The Purist Winter Issue 2021

A N A D V E N T U R E IN W E L L N E S S

FASHION FORWARD SLOPE SIDE Gabriela Hearst Yigal Azrouël Veronica Beard Wes Gordon Mackage Moncler Cynthia Rowley

DECODING EMDR BALANCING BRAIN CHEMISTRY CARB CYCLING

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

OLYMPIC SKIER GUS KENWORTHY

GET COZY THIS WINTER IN ASPEN + SOUTH FLORIDA

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Q2 | 2021

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Happy Holidays As we near the end of this challenging pandemic, I am tremendously grateful for all those who have remained connected and made this year a success. I feel blessed and send best wishes to all for the year to come!

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in particular. In this issue, we celebrate one such talent, who was given the 2021 Second Award in the Residential Category in the Global Architecture & Design Awards: Christopher Coy of Barnes Coy Architects. His incredible use of light in interior spaces and ability to lend peace and rest to a house is magical. I have seen it myself in the homes he creates, including the South Florida one exclusively featured in these pages.

When January rears its chilling head, I redirect my focus.

That’s what a resolution is all about. Read more. Travel again. Write. Sharpen my Italian so I don’t speak the wrong language when I land in Rome. Then there’s the me that doesn’t want to leave home much at all. The me that likes to meditate and sleep and subscribe to a more indulgent directive, from Life’s Little Instruction Book: “Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.”

Through the pages of this issue, we take you on a tour of delicious food—from new restaurants in the mountains of Aspen, in sunny Miami and Palm Beach, and on Long Island, where François Payard has a new outpost.

My latest passion: architecture. Thanks to incredible architectural clients with a deep understanding of wellness in the home, I have learned about the linear conveyance of calm found within modern architecture,

What’s your New Year’s resolution?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES 106 FREE STYLE Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy talks with Purist about his dynamic freestyle skiing career and his work as a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and animal welfare.

112 WELLNESS SUPERHEROES Three women who make the world a healthier place, including Amy Jordan of WundaBar Pilates, Tricia Williams of Daily Dose and Lori Levine of Scott’s Protein Balls 116

ASPEN Your guide to mountainside style destinations, art shows and chic après-ski hangout spots

122 NEW YORK A collection of the finest vegan cuisine in town, plus the hottest new destinations at which to mingle, stay mindful and get pampered in NYC

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128 SOUTH FLORIDA Where to unwind and dine in the Magic City this winter

“Everyone should utilize their voice and vocalize their beliefs.”

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The entry hall of Barnes Coy Architects’ newest Vero Beach project features a custom-made light fixture by Venini on the island of Murano.

36 UNDERSTANDING EMDR A revolutionary treatment for PTSD 38 TALK TO THE SCREEN How the world of psychology has evolved with the rise of virtual therapy sessions 40 GIVING THANKS Keep your cool this holiday season by focusing on life’s intangible gifts.

42 DIVING DEEP Superstar Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps gets real about mental health.

HEALTH

58 ADDRESSING GENDER BIAS The detrimental effects of inequity in health care, plus trusted practitioners in Aspen, New York City and South Florida

48 FIND YOUR VIBRANCE VibrantDoc founder Stacie Stephenson, DC, CNS, offers a holistic approach to living well.

SPACE

46 ASK THE DR. Get life-changing insights about your health by tracking your heart rate variability.

50 BRAIN POWER BrainJuice CEO Lisa Ellis breaks down the science of neurological wellness.

54 DROP ACID A first look at Drop Acid, a new book about the alarming effects of uric acid 26

64 LEADING LIGHT Architectural mastermind Christopher Coy of Barnes Coy Architects gives a glimpse of his newest creation in Vero Beach, Florida.

66 PURE PROPERTY Real estate news in Aspen and the Hamptons

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WEEKEND

76 CHILL OUT CBD-infused goodies to promote relaxation this season

84 HIGH ALTITUDE STYLE Fashion-forward skiwear made with innovative technology, from Moncler

72 RESOLUTION: RADIANCE Chantecaille’s fan-favorite Bio Lifting Mask+ is back and better than ever with a revamped formula, benefiting a noble cause.

78 INTIMATE CARE Destigmatizing the conversation around women’s sexual wellness with Rosebud Woman

82 STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY Designer Gabriela Hearst on her new eco-conscious line, plus a sneak peek at the brand’s Aspen outpost

86 MAN OF THE MOMENT Fashion journalist Alina Cho and Wes Gordon, creative director of Carolina Herrera, discuss the style visionary’s origins and dreams for the future.

88 MIAMI HEAT Veronica Beard hits Miami with a new boutique offering sharp ready-to-wear essentials.

90 MONTAUK TO MOUNTAINS Cynthia Rowley launches a new ski collection with Roxy.

NYC-based functional health destination The Well features this minimalist steam room.

94 WINTER FLORALS LoveShackFancy hits the slopes.

96 EDITOR’S PICKS A guide to staying cozy in style this winter

99 UP AND UP How the upcycled-food movement fights climate change

100 FROM THE OUTSIDE IN Introducing Llama Mama, a prebiotic beverage made with Peruvian superfoods.

101 CARB CYCLING The science of carb cycling made easy, from certified nutritionist Serena Poon 102 FARM-TO-TABLE TREATS Wholesome holiday confections from James Beardawarded pastry chef François Payard

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140 WINTER REBOOT Mindful movement to prime your body for invigorating winter sports 142 WALKING MEDITATION How the treadmill can be used to center the mind and ground the body 144 NUMEROLOGY A by-the-numbers look at actor, musician and philanthropist Keanu Reeves

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92 IN THE FLOW Inside the new collection from design maverick Yigal Azrouël

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EDITORIAL

Founder + Editor Cristina Cuomo Executive Editor Ray Rogers

Features Editor Jim Servin

Associate Editor + Photo Editor Gabrielle Echevarrieta

Senior Wellness + Beauty Editor Amely Greeven

Beauty + Fitness Editor Beth Landman

Wellness Editor Fernanda Niven

Contributing Health Editors Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, The Morrison Center, Tapp Francke Ingolia, STANDwellness

Copy Editor Michèle Filon

Research Editor Jill Malter

Contributing Editor Peter Som

Special Project Editors Jenny Landey, TR Pescod

Contributing Fashion Editor Gretchen Gunlocke Fenton

Contributing Literary Editors Monique Millane, Alison Relyea

Editorial Assistant Selena Rodriguez

Contributing Writers Marisa Belger, Donna Bulseco, Candace Bushnell, Bevin Butler, Constance Chen Alina Cho, Katie Colgate, Camille Coy, Chris Cuomo, Dr. Gerry Curatola Donna D’Cruz, Matt Diehl, Matt Dornic, Dimitri Ehrlich, Melissa Errico, Pamela Fiori Marisa Fox, Steve Garbarino, Ann Louise Gittleman, Kara Goldin, Linda Hayes

Nancy Kane, Ami Keaoloha, Matthew Kenney, Dr. Gail King, Dr. Frank Lipman Dr. Lea Lis, Kevin Menard, Marci Moreau, Roxanna Namavar, Dr. David Perlmutter Annelise Peterson, Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, Dr. Whitney Roban, Hal Rubenstein Michele Shapiro, Brooke Shields, Biet Simkin, Lea Sisson, Dr. Carder Stout, Julia Szabo Edwina Von Gal, Regina Weinreich, Ali Wentworth, Constance C.R. White

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CO N T R I B U TO R S WHAT ARE YOUR GO-TO WARDROBE STAPLES FOR WINTER? By day, Loewe black leather culottes, Tom Ford black cashmere coat, The Elder Statesman striped scarf. By night, Schiaparelli and Carolina Herrera.

WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM TREATING YOUR PATIENTS? I’m always left with this incredible joy that we are rewriting both of our stories at the same time.

It’s a privilege.

WHAT IS YOUR GO-TO WAY TO STAY MENTALLY WELL? From guided meditation to gravity blankets, I’m on a never-ending quest to perfect my sleep patterns, because it all starts there.

WHAT ARE SIMPLE HABITS TO IMPLEMENT INTO A DAILY ROUTINE TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE? Getting outside, moving your body every day, eating vegetables, and taking 20 to 30 minutes every day to relax and reflect.

HOW ARE URIC ACID AND NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONNECTED? The two most important processes underlying Alzheimer’s are inflammation and compromised blood supply; elevated uric acid enhances both issues.

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DAVID PERLMUTTER, MD

who interviewed designer Wes Gordon

who explored the pros and cons of virtual therapy

who wrote about EMDR

who gave expert advice on emotional and physical wellness

who shared an excerpt from his new book, Drop Acid

Alina Cho is an Emmy Awardwinning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning, producer of the upcoming Netflix documentary on Martha Stewart and host of The Atelier with Alina Cho at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dr. Carder Stout is a Los Angeles-area psychotherapist who treats individuals, couples and families, with specialties in addiction and dream analysis. As a depth psychologist, Stout believes that everyone has the capacity to be happy, and aims to heal those parts that are standing in the way.

Matt Dornic is the head of strategic communications for CNN Worldwide. A former broadcaster, blogger and columnist, Matt has worked in media for nearly two decades.

He’s passionate about fitness, mental wellness and his three dogs.

Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson is the author of the bestselling book Vibrant: A Groundbreaking Program to Get Energized, Own Your Health, and Glow, and a recognized leader in functional medicine focused on integrative, regenerative, anti-aging and natural medicine modalities. She serves as the chair of Functional Medicine at Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and fivetime New York Times bestselling author. He serves on the board of directors and is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He is the author of Grain Brain, among others, and his upcoming book, Drop Acid, is out February 15, 2022. The book looks at uric acid as the key to health and longevity.

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Happy Holidays With the gifts of trust and confidence from my Sellers, Buyers, Landlords and Tenants, I look towards the New Year with a blessed and grateful heart. Whether a cottage or a castle, there is still “No Place Like Home”.

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At the end of this year, reflect on the positive changes you have implemented, and set new goals for spiritual fulfillment in 2022.

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For those living with PTSD, recurrent nightmares of unsettling events can dramatically affect sleep quality.

UNDERSTANDING EMDR

upwardly mobile media executive, I’d established an impressive life and a large group of friends. I had a reputation for being a confident, competent and tough-as-nails protector and defender of my company, colleagues and loved ones. And yet there I was, a guy known for thriving in the face of crisis and conflict, weak and helpless. A dam of unprocessed trauma had broken and I was drowning.

Desperate for a solution, I’d added to my arsenal a psychiatrist who prescribed an antidepressant to help. Unfortunately, that only made matters worse. As it turns out, I’m one of the unlucky few who experience the opposite effect from selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), which include popular drugs such as Zoloft, Lexapro and Prozac.

Before things went irreversibly off the rails, a friend proposed a solution that permanently changed my approach to mental wellness: EMDR (eye movement

I rolled over to check the time on my phone: 2:54AM. I was wide awake, rattled and panicked for the third time since I’d downed a generous dose of sleeping aids a few hours earlier. It was a chilly January morning, yet my pillow and T-shirt were completely drenched in sweat. It had been nearly two months since a deeply painful event and cruel set of circumstances sent me into an emotional tailspin.

The adage “time heals everything” failed to ring true in my situation, which grew darker by the day. Graphic nightmares made sleep more excruciating than being awake with my thoughts—a vicious loop that played like a broken record in my head. My fixation on the event and seemingly endless need to analyze it had exhausted my support system, and twice-weekly talk therapy sessions felt like treading water in a stormy sea.

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One man shares his success with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, a form of psychotherapy known to treat PTSD without drugs. By Matt Dornic

I later learned that it is the dual attention to past and present at the same time that made it possible for my system to process the traumatic event. I could see the scene clearly and ultimately file it neatly away in my brain. As we continued the work, a sort of memory map unfolded. Experiences I hadn’t considered or even remembered from adolescence (and earlier) began surfacing during sessions. Events that out of context might seem completely inconsequential had actually set the foundation for the flawed belief system plaguing my life.

One by one we reprocessed each memory.

The evening after my first session I went to bed early and slept 10 full hours without so much as melatonin. I experienced vivid dreams but no nightmares and I woke feeling connected and present. After a month of sessions with Deany, my mental health had been fully restored.

Because of my profoundly positive results, I still work with my EMDR therapist on occasion to tackle present-day triggers that I know are connected to old stuff. In addition to treating trauma effectively, others have found it useful for depression, anxiety, loneliness, relationship troubles, eating disorders and low self-esteem. Through EMDR I’ve gained an enlightened sense of others and myself and I no longer react with those negative feelings based on my past experiences.

While every person’s mental health journey is unique, the very act of writing this piece is a testament to the degree in which EMDR improved my life, and a reflection of my hope that it may help others, too.

desensitization and reprocessing). After sharing his own experience, he connected me with Deany Laliotis, master trainer and founder of The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy. Our first session provided immediate relief.

While my previous adventures in therapy focused on ways to replace negative thoughts and emotions with healthy habits and distractions, EMDR directly targets memory—the root cause of my distress. Think of it like this: As human beings, we are essentially the sum total of our experiences. Once past, an experience is a memory. And our brains, like deep filing cabinets for memories, serve as robust reference guides that direct our decisions and the way we respond to new experiences—for better or worse.

An unprocessed trauma, on the other hand, can be impossible to file away because of its intense emotional charge. Or if it does get put away, it’s filed along other unprocessed experiences that are similar. If there are too many of them, the result is a debilitating traffic jam in your brain, causing a person to experience the trauma over and over.

In order to deactivate the triggers disrupting my life, we had to bring them up in session with a focus on the present, not on how it felt in that past. I was asked to describe what I saw in my mind’s eye, my body’s physical sensations, a negative belief about myself, and to rate the severity of distress from zero to 10. While my eyes followed her fingers or an LED light bar moving side to side, Deany guided me through the experience, keeping one foot in the present and the other in the past.

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TALK TO THE SCREEN

A veteran psychologist analyzes the pros and cons of treating patients online.

room while others cough on them. They use this valuable time for other endeavors, like playing with their kids or going for a walk. Each of them has expressed that doing sessions on a computer screen is just as helpful. Who am I to argue? Many of them actually prefer the convenience of this new arrangement. They simply want to connect with someone they trust for 50 minutes per week, and the computer provides them with this opportunity.

When my brick-and-mortar office was in full swing, I had one hard-and-fast rule: I asked my patients to power down their cellphones before entering. I believed that the distraction of a phone prevented them from being fully present. Ironically, I am breaking my own rule and using this very device to conduct my sessions. I still feel that phones create a barrier between us and impede our connectivity as human beings. But in the case of therapy, the barrier has come down. There is still intimacy in the virtual space that binds patient to therapist. I am able to decipher moods, read expressions and be fully engaged on a screen.

One aspect that I miss is the sharing of energy that only happens in person. There is an energetic exchange that transpires through the airwaves, but it cannot replace the palpable energy of being next to someone. We radiate all types of energy from our cells, and the presence of another often soothes or reflects this energy field. There is prodigious healing that takes place when you lock eyes with someone in person and let them know you care. This energy is categorically different from the field we emit from a device, but for the purpose of therapy both will suffice.

There are virtual therapy companies springing up across the globe such as Talkspace and BetterHelp. My belief has always been that you should choose a therapist according to your personal needs—read about their specialties and orientation, be specific and determined to find the right fit. So, I am not an advocate of reaching out to a site and haphazardly being paired with someone.

Most therapists I know provide an online option these days, so research what is best for you and proceed accordingly. But don’t be afraid to try therapy online—it’s still a great option, minus the hugs.

I remember when I moved into my first therapy office.

I had finally arrived. It had been a long haul getting there—years of graduate school, internships and licensing exams had worn me down, but seeing my name on the door of that corner office made it all worthwhile. I painted the walls a deep ocean blue. My patients told me that the room felt “underwater,” which was perfect, as the archetypal symbol for the unconscious is water, and my intention was to transport them there. I placed an heirloom rug on the floor. I hung a Richard Dupont lithograph of a foot on the wall. I had my windows tinted.

The furniture was deep and comfortable—as was I in my new realm, and there I stayed for 10 years.

