed<br />
now. Where not so long ago, local shopping<br />
meant fusty antiques shops open only three<br />
days a week, or bijou indies selling macramé<br />
plant holders and scented candles, in recent<br />
years the bar has been raised stratospherically.<br />
Amenia, in Dutchess County, is hot right now<br />
and nowhere’s hotter than RiverTown Trade<br />
(rivertowntradeshop.com), with its bespoke beauty<br />
products, zingy china, all-natural totes, rockstar<br />
photos in frames, and COVID-minded accessories.<br />
“I love the romance of entering a space and being<br />
transported,” says co-owner Samuel Gold, who<br />
managed the retail outlets for Ian Schrager hotels<br />
and Mandarin Oriental. The original branch of homedecoration<br />
store Hammertown (shop.hammertown.<br />
com) has been around for some 30 years in Pine<br />
Plains, but its beautiful new satellite stores in<br />
Rhinebeck and Great Barrington, Massachusetts,<br />
keep punters coming back for more: There’s<br />
kitchen ware, tableware, furniture, hand-printed<br />
scarves, and jewelry, much of it by local designers.<br />
Peekskill’s Bucko! (buckoshop.com),<br />
meanwhile, in the town’s striking Flatiron Building,<br />
is the place for gorgeous baby clothes, as well<br />
as a small but super-stylish collection of casuals<br />
for mom and dad. If it’s a one-off handbag or<br />
beautiful jewelry you’re after, head to Millbrook<br />
and the Kieselstein-Cord gallery (kieselsteincord.com),<br />
where you’ll find Barry Kieselstein-<br />
Cord’s now iconic bags and handmade jewelry in<br />
the redesigned gallery space. His pieces (many<br />
of which are on public view at the Metropolitan<br />
Museum of Art) are always showstoppers.<br />
IN FRANCOPHILE LARCHMONT—a wealthy outer<br />
suburb and commuter town for New York City at<br />
the base of the Valley in southern Westchester,<br />
much favored by the expat French community<br />
—the shopping has always been a cut above,<br />
but even here the bar has been raised lately.<br />
Marmoucha shags, Berber baskets, boujad prayer<br />
rugs and heady, Mexican Nopalera soap (made<br />
from cactus flowers) are just some of the tempting<br />
goods to look out for at The Souk at Maisonette<br />
(maisonetteshoppe.com). While in the town,<br />
stock up on one-of-a-kind, handmade greetings<br />
cards, many designed by local artists, at the<br />
pint-sized Write On! (writeonwestchester.com).<br />
If Larchmont has a French flavor, it was the large<br />
expat British community of posh Mount Kisco, 25<br />
miles to the north, that drew local resident and<br />
British former musician Drew Hodgson and his wife,<br />
Leigh, to bravely open The Hamlet (thehamletny.<br />
com) at the height of the pandemic. (“For Brits<br />
who couldn’t get back to the UK,” says Drew.)<br />
Located in a former bank, this is a captivating<br />
specialty store for all things British—jams,<br />
relishes, crisps (of course), Cadbury chocolate,<br />
tea, meat pies—plus an amazing collection of<br />
ISTOCK<br />
DIFFERENT FACES<br />
From top: The Italianate<br />
Glenmere mansion; along<br />
the tree-lined banks of<br />
the Hudson; inside the<br />
Kieselstein-Cord gallery.<br />
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than 25 regional artists, as well as workshops,<br />
monthly open mic, and a panoply of other events.<br />
© KIESELSTEIN-CORD<br />
vinyl, including David Bowie, Radiohead, and<br />
Roxy Music, housed in the bank’s original vault.<br />
Serious and playful art, too, has made major<br />
inroads into the region, as city dwellers have<br />
drifted northward, and artists and gallery owners<br />
have moved or expanded their galleries to meet<br />
the new demand and fill wall-space. Up in<br />
Beacon, in Iliya Fridman’s first outpost of his<br />
well-known Lower East Side Fridman Gallery<br />
(fridmangallery.com), the ambitious line-up<br />
includes ten shows over the coming months.<br />
Opened in April <strong>2021</strong>, in the heart of Hudson,<br />
Shakespeare’s Fulcrum (shakespearesfulcrum.<br />
com) is a “self-curating gallery dedicated to<br />
change,” essentially a five-year pop-up, although<br />
patron Valerie Monroe Shakespeare’s concept<br />