So many secrets spilled in that room, so many tears, so much pain, but on the other side was healing. I believe that my patients walked out happier than when they arrived, and I took pride in that. They shared their stories with me, and we wrote new chapters together. There was always laughter amid the suffering, and often there was a hug at the end of the session. Regardless of what I had learned about having good boundaries as a psychologist, if a patient wanted a hug before exiting, I was a willing participant.

My lease was up in March of 2020, and I was faced with the prospect of renewing for another 10 years. I loved that office and had a decade’s worth of emotion wrapped around it, but something told me to hit pause for a moment and think things through. There was a strange illness that was emerging around the world, and as a protective measure people were more inclined to stay at home. So, my intuition told me to circle the wagons and let the office go.

And thus, the world went virtual. I paid for a Zoom account like everyone else and began seeing my patients on the computer. It felt strange at first—I had resisted doing this for years, and had preached the efficacy of meeting in person. But this experiment has surprisingly grown on me, and two years later it feels like the norm. I have come to realize that the benefits of virtual therapy outweigh the detriments. My patients no longer have to fight traffic for two hours, pay for parking and sit in a crowded waiting

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The best way to navigate holiday madness is to go with the flow. BY DONNA D’CRUZ if they ever did. Easy to say, challenging to do, right?

Especially when whatever crisis du jour is passing over us and roiling the spirit. This Hermann Hesse quote resonates deeply with me: “Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.”

One of the things we can choose to do to replenish the mind and heart is to allocate a daily period for meditation and reflection. Whatever small amount of time you can budget is good, and certainly better than none at all. We can remind ourselves, even in the midst of storms assailing us, to invoke “This too, shall pass,” which doesn’t stop you from dealing with the crisis at hand, but works as an active prompt to the spirit that a surcease will come.

Frozen, the Disney fave, and its ubiquitous theme song, “Let It Go,” resonated with millions of people everywhere for a reason. By releasing angst, we free ourselves to better deal with the issue at hand.

An attitude of authentic letting go is a determined and difficult choice at times, and miles away from what we imagine it to be. Like a great river, going with the flow can take us into byways we never dreamed of. And then it flows into that larger ocean beyond that surrounds us all.

Let it go…get in the flow of your own divine nature.

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“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues” – Cicero So here we are at that time of year, sandwiched between one ghostly holiday and on the brink of the razzle-dazzle consumerism of what that beloved curmudgeon Andy Rooney called a season to “sell-abrate.” One holiday encourages us to think and adorn ourselves in ways that terrify; the other ones encourage us to spend in ways that are terrifying.

What energy and determination it takes to hold on to notions of how things should turn out, given our concerted efforts, and how bitterly disappointed we feel when our plans take an unexpected turn or, worse still, don’t come to fruition at all.

It’s only human, then, to cling to what we know, to what we planned, instead of surrendering to another option.

Relinquishing cherished notions that no longer work can be a painful business for the mind and heart.

Maybe we choose to flip the script, turn a well-loved name on its head and refer to this time of year as Giving Thanks—not as a literary trick, but as an authentic way of looking for the abundance and goodness already existing in our lives, however it manifests itself, whether in our surroundings, good health or healthy food on the table.

Sometimes, the more you look, the more you find.

We grasp at familiar mindsets, blind to the knowledge that they may no longer be serving us well—or at all—

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The most successful Olympian of all time, former competitive swimmer Michael Phelps won 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold—more than anyone else in the history of the international sporting event. While no one could touch him in the water, outside the pool he battled demons of depression and anxiety. On the occasion of being honored with the 2021 Hope Award for Depression Advocacy from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) at The Plaza hotel, Phelps answered questions about his mission of awareness.

How can depression happen to someone like you, one of the greatest sports heroes ever? When did you first notice symptoms?

MICHAEL PHELPS: I returned from the 2000 Olympics with no medals. In 2004, I won eight total: six gold, two bronze. And coming back from that is when I first noticed a depression spell. I started calling it the post-Olympic depression, because you go for four years and you’ve literally put everything into one thing. And the moment that is over, what do you do?

So for me, that was the point where you’re at that side of the cliff and you don’t really know where to go or who to talk to. That’s when I saw my first downward spiral.

Four years later, after 2008, the same thing happened again. 2014 was where I found myself not wanting to be alive. Throughout my career, I chose to compartmentalize, because that’s what I had to do in order to have the chance and opportunities that I did. So for me doing that, I think probably I was like a volcano and just exploded. In 2014, I really hit rock bottom and decided I wanted to see what else was out there. How can I get back? How can I get help?

I checked myself into a treatment center. For the first few days, it was the scariest place I’ve ever been. But I’ll tell you—going through that 45-day treatment session, being able to understand more about myself and why I work how I work, is the reason why I’m standing here today. And

What many people want to know is about treatment.

MP: When somebody first In 2008, Michael told me about therapy, I Phelps set up a foundation to was like, “No, it’s not me,” promote swimming but honestly, I can’t tell you and healthy lifestyles. how much better I feel after talking to a therapist. So being able to try these different things, just add them into my everyday life, helped me be the authentic me. That’s all I want to do every day. For 20 years, I looked at myself as a swimmer and not a human being. For the first time in my life, I like who I am, I enjoy seeing my reflection back in the mirror. So I feel like a human being, and it’s really awesome.

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since that moment, I’ve been able to do more work on myself, trying to help as many people as I can, because I’ve had the privilege to see that I’m not alone.

I think everything that I’m doing outside the pool is better and bigger than anything I could ever have done in the pool—the chance for me to save a life.

You heard it from me: It’s a scary place and I didn’t want to be alive. I’m very thankful I have the support system to help me through those times.

I learned that I can’t do this by myself.

herself down the stairs while pregnant. She was clearly depressed. What advice would you give to others who suffered from being in bad relationships, like Diana did?

MP: I think one thing to say is that everyone’s mental health is different. Mental health looks completely different with every single person. Hopefully we can learn the importance of opening up and talking. I think for so long, people looked at vulnerability as a weakness. That is one thing that we need to change.

away at the stigma. When did you decide to go public?

MP: I was doing an interview with Tim Layden, a Sports Illustrated reporter, before the 2016 Olympics. Whatever question he asked me that day, I still don’t remember what it was, I just poured it out. I was ready to unload everything that I had gone through, had learned and how I felt, to get it all out there on the table.

For the first time in my life I said, I’m going to be my authentic self and I’m going to show the world who I really am. And if somebody doesn’t like that, it’s not my problem, because I’m going to be me and I’m going to like who I am. So I think really just at that point, I didn’t really care what other people were going to think or say about me.

If you can work on your physical and mental health, it’s going to make you even stronger than you’ve ever been.

You are a dual champion, as an athlete and a humanitarian. What are the qualities that make a champion?

MP: Hard work, dedication, never giving up, being yourself.

As a kid growing up, I had a dream of doing something no one else had ever done before. Every single day, I got into the pool and tried to get one step closer, and little by little I was able to do that. Why? Because I wanted a chance.

I wanted an opportunity that no one else ever had. That’s how I focused, and was able to accomplish all of my dreams and goals.

What would you tell someone who’s experiencing the same symptoms that you went through?

MP: Just you be you. Be yourself. Typically I have a bracelet on that says “Be You.” It’s OK to not be OK, and to be you, right? We’re our own individuals. We have to be ourselves.

We can’t try and pretend to be somebody else. So, who are we? Figure out who we are and love it, embrace it, enjoy it, just go crazy. Like, that’s so cool for me.

What Naomi Osaka did on her own platform, telling her own her story, we all learned some amazing things.

Everybody started seeing that it’s OK to not be OK. And look at what Simone Biles did, at the biggest spot in her career.

[In July 2021, Biles pulled out of the women’s all-around final and several women’s individual competitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to focus on her mental health, saying, “Physical health is mental health.” She subsequently won a bronze medal in the balance beam final.]

So I think being able to have the messages that they’ve been able to share, and Kevin Love as well, all of these athletes and these celebrities, these human beings that have stepped up and shared their experiences about mental health, have been able to save lives. Because there are millions of people going through the same exact thing.

The last decade has been so incredible for the mental health space. We can lift that mat off the ground. It’s been a journey for me to be able to see that, because I thought I was the only one standing on top of the mountain screaming and nobody listened. Now, we want to talk.

How did you transition from being a legend in the water to being a thought leader on land?

MP: I’m a process-oriented human being—one step at a time, one day at a time. I have so many goals that I want to achieve outside the pool, now that I’m no longer competing. I know I can’t do it overnight, so it’s going to be small steps, stacking small things up, and trying to do as many small things as well as I possibly can. I feel that if you’re doing that every single day, then you’re giving yourself the best chance to do whatever it is that you’re trying to achieve.

What does wellness mean to you?

MP: Mental and physical wellness are one. When you look at sports in general, a lot of people see physical strength.

We all need to take a deeper dive and try to figure out ways to get our minds better and our bodies better.

Many of us have seen you frequently on television as an ambassador of Talkspace. There are not enough mental health professionals to deal with the magnitude of the need today, especially through a pandemic.

MP: It’s something that is so simple, but so helpful, just to be able to open up and share. I can make the joke now that I learned to communicate at the age of 30, but at least I got there. michaelphelpsfoundation.org. If you have thoughts of harming yourself, immediate help is available by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 800.273.8255, to speak with a trained counselor.

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Over the past few decades, how we practice medicine and how our patients approach their health has changed dramatically, for the better. Maintaining wellness is no longer shrouded in mystery. At last, lifestyle adjustments and upgrades have become, for many, the first line of defense versus “there’s-a-pill-for-that”—conventional medicine’s default setting.

As integrative medicine has evolved, patients have seen firsthand how behavioral upgrades like eating a healthy diet, weaving more movement into the day, and practicing gratitude, mindfulness and stress reduction can have a significant impact on how they look and feel now, and reduce the risk of serious disease risk later on.

Technology can play an important role as well. Wearable trackers (married to apps) can help move the self-care process along. One often overlooked but extremely helpful

health marker I encourage everyone to track is their heart rate variability (HRV). Learning more about your HRV can give you a better picture of your cardiovascular fitness and your overall resilience, as well as helping to steer you toward more health-supportive daily behaviors and lifestyle tweaks.

Think of HRV as a sort of on-demand monitoring and feedback system for doing the stuff that keeps you well.

Here’s a top line on this fascinating yet still slightly under-the-radar tool to help guide yourself to optimal health:

seconds between two others—in other words, it’s variable, and that’s actually a good thing, an indicator of better cardiovascular fitness and resilience.

In general, in the presence of stressors, there’s less time between beats. When you’re relaxed or sleeping, the time (counted in milliseconds) between beats is longer. The between-beat timing is controlled by your autonomic nervous system, or ANS, as are other functions like heart rate, digestion, blood pressure, respiration and even sexual arousal.

HRV IS ABOUT TIMING. Though you may not be familiar with the term, heart rate variability is just a measurement of the elapsed time between heartbeats. If your heart rate clocks in at about 60 beats a minute, it’s not necessarily beating every second. It may be beating 0.5 seconds between two beats and 1.30

HRV TAKES ORDERS FROM YOUR RELAXATION AND YOUR FIGHT-ORFLIGHT RESPONSE. Driving the ANS are two yin and yanglike components, namely the sympathetic nervous system or SNS, and the parasympathetic nervous system or PSNS. Among the jobs the SNS handles is the fight-or-flight response, while the

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addition to numerous other body readouts and behaviors.

Like a mobile version of the old-school EKG—which you might have gotten once a year (if that) at your doc’s office—trackers can give you a pretty comprehensive picture of your day-to-day cardiovascular health. The numbers will help keep you honest, rewarding your efforts when you’re doing well and reminding you to get back on the healthy path should you falter.

PSNS handles, among other things, the relaxation response.

So, when SNS activity increases, aka stress is on the rise, your HRV—the time between beats—decreases.

When PSNS activity increases—and relaxation is on the rise—HRV increases. When there is more variation between heartbeats, it indicates that the ANS is managing both the SNS and the PSNS without major disruptions and responding to the stimuli of the day with balance and resilience. If you’re doing a good job of managing your diet, sleeping well, exercising, maintaining healthy relationships and staying social, then HRV stays well-tuned to your internal and external environment.

PUT THE POWER OF HRV TO WORK. Although you can expect some minor variations with accuracy (trackers aren’t infallible yet), another important way to put your HRV data to use is to see patterns. By that I mean: What happens to your HRV with different health adjustments and interventions? What’s the real-time impact of eating less sugar, eating lightly at night, drinking more water throughout the day, meditating more, moving more and different types of exercise? When patients get real-time feedback on how different behaviors affect their nervous system and their HRV, it’s an incredible eye-opener.

Keep in mind however, that unlike some other functions you may be tracking, HRV can vary wildly over the course of the day, so don’t freak out over a very high number or a super-low one. Make sure your tracker bases its HRV data/ algorithms on multiple, dynamic readings over the course of several days or even weeks.

POOR HEALTH HABITS WILL SCREW UP YOUR HRV. However, if you’re dealing with classic troublemakers like unremitting stress, chronically poor diet, poor sleep, little movement and/or poor interpersonal relations, the fightor-flight response can jam the system, keeping the time between beats short. Ever have a super-stressful week, and feel too jacked up to unwind, like you can’t quite come down to normal? That’s a good clue that your HRV needs some monitoring and ultimately, tending to.

MONITORING HRV NOW MAY SAVE YOU FROM HEALTH TROUBLE LATER. OK, so you may be asking yourself, what’s HRV got to do with my life? Well, one especially practical application is for health care practitioners. For us, your HRV data provides an easy, noninvasive window into your autonomic nervous system, like helpful intel on how well you respond to stress (or not) and how well your body recovers from it. Low HRV indicates that you’re chronically over-revving, that you likely need to activate your parasympathetic nervous system—the rest-and-digest mode—considerably more than you currently are. Think of your HRV as a sort of canary in the coal mine, which can help alert you if you’re headed toward a less-than-healthy future.

UPGRADE YOUR HRV GAME. To my mind, any tool that helps inspire change and keeps you motivated to stay on the path is worth incorporating into your life. That’s not to say one should live or die by the numbers, but to use them as a guide, to increase your awareness of your body, how it works and how it responds.

Being able to track and recognize the behaviors or stimuli that trigger rising stress levels and decrease your HRV gives you the ability to turn the tide before it washes you away.

Granted, you won’t stop life’s stresses from happening, but you’ll be less victimized by them, and gain a lot more control over your health and your life.

To up your HRV game, incorporate the essentials to help you move the dial in the right direction, namely: eating well, sleeping well, stress management, meditation/mindfulness and movement, rest and recovery. Ditch sugar and alcohol, try to incorporate saunas and/or cryotherapy into your life, and, in acutely stressful situations, add deep, relaxing breaths to calm and help reset your nervous system. If you are looking for an app to support you, two worth exploring are the HRV4Biofeedback app and the Inner Balance Trainer by HeartMath. drfranklipman.com

COLLECT HRV DATA—AND STAY HONEST. So how to DIY it when it comes to monitoring your HRV? Wearable fitness trackers are a great and convenient way to start collecting your HRV data, in addition to monitoring numerous other key functions. You can see in real time how your body is responding to your lifestyle and behavioral choices, where you’re crushing it, and where you might need a behavioral tweak (or even a major intervention).

To help patients start making sense of the data their bodies generate every day, in my practice we often recommend the Apple Watch or the elegant, health-techas-jewelry piece the Oura Ring, a wearable fitness tracker worn unobtrusively on the index finger. Both track HRV in 47

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FIND YOUR VIBRANCE

Get your good health on with VibrantDoc, a multifaceted lifestyle guide developed by Stacie Stephenson, DC, CNS. course, different exercises and levels burn different numbers of calories and affect different parts of the body and hormones in different ways, but select the activity that works for you, whatever that is. If it’s yoga, fabulous. Weight training, Dr. Stephenson fabulous. Weight training is believes that healthy great for maintaining bone interpersonal relationships are density. You don’t even need just as beneficial as to go to the gym; you can nutrition and fitness. use bands, or lift small things around the house. You can do small spurts at home throughout the day if you tend to get distracted. Don’t beat yourself up about quitting; just get back on the horse. We know that 30 to 60 minutes a day is the sweet spot for longevity, brain health and blood sugar.

A doctor of chiropractic and practitioner of functional and natural medicine, Stacie Stephenson is also the author of Vibrant: A Groundbreaking Program to Get Energized, Own Your Health, and Glow.

Stephenson’s program is designed to empower people of all ages to get energized and take control of their health. Most recently, she is the founder of a new digital platform, VibrantDoc, which makes integrative medicine concepts an optimal wellness experience accessible to everyone. Originally a competitive figure skater, Stephenson changed career paths after suffering high stress levels and a multitude of injuries on the ice. She has found her true calling to help others, and now focuses on functional, anti-aging and natural medicine modalities, and has developed a foolproof method to unlock your inner glow.

CRISTINA CUOMO: How did you create this protocol of vibrant living, and what does it mean to live vibrantly?

STACIE STEPHENSON: We all know that woman: she walks into a room and you think, “What is her skin care routine? What vitamins is she on? What does she eat?” The “What you are eating?” question is No. 1. It translates directly to your inner glow and vibrancy, health and wellness. This, as well as exercise, is connected to longevity. I think Americans have thought of exercise as a tool just to look visually better. We all chase perfection, and I don’t want us to keep picking apart our body parts. Exercise translates to actual energy in the body, as it triggers our cells to produce more energy.

This is why we want to do it, and also for the health of our brain. When you exercise, your brain produces a critical protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) that improves your brain function, enhancing attention, focus and memory.

CC: You were in a toxic relationship, and people are known to get chronically sick within the context of a toxic relationship. What did you do to get yourself to a better place?

SS: When women are in domestic abuse situations, what is predominantly affected is the adrenal glands. You’re getting progressively more fatigued and it affects your hormone function. Just like in competitive figure skating, where I had suffered injuries and illness, I had overly taxed myself. When I tested my hormones at the time I had no functioning estrogen, progesterone or cortisol. Imagine trying to get the motivation to get out of a situation when you’re in that space! What kept me going was envisioning a future I could have only if I got out. I realized I could start my life over. vibrantdoc.com; @vibrantdoc

CC: Is there a point in which it’s too late to begin an exercise routine, and movement is futile? Or can you change the course of your future if you take the initiative?

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SS: One piece I focus on in the book is relationships. The Vibrant Triad consists of diet, exercise and connections with others. Let go of toxic relationships, and work on the good ones, including your relationship with yourself. As women, we tend to pour outward but rarely do we get restored. Watch out for emotional vampires—you leave interactions with them and realize that they take and don’t give anything back. It’s OK to let those go with compassion and recultivate more reciprocal relationships.

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BRAIN POWER

The underappreciated executive organ gets an intensive wellness infusion with BrainJuice, a nutrient- and botanical-rich line designed to have the noggin operating at top efficiency. Purist founder Cristina Cuomo talks with business and music world titan Lisa Ellis, the CEO of BrainJuice, about the supplement’s mind-sharpening, purpose-focusing, life-enhancing qualities.

CRISTINA CUOMO: How’s your brain feeling?

LISA ELLIS: My brain is feeling good, considering being completely overwhelmed with the world. I love that you are taking on brain health with a vengeance. It’s the organ that we all take for granted.

about the chemistry of your brain being balanced, because if that is off, everything is off.

CC: You’re an expert on that, and I want to hear all about what you’re up to with BrainJuice. But first let’s talk about you, and how we become our essential selves. What is your secret to balancing life?

LE: I feel like all of us have to take as much information as possible and research it properly. I’m someone who has always leaned into holistic solutions.

CC: You’re a purist.

LE: Yes, I’m a purist. I’ve always been very healthy as far as lifestyle, exercising regularly and liking food that is pure. Our product is clean. It’s 100 percent natural. It’s 75 percent organic, and as of this month we will also be vegan. We’re non-GMO. We are gluten-free, dairy-free and we are hoping with every new production to get closer to zero grams of sugar. Technically, BrainJuice is a supplement. It is a vitamin that was built for your brain, and just like you’d be concerned about cleansing your kidneys and detoxing your liver, you should be concerned

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CC: You’ve explained something important: that brain health involves whole body health. What does that mean? It means touching on all the pillars of wellness from nutrition to exercise to meditation, mindfulness, everything. Creating a stress-free environment for yourself at some point during the day if you can. I have found that the proprietary blend of BrainJuice, the botanicals with the vitamins, the organic ingredients, really gives me a boost in the morning. Not like an energy shot. It gave me clarity and that made the difference every day during that pandemic. When my children were struggling in the morning, as most children were then due to social anxieties, I would give them the decaffeinated version.

The caffeinated version of BrainJuice is essentially green tea.

LE: Pure organic green tea leaf.

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the right amount of hormones to restore normal brain functionality. Because, like you mentioned, we get derailed all the time—environmental toxins, stressors, what’s going on in the world.

LE: Blood flow and oxygen levels are essential also for brain health. And hydration—water, water, water, water. When you have a headache, chances are you’re dehydrated.

And what I love about Active, it has organic beet root, organic ginger root and turmeric—those are ancient ways of healing inflammation, swelling. I take BrainJuice Active on the airplane to just help me with that circulation.

CC: Oh, that’s a secret. A secret formula for traveling.

LE: What it really is great for—and that’s why it’s perfect for a workout—is that it gets the blood and oxygen flowing.

CC: When do you take it?

LE: It’s the first thing that I drink in the morning. I have water by my bed all night. In the morning I don’t feel like I have to drink a lot of water, because I tend to wake up in the middle of the night. I just have a sip of water, and then go back to sleep.

Lisa Ellis touts the cognitive-enhancing effects of BrainJuice.

CC: Can we talk about the flavors?

LE: I love our flavors. I feel that for a vitamin supplement that’s in a liquid form, we taste really darn good.

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LE: When we look at society, compassion and empathy are so needed right now. A lot of people are really stressed, angry and confused. Empathy and compassion are what allow you to make sound decisions. We try to bring the spirit without being preachy. We do believe in love, commonality and compassion, because you have to, if this is a product you want people to embrace. I feel like we all need it, in some way, shape or form.

CC: Yeah, it does. The Active has pomegranate and acai, so that’s really yummy.

LE: If you’re not someone who’s accustomed to, what should I say, earthy tones, at first this might take a little bit of getting used to, because you really do taste the turmeric and the organic beet root and organic ginger root, along with the pomegranate and the acai. I personally love those earthy tastes. The sugar is monk fruit, a natural sugar. You don’t get that superstrong, sweet taste, but it does have a natural sweetness to it.

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CC: Nothing is more important than our health, and when that gets derailed, we can’t function. Stay ahead of it, is what I say. My favorite takeaway of the day is that your desire is to enhance empathy and compassion in people. It makes me just want to buy it for that alone, knowing that mood and emotion affect our actions. When you’re in a good place and you’re feeling empathetic and loving and kind and compassionate toward others, you’ll make the best choices. brainjuice.me

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In his forthcoming book, Dr. David Perlmutter, a board-certified neurologist and five-time New York Times bestselling author, exposes the deadly truth about uric acid and offers strategies on managing its levels in the body. Here, an exclusive first look.

that high-fructose corn syrup isn’t good for you, but you don’t realize how pervasive this ingredient has become and that you can consume too much fructose by eating other forms of sugar. The science showing fructose’s true colors has only been elucidated in the medical journals over the past decade or so—and it doesn’t concern what your grandmother knew as fructose. Although the prestigious medical journal The Lancet reported on fructose-induced hyperuricemia in 1970, in the years since then we’ve come to understand the full range of fructose’s adverse effects.

It’s not news that sugar-rich diets are linked to all kinds

Without a doubt, the overwhelming contributor to elevation of uric acid in our modern world is the cheapest, most abundant ingredient around. It’s the kind of sugar we’ve been told is relatively “safe” because it doesn’t directly raise blood sugar: fructose. And I’m not vilifying fructose from fresh, whole fruits. I’m talking about the refined, highly processed fructose that finds its way into many of our daily provisions, including our beloved salad dressings, sauces, condiments, baked goods, snack and energy bars, packaged foods, beverages, and foods you wouldn’t even think contain sugar. You probably have a general sense 54

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metabolism. Just because you don’t develop gout or kidney stones, conditions that can have genetic origins as well, doesn’t mean you won’t suffer from the consequences of chronic high uric acid. Our understanding of this compound we all have coursing through us provides vital clues to unlocking the mystery of optimum human health.

For people who have gone on every “doctor-approved” diet to little or no avail, targeting uric acid fills in a giant blank in the equation. If you don’t factor in the uric acid component, going low-carb, vegan, keto, Paleo, pescatarian, lectin-free or even Mediterranean might not be enough to help you permanently drop excess weight or easily manage both blood sugar and blood pressure.

Moreover, this new science calls for a revision of the way we reference the glycemic index and consume certain so‑called healthful foods. Uric acid levels can generally be brought into balance by (1) implementing simple dietary tweaks, (2) getting quality sleep and adequate exercise, (3) minimizing the intake of uric acid–increasing drugs, and (4) consuming acid-reducing gems such as tart cherries, coffee, vitamin C and quercetin (the last two are found in many foods and can be taken in supplement form).

Nurturing the microbiome is also vital to controlling uric acid; studies reveal correlations between elevation in uric acid and significant increases in the types of bad bacteria in the gut that are associated with inflammation. I call the protocol outlined in this book the LUV Diet—using an acronym for “lower uric values.” In this book, you will learn how to both lower uric acid levels and maintain ideal levels once you’ve achieved them.

My research taught me things that my medical education decades ago—and my experience in all the years since, working as a neurologist treating patients—never did. One important reason I became a physician to begin with was my own curiosity. Curiosity plays a key role in why I do what I do. I like to live on the edge of wonder, continually asking: Why do patients develop the problems they do? And once we unravel these mysteries, how might we change what we do as physicians so we can better serve our patients? For me, it has never been enough to simply treat the symptoms of a problem—for example, using a drug to lower blood pressure or balance blood sugar. I want to understand the root of these problems and so many others, then address the causes, not just the manifestations. As I have been fond of saying for many years, I’m really interested in focusing on the fire, not just the smoke.

of health problems. But we haven’t been told the why and how of sugar’s devastating blow to our bodies, especially as it relates to fructose from nonnatural sources. We now understand fructose’s biological mechanisms and its veiled relationship with uric acid, both of which help explain the root causes of these intractable conditions—and this is not merely a flimsy association. In fact, evidence from human and animal studies indicates that the connection between dietary sugars and obesity is probably driven primarily by the metabolic effects of fructose. The way the body handles fructose involves uric acid and directly favors the development of obesity.

The other main culprit that leads to elevated uric acid levels is a class of chemicals called purines, which are found in all living cells and contribute to healthy physiology but, like body fat, are problematic in excess. Purines are organic compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and when purines are naturally broken down by the body, uric acid is formed. Because purines—two of which, adenine and guanine—provide the backbones, or nucleotides, for DNA and RNA formation, anything that has to do with tissue (cellular) breakdown will raise uric acid levels. As damaged, dying and dead cells are degraded, purines are released and turned into uric acid during the process. Purines are also constituents of other important biomolecules, such as the energy giant ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and the coenzymes we need for the biochemical reactions that sustain life.

Purines are more common than people realize. In addition to being naturally produced by the body during cellular turnover, they are abundant in a wide array of foods, including certain seafoods, meats, multigrain breads, beer, and even some legumes and vegetables. As these external sources of purines are processed by the body, uric acid is synthesized mainly in the liver, intestines and inner cellular lining of blood vessels (what’s called the vascular endothelium). Their prevalence in what we view as rich, lavish fare fit for the wealthy is why gout has long been known as the “king of diseases and the disease of kings.” But purines also lurk in many foods touted as healthful in popular diets. During the past decade, large epidemiological surveys have revealed an association between the intake of purine-rich food and the blood concentration of uric acid. Let’s not blame vegetables, however, because as we shall see, despite the fact that certain vegetables (e.g., cauliflower, spinach and mushrooms) might be rich in purines, they may not trigger an increase in uric acid.

For half a century, low-purine diets have been prescribed for people prone to gout and kidney stones.

But this dietary protocol is increasingly recommended for anyone looking to control uric acid and rein in the body’s

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ADDRESSING GENDER BIAS

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“If the stereotype is to think women are more expressive than men, perhaps ‘overly’ expressive, then the tendency will be to discount women’s pain behaviors,” says Elizabeth Reynolds Losin, co-author of the study. “The flip side of this stereotype is that men are perceived to be stoic, so when a man makes an intense pain facial expression, you think, ‘Oh my, he must be dying!’”

These preconceived notions become more severe when race is added to the equation. In 2016, researchers from the University of Virginia surveyed white medical students and residents about their believed differences between races. Some reported that Black people have thicker skin than white people, Black people’s blood coagulated quicker than white people’s, Black people have stronger immune systems than white people, and that Black people’s nerve endings were less sensitive than

It’s no coincidence that the word “hysteria” originates from the Greek word for uterus. For centuries, women’s pain has been dismissed and delegitimized by the maledominated medical community, often chalked up to hormones or mental illness. These insidious prejudices still exist in medicine today, wreaking havoc on the wellbeing of women from all walks of life.

Research has shown a link between pain expression and gender bias. In a 2021 study conducted by the Journal of Pain, participants were shown videos of patients suffering from the same self-reported levels of shoulder pain, and were asked to gauge the amount of pain they believed the patient was in based on body language and facial expression. Overall, the study found that female patients were perceived to be in less pain than the male patients who reported, and exhibited, the same intensity of pain.

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The U.S. has nearly double the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births compared to other wealthy nations.

The CDC says this maternal mortality rate is three times higher for Black women, despite age, economic status or education level. shrinking circle graphic can help them regulate their breathing and ground their mind. asktia.com Kindbody, a holistic reproductive health and fertility center with locations in Bryant Park and Flatiron, has a goal to make health care more empowering for people of all genders. Led by a team of specialists, counselors and doulas, the space offers routine gynecological services as well as contraceptives, egg freezing, IVF, postpartum care and LGBTQ+-inclusive family planning. Far from the cold, sterile feel of many doctor’s offices, Kindbody’s clinics are outfitted with stylish furniture in warm colors to create an inviting ambience. kindbody.com In Colorado, doula Sara Brody of Moon Lodge LLC provides one-on-one care for expecting parents in the Aspen Valley region. Founded in the principles of divine femininity and sisterhood, Brody helps to make pregnancy and birth stress-free with weekly prenatal visits, support during labor and an Ayurvedic-inspired postpartum meal service. Dr. Gail King, medical director of Regen Aspen, is a board-certified gynecological surgeon specializing in rejuvenating intimate-health treatments. Operating under a patient-focused, nonjudgmental philosophy, King assists those struggling with conditions related to menopause, hormonal imbalance and pelvic floor health. moon-lodge.com; regenaspen.com In Florida, at Serenity Holistic OB/GYN Wellness Center in Miami Beach, reproductive health care and family planning services are offered alongside gentle aesthetic treatments to help women feel and look their best.

Following a holistic, noninvasive model for birth, Serenity’s midwives are versed in pre- and postnatal wellness, offering concierge care and home visits. Michelle Starke, MD, head of Coral Gables’ The Center for Gynecology and Restorative Medicine, tackles whole-body health to address reproductive wellness. Dealing with menopause, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Hashimoto’s disease and pelvic floor dysfunction, often-overlooked conditions that negatively affect women’s quality of life, Dr. Starke has employed the philosophies of functional and integrative medicine during her 20 years of practice. serenityholisticobgyn.com; toplinemd.com

white people’s nerve endings.

These misconceptions, coupled with poor understanding of health conditions that predominantly affect women, create a perfect storm that jeopardizes the lives of many. According to the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, less than 2.5 percent of publicly funded research is dedicated solely to reproductive health, despite the fact that one in three women in the U.K. will suffer from a gynecological condition. This apathy and lack of understanding for female-bodied patients is a potential cause of the disproportionately high maternal mortality rate in the United States.