originated almost 30 years ago in a space beneath<br />
the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Down in<br />
Millerton, meantime, Geary (geary.nyc) is another<br />
Lower East Side gallery which has spread its wings<br />
to the Hudson Valley, where it represents new<br />
artists as well as established ones in mid-career.<br />
Poughkeepsie doesn’t want to be left out<br />
either. Recent gallery openings include Queen<br />
City <strong>15</strong> (queencity<strong>15</strong>.com), a member-run space<br />
showcasing working artists, and Clinton Street<br />
Studio (@clintonstreetstudiopk), another artistrun<br />
workspace and gallery. And in close-by Hyde<br />
Park—the historic home and estate of Franklin<br />
Delano Roosevelt—at the Artists’ Collective of<br />
Hyde Park (artistscollectiveofhydepark.com) you’ll<br />
find year-round changing art shows from more<br />
KIM SARGENT<br />
WHAT TO DO<br />
With its meadows, wetlands, forests, and waterfalls<br />
—along with more than 700 trails to suit every<br />
level of skill and endurance—the Hudson Valley<br />
is a hiker’s paradise. At Wonder Lake (parks.<br />
ny.gov), converted from a 1920s summer home,<br />
you will never tire of the Highlands trail, which is<br />
continually expanding, and will eventually extend<br />
200 miles across four states, from the Connecticut<br />
border to the Delaware River. The first segment<br />
starts in Putman County. For hiking neophytes,<br />
the recently opened Vlei Marsh trail, near<br />
Rhinebeck, is a relatively gentle, 1.5-mile nature<br />
walk offering superb views of the marshland.<br />
If a formal garden appeals to you more than<br />
rugged natural beauty, head to the Beatrix<br />
Farrand Garden at the Bellefield Mansion<br />
(beatrixfarrandgardenhydepark.org) on the<br />
grounds of the FDR historic home at Hyde Park.<br />
The garden has recently been painstakingly and<br />
faithfully restored and is now open to the public.<br />
In Irvington, and still in private hands, the<br />
Armour-Stiner Octagon House (armourstiner.com)<br />
is the world’s only domed octagonal house. Both<br />
the structure and its garden have been restored to<br />
their 1872 former glory, and both are now open<br />
for small weekend tours, which must be booked<br />
in advance. Last but not least, diagonally across<br />
the river, in Nyack, the Edward Hopper House<br />
Museum & Study Center (edwardhopperhouse.<br />
org) has reopened following a long closure,<br />
and is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a<br />
year-long program of events and shows. They<br />
include an exhibition of the artist’s caricatures<br />
and one celebrating the life of his wife and<br />
muse, the American painter Josephine Nivison.<br />
HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT AND WESTCHESTER<br />
COUNTY AIRPORT ARE THE MAIN AIRPORTS SERVICING<br />
THE AREA–FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE<br />
BEST AIRPORT FOR YOUR NEEDS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR<br />
<strong>NETJETS</strong> REPRESENTATIVE.<br />
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GAME OF GEMS<br />
The season’s most alluring jewelery creations make all the right<br />
moves. // Photography by Xavier Young Production by Elisa Vallata<br />
FIT FOR<br />
A QUEEN<br />
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Above:<br />
Facing page, from<br />
left to right:<br />
GRAFF white gold<br />
necklace set with<br />
rubies and diamonds<br />
DAVID MORRIS white and<br />
yellow gold Boreas<br />
earrings set with white<br />
and yellow diamonds.<br />
CHOPARD white gold<br />
Precious Lace earrings<br />
set with emeralds and<br />
diamonds VAN CLEEF &<br />
ARPELS white gold Lotus<br />
Between the Finger ring<br />
set with diamonds<br />
PRAGNELL platinum<br />
Manhattan ring set with<br />
rubies and diamonds<br />
DAVID MORRIS white<br />
gold ring set with one<br />
black opal, diamonds,<br />
sapphires, white opals,<br />
and Paraiba tourmalines.<br />
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GAME OF GEMS<br />
From the top,<br />
counterclockwise:<br />
BOODLES platinum<br />
bracelet set with<br />
aquamarines, beryls,<br />