In November 2020, the Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. has nearly double the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births compared to other wealthy, developed nations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says this maternal mortality rate is three times higher for Black women, despite age, economic status or education level. Tennis champion Serena Williams even experienced life-threatening medical complications during the birth of her daughter. “It tells you that you can’t educate your way out of this problem,” says Raegan McDonald-Mosley, CEO of Power to Decide and former chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “You can’t ‘health care access’ your way out of this problem. There’s something inherently wrong with the system that’s not valuing the lives of Black women equally to white women.” These statistics are a physical manifestation of the ways women’s concerns and knowledge about their own bodies are disregarded.

While this pervasive issue leaves many women hesitant to access care, a number of holistically minded reproductive-health specialists are doing their part to fight this inequity. In New York City, women’s health startup Tia is creating a safe, nonjudgmental space for women to receive gynecological exams, mental health care and wellness treatments in a chic Midtown clinic. The name Tia is a reference to the Spanish word for aunt, embodying the center’s mission to make patients feel comfortable and supported. For patients experiencing anxiety during exams, monitors displaying a meditative expanding and 60

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A master of defining spaces with sun and shadow, glass and steel, Christopher Coy, founding partner and CEO of award-winning Barnes Coy Architects, speaks with Purist founder Cristina Cuomo about the luminous structure he created in one of the most pristine enclaves in southern Florida.

Coy’s Vero Beach masterpiece is perched upon a coveted parcel of oceanfront real estate.

CRISTINA CUOMO: Your book, Assembled in Light, which I absolutely love, is a real testament to the importance of saturating a space with natural light. Clearly light is paramount for you. Talk to me a little bit about the role light plays in your designs.

CHRISTOPHER COY: Light is huge—you can’t see any forms unless they are revealed in light. As important as light is, light also creates shadows, so shadows are great formdefiners as well. You want to be happy in your house, and I think that in terms of basic human psychology, light is really important, and that’s why there’s such a difference living in an old house, as I do, and then walking into one of the houses I’ve designed. I feel so much better and my mood improves. I think it goes back to ancient times—in daylight there were fewer dangers. At night time you couldn’t see what animal was coming after you or who was coming after you, or what was going on. As the day proceeds and

CRISTINA CUOMO: With the big migration to Florida that occurred during and post-COVID, you took on this amazing project in Vero Beach, and in Florida there’s a lot of light, and not a lot of change and shadow. Tell me how you constructed this design to create something that wasn’t too intense. The light is so intense there.

CHRISTOPHER COY: This is a six-year project we’re just winding up, so I’ve been going down there every three weeks during that time. And so, of course, I’m there a lot in the summer, and it gets brutal. We build smart houses with control of the shades—when the sun rises, sheer shades come down. As the sun climbs and becomes more powerful, a thicker shade comes down to cut some of the heat. We had to do some very heavy air-conditioning, because you want the glass for the view, but even if the 64

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the sun moves around the house, that’s the part I enjoy.

outside. And also, geothermal is the right thing to do for the warming climate.

sun is not on glass, the glass can transmit heat.

CRISTINA CUOMO: Why was this a favorite design project for you?

CHRISTOPHER COY: This property on Vero Beach is one of eight pieces that go all the way from A1A Coastal Highway to the ocean. Everything else up and down the Atlantic coast has been bought up. There are eight pieces that never got divided, and this is one of them.

We were creating a little drama here, because to tell you the truth, the Atlantic coast of Florida is pretty flat. The natural landscape is not that interesting, but that creates opportunities to force a little drama onto the design. As you approach the motor court, where a sculpture is sitting in front of the front door, the house twists in perspective.

The main house has a butterfly roof whose spine travels from south to north, and the guest house also has a butterfly roof whose spine travels from south to north. We had to accommodate a lot of art, and then we took this crazy trip to Bali and we had to accommodate all the stuff we bought.

CRISTINA CUOMO: You have the rising sea levels, especially in Florida, and you mostly design on the water.

That’s pretty much your MO. How do you see designs changing as a result of having to follow these new guidelines?

CHRISTOPHER COY: The first thing we see is that we’re required to build the floor levels higher in anticipation of rising sea levels. I like to say elevation is our friend, because if you’re required to build floor levels higher, that just gives everybody a better view. The dunescape is beautiful; we were allowed to build a walkway through it down to the sand. One of the things we bought on our trip to Bali was a traditional 30-foot fishing boat. It sort of looks like a Polynesian fishing boat—long and narrow and painted bright blue. We’re going to put that down on the beach.

When the clients entertain, the boat will be lined with zinc, and filled with bottles of water and champagne.

CRISTINA CUOMO: Is there anything you want to share about future projects?

CHRISTOPHER COY: I’d love to get Coy’s bold design features sweeping another job down panes of glass to in Florida. It’s nice bathe this Vero Beach not to have to worry home in sunlight. about snow and the extreme changes in temperature.

But my first love is always going to be designing in this area, east of the canal. It’s a very small, fragile environment, and therein lies its beauty. I think people have to be very careful what they do here.

We have extreme temperature changes, we have salty air and hurricanes, but I think we get a lot for it. barnescoy.com

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CRISTINA CUOMO: Did you employ a geothermal system?

CHRISTOPHER COY: The clients didn’t want to use geothermal. I didn’t understand why, because geothermal is better on the AC cycle than on the heat cycle, because you’re pulling up 55 degree water out of the Earth, circulating it through air handlers, and there’s your AC. It’s practically free.

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The 11,000-square-foot home stands on four levels and features nine bedrooms, while an additional 5,000 square feet provide one-of-a-kind outdoor living. Retractable walls of glass capture water views from every room, and a dramatic stone wall and fireplace anchor the main living space. An expansive stone terrace hosts an outdoor kitchen, all overlooking an infinity pool, the pond and the ocean beyond. A media room and rec room, a glassenclosed gym with bath and sauna, a six-car garage, and an integrated tennis pavilion that opens onto the tennis court via a wall of glass are some of the amenities. An elevator connects all three floors to the rooftop deck with 66

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RESOLUTION: RADIANCE

Family-owned botanical beauty brand Chantecaille introduces a revamped Bio Lifting Mask+ to celebrate the Year of the Tiger—and support tiger conservation.

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“The new Hexapeptide Amplified acts as a ‘needle-free Botox’ and has visible results in just five days,” says Chantecaille’s vice president of sales, Alex Chantecaille.“The Contouring Hexapeptide is also a very new ingredient, and a personal favorite— it keeps the youthful roundness of your cheeks nice and juicy.”

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A synergistic formula of botanicals gives the Bio Lifting Mask+ powerful anti-aging properties.

According to the ancient Chinese zodiac, tigers are synonymous with strength, and 2022 marks the lunar year of this noble wild cat.

A New Year comes with resolutions—and self-care should always be at the top of that list. Launching just in time for your recommitment to your complexion, and in honor of the Year of the Tiger, is Bio Lifting Mask+: a highly anticipated, reformulated and more powerful version of Chantecaille’s cult-classic bestselling anti-aging mask.

Taking everything that made the original formula so effective and beloved, the brand has developed a new formula using cutting-edge science—all while keeping the formula vegan-friendly and 94.7% natural.

Reimagined with a cocktail of revolutionary, new peptides and extracts and increased amounts of essential original ingredients, Bio Lifting Mask+ reduces the appearance of fine lines and accentuates the natural contours of the face.

Co-founder Sylvie Chantecaille has been committed to keeping up with science since the brand launched over 23 years ago, sourcing not just the latest ingredients, but pioneering the use of plant stem cell extracts before any brands considered turning to nature for their formulas.

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Getting in touch with her feminine side took some work, as she was raised by her father after her mother was murdered, the victim of a violent crime when Mason was just 11. “I didn’t have a feminine influence,” she explains. “Living a logical life was preferable to living a curvy feminine life, and that worked to an extent.”

A combination of dedication to her practice and need to comprehend the kind of criminal mind that took her mother’s life led her to become involved with a prison program that uses yoga to help rehabilitate inmates. “I was teaching in studios but I wasn’t transforming lives,” she says. “They were there for yoga butt. My personal trauma led me to this program that helped people take responsibility for their crimes and apologize to the victims.”

Mason began her journey into the feminine-care space by making her own products. “People would come over and open the fridge, and I would 78

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have giant jars that looked like yogurt but were face and body creams,” she recalls. When she hit menopause and wanted products that she couldn’t find, she delved deeper into plant knowledge and did a survey of 3,000 women aged 25 to 70. The data revealed a desire for products that addressed dryness, irritation and lack of sensation. “That was the road mark from my refrigerator to a line that met specific needs.”

In addition to growing Rosebud from zero to millions and creating a self-funded company that has doubled in size each year, Mason writes books and produces a podcast. She is expanding the line to include two new products—one to address crepey skin—and 10 percent of the profits will go to women’s charities. “When I was searching for a name for the line, I found 700 nicknames for women’s genitalia, but only six were kind,” she says. “Now, I see a world where women can talk about their genitalia as easily as their elbows.” rosewoman.com

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“Three years ago, you were blocked from advertising feminine care products on social media because they couldn’t tell the difference between women’s health and porn,’’ notes Christine Mason, founder of Rosebud Woman, an intimate body care line that she launched in 2017.

That’s all changed now, with Rosebud’s products not only on social media, but displayed boldly in Anthropologie, The Detox Market, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. The Honor Everyday Balm, Arouse Stimulating Serum and Anoint Nourishing Body Oil are packaged in beautiful glass jars, while the Soothe Calming Cream comes in an easily transportable tube. There are also individually packaged cleansing wipes and a travel kit with mini versions of the offerings.

Mason was not always in the feminine-care space. “After school I started a bunch of tech companies, so early in my life I began entrepreneurial work,” she recalls. She was also a mom, and by the time she started her first business, a software company, in 1998, she had four kids. “It’s a strange jump from being a tech CEO,” she says.

Even when she was a tech CEO and starting her own companies, she had interest in women’s health and began teaching yoga, practicing tantra and exploring alternative medicine. “While I was running tech companies, I started learning about

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From head to insulated toes, Mackage outfits the sporty outdoorswoman—and man—in style. The brand’s Aspen pop-up at 516 East Hyman Avenue is located just minutes away from the gondola; browsing it is a transportive experience that elevates luxury to art. In a flurry of inspiration, Mackage installed the Terrazza sofa (by Ubald Klug and Ueli Berger), designed to reflect the layers of Aspen’s unique topography, and collaborated with visual artist Sarah Coleman on original works exclusive to their snow-surrounded space. —Julia Szabo

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STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY

Maverick designer Gabriela Hearst, creative director of Chloé, steers luxury fashion toward a cleaner, brighter future. BY JIM SERVIN JS: You are successful at the highest level of fashion, using sustainable practices—introducing compostable bioplastics for packaging, and staging a carbon-neutral fashion show for the Spring 2020 collection.

Was this challenging to introduce to the couture world? Did you have to overcome resistance to these practices? Has it gotten easier in recent years as the world’s awareness of the importance of sustainability has expanded?

GH: Yes, it was challenging, but we are very passionate about it, and I’m quite stubborn myself, so when people would say not to make luxury with sustainability, I would just not pay attention. At the beginning, we were having pushback when launching our biodegradable compostable packaging, which often didn’t seem to meet the requirements of some vendors, just because a manual said you couldn’t use it. I think nowadays the mentality has changed a lot. We have used repurposed and dead stock materials since our first show, and now it’s a common practice. I think we’re getting to a point where we have luxury clients who shop at our Madison Avenue store, our London store, or now at the Aspen store, who want the most minimal packaging possible.

With head and heart equally attuned to couture flights of fancy and planet-friendly business practices, Gabriela Hearst is a creative visionary whose time has come, and not a moment too soon. The 45-year-old designer is changing the course of one of the world’s notoriously wasteful industries (fashion is the secondlargest polluter of water in the world) while winning raves for her own impeccably tailored eponymous line, established in 2015, and for the bohemian, retro knitwear and accessories of French fashion house Chloé, where Hearst was appointed creative director in 2020. The mother of three, who grew up in Uruguay on her family’s 17,000-acre horse ranch, is married to publishing scion Austin Hearst and lives in Manhattan. This season, she brings her timeless style to Aspen, in a pop-up boutique at MAX, 609 East Cooper Avenue, from December 15 to March 31.

JIM SERVIN: What inspired you to open the pop-up in Aspen?

GABRIELA HEARST: I have been feeling for a while that Aspen is a location we wanted to explore, and we have a great friend, Max, who has a store there with extra space that we were able to transform with reclaimed wood and pieces that our friends Antoine and Benji created specifically for the project. We are also launching our landscape sweaters, and we have one of the Aspen Mountain. Let’s see if our intuition about being in Aspen is right.

JS: What prompted you to include such ingenious materials into your designs, such as the anti-radiation fabric that shields against the radiation emitted by mobile phones, introduced in the Resort 2017 collection as lining for jacket pockets, or aloe-treated linen wool, introduced in the Resort 2018 collection, a sustainable process that gives the fabric the property to moisturize the skin?

GH: Well, it really comes from the principle that we want to give our clients the best, right? and I remember a doctor telling me never to put your cellphone in your front pockets because of the radiation this could provoke on your reproductive organs, so when talking with a colleague

JS: Growing up on your family’s farm in Uruguay, how did you become aware of the importance of sustainability?

GH: We lived sustainably, but it was sustainable in a utilitarian sense. I am a sixth-generation rancher, so that really paved my path. The furniture had been there from my great-grandmother, everything was built to last. We had solar panels because they were needed—sustainability was a way of life. I knew no other way.

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Hearst’s Resort 2022 collection is made out of 49% upcycled materials.

are not overproducing, but we are producing the right amount. Overproducing causes overconsumption and waste. Finally, the point of conservation and rehabilitation: How much water do we save? How does this conserve the environment? Does this have a biodiversity angle on the crop’s growth? This is how I always look at the product, and it is ingrained in the way I design.

about radiation, the effects of it, and the chances to be affected by it, I thought it was better to be safe than sorry.

We found a German material mostly made out of silver, which we line all the pockets of our jackets with for an anticellular radiation and anti-microbial effect. We thought that this was worth the investment for our clients.

In regard to our linen, I don’t use virgin cotton because the cotton industry is one of the biggest producers of herbicides and pesticides, responsible for about 18 percent of all the herbicides and pesticides currently used, not to mention the effects it has on water reserves, as it is a crop that absorbs a lot of water.

I’ve always been very intrigued with linen. In Europe, people accepted it quite well, but in America, clients find it scratchy, or there are comments about it being too wrinkly, and so when I found aloe linen material from Solbiati, it was a very exciting day. I wanted to do sheets, pajamas, all types of clothing, everything I could do with this material, because linen production absorbs less water than cotton, and doesn’t use herbicides and pesticides, plus it has the added value of being a flaxseed, which provides you with nutritional value. When treated with the aloe leaf, it becomes softer. It is much better for your skin due to the moisture of the aloe, and it wrinkles less, so the whole experience has been great.

JS: When Jill Biden repurposed the navy sample of the ivory inauguration dress you designed for her—she wore the sample to President Joe Biden’s first joint session address to Congress—was that sending a message to the public that sustainability is catching on?

GH: I don’t know if that is the interpretation of what our first lady did, but for sure she is so resourceful, a teacher, a very smart woman who is not a wasteful person. At the moment of this interview, the House passed a $555 billion bill toward sustainability, so I think sustainability is a main pillar of the Biden administration. It’s the first time in the history of America that such an investment has been made toward sustainability, so we are moving forward.

JS: You were appointed creative director of Chloé in 2020.

How do you feel about being the first female designer with a multicultural heritage, of both Uruguay and the U.S., to take the helm of a Paris fashion house?

GH: I have to say that it was a real moment of pride. Most of the time I try to not think about those things from an ego perspective, but as a Latin American woman I felt very proud, my children were very proud, my country was very proud. It’s obviously pride that comes with a lot of responsibility, and a commitment that I have to fulfill the mission.

JS: To what do you attribute your ability to think outside the box when it comes to fashion—to value sophisticated aesthetics as well a bigger environmental picture, all the while maintaining a premium on luxury—cut, color, texture, style?

GH: I had a conversation with a neurologist not long ago and it’s official: I think differently. I have a natural propensity to look at things from a different angle than most people do, and so something that for most people may not be a common practice at that moment, makes complete sense in my mind. Perhaps that is a farmer’s common sense.

I come from a family of ranching and farming of many generations, so the way I think is also grounded in common sense and practicality.

JS: How sustainable are you in your home life?

GH: An investment we were really excited about was installing a natural filter system for our own water. New York water is perfectly drinkable, but we went the extra step and wanted to make sure we always only drank tap water at home, and the system allows huge savings.

JS: What areas of work and life are you still trying to do better, in terms of sustainability?

GH: Because I’m traveling to France a lot, air travel is on my mind, but now you can look at the airlines and know which has the less impactful route to take. I travel with Air France, as they are very good at telling you what the footprint of your travel is.

JS: Could you tell Purist readers about your threepoint approach to design, which looks at fossil fuels, overconsumption and the need to rehabilitate the environment?

GH: It’s the way I look at the product and at the business in general, where I always try to hit these three points. I ask myself: What is the involvement of fossil fuels in this product? We must start thinking net zero, and moving away from this addiction we have to fossil fuels, and always think about minimizing the impact of fossil fuels in each product. The second point is making sure that we

JS: What’s your motto for the new year?

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HIGH ALTITUDE STYLE Mountaineers may ascend “the summit of style” with confidence and ease simply by donning items from the Moncler Grenoble fall/winter 2021 collection, now available at its new outpost in Vail (41 E. Meadow Dr.). France’s most playful heritage brand continues its quest for the most technically advanced materials, embellished with hot motifs from beloved Italian cult brand NajOleari. Look for pink palms and crazy crowns, dancing zigzags and love-heart doodles, which have migrated via Moncler from Milanese streets to the slopes of Colorado. The love children of this sweet romance between bellissimo brands references an electric 1980s color palette, with cotton candy lacquer bombers, hot-orange gilets and palmprint board pants—all with an eco-fashion focus on recycled fabrics.

Meanwhile, edgy technical innovation meets a softer, more crafted feel in 6 Moncler 1017 Alyx 9SM collection of clothing and accessories, which bear the stamp of designer Matthew Williams. Avant-gardists will appreciate the fashion-forward tension of opposites: matte and shiny, natural and man-made, soft and hard, dark and light.

Look for duvets and long coats in elegant nylon satin, with chic chains tracing trails along puffy pillows of down-filled warmth.

Further contrast can be found courtesy of leather trousers and lug-soled boots, soft bags, metal bracelets and belts—a collection sure to take your breath away. moncler.com

Moncler’s latest ski fashions feature playful graphics created with sustainable materials.

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MAN OF THE MOMENT In her new column, “Cho & Tell,” for Purist, Alina Cho speaks with her longtime friend Wes Gordon, creative director of Carolina Herrera.

ALINA CHO: When did your love of clothes begin?

WES GORDON: I was always fascinated by clothes. I would sit in my mom’s closet with her in the morning. She worked when I was younger, and would go to an office, and I’d pick her outfits for her. Before I even had any concept of what I was doing, I would say, “This, this, this and this.”

AC: Before you had a right to…

WG: And then I became very particular about what I would wear.

AC: I feel like there’s a famous old childhood photo in which you’re wearing suspenders.

WG: I was always in suspenders. I was one of those little boys. I loved art, painting and drawing; that was my favorite part of the day. But all these interests just converged and came together into me realizing that it was fashion that I love.

AC: You graduated from one of the best fashion schools in the world, Central Saint Martins in London.

WG: I spent four years in London and graduated in 2009, at a time when…

AC: …the world was rough.

WG: The world was rough. It wasn’t like people were hiring and growing businesses. So yes, we could chalk it up to, “I was so brave and bold and started my own collection,” but it was also, if I wanted to make clothes and design,

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Wes Gordon is everywhere these days. In just the past few months, Gordon, creative director of Carolina Herrera, designed costumes for the American Ballet Theatre, walked the red carpet at the Met Gala and picked up a prestigious award from the Fashion Institute of Technology. That’s in addition to doing his day job. And dressing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Did I mention he’s also a new father?

Full disclosure, Wes Gordon is a friend. I’m a fan and have been since he first started designing clothes for a living more than a decade ago. This year, Carolina Herrera is marking a major milestone—40 years in business. We sat down recently to talk about how a Warhol portrait inspired him, how he and Mrs. Herrera never talk about fashion, and how becoming a father changed everything.

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AC: Yes. WG: And just this idea that in New York, where everyone’s about a black car, and a black or gray outfit, let’s stand for the woman who wants to be in head-to-toe hot pink, or who wants enormous earrings. And this zest for life, this flamboyance, this vitality— right now, we’re in a moment where that is really resonating. And I think we’re entering a chapter where that’s going to resonate more than ever.

We’ve been through a dark period.

Gordon and designer Carolina Herrera at But things we choose to bring into our FIT’s Cultural Council lives, more than ever, I think we want Luncheon, 2021 those to be happy, joyful things.

AC: Before we go, I do want to talk about this new human in your household.

WG: Oh my God, Henry.

AC: I can’t believe I haven’t met him yet.

WG: I’ve become that person. I was in Dallas recently, and I’ve become the person who, 30 seconds into every conversation, has somehow found a way to take out photos of him on my iPhone.

AC: “Have you seen my baby?”

WG: Uh-huh. “Look at him.”

AC: Well, he is cute.

WG: What was amazing is that it took us two-and-a-half years.

AC: Wow. WG: We have a pride group at Herrera. I was a guest speaker about the whole journey because I learned so much in the process. Paul [Arnhold, my husband] and I are so committed to being totally open books, because there’s so much information people don’t have about it.

It’s information you only learn when you go through it. It’s a whole village that comes together to create these babies.

AC: How has having this extra human in your life changed you?

WG: Just suddenly, the new noises in your house. Your house just becomes the happiest place. Now, he’s really playing with his voice. So he just sings and laughs. It melts your heart. You don’t realize that you have the capacity to love something as much as you do until you’re holding your baby.

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that was the way to do it then.

AC: I bought a lot of Wes Gordon clothes.

WG: I know! At the time, so few stores were willing to make investments, particularly on young designers, but they were willing to give me a chance to do trunk shows, because there was no risk. The clothes were presold. So I was given this chance to literally go on the road, and carry a suitcase full of my samples, and go to every Saks, every Neiman’s, every specialty store, because I had to, because that was the only way to keep my business going.

But because of it, I gained such an incredible relationship with our clients, who are the same clients who now shop at Carolina Herrera.

AC: How did you get on Mrs. Herrera’s radar?

WG: I had my own line for almost eight years. You’re very familiar with the industry. Every day is a battle for survival, right? So, we made it almost eight years, and did some incredible things, despite all the impossible odds stacked against a young, four-person brand.

AC: Right.

WG: One day, out of the blue, I received a text message from Emilie [Rubinfeld, president of Carolina Herrera, Ltd.], whom I didn’t know, saying, “We’d love to chat with you about consulting for Herrera. Are you available?” I was like, “Yes, of course. Of course I would.” Because I was in the moment, winding down my own collection, and...the stars aligned.

AC: And now, here you are as the creative director of this American heritage brand that’s now 40 years old. It does seem like a dream job.

WG: I feel at home.

AC: What does Mrs. Herrera say about your designs?

WG: I’ll tell you the truth. We’re great friends. I dine with her often. And we don’t talk about work.

AC: Really?

WG: Never. The beginning was learning from Mrs. Herrera, and then it was about doing a delicate waltz between my voice and her voice. And now I think I really have found my identity as creative director of Herrera.

AC: It is very quintessentially Herrera and, yet, it is also now very quintessentially Wes Gordon, you know?

WG: I love that. When I was originally tasked with thinking through what is my plan for Herrera, what is my vision, it really started with the Warhol portrait of her. The color, and the jewelry, and the boldness, right?

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MIAMI HEAT

Veronica Beard brings flair (and flares) to The Magic City.

Veronica Beard makes wardrobe staples a fashion statement.

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Miami’s Design District is the perfect place to be outfitted in tailored separates by the duo who mastermind the label Veronica Beard. You’ll never feel underdressed in this hyper-glam destination—even when going casual in flare-leg jeans and an untucked shirt—thanks to this team’s divine eye for detail, and commitment to injecting all of their clothes (and shoes, too) with cool confidence.

“There’s no city in the world quite like Miami,” says Veronica Miele Beard. “It’s so vibrant, so energetic, and we couldn’t be more excited to offer the Miami customer a wardrobe for all aspects of her busy life—those wardrobe MVPs she can’t live without that are colorful, versatile, glamorous, and make her feel like she can take on the world every single day.”

Adds her sister-in-law (and partner), Veronica Swanson Beard, “We are thrilled to be opening our newest Veronica Beard location in Miami’s Design District. We design every store to be unique to its location, and the Design District store offered such an incredible opportunity to stretch our creativity.”

Complementing the resort collections, the new 1,900-square-foot boutique’s interior, designed by Carolina de Neufville, is an industrial space made cozily glamorous by Veronica Beard’s signature leopard ottomans and accent pillows—and, of course, the comfort of knowing the full line of ready-to-wear jeans, footwear and swimwear are all within easy reach. 4048 NE 1st Ave., Miami; 305.709.6303

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MONTAUK TO MOUNTAINS Cynthia Rowley launches a ski collaboration with Roxy and her own line.

Cynthia Rowley began her creative quest as a painter, not the fabulous fashion designer she grew up to be.

The artist’s instinct for color and composition shines through in all of her pursuits— including the ones that take her far from the atelier and out into the sea. Rowley’s an avid surfer; she’s also a huge supporter of athletes who glide gracefully along crests of frozen rain. Among them are snowboarders Torah Bright and Chloe Kim, who are Aspen-bound for the X Games in January. But not all who go to Aspen love snow sports; aerobic shoppers will be equally delighted

by Rowley X Roxy—the designer’s collaboration with the leading action sports apparel company—and a visit to Rowley’s seasonal pop-up at the W Aspen Hotel is just the exhilarating lift they seek. Highlights include the Puffer Jacket, in basic black with painterly pink floral accents, and the beguilingly bell-sleeved Cold Sunday Jacket in solid, beatnik black. Any self-respecting ski bunny will gladly pair such refined yet rugged outerwear armor with separates from the same capsule collection: seamless knit leggings and a matching top with a “counting sheep” pattern, a floral color-block sweater, and snow-white Insulated Bib Pants. —Julia Szabo

Cynthia Rowley’s collaboration with Roxy mixes feminine aesthetics with practical materials for action-packed snow sports.

As for sustainability, we’ve been making wet suits, doing them in limited quantities, applying a really artistic kind of precious special approach to those. We wondered, “Why can’t we do the same for the snow collection?” Just apply that same cadence of introducing new products, making them in limited quantities so there’s no excess, and using recycled materials and organic fibers as much as possible.

All of the products are directly linked to outdoor activities and endeavors.

I’m so lucky to be working with Roxy, who understands the world of sport better than anyone, so I can concentrate on pushing the design to new heights.

PURIST: What inspired you to team up with Roxy?

CR: In the last year and a half, I feel like everyone discovered their passion for outdoor sports. With gyms closed, I think people found new ways to enjoy the great outdoors. Let’s face it, sports are sexy. A wet suit makes you look and feel like a superhero, and so does skiwear.

We wanted something you can wear from the slopes to the streets. I wanted crisp, fresh colors and prints that would pop against the white snow.

CYNTHIA ROWLEY: Roxy and I both have a commitment to functionality and sustainability. Warmth, movement, versatility and beauty all have to be equally considered.

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PURIST: What inspired you to create your own ski line, when you were always so focused on neoprene and surf?

What was the vision behind the line?

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IN THE FLOW

Fashion designer Yigal Azrouël is a longtime surfer, with a lifelong commitment to the thrilling balancing act of catching a wave.

“Surfing is a really big part of what I do,” says Azrouël, who was born and raised in Israel by “beautiful parents,” his Moroccan father and French mother. Name any legendary surfing spot, and Azrouël has been there, indulging his passion.

He has a house in Costa Rica—a “completely rustic place”—that was his surfing retreat even before the pandemic sent many of us into lockdown in homes away from home.

There’s magic in Costa Rica, he says: “It’s a combination between the jungle and the water, with beautiful beaches and beautiful people; you surf with dolphins.”

Going there is always his biggest inspiration, allowing him to disconnect and decompress from the frenetic pace of New York City, his hometown. “When I go surfing, it gives me the spirit to work and make changes—it’s the best time to ready myself to create the next collection,” says Azrouël. “You can’t describe how surfing a good wave makes you feel or the energy it gives you unless you’ve done it.”

Still, one can easily draw a connection between surfers and fashion designers, each requiring nerves of steel and an intuitive intelligence about the world at large. Is it more scary—or more exhilarating—to surf the swells at Pipeline or to navigate the ups and downs, and ins and outs, of the fickle fashion world with its tsunami of trendspotters,

Light jersey fabrics with daring cutout silhouettes grace Azrouël’s 2022 collection.

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Fashion designer Yigal Azrouël channels the elegant magic of surfing into exquisitely tailored womenswear. BY DONNA BULSECO

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mercurial seasons and capricious customers with their unquantifiable desires lusting for the latest? Surviving Fashion Week and its critics is like winter on Waimea Bay, when massive waves lift surfers to giddy heights or deposit them in a bone-crushing break.

In Azrouël’s case, he has found the balance needed to be successful in the business he started in 1998 in New York City. “When you’re inside the ocean, waiting for the wave, it’s magical. You see the clouds and feel the connect-anddisconnect to nature. For me it’s all about energy, for good and for bad, feeling happy and sad.” His womenswear designs have been called minimalist, but gorgeously so, draping the body in sensuous fabrics like knit jersey and lightweight gabardine. “Women always remain feminine, but wearing something more tailored for me represents the power woman. I grew up with five beautiful sisters and a beautiful mother, and I was trying to do ‘power woman’ in my own way.”

That inclination comes across in his mastery of “masculine-feminine”—a phrase that refers to his exquisite tailoring and refined take on soft, body-hugging shapes.

“When I start a collection and I’m trying to create, not being sure where I’m ending it, it’s about finding a beginning and an end.” It’s not just about making clothes, says the designer; it’s about the atelier experience—the sewing machines, the mannequins, the people who work there, the women who wear his designs.

In short, it is about simply doing the work. “Process for me is organic and artistic, it has a nice symmetry, and always starts with the fabric,” says Azrouël. “I love the draping involved in discovering a new dress or silhouette.

I love the unexpected!” Starting from scratch is his first step in creating a look, like a writer facing a blank page, except he doesn’t begin with a sketch. “You cannot sketch the way I drape, because every fabric and how it drapes is surprising to me, stimulating me while I’m making the pieces,” he says. “It’s like doing a sculpture—and every season I get excited, because you don’t know where you’re going with the fabric.” Azrouël also develops fabrics for his collection, mixing fibers for new textures and weights.

“I experiment by mixing linen, wool, cashmere or silk; it’s exciting to know it will be a discovery of something new.”

Leather stands out, as a trim or full garment; his signature leather has been “washed” to “give it an extra softness and character.”

After a buzzworthy move of his shop to Soho in February 2020, Azrouël and his business were brought up short when a month later, the world changed because of the pandemic. He found solace with friends and artists in upstate New York for six months. “All the factories were closed, no one wanted to think about fashion. I took more

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time for myself, to create, to be around people I love.”

He visited Dia Beacon, and coming back to the city to his Tribeca place, he explored the artistic community of Mana Contemporary (a cultural center with locations in Jersey City, Chicago and Miami). He went back to his roots, he says, and plans to relaunch a collection “of what I do best” at Saks Fifth Avenue, while finding ways to be more sustainable and keep production local in New York. “Before the pandemic, there were too many collections, too much of too much,” says Azrouël. From the experience, “we gained a lot from reflecting, meditating, connecting with nature and, naturally, more surfing.” yigal-azrouel.com 93

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WINTER FLORALS LoveShackFancy hits the slopes. BY JULIA SZABO

noticed, whether out on the trail or navigating snowy city streets. Even better, the apparel transitions effortlessly from the mountains to the city and back again. “We are so beyond excited to bring LoveShackFancy to the mountains and to create a magical pop-up experience at the St. Regis. When we were thinking of where we could carry our collaboration with Bogner, Aspen was the first location to come to mind,” says Rebecca Hessel Cohen, LoveShackFancy’s founder and creative director.