kunzite, morganite, and<br />
white diamonds<br />
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS<br />
white gold Lotus pendant<br />
clip, set with diamonds<br />
CARTIER white gold Les<br />
Berlingots de Cartier ring,<br />
set with blue chalcedony<br />
and diamonds CHOPARD<br />
white gold L’Heure<br />
du Diamant ruby and<br />
diamond-set pendant<br />
with chain necklace<br />
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS<br />
white gold Olympia<br />
necklace set with<br />
diamonds CHOPARD<br />
platinum and rose gold<br />
Temptations earrings set<br />
with orange sapphires,<br />
tsavorites, rubies,<br />
amethysts, and<br />
diamonds ADLER white<br />
gold Brocéliande ring set<br />
with one pink cultured<br />
pearl and diamonds.<br />
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From top right,<br />
clockwise:<br />
BOGHOSSIAN white gold ring set<br />
with a Zambian emerald, seed<br />
pearl beads, and diamonds<br />
FABIO SALINI white gold ring<br />
set with one blue sapphire and<br />
diamonds GARRARD white gold<br />
Jewelled Vault ring set with rubies<br />
and diamonds<br />
BOODLES platinum and yellow<br />
gold Scroll ring set with one<br />
yellow-orange diamond and<br />
white diamonds<br />
PURLING LONDON Stone Chess<br />
Black v White alabaster board,<br />
with 34 Italian alabaster chess<br />
pieces featuring natural veining,<br />
and the Purling logo embossed<br />
in 18kt gold on Italian nappa<br />
leather felts.<br />
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GOURMET SCENE<br />
OLD AND NEW<br />
Daniel Boulud’s Le<br />
Pavillon perfectly<br />
encapsulates a<br />
modern take on<br />
traditional French<br />
cuisine.<br />
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Always bustling with creativity, chef Daniel Boulud is at his best<br />
in remaking the Manhattan icon Le Pavillon. // By Bill Knott<br />
Photography by Thomas Schauer<br />
UPDATING<br />
THE<br />
CLASSICS<br />
ON 19 MAY THIS YEAR, after many months of restrictions,<br />
restaurants in New York City were allowed to open their doors<br />
once more. On the same day, one restaurant—Le Pavillon,<br />
on the second floor of the ambitious new One Vanderbilt<br />
skyscraper in Midtown—opened its doors for the very first time.<br />
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Bill de Blasio,<br />
Mayor of New York City, paid tribute to Marc Holliday,<br />
chairman and CEO of SL Green Realty, the building’s owners<br />
“for believing in the people of New York City and investing in<br />
them,” and to Tim and Nina Zagat, founders of the eponymous<br />
restaurant guide, for their continued promotion of the city.<br />
But his most fulsome praise was reserved for Daniel Boulud,<br />
chef, restaurateur, and the culinary mastermind behind Le Pavillon.<br />
“Daniel, New York City has always loved you,” he proclaimed. “This<br />
is a symbol of New York City coming back, right here, right now.”<br />
De Blasio went on to reference the original Le Pavillon, which<br />
opened for the World’s Fair in 1939 and continued as a bastion—<br />
for a while, New York’s only bastion—of classic French cooking<br />
until 1972, acknowledging Boulud’s homage to the original,<br />
but saluting the chef’s determination to reinvent. It managed, he<br />
thought, to encapsulate the spirit of New York: “Amazing history that<br />
we honor, but a place where we always create something new.”<br />
Recalling the event, Boulud sounds a little uncomfortable<br />
with what he calls “the hoopla of celebration,” but he<br />
appreciates de Blasio’s central point. “If I am known<br />
for anything, it is the modern interpretation of classics.”<br />
One dish on the menu at Le Pavillon is a case in point.<br />
“I asked Jacques Pépin [the veteran French chef, writer, and<br />
TV presenter, who worked at the original Le Pavillon in the<br />
late 1950s] what he remembered from the menu, and he<br />
said that the most celebrated dish was poulet au champagne.<br />
SEA BLISS<br />
Halibut, Martha’s Vineyard shiitake,<br />
consommé, cabbage, and barley<br />
from Le Pavillon.<br />
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GOURMET SCENE<br />