“These pieces will take you from the city to the slopes and everywhere in between and we can’t wait to see everyone wearing the collection around town.

“I love all the fashion in Aspen,” Cohen confesses.

“Our pop-up in the St. Regis will be the only place you can shop the collection in person.” December 16-January 3, The St. Regis Aspen Resort, 315 E. Dean St., Aspen

LoveShackFancy—the beloved Hamptons brand known for its fabulous floral prints, blossoming at its Sag Harbor and Southampton shops and its pop-up at The Surf Lodge—proves it’s equally at home in sand and snow with its eagerly awaited arrival in Aspen and a breathtaking collaboration with Bogner, the visionary brand that puts function first, yet never stints on style. Bogner’s Fire+Ice collections always offer wearers cool comfort wherever winter may take them—and this season, the design destination is LoveShackFancy’s flowery field of warm, vibrant color, transplanted to high-performance puffer jackets, ski pants and base layers.

The 12-piece capsule collaboration is designed to appeal to anyone who seeks a chic barrier against the cold—unless, that is, she chooses to travel incognito.

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LoveShackFancy and Bogner make a bright, colorful statement on the mountain.

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FOOD IS MEDICINE Try making your own pesto with carrot greens.

UP AND UP

The upcycled-food movement makes eating leftovers a revolutionary, sustainable practice.

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BY GABRIELLE ECHEVARRIETA human population without putting extra strain on the environment. Imperfect Foods, a weekly grocery delivery service that celebrates “quirky looks and odd shapes,” offers a lineup of produce, plant-based treats and wellness essentials crafted using solar power and ethically sourced ingredients.

Big-name brands like Unilever and Tyson Foods have jumped on the bandwagon, producing vegan mayo using leftover chickpea water, and nutritious protein bars made with leftover chicken breast, vegetable puree and juice pulp. Forward-thinking startups like Take Two Foods make premium plant-based barley milk using upcycled barley, while CaPao whips up vegan sweets, like mango, cashew and coconut bites, with cacao plant seeds that are typically discarded in the chocolate-making process.

And you can munch on some of Pulp Pantry’s grain-free chips made with the pulp of cold-pressed vegetables, which contains 95 percent of the fiber in whole veggies.

For those who want to try their hand at upcycling food, pantry staples can be easily transformed into indulgent bites. Carrot greens can be used to make flavorful pesto when blended with garlic and olive oil, and herb stems can be bundled to flavor soups and stocks. Bake potato peels to make crispy chips, or cut some stale bread into cubes and throw them in the oven for easy croutons.

Make a simple syrup with sugar and water and pour over citrus peels for a sweet and tangy confection, or simmer apple cores and peels with a little sugar in a big pot of water to make an easy, no-waste apple juice.

Globally, an estimated $1 trillion is lost per year on wasted food. A shocking 1.3 billion tons of consumable food is discarded annually, with studies showing that 20 percent of crops are disposed of solely due to aesthetic imperfections. This perfectly good food emits harmful methane gas as it rots, producing by some estimates 70 billion tons of greenhouse gases, or 8 percent of global anthropogenic emissions per year. Maybe those nagging moms ordering kids to finish the food on their dinner plate weren’t so crazy after all.

Now, the “upcycled food” movement is sweeping the globe, an innovative solution to this economic and ecological crisis. According to experts from Harvard University, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and others, upcycled food “uses ingredients that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption, are procured and produced using verifiable supply chains, and have a positive impact on the environment.”

Considered the single greatest solution to climate change

by Project Drawdown, upcycled food is an actionable way to lower your personal carbon footprint, fill nutritional gaps in your diet and discover some tasty new snacks in the process.

People are known to “eat with their eyes first.”

Social media has made it crucial for every plate to be Instagrammable, but these aesthetic preferences are harmful to farmers and the Earth. If consumers and retailers embrace imperfect items, suppliers can boost their revenue and nourish the rapidly growing 99

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FROM THE OUTSIDE IN

Two Latin women join forces to bring health and wellness to the red carpet.

BY ANNELISE PETERSON

Francesca Fortique, left, and Zani Gugelmann

overall well-being,” Fortique continues, “while supporting local Peruvian farmers and empowering Latin women.”

So why gut health?

Most scientists and mental health professionals agree that the gut is the second brain, or perhaps the first.

The gut, our enteric nervous system (ENS), informs us on our feelings. In fact, 90% of the cells that live in our intestines have the enormous responsibility to deliver information to the brain for interpretation. Arguably, our belly’s microbiome, largely made of probiotics or “good” bacteria that has evolved with us since birth, has more influence on our moods than our heads.

These probiotics with anti-pathogenic properties promote a balanced mind and healthy immune functioning. The prebiotics found in Llama Mama give food and fuel to probiotics. Without essential prebiotics, probiotics can’t thrive. Llama Mama’s formula, which includes camu camu and yacón, powers the body with prebiotics and antioxidants that bolster the body’s natural immune force and gut power. “Francesca and I have a symbiotic relationship in this business. We rely on and support each other—much like a prebiotic needs a probiotic and vice versa. Our differences are the foundation of our strength,” says Gugelmann.

Anybody with money can get a stylist, shop on Net-A-Porter and make an appearance.

Arguably, the harder part of life is showing up for yourself, and for others, in a mindful way. We make choices daily that have impactful consequences on our future.

Gugelmann and Fortique’s commitment to make wellness and community a full-time pursuit is worthy of a toast of prebiotic seltzer. llamamamaworld.com 100

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Zani Gugelmann’s effortless style has captured the hearts of friends and the fashion community—from Valentino to the house of Aquazzura to Giorgio Armani—for decades. Acknowledging the ephemeral quality of being an “it” girl, Ms. Gugelmann has turned her focus inward, determined to make wellness her next entrepreneurial endeavor.

“The aha moment happened on a trip to Europe three years ago,” says Gugelmann, who has epilepsy. “After experiencing a seizure, I woke up on a hotel floor, staring at a ceiling.” Instead of continuing to fight against the effects of the disease as she had done her entire life, Gugelmann leaned in and made personal changes. “I listened to what the universe was trying to tell me. I had to slow down and make new choices—decisions for the future that focused on my well-being, and the wellbeing of others.”

“More Mama. Less Drama” is the mantra of the recently launched prebiotic drink, Llama Mama, formulated by Gugelmann and her Latin American business partner, Francesca Fortique.

“Our goal is to create an antioxidant and prebiotic tonic using Peruvian superfoods to support gut health and immunity,” says the Venezuelan-born Fortique, who has studied nutrition and dietetics at the University of Navarra and Hong Kong University. “What you put in is what you get out—when it comes to business and your body.” In addition to being vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO and organic, with all ingredients sourced through fair trade practices, Llama Mama serves a functional purpose while delivering a community message. “We want to inform people about the relationship between gut health and

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CARB CYCLING

Celebrity chef and certified nutritionist Serena Poon gives Purist the skinny on a diet that’s gaining in popularity. BY RAY ROGERS

RAY ROGERS: Carb cycling seems to be a term people are using more frequently. Can you define it in clear and simple terms?

SERENA POON: Carb cycling is a diet where you change your carbohydrate consumption throughout the week to coincide with greater physical activity.

Carbohydrates are important for fueling intense or endurance workouts and also for muscle recovery, so the technique ensures that you have the fuel that you need on these higher-octane days.

foods such as vegetables, fruits and whole grains.

It is imperative that carb intake come from high-quality, high-fiber foods.

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RR: What are the benefits of carb cycling, physically, emotionally, cellular-wise, etc.?

SP: There is research that demonstrates that carb cycling may be a helpful training protocol for endurance athletes looking to improve performance and bodybuilders looking to decrease fat mass, while still allowing their muscles proper growth and recovery. Carb cycling may also be helpful for weight loss in the general population, but researchers believe that this is more a function of reducing overall calorie intake than a specific mechanism of how carbohydrates are metabolized.

RR: Can you suggest a sample meal plan, a typical day of carb cycling?

SP: Sure, here is an example of what a sample high-carbohydrate day might look like: Breakfast – Oatmeal with bananas, walnuts and maple syrup Snack – Slice of avocado toast on whole-grain bread Lunch – Grilled veggie sandwich with oven roasted potatoes Dinner – Gnocchi with a highquality protein

And here is a sample low-carbohydrate day: Breakfast – Veggie scramble with half an avocado and a small handful of low-glycemic fruit Snack – Apple with a small spoonful of seed butter Lunch – Salad with a rainbow of vegetables and a highquality protein Dinner – Zucchini noodles with high-quality protein RR: What kind of results might one expect?

SP: Short-term effects could include increased energy for high-intensity or endurance workouts (if properly paired with high carbohydrate consumption) and/or weight loss.

Carb cycling is meant to be a short-term eating regimen to achieve a specific outcome, so there wouldn’t be any long-term benefits to speak of.

RR: What are the risks? Anything to be on the lookout for as you are carb cycling (either before, during or after)?

SP: There are a few risks associated with both a highcarbohydrate diet and a low-carbohydrate diet.

A high-carbohydrate diet can increase the risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Very lowcarbohydrate diets, such as the ketogenic diet (that also include high fat and moderate protein), have been known to cause side effects including nausea, headaches and fatigue, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Lowcarbohydrate diets are also notably low in fiber, which is essential for overall health. Research shows that benefits of a low-carbohydrate diet experienced in the short term seem to wane as time goes on.

No matter what, it is imperative that your carbohydrate intake is coming from high-quality, wholesome, high-fiber

RR: Why do you recommend it to clients?

SP: I don’t necessarily recommend carb cycling to clients.

What I do recommend is a 28-day reset or daily intermittent fasting, which supports weight loss along with many other benefits, such as decreased inflammation, improved brain function, and decreased risk for cardiovascular disease.

Serena Poon is a celebrity chef, certified nutritionist, Reiki master, and founder of Just Add Water®️ and Culinary Alchemy®; @chefserenapoon; serenaloves.com 101

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FARM-TO-TABLE TREATS

Master baker François Payard puts a new spin on holiday delights. BY MARISA FOX

Southold General, Payard is whipping up treats that meet Fraser’s local, seasonal and organic ethos.

“Some bakers have a hard time understanding farm to table,” says Payard, who divides his time between his Southampton home and Southold. “Many said it’s not you. But that’s the reason why I took the job. It’s a great concept. It’s all about quality, preserving the land and preparing dishes with great care.”

The slow-food mandate, which is about sustainability and celebrating regional communities and their culinary traditions, is one that inspires Payard, who enjoys gathering herbs from the garden at North Fork Table & Inn, dutifully samples apples from local orchards, poaches pears in wine from local vineyards and sources his pumpkin pie from gourds harvested at a nearby patch. In some ways, being on the East End reminds Payard of the French Riviera of

The term “healthy dessert” may sound like an oxymoron or summon memories of spelt scones as dry and bland as cardboard, hardly the thing you’d trot out at a Christmas party. But leave it to third-generation pastry chef François Payard to rise to the challenge of creating holiday confections that are nearly guiltless indulgences.

After all, the Nice, France, native is a James Beardawarded pastry chef who may be best known for turning local palates on to a light, meringue-based, delicately flavored cookie known as the macaron, a bestseller at his Payard Patisserie and Bistro in New York, South Korea, Japan and Las Vegas. Though he’s since shuttered his chain and moved out to the East End during the pandemic, he’s hardly stopped creating luxe desserts.

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François Payard’s seasonal confections at Southold General

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his youth, where he learned to bake at his grandfather’s patisserie, Au Nid des Friandises.

“It is a little provençale here,” he says of the North Fork.

“The coastal climate, the wineries, farms and artisans.

“We work with the bounty available right now,” he adds.

“We use lettuce leaves from KK’s the Farm for our salad, so you can get chicory and pepper flavors. For dessert, I only use fruit that is in season. So we focus on what’s available right now, and find the best apples for tarte tatin. I may try 10 different types of apples until I find the one that works best. Some are too juicy. Others don’t hold the shape. It’s a time-consuming process.”

The specific dictates of each local ingredient is one reason why Payard is sometimes reluctant to share recipes, though he’s written several cookbooks, including Bite Size, Simply Sensational Desserts and Chocolate Epiphany.

“With cooking, you can improvise, but you can’t with baking,” he says. “You have to know which seasonal fruit is best for a certain type of recipe or the exact temperature for the cream, whether you’re making sabayon or mousse, because a few degrees difference can affect taste and texture.”

Undaunted by the challenge, he’s concocted what he terms the Payard twist on classic American holiday treats, from pumpkin pie to apple crumble to fruitcake. To see his pastries displayed at Southold General is to marvel at nature’s beauty and his artistic hand. An Italian Christmas tradition like panettone becomes a chic, bite-size baked pudding soaked in rum and garnished with figs, dates and candied orange; pumpkin pie is reinvented as a squash and pumpkin seed soufflé topped with airy, orangeblossom and fennel-pollen meringue sculpted like Venetian glass. Feast your eyes on his Long Island chestnut-pear tart topped with glistening, scarlet-hued pear slices, poached in mulled wine and sprinkled with Sicilian pistachios.

“One thing I remember from my childhood is seeing street vendors selling roasted chestnuts,” he says, adding that the East End’s many chestnut trees led him to this latest confection. Though not a popular ingredient in American desserts, chestnuts are high in vitamins and minerals, including vitamins K, B5 and B3, as well as phosphorus and magnesium. They’re also low in calories, carbs and fat, and contain more fiber than other nuts.

His flourless chocolate walnut cookies—recipe at right—deliver on flavor without the gluten and bad fats of traditional holiday cookies. Walnuts are high in omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants, which means they add crunch and nutritional value to dessert. When Payard can’t find local ingredients that fit the bill, he sources the best quality he can obtain, like Valrhona chocolate, an upscale, bittersweet French bar that’s dark, at 70%-85% cocoa, and loaded with antioxidants. Bon appétit!

Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies SERVING SIZE: About 12 4-inch cookies INGREDIENTS ½ cup plus 3 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder 3 cups powdered sugar Pinch of salt 2¾ cups walnuts, toasted and roughly chopped 4 large egg whites, at room temperature 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract DIRECTIONS 1. Place racks in both the upper and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 F. 2. Line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone baking mats.

3. Combine the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, salt and walnuts in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.

4. Mix on low speed for 1 minute. With the mixer running, slowly add the egg whites and vanilla.

5. Mix on medium speed for 3 minutes, until the mixture has slightly thickened. Do not overmix it, or the egg whites will thicken too much.

6. With a 2-ounce cookie or ice cream scoop or a generous tablespoon, scoop the batter onto the prepared baking sheets, to make cookies that are 4 inches in diameter.

7. Scoop 5 cookies on each pan, about 3 inches apart so that they don’t stick when they spread. (Set the extra batter aside until the first batch of cookies is baked before scooping and baking the remaining cookies.)

8. Put the cookies in the oven, and immediately lower the temperature to 320 F. 9. Bake for 14 to 16 minutes, or until small, thin cracks appear on the surface of the cookies.

10. Switch the pans halfway through baking.

11. Pull the parchment with the cookies onto a wire cooling rack, and let cool completely before removing the cookies from the parchment. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

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“I do think that when you’re given a platform, you have to realize that it is a privilege, and then use that privilege to lead by example.”

—Gus Kenworthy

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OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST, MODEL AND ACTOR GUS KENWORTHY IS MUCH MORE THAN A CHARISMATIC, PHOTOGENIC FREESTYLE SKIER WITH ENDORSEMENT DEALS. THE SECOND OUT GAY MAN TO COMPETE FOR TEAM USA IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS HAS SHOWN SERIOUS COMMITMENT IN HIS ONGOING CHAMPIONING OF ANIMAL RIGHTS, WELLNESS INITIATIVES, MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND LGBTQ+ RIGHTS. PURIST FOUNDER CRISTINA CUOMO MET KENWORTHY AS HE WAS PREPARING FOR ONE OF Peter Hapak/Trunk Archive

HIS LIFE’S SUMMITS—HIS FINAL OLYMPIC ROUND IN 2022.