“The classic French version is poached chicken with a sauce made<br />
with cream and champagne, but Le Pavillon changed it to rotisserie<br />
chicken served with its jus and a champagne sabayon. We have<br />
brought back the rotisserie, but now the champagne sauce is foamed<br />
in a siphon, taking out the egg yolks and making it much lighter.”<br />
It is, however, one of only a handful of meat dishes on Le<br />
Pavillon’s extensive menu. Seafood and vegetables share the<br />
limelight, and Boulud is happy to see diners “having a seafood<br />
dish each, and ordering vegetables to share.” Grilled avocado,<br />
for instance, is served with bulgur wheat, kale, harissa, and<br />
Boulud’s sophisticated, fines herbes take on green goddess<br />
sauce. “In classic French bistro cooking,” he says, “vegetables<br />
are often just a garnish, a sprig of watercress or corn salad,<br />
perhaps. At Le Pavillon, we let them take center stage.”<br />
And Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founding father of Grand Central,<br />
is honored with an oyster, redressing the balance, as Boulud—<br />
slightly tongue-in-cheek—says, with fellow magnate John D.<br />
Rockefeller. The version at Le Pavillon is filled with oyster chowder<br />
and shredded seaweed, topped with a hazelnut gratin, and<br />
Boulud expects them to be a permanent fixture on his menu.<br />
THE OPENING OF LE PAVILLON marks what Boulud hopes is “the end<br />
of the rollercoaster,” a hugely traumatic year-and-a-bit for New<br />
York’s hospitality business. Thinking back to the start of lockdown<br />
in March last year, Boulud recalls his feelings at the time. “It is<br />
one thing to lose the opportunity to be with your customers, but<br />
quite another to lose your staff. That was even more devastating.<br />
“So many of our staff had been with us for decades<br />
— they had shown great loyalty, and we always took<br />
care of them. Suddenly, we couldn’t.” A payroll of<br />
800 employees was reduced to single figures overnight.<br />
Boulud did what he could, paying many staff for weeks<br />
afterwards, until they could claim benefits. “Some of them were<br />
particularly hard hit, some lost family members to the virus.<br />
“We put three staff members on the company’s board. Together<br />
with our HR director and our director of operations, they allocated<br />
funds to the neediest. Thanks to the generosity of friends and<br />
customers, and some Zoom classes I did for corporate clients,<br />
we managed to raise $750,000. And we made sure that staff<br />
didn’t lose their health insurance, which was really important.”<br />
The second phase was launched in cooperation with Marc<br />
Holliday and SL Green: As well as One Vanderbilt, the realty<br />
company owns a dozen or so other properties in Manhattan and<br />
it is the landlord for many of the city’s restaurants. The Food1st<br />
initiative brought back many staff into kitchens to cook meals both<br />
for first responders and for vulnerable populations throughout the<br />
city. Boulud tips his toque to SL Green: “Not many landlords, in<br />
that situation, would say, ‘I’ll pay you to cook meals for the city.’ ”<br />
Boulud reopened his downtown prep kitchen and, in<br />
partnership with World Central Kitchen and Citymeals on<br />
Wheels, they started cooking and distributing food to those most<br />
in need. By August this year, they had served 627,000 meals.<br />
He also made the decision, when rules were relaxed, to<br />
open a sidewalk restaurant at Daniel, his Upper East Side<br />
flagship. “We had to close Café Boulud when the owners of the<br />
hotel we were in went bankrupt, so we brought in tables and<br />
chairs from there and tried to recreate a kind of fantasy South<br />
of France garden. We had never done it before, but it went<br />
very well.” As winter approached, he had bungalows built,<br />
complete with foam insulation, music systems, and heaters.<br />
“Inside, when we could open for limited numbers, we called<br />
Hermès, who very kindly gave us wallpapers and fabrics, and<br />
we screened each table with trees and flowers. Thankfully, we<br />
don’t need the dozen or so 11-foot panels we used anymore,<br />
so we have cut them down to 9.5 foot and sent them to the<br />