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Kenworthy won the silver medal in men’s slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Kenworthy taught himself guitar during lockdown.

Cristina Cuomo: As a professional athlete, what are the most important things you do to support your training?

Gus Kenworthy: The most important thing to supplement training is sleep, which is hard when you’re on the road.

was in the closet and I knew that I was gay and that I was different. Even without contextualizing it, I knew that I had something that made me different, and at that time in my life I felt like it was a deficit. And so I felt like I had to work harder in every aspect of my life to make up for this shortcoming. I felt like, if I have this thing working against me, I have to be this, that and the other. So, I was studying hard, was a straight-A student, and pushed myself in skiing and in all the sports that I did. I think it’s probably in some ways damaging psychologically to push yourself for those reasons, but I think I definitely did push myself really hard, because I felt like I had something to make up for.

When I came out, it was very liberating. I didn’t feel that pressure anymore, but I felt a different pressure. I had a new community that I was a part of, and a new audience that I was trying to do right by. I wanted to try and be the best that I could be, not just for myself but for the community.

CC: What does a day in the life of an Olympic silver medalist look like?

GK: My day mostly revolves around coffee. It’s the first thing I think of when I wake up. I go to the gym every day.

I also like working out with friends or my boyfriend. A lot of athletes just want to be in there doing their thing on their own. But I’m codependent—I like doing everything with friends.

CC: Will this upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics be your last one?

GK: Yes, it will be my third and final. My first Games in 2014 was actually the first time that my sport was included in the Olympics. It was the inaugural event for ski slopestyle and ski halfpipe. I felt very honored getting to be a part of the first Team USA for that sport. By 2018, I was back. It was my first Olympics being out, vocal and visible as a gay man. It was also the first time that any gay man had competed for Team USA [in skiing] in the Winter Olympics.

CC: As an outspoken member of that LGBTQ+ community and an activist, you’re vocal about your political beliefs.

As an athlete and actor, how important is it to use your fame toward a better, more progressive future?

GK: I think everyone should utilize their voice and vocalize their beliefs. I do think that when you’re given a platform, you really have to realize that it is a privilege, and then use that privilege to lead by example, and help speak up for those who have been marginalized.

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CC: You’ve been training your whole life for this. How do you decide what you want to do next?

GK: I want to pursue acting. I have a foot in the door because of the Olympics, and I feel like that got me a couple of roles already [on American Horror Story and Will & Grace]. I did some correspondent work for NBC during the summer Olympics, and I’ve hosted segments for Nightline, and just random things here and there, trying to get better in front of the camera as myself.

CC: Speaking of injustices, you’re an animal rights activist. You went to South Korea to shut down a dog meat farm with Humane Society International when you were there for the Olympics, and you brought home your dog daughter, Birdie. Why was this mission so important to you?

GK: Animal adoption has always been very near and dear to my heart. In 2014, when I was at the Olympics in Sochi, my first boyfriend and I found a family of stray dogs—four puppies and a mom. We vowed to bring them back and make sure that they didn’t get euthanized. I put them on Instagram and Twitter, and the posts ended up really taking off. Because of that, the Humane Society International reached out and offered to help bring the dogs back. One of those dogs lives with my mom, and two of them live with my ex. I began a long-standing relationship with the Humane Society International because of that. In 2018, when the Olympics were in South Korea, they reached out to me, because of a dog meat farm a few miles from the venue.

They asked if I would come visit a farm while I was there and help them film a PSA to try and bring awareness to

CC: What attracted you to that secondary career while you were in the midst of being an Olympic athlete?

GK: I always dreamed of being an actor as a kid, and I did some theater. In a way, it’s every kid’s dream to get to be on TV and be in movies. It certainly was my brother’s and mine.

CC: Music plays a big role in your life. I love listening to you on Instagram. You’re self-taught at the guitar. What compels you to learn all these things?

GK: When the pandemic happened, I was locked at home; I really wanted to try and make the most of that time, and so I taught myself guitar. It was definitely a saving grace for me.

I think as a kid a lot of my drive, whether it was subconscious or conscious, came from the fact that I 109

the cause. And so I went to a dog meat farm, which was really the most upsetting thing I’ve ever witnessed.

While I was there, I saw a family of puppies being born in a cage in the snow, shivering. Had we not been there that day filming that PSA, those puppies probably would have died because it was so cold. Long story short, my dog Birdie was one of those puppies born in that cage that day. All 90 of the dogs that were on that farm were brought back to the U.S. and Canada, and adopted out through local agencies. I have Birdie, who came from there, and then I have another, Frank, who is also a rescue.

He’s a little terrier thing.

Two years ago, he began a daily meditation practice.

CC: You made a point of thanking the people who do matter to you by dedicating each of your Olympic endeavors to someone. You said you’re dedicating next year’s Olympics effort to your mom.

I wanted to ask you about growing up in Telluride, Colorado, and what that was like.

GK: It was idyllic, a fun place to be a kid. There were a lot of kids my age. Never had to lock the door. Felt safe.

Always a neighborhood kid to play with and a lot of things to do, whether it was hiking, biking or skiing. It was just a very active place to grow up.

me is similar to Aspen, but Telluride feels very old-school. I love its soul and character. Aspen is the epitome of luxury and comfort, and it just feels like a vacation every time you’re there. I’m in Aspen every year for the X Games, and usually a couple of other events during the year, so I spend a lot of time there.

CC: You did a clothing collaboration with Ron Dorff and you were the face of H&M and Ralph Lauren, and you’re currently the face of Prada. How did you get into fashion?

GK: My mom instilled an interest in fashion. She ran a consignment store throughout my childhood, so she’s always been really good at finding beautiful garments and old vintage things and putting together great looks.

It translated to me a little bit, and then through skiing and Olympics and some of the notoriety that I’ve gotten, I’ve had the opportunity to do modeling campaigns with all

CC: You’ve spent a lot of time in Aspen for the X Games and such. What are some of your favorite things about Aspen?

GK: I love the restaurants in Aspen. I feel like what I like about Aspen, honestly, is that it’s so glamorous. Telluride to 110

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CC: What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

GK: It’s not even advice that was given to me, but it’s a quote I read when I was a teenager, and it stuck with me forever: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” It really resonated with me, especially when I was coming out. Anyone who doesn’t support you for who you are, who doesn’t care about you for you, just doesn’t matter.

Anyone who does matter will care.

and I definitely was very depressed during it. I actually started taking antidepressants during the pandemic, and am still on them. I feel like it’s not something that should be shrouded in shame or mystery. It’s just a non-big deal, and it’s something that helps keep me where I need to be.

these incredible brands like Ralph Lauren and now Prada.

It does feel a little bit surreal, but it’s amazing.

CC: You’re an ambassador for different brands. You invested in Cann, a cannabis-infused social tonic company. Why do you migrate toward these wellnesscentric brands, and how do you look for the ones you want to support?

GK: Sometimes the brands find me, and sometimes I find them. Cann actually was a company that a friend had invested in. I thought it was a genius idea, and reached out to the company to see how I could be involved. I also work with Beam, which makes CBD products. The brand has a sleep product, capsules or a powder mix, that I take every night before bed. I was saying at the beginning of this interview how important sleep is, and Beam really ensures me a good night’s sleep.

CC: The environment is very important to you. What are some of the environmental issues that you support?

GK: I feel a little bit, I guess, sometimes silly talking about it because, in terms of carbon emission, I’m also jetting all over the world. Flying is the worst thing you can do. I’ve tried to stop eating red meat and pork, because both of those industries emit so much more methane than chicken or fish. I believe it’s important to speak up for politicians and candidates who support your ideals in terms of climate change and environmental impact. If it’s left up to people, it won’t change—people are selfish and do things out of convenience, myself included. I think that we sometimes need to be forced into things. You read statistics that are overwhelming, but if everybody recycled for a year and did all these things, it still wouldn’t make as much of a difference on the environment as taking one less flight a year. For me, it’s a leadership problem on a global level.

More needs to be done to hold oil and gas corporations, and all these companies, accountable because I feel like they can actually make the difference.

CC: Tell me about the breath work you do and your meditation practice.

GK: I meditate between 10 and 20 minutes daily, which started two years ago, and has been a really wonderful thing. I am someone who overthinks things. Meditation is a way to stay grounded and in the moment. Breath work is more occasional for me, because it can be very intense.

CC: I know that your openness about mental health during the pandemic isolation really goes a long way with those who were struggling, and also your ability to be publicly vulnerable. Why is it important for you to share not just your ups but your downs, too?

GK: It’s fairly easy for Instagram to become a highlight reel, and that is the way we are mostly sharing ourselves on social media. And if you’re only sharing the highs and not the lows, then it creates a really warped perception of you and your life and it translates to other people. I get upset and compare myself to people, and I think that it’s true that comparison is the thief of joy. So I think it’s important to not just share the ups but also the downs, and try to have just real transparency about stuff that’s going on. Mental health is such an important thing to talk about, and doesn’t get talked about enough and is stigmatized. The pandemic was a hard time for everybody,

CC: You jumped to Great Britain’s ski team from the U.S. team. How did that happen?

GK: I’ve always held both passports, so it was always an option for me. While qualifying for my first games, I decided to ski for the U.S. because I live in the U.S. The second time around, I again had the opportunity to compete for Great Britain, but decided to stick with the U.S. This third time around I thought, I’m going to do this for my mom. That would be an amazing tribute to her, and also it would be a cool and different way to approach the third games. In the past two rounds, it’s been dog eat dog for the coveted spots. Competing for Great Britain, I had the luxury of earning my spot last year. Knowing that I was locked in and ready to go to the games, I could use the next few months to focus on training and getting the best run possible ready.

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ARMED WITH INGENUITY AND GRIT, THESE VALIANT ENTREPRENEURS TRANSFORMED PERSONAL HEALTH OBSTACLES INTO POWERFUL TOOLS FOR THRIVING. By Julia Szabo

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Daily Dose

Battling a serious illness changes a person forever, for better and for worse. On the plus side, a health crisis can set an entrepreneurial spirit on a mission to make a difference. In the words of Kathy Giusti, founder and chief mission officer of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, “I never thought I’d be an entrepreneur until I was told I only had three years to live.”

A renewed resolve to succeed is not only good for one’s well-being, it can be great for business, and might even change the world—as these entrepreneurs learned.

Lori Levine is a pro at thriving after illness: Always keeping fit and active, staying positive even while hospitalized, the CPA beats health challenges with the same disciplined savvy she applies to accounting. Three times she faced down a rare, potentially fatal condition that spontaneously collapsed her right lung. Twelve years after the lung condition was finally resolved with surgery and hormone therapy, she went in for a routine mammogram and sonogram. Even the bad news she got—cancer in her left breast—couldn’t slow her down.

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Cancer Center in Manhattan, juggling client calls with doctors’ updates, she powered her way through exhausting radiation treatments with a purse full of energyboosting protein bars, and wound down before bed with two squares of dark chocolate. After she kicked cancer, “I decided to clean up my act,” Levine says. “One of the few things I could control is what I put in my body. So I went to a nutritionist and got into the best shape of my life.” Pointing out the toxic ingredients in Levine’s go-to energy bars, the nutritionist also laid down the law about the sugar content of her nightly snack. Now, what would satisfy her sweet tooth? How could she safely treat herself?

The dilemma was not lost on her husband, Scott, also a CPA with an MBA, who undertook a labor of love: After researching healthy, delicious ingredients, he concocted a virtuous treat recipe that really hit the spot—peanut butter, cacao, chia seeds, flaxseed, organic plant-based protein powder, and other nutritionist-approved ingredients, all rolled up into bite-size balls that Lori says she took “everywhere I went. I loved them. They were perfect. Wish I could’ve had them during radiation!”

By the summer of 2020, Scott had resolutely perfected the recipe—“He got the sugar down, plus no salt, no soy, no GMO”—and the Levines were no longer giving away their scrumptious snacks; they were doing business as Scott’s Protein Balls. In two flavors, Peanut Butter Cacao and Snickerdoodle (with almond butter), “It was blowing up,” she says. “People were posting on Instagram, holding up their empty bag with a sad face.” Three more equally addictive flavors were added: Java Peanut Butter, Brownie Batter and Confetti (f.k.a. Funfetti, complete with sprinkles that contain no trace of chemical color). And then came the couple’s short, sweet appearance on Good Morning America, as part of a feature on breast cancer-inspired businesses.

“We got a thousand orders that morning alone. Scott calls us accidental entrepreneurs. Every day, we just look at each other. It’s crazy—we’ve rarely met a person who doesn’t love at least one flavor. Our customers range from 2 to 92. I’ve had therapists tell me they’re getting their patients with eating disorders to eat better.” Now, she adds, the goal is “to get out of the production end and hire a company to make, roll, package and ship them; Scott should be doing business at the back end, and I should be doing sales and marketing. I want to get us into more places, grow the brand and reach more people who need healthy snack alternatives—especially anyone going through treatment for breast cancer.”

The practice of Pilates motivated Amy Jordan to leave a career as a Hollywood marketing executive—at Universal/ Dreamworks and after that, Marvel—to nurture her true

superpowers. Jordan’s WundaBar Pilates has been one of the most consistently successful breakout businesses in fitness. Jordan opened her first Pilates studio in 2008. By 2011, she’d created the now-famous WundaBar Pilates studio, which offers a way of doing Pilates at a cardio pace), prototyped the WundaFormer (this ingenious hybrid workout machine offers the best features of the Reformer and other Pilates machines), and given birth to her first child.

By March 2020, WundaBar had captivated New York, with two locations in Manhattan and one slated for Brooklyn, and Jordan admired by all as “Pilates Girl.”

Then came the pandemic of 2020 and, like all exercise establishments, WundaBar was forced to temporarily close its doors, and the Brooklyn location’s opening was delayed until the fall of 2020. But not everyone gained the dreaded “COVID-19” of the waistline—Jordan and her dedicated followers stayed in peak physical shape throughout the crisis. “Serendipitously,” she recalls, “we launched WundaBar On Demand a week before the pandemic shut everything down, offering no-equipment streaming workouts from anywhere.” Beneath lights clamped to the beams of her ceiling at home in California, she continued to put WundaWarriors through their paces.

Three months into the pandemic, like a scenario from a Marvel movie, Pilates Girl met her archenemy: small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Turns out, cancer had met its nemesis too: a wellness entrepreneur as rare and aggressive as the disease trying to kill her. It was no contest: While most of us were lamenting the absence of professionally styled hair, there was Amy Jordan—her head totally bare from chemo and beautiful as ever—gamely leading virtual workouts. After intense chemotherapy treatments and surgeries, it was game over for cancer— and renewed health not only for Jordan, but for her business, which has continued booming, with New Jersey’s first WundaBar opening last month and five more studios nationwide expected to open in 2022.

Looking back, Jordan acknowledges this about her deadly opponent: It’s a peerless marketing strategist.

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is different from other meal delivery companies.

“Nothing beats cancer,” she says with a We have an artisanal touch.” laugh. “Cancer is a sinister opponent. When Daily Dose is deliciously sustainable, down we talked about how I’d still do my work as to the last detail: “We work with regenerative a spokesperson for WundaBar Pilates with all farms, are extra-careful about sourcing, the of the studios closed, no hair, and through oils and salt used, and stay seasonal as much a health crisis, we decided to call this our Tricia Williams as possible,” says Williams.

‘Lemonade campaign.’ It gave me the At the height of the pandemic, when opportunity to really put my money where my business slowed down, Williams was mouth is. A battle like this attracts attention, dismayed by news stories about pizza and it gave me the opportunity to bring and doughnuts delivered free to front-line people together who were interested in my workers, who instead needed nutrient-dense, story. We got a ton of support, and even immune-boosting meals to stay strong; she more people wanting to become part of teamed up with friends and colleagues, this experience. Our sense was that people raising funds to help feed the heroes in recognized, ‘Wow, she really is invested in style. Daily Dose donated one free meal what she does for a living—this is not just for a Lori Levine for each one purchased. At times, Williams photograph, this is how she lives her life, and found herself tested: After losing her father to this could help me too.’”