studios of some young American artists. We will sell them to<br />
benefit Citymeals on Wheels. I hope I can afford to buy one!”<br />
Daniel closed for eight weeks in summer for refurbishments<br />
originally slated for 2019. Meanwhile, Boulud is looking for a<br />
new Café Boulud site and planning the reopening of Boulud<br />
Sud, at Lincoln Center, and db Bistro Moderne in Midtown.<br />
He is optimistic for the future. “I look out from Le Pavillon to<br />
42nd Street, and the open-topped tourist buses that run every<br />
45 minutes are packed, which is a great sign. And I’m looking<br />
forward to taking my son to basketball games again: He loves it.”<br />
The Knicks? “And the Nets too,” he says, quickly. Boulud is far<br />
too canny an operator to alienate the Brooklyn basketball fans.<br />
In August, he managed to escape to France for a few days<br />
with his family; passing through Paris, he and his wife Katherine<br />
went for dinner at Michel and Sébastien Bras’s new restaurant<br />
La Halle aux Grains. Bras père is revered as one of the founding<br />
fathers of modern French cooking, and his Laguiole restaurant<br />
in the southern French countryside is one of the country’s most<br />
famous: “I love Michel, I have known him for many years.”<br />
THE RESTAURANT IS on the third floor of the newly renovated<br />
Bourse de Commerce, owned by François Pinault, who—as well<br />
as owning many luxury brands and thousands of contemporary<br />
artworks, many on display at the Bourse’s gallery—is the owner<br />
of Château Latour, and a loyal customer of Boulud’s in New York.<br />
The price of the Latour was too rich even for Boulud’s<br />
blood. “But I knew I had to order Latour, because of<br />
François. So I ordered its second wine, Forts de Latour,<br />
which was delicious and very reasonably priced.<br />
“It is a beautiful restaurant. The interior is very modern,<br />
industrial-chic, designed by the Bouroullec brothers, but<br />
when we had dinner, my wife was facing inwards and I<br />
was looking out of the window, at the corner of the Saint-<br />
Eustache church, and the canopy of Au Pied de Cochon.”<br />
Au Pied de Cochon is a legendary Parisian brasserie that, until<br />
the pandemic, had not closed its doors since 1947. Once again, it<br />
is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “I looked at the neon<br />
sign, and I thought, ‘Well, if we’re still hungry after this, we could<br />
always go over the road for a pig’s trotter!’” Daniel Boulud may<br />
be famous for embracing the present and looking to the future,<br />
but he still likes to keep one eye on the past. lepavillonnyc.com<br />
ALL ABOUT ALFRESCO<br />
A garden table at Le Pavillon,<br />
the New York icon that Daniel<br />
Boulud has reimagined.<br />
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TASTING NOTES<br />
There’s more than meets the eye in calvados, the<br />
apple-based brandy from the northwest corner<br />
of France with a new generation of custodians.<br />
// By Jim Clarke<br />
FRANCK PRIGNET/LE FIGARO MAGAZINE/LAIF<br />
SPIRIT OF<br />
NORMANDY<br />
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ON TAP<br />
Jean-Luc Fossey, cellar<br />
master at Père Magloire;<br />
facing page: Inside the<br />
Roger Groult distillery.<br />
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PITY THE FRENCHMAN with no vineyards in his<br />
département—unless he has apples instead. That’s<br />
the fate of Normandy, the region memorialized by<br />
Impressionists where the cliffs and beaches give way to<br />
gentle hills that are green and damp but rarely hot, so<br />
growing wine grapes has never really been an option.<br />
And so was born calvados, the third and sometimes<br />
forgotten brandy of France, which, unlike cognac or<br />
armagnac, is made from apples, and tastes like it.<br />
“A mix of terroir, weather, and a lot of apple varieties—<br />
around 300,” are what make Calvados special, according<br />
to Jean-Roger Groult of Roger Groult (calvados-groult.<br />
com), the fifth-generation producer in Saint-Cyr-du-<br />
Ronceray, who says his ancestor Pierre started distillation<br />
between 1850 and 1860. “He used to produce for<br />
[the] family and sell to neighbors,” before demand<br />
increased and he won his first gold medal in 1893.<br />
Even today, those 300 pomme varieties, sharp<br />
and all but inedible, wouldn’t befit a tarte tatin. “They<br />
are very different than eating apples and do not<br />
grow in many places,” says 42-year-old Guillaume<br />
Drouin at Christian Drouin (calvados-drouin.com) in<br />
Pont-l’Évêque, a village best known for its delicious<br />
square-shaped cheese. Drouin, whose half-timbered<br />
estate is open for visits, grows 20 of those varieties,<br />
divided into four categories: tart, bitter, bittersweet,<br />
and sweet. Every calvados is a blend of these<br />
types, made into a cider, then distilled and aged.<br />
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From the smallest orchards, like Michel Huard’s<br />
(calvadoshuard.com) 37-acre parcel, where cows roam<br />
beneath the trees’ high-trained branches amid a tableau<br />
of decaying moss- and ivy-covered granite castles and<br />
farmhouses, to the largest, Boulard (calvados-boulard.<br />
com), these purveyors look positively petite when<br />
compared to their outsized cognac counterparts. And yet,<br />
many of them use the same terms as that grape-based<br />
brandy on their labels: Fine, VSOP, and XO, for example.<br />
“We try to make blends the same every year,” says<br />
Drouin. “The work on vintages is different. Each year<br />
shows a unique personality which evolves with time<br />
spent in [the] cask.” That diversity is reflected in the<br />
glass: Younger calvados, such as the Boulard VSOP, is<br />
redolent of fresh ripe apples with a hint of vanilla, while<br />
a more mature blend such as Groult’s Age d’Or is richer<br />
and more complex, with spice and caramel notes. Older<br />
vintages keep that complexity but grow more delicate<br />
and elegant, sometimes showing surprising aromas like<br />
green olive and brown butter, as in Drouin’s 1939 bottling.<br />
These expressions of the apple are regulated, as<br />
are production areas, of which the best known and<br />
most revered is Calvados Pays d’Auge, between Caen<br />
and Rouen, where, according to Drouin, the resulting<br />
elixir is “rounder and milder, rich and long,” notably<br />
because it’s double-distilled. Pays d’Auge is also home<br />
to an avant-garde collective who have banded together<br />
to create Esprit Calvados (esprit-calvados.com), an<br />
association of five family-owned estates. “We started<br />
in 2008 from the will of some producers with the<br />
same ‘DNA,’ to show that there is a young generation<br />
APPLE HIGH<br />
The new generation of calvados makers<br />
is led by the likes of Richard Prével of<br />
Boulard, left, which has the largest<br />
orchards in the region.<br />
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TASTING NOTES<br />
CORE FAMILY<br />
Sister-and-brother<br />
team Anne-Pamy and<br />
the late Jerome Dupont<br />
were at the heart of the<br />
calvados renaissance.<br />
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interested in calvados production and pursuing the<br />
tradition and bringing some fresh and open ideas at the<br />
same time,” explained Jerome Dupont to me a few years<br />
ago. As head of the stately Domaine Dupont (calvadosdupont.com),<br />
he did so much to push the new modern<br />
image of calvados before his untimely death in 2018.<br />
The aforementioned Groult, Dupont, and Drouin<br />
are all members of Esprit Calvados, as is Le Père Jules<br />
(calvados-leperejules.com), which is based in Saint-<br />
Désir and which bottles 10, 20, and even 40-yearold<br />
blends in its atmospheric cellars, and Pierre Huet<br />
(calvados-huet.com), which still has a 1935 vintage<br />
calvados for sale at its highly regarded domaine on the<br />
Route du Cidre in the charmed village of Cambremer.<br />
While Pays d’Auge, closest to Normandy’s historic<br />
beaches, gets much of the attention, there is another<br />
region, Calvados Domfrontais, which adds to the stylistic<br />
diversity. Drouin calls these single-distilled brandies<br />
“more straightforward, more acidic, vibrant, and lively,”<br />
a character brought out further by the inclusion of<br />
pears—at least 30%. Two exemplars of this appellation<br />
are producers Lauriston (calvados-lauriston.com) and<br />
Père Magloire (calvados-pere-magloire.com) whose<br />
fruity and more subtle calvados work well as aperitifs<br />
or in cocktails. Regardless of where they are cultivated,<br />
“the apple aromas create the flavorful typicity of<br />
calvados compared to other brown spirits,” Dupont once<br />
said. “And this is one of the main reasons why calvados<br />
lovers are so faithful.” Leave it to a Frenchman to<br />
inject a bit of romance into the intoxicating equation.<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
Deauville has been a resort town for Parisians for<br />
decades; its Hotel Normandy Barrière (hotelsbarriere.<br />
com) is a classic, near the beach with a casino<br />
attached. For a quieter time, head outside of town to<br />
Les Manoirs de Tourgéville (lesmanoirstourgeville.<br />
com), set among the area’s golf courses and stud<br />
farms, or to Les Manoirs des Portes de Deauville<br />
(portesdedeauville.com), where the nine cottages<br />
are surrounded by six acres of blissful calm. In<br />
historic Honfleur, Hôtel Saint-Delis (hotel-saintdelis.fr)<br />
offers nine chic rooms and some remarkable<br />
restaurants in easy reach. But to really get into the<br />
heart of Calvados, head to Château de la Pommeraye<br />
(chateaudelapommeraye.com), set in the countryside<br />
inside a renovated 12th-century castle.<br />
WHERE TO EAT<br />
Normandy is known for its dairy; try the Michelinstarred<br />
Le Pavé d’Auge (pavedauge.com) in Beuvronen-Auge<br />
for some classic cream- and cheese-centered<br />
dishes. Inside the casino in Deauville, Le Ciro’s<br />
Barrière (casinosbarriere.com) makes the most of the<br />
seaside location with a great seafood menu as well as<br />
a superb list of calvados for afterward, or for a more<br />
modern take on local, seasonal ingredients, try Caen’s<br />
A Contre Sens (acontresenscaen.fr).<br />
A TASTE OF THE PAST, TODAY<br />
The popularity of the “third” French<br />
brandy may be increasing but it remains<br />
true to its traditions.<br />
CLAES LOFGREN / WINEPICTURES.COM<br />
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INSIDE LOOK<br />
A KIND<br />
OF MAGIC<br />
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An immersive art experience like no other, the new<br />
Superblue in Miami further cements the city’s leading<br />
role in the contemporary art world.<br />
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TRULY IMMERSIVE<br />
As stunning cultural experiences go, it’s hard to top Superblue, the new art space in<br />
Miami that has quickly become a local, and global, sensation. It’s the brainchild of<br />
Marc Glimcher, president and CEO of Pace Gallery, and former Pace London president<br />
Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst. While the new venture is separate from Pace—one of the<br />
world’s leading private galleries, with locations in New York, London, Hong Kong,<br />
Seoul, and several other cities—the concept is much the same: A platform for artists<br />
to express their visions. The primary difference here is scale. Superblue is housed in<br />
a renovated warehouse a few blocks west of Wynwood that measures 50,000 square<br />
foot (the White House in Washington, D.C., for comparison, is about 55,000 square<br />
foot). Ceilings stretch to 30-foot high, and it’s easy to feel lost in the artists’ creations—<br />
which is precisely the point. The opening show features installations by just two artists<br />
and a collective, and the gallery’s directors foresee an ever-evolving program that<br />
involves not only large-scale projects, but also ones that involve all five senses and are<br />
interactive. Economically, Superblue differs from Pace as well: Superblue funds artists<br />
to create the works and then pays royalties based on ticket sales. Plans are in place for<br />
additional Superblue sites across the U.S. and the world, but for now this first location<br />
has slotted into Miami’s flourishing art scene exceptionally well: Art aficionados looking<br />
to decompress from the immersive experience can simply cross the street and wander<br />
around the Rubell Museum, one of the largest private collections of contemporary art<br />
in America. It’s a compelling proposition—and, perhaps, a model for what’s to come in<br />
cities around the world. superblue.com<br />
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A visitor explores “Massless<br />
Clouds Between Sculpture<br />
and Life,” a 2020 work by<br />
teamLab in the “Every Wall<br />
is a Door” exhibition at<br />
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Es Devlin’s “Forest of Us,”<br />
<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
FACING PAGE<br />
Artist Devlin takes a photo<br />
of herself in her installation<br />
“Forest of Us.”<br />
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THIS PAGE<br />
Es Devlin is reflected multiple<br />
times in her installation “Forest<br />
of Us,” <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
FACING PAGE<br />
Visitors explore “Meadow,” 2017,<br />
a work by DRIFT.<br />
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THE LAST WORD<br />
WILLIAM CHASE<br />
The farming entrepreneur on how he enjoys some rare downtime<br />
TRAVEL<br />
Sun worshipper or thrill-seeker?<br />
I want to get more into sailing,<br />
so I have to go and physically<br />
take a break. I quite enjoy skiing<br />
too, because it’s good to go and<br />
do something rather than just let<br />
the day pass by. So, I’d say I’m<br />
probably more of a thrill-seeker.<br />
I’d like to buy an Oyster yacht<br />
and sail around the Med—and<br />
in couple of years travel a lot<br />
further. I’m into sailing because it<br />
is a challenge.<br />
ACCOMMODATION<br />
Grandes dames, luxe design, or<br />
eminently private? If I’m going<br />
to stay somewhere briefly, I<br />
really look for boutique hotels.<br />
My favorite at the moment is<br />
in Palma, Mallorca, called Can<br />
Bordoy. It’s not ostentatious, it’s<br />
very understated and privately<br />
owned—and the food ... it’s all<br />
about the food. They’re really into<br />
healthy, healthy lifestyles.<br />
ARTS<br />
Still life or live performance? I love<br />
museums, and that whole collecting<br />
culture from wherever you are. On my<br />
travels, I would say I’ve enjoyed more<br />
things in places like Turkey and more<br />
remote places. My first experience<br />
in Turkey was going through these<br />
different-era Roman sites, and they<br />
weren’t protected at all—they just<br />
asked you to stand back from the<br />
mosaics. Tel Aviv is a beautiful<br />
place—it’s phenomenal how much<br />
culture there is there.<br />
TRANSPORT<br />
Fast lane or cruise control? I’ve got<br />
a lot of old Land Rovers and steam<br />
engines, but I’d love a Lamborghini<br />
Miura—the first supercar ever made.<br />
It’s not the actual car but the magic all<br />
around it. I love very old Ferraris, but I<br />
don’t like the new ones.<br />
FUTURE PLANS<br />
Expansion plans or build on what you<br />
have? I love building a brand. After<br />
crisps (Tyrrells) and spirits (Chase Gin<br />
& Vodka), my new project, Willy’s<br />
ACV is about live food, probiotics, and<br />
fermenting. We’re trying to educate<br />
people on the benefits of healthy live<br />
food and a healthy diet. willysacv.com<br />
FOOD<br />
Top names or hidden gems?<br />
Everybody’s now looking for<br />
those hidden gems. And they<br />
want some of the fun, something<br />
that’s very typical, and very<br />
honest. Everybody wants home<br />
ferments and homemade,<br />
healthy food. And I think the<br />
best place to go is obviously in<br />
all these traditional places where<br />
they’ve been doing the same for<br />
years and years.<br />
ARCHITECTURE<br />
Classical or modern? I’m a<br />
classical fan—I like old stone.<br />
I like character and the magic<br />
in buildings. Once something’s<br />
had years and years of oldstone<br />
character and charm,<br />
you can’t lose that. We’ve got<br />
a 16th-century house I live in<br />
in Herefordshire. And when we<br />
developed that—it hadn’t been<br />
touched for many years—we<br />
wanted to preserve that feel.<br />
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Anchored • Rooted<br />
Balanced • Determined