COVID, she self-medicated with “potatoes Disease doesn’t have to be life-threatening and more potatoes,” she confesses. But to have a dramatically positive impact on feedback from the front-line workers she’d business. An addiction to junk food and helped feed got her back on track. “People staples of the Standard American Diet can be would send us letters and pictures, in tears equally damaging to health, and overcoming of happiness because they got something that addiction, as challenging as battling a healthy to eat,” she recalls. In total, some serious illness—and every bit as inspiring to 85,000 donated Daily Dose meals were an entrepreneur. Today, Tricia Williams is an Amy Jordan delivered during the crisis. acclaimed chef-nutritionist and founder of “To shift the needle on the Standard American Diet, Daily Dose, a direct-to-consumer healthy-meal delivery it’s going to take many companies working together to company; but 16 years ago, while pregnant with her first change the state of health,” she concludes. “By bringing child, Williams was a diet soda-and-chips addict who quit together all these thought leaders and offering something those habits cold turkey after reading Michael Pollan’s The for everyone, we have a shot at it.”

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Conquering the jones for junk food set Williams on the path to becoming a highly successful entrepreneur. How successful?

“We used to be a local company serving the tristate area,” she says. “Now, we ship our food nationwide.” Daily Dose specializes in prescription nutrition, with mouthwatering Paleo, keto and plant-forward options, “because we don’t believe there’s one diet for everyone—we believe in a person’s individuality.” The diner’s palate is also honored: The next time you crave a bagel and lox, why not answer the craving with Daily Dose’s almond meal everything bagel with chivecashew cream cheese and beet-cured wild salmon? “Our whole mission is to make people fall in love with healthy eating—it’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle. My team and I have backgrounds WundaBar Pilates Studio in restaurants and fine dining, so our approach 115

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This stunning Aspen property offers unparalleled views of the Elk Mountain Range and Buttermilk Mountain.

Listing agent is Brittanie Rockhill of Douglas Elliman; 970.366.0891.

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GOING GREEN

It’s high time at Dalwhinnie Farms, a Colorado-based cannabis cultivator serving the Aspen community. location for our dispensary, we found the area really ties into the beauty and perfection of where we grow our cannabis,” says Dalwhinnie CEO Brandon Barksdale. “We aim to reinvent the dispensary experience. We look to foster a welcoming, accessible environment to everyone, and we curated the experience to be just as impactful on the non-cannabis side as we did on the cannabis side.”

For those looking to indulge in some green goodness, Dalwhinnie’s line of products is cultivated using strategic hand-trimming and careful curing, comparable to the development of a fine wine. Flower is offered in sativa, indica and hybrid strains, along with edibles—think gummies and gourmet chocolates—plus topical painrelief remedies and vaporizers for discreet use. “We are always trying to grow and bring the cleanest products to market that we possibly can,” Barksdale says. “We cater to those who seek wellness from the experience, or wellness from a medical perspective.”

Constantly on the pulse of the latest trends in the cannabis world, Dalwhinnie’s merchandise evolves with the ever-changing desires of the Aspen community. The brand has established itself as a “must-go” cannabis experience for those visiting or living in the bucolic ski town, whether they’re in the market for a custom cannabis leaf Rolex or a luxurious gold tiger’s eye crystal pipe. These whimsical treasures speak to Dalwhinnie’s core mission: to eliminate the outdated stigma surrounding nature’s green gift. dalwhinnie.com

The Gaelic word for “the gathering place,” Dalwhinnie aims to foster a community of cannabis users, whether they be seasoned connoisseurs or those on their initial exploration of the plant’s benefits. A far cry from the days of skunk-scented joints or a wildly unpredictable dose from a “magic” brownie, Dalwhinnie Farms encapsulates the 21st-century cannabis movement by connecting the modern consumer with safe, ethically grown plant-based remedies.

Situated at the base of the San Juan Mountains—on a 210-acre ranch once home to a dressage equestrian center—Dalwhinnie’s 30,000-square-foot indoor growing facility and greenhouse are powered in part by the surrounding area’s natural bounty. Sustained by snowmelt from the Uncompahgre River, the brand’s strains are infused with the essence of the Colorado landscape. The state-of-the-art facility utilizes a geothermal cooling system, with 100 percent of the plant’s runoff circulated, purified and returned to irrigate the ranch or back to the river.

A refined alternative to the sea of dispensaries littering Colorado with flashing neon pot leaf signs, Dalwhinnie’s Aspen outpost has an elegant boutique ambience with an equestrian-inspired twist. A $14,700 crystal saddle by Aspen-based artist James Vilona sits between shelves stocked with fine leather goods, cozy cashmere sweaters, twinkling leaf pendants and crisp champagne and black currant home fragrance. “When we chose Aspen as the

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THE SUITE LIFE

New York’s Suite Reyad brings après-ski hair artistry to the St. Regis Aspen Resort.

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the hotel’s business center, the new Suite Reyad sits steps away from the St. Regis’ world-class spa.

Incorporating design fundamentals from the NYC location, the salon’s new space features crisp white walls and modernist furnishings with a rustic twist.

Herringbone hardwood flooring is featured throughout, along with woodsy wall decor and a regal set of mounted elk antlers.

Williard-Fritas explains that Suite Reyad’s presence in Aspen will fill a need among seasonal residents, who often travel cross-country back to LA, New York or Dallas for the day to be serviced by a trusted stylist. “When we care for a client, we want to create a look that fits their needs and lifestyle,” says Williard-Fritas.

“Our team is small and tight-knit, and each one of them is very talented. We stand out a lot for our color, but we are lucky to have a team of great stylists as well. One of our big priorities is preserving the health of hair. We put a lot of emphasis on our conditioning treatments.”

The salon’s doors opened this November, just in time for peak season through early 2022. Guests will be able to visit the salon year-round. A luxury line of hair care products is currently in development by the Suite Reyad team, with plans to unveil the collection next summer.

315 E. Dean St., Aspen, suitereyad.com

Inside New York City’s Pierre Hotel, a serene beautification destination awaits. Suite Reyad, a hair salon frequented by Imaan Hammam and Project Runway’s Nina García, goes above and beyond a run-of-the-mill cut and color.

With interior design inspired by an effortlessly luxurious Parisian apartment, Suite Reyad’s sleek yet cozy feel is Kylie “Jax” Williard-Fritas and complemented by a team of her husband, Reyad Fritas style mavens catering to a spectrum of clientele.

This winter, Suite Reyad will settle down mountainside in another famed hotel, St. Regis Aspen Resort. After a series of successful pop-ups that attracted Aspenites in need of high-caliber hair care, the salon has expanded its horizons with a second location offering a signature “après-ski hair” experience.

“During our pop-ups we learned that Aspen women are extremely active,” says Kylie “Jax” Williard-Fritas, a master colorist and co-owner of Suite Reyad (with her husband, Reyad Fritas). “They wake up early in the morning and go skinning up the mountain, then ski back down and walk a block to the St. Regis in full ski gear. When they come to the salon, we let them warm up in a silky robe and give them a full treatment, finishing with a beautiful blow-dry. Then they’re ready to start the rest of their aprèsski activities around town.”

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ASPEN BITES AND BOÎTES

Where to dine and après-ski this season.

BY NANCY KANE Montauk’s The Surf Lodge, The Snow Lodge returns this year at the St. Regis as The Snow Lodge Supper Club. Expect seasonal cuisine alongside cocktails helmed by the awardwinning team at Dante.

And don’t miss the music series—from unplugged acoustic performances and DJ sets to cabaret.

Artists Léon and Jake Wesley Rogers are already on the bill. 315 E. Dean St. Centered by a wall of windows offering sweeping views of Aspen Mountain, Casa D’Angelo serves up authentic Italian food in a warm, welcoming setting.

Celebrity chef Angelo Elia (who owns nine restaurants across southern Florida and the Bahamas) mixes traditional Tuscan classics with local ingredients. Elia is also a vineyard owner, so the wine list is extensive.

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High-altitude luxury and Latin-American style are inspirations behind Chica’s decor.

HOLA, CHICA! A welcome new addition to Aspen’s vibrant restaurant and nightlife scene

Bringing enough Miami heat to melt the snowy slopes, popular Latin restaurant Chica, helmed by celebrity chef Lorena Garcia, opened in the Residences at The Little Nell.

With prime views of the mountain from the large dining area and expansive outdoor terrace and bar, Chica Aspen is colorfully designed by the Rockwell Group. Garcia blends the bold flavors of Latin American cuisine as one culture, with influences from Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina offering both classic renditions and signature interpretations; on weekends, Chica Nights provide a dining experience filled with live musicians, exotic performers and DJs to dance the night away. “Expanding into the Aspen market has always been a dream of mine,” says John Kunkel, CEO of 50

Refuel at Catch Steak after hitting the slopes.

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Chica’s flaming chocolate skull dessert

Eggs, the hospitality group behind Chica. “I’ve been coming here for at least 15 years with my family. The Aspen community is distinct, as it has an abundant arts and culture scene that lends itself to sophistication while at the same time remaining low-key and approachable. Our restaurant, Chica, is the perfect fit for this atmosphere.”

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Aspen is known for superior slopes, but after a day on the mountain, new restaurants offer the real fun, in the form of sumptuous meals and soul-warming cocktails.

Popular NYC restaurant Catch Steak brings their inimitable modern steakhouse vibe to downtown Aspen. A 10,000-squarefoot space designed by the Rockwell Group incorporates natural and reclaimed wood accents that complement the woodsy feel outside. Located in the former Aspen Kitchen, Catch Steak sits steps away from the Aspen Mountain Gondola. With a heated rooftop dining terrace as well as a main bar, dining room and private cellar, the menu offers top-notch steak cuts along with options like Chili Tuna Tartare. 515 E. Hopkins Ave. The wintry sister to

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ANDY RETURNS TO ASPEN A new Warhol exhibit makes its U.S. debut. BY DIMITRI EHRLICH

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Andy Warhol: LIfetimes is at the Aspen Art Museum through March 27.

Warhol, who skied Buttermilk Mountain and hobnobbed at Andre’s Club, was famously shy, elusive and obsessed with pop culture. One of the reasons his art has endured is that he was uncannily prescient about the forces of celebrity worship and consumerism in our image-driven world. His work presaged the social media era (one can only imagine what he would have made of TikTok, selfies and viral videos) but it also proved to be ahead of its time in establishing the idea of the outsider as cool. With his silkscreens, drawings, films, Interview magazine and the sheer force of his larger-than-life persona, Warhol celebrated “other-ness,” and helped move it from the margins to the spotlight of pop culture. This exhibition, which includes over 200 works, and was organized by Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with Museum Ludwig, in Cologne, Germany, Aspen Art Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, showcases that enduring aspect of his legacy. aspenartmuseum.org.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Andy Warhol had a deep affinity for Aspen. His mother, with whom he was famously close, was born in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, so it’s possible he felt some ancestral connection to the mountainous terrain. The artist first visited Aspen in 1966, when he had an exhibit of his work at the Aspen Institute. That same year, he designed and edited the third issue of Aspen magazine. Now, 55 years after his first visit to the city, Warhol will return—not the man, of course, but his work.

The Aspen Art Museum will be the only institution in the United States chosen as the exclusive venue for Andy Warhol: Lifetimes, a major new international retrospective of Warhol’s oeuvre. The show, which will run through March 27, 2022, focuses on some of his lesser-known works, exploring his early inspirations and his role as a gay artist whose iconoclastic vision helped engender a social transformation.

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The Well, an NYC health center whose chief medical officer is Dr. Frank Lipman, offers energy healing, bodywork and functional medicine treatments, steps from Union Square.

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THE BIG VEGAN APPLE

Gotham’s next mayor, Eric Adams, went vegan a few years back. Follow his lead with these vegan-friendly hot spots throughout the city. BY JULIA SZABO New York City’s mayor-elect, Eric Adams, cast his vote for the vegan lifestyle, then converted his mother to a healthier diet. (By her late 70s, she’d spent “15 years as a diabetic, seven years on insulin,” he recalls.) Some folks have a tough time transitioning to a plant-based diet. Not Adams, who took to it with ease, air-frying battered cauliflower and making his own three-ingredient “ice cream” from scratch (with fresh peanut butter, frozen bananas and cacao powder).

Now that he’s about to take the helm of the multiburner range that is NYC, it’s a safe bet Adams won’t have much time for home cooking—but that doesn’t mean he’ll be dining out exclusively at vegan establishments.

Extremely health-conscious, he’s not one for fast food, even if it is meatless (he also eats oil-free, and makes his preference known wherever he dines out). “I can find a plant-based meal in every restaurant I go to,” Adams says.

Whether or not you’re considering a plant-powered pivot, here are the restaurants we predict will appeal to the new mayor and his eating mates.

ELEVEN MADISON PARK The power of the vegan lifestyle to convert even die-hard carnivores is on full display at this venerable establishment, which famously made the switch to an entirely plantbased menu in June 2021. Eggplant

is brined, fried, dehydrated, roasted and marinated in mushroom stock, and brushed with tomato-shiso vinaigrette, creating an umami-rich, velvet-textured astonishment. And, as if by alchemy, sunflower seeds transform into “butter,” served in a molded shape that looks like an emoji sunflower, with a circle of dark miso for the flower’s center. This sublime spread is served with a laminated roll that has croissant-like flakiness (it’s a creation of pastry chef Laura Cronin). elevenmadisonpark.com ONE WHITE STREET A three-story Tribeca townhouse (with sexy Saarinen seating, upholstered in blue) is home to a joint venture by former Eleven Madison Park wine director Dustin Wilson and chef Austin Johnson, formerly of the Michelinstarred Frenchie in Paris. Wellness aficionados will savor the menu’s organic produce (some of it grown at Rigor Hill Farm in upstate New York), including beets, potatoes, purple top turnips, fingerling potatoes, cipollini, toasted pumpkin seeds and squash.

A vegan diner will savor muhammara, a spread made with red bell peppers, walnuts, pomegranate molasses and breadcrumbs. onewhitestreetnyc.com SESTINA, the name of Matthew Kenney’s new plant-powered outpost in the East Village, is also the Italian

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word for an exquisite form of verse, and fittingly, the food at his “Pasta Bar” is pure poetry. All the noodles are housemade, and come with a plant-based pesto that blends basil and pine nuts with Mayor Adams’ favorite leafy green, kale. For weekend brunch, a peckish politico can refuel with Limoncello Waffles or Primavera Scramble (an egg-free, veggie-rich version of tofu scramble, the vegan’s go-to egg substitute). For dessert, the mayor and his fellow frozen-dessertfavoring constituents will surely endorse Sestina’s selection of dairyfree gelato; it comes in chocolate, pistachio, or—for an extra Italian flavor boost—strawberry-balsamic. matthewkenneycuisine.com NURA When in Kings County, the mayor and his fellow vegans will want to check out the creations of chef Jackie Carnesi (an alum of Brooklyn dining destination Roberta’s). Focusing on local ingredients and a United Nations of global spice influences—from Mexico to India and beyond—Nura offers such equal-opportunity taste bud pleasers as Charred Eggplant With Preserved Peach Chimichurri, Nuts and Seeds, Roasted Koginut Squash With Chamoy, Coconut Rice and Fideos, and an intriguing variety of dessert toppers: tamarind, candied kumquat, toasted coconut, habanero,

sunchoke and black cardamom. nurabk.com

crabmeat and serve the sauce with pasta. santinanyc.com

seasonal vegetables with curry and lime leaves. indochinenyc.com

SHI Many New Yorkers travel to Queens for Pan-Asian fare; SHI takes the pilgrimage to new heights, serving up delicacies in a high-rise eatery with sweeping Manhattan skyline views.

The vitamin K-rich veggies—string beans, Chinese broccoli, sauteed spinach, baby bok choy—are right up a wellness aficionado’s alley, as are Buddhist Delight With Lotus Root and Triple Mushroom. shilic.com

DOMINIQUE ANSEL WORKSHOP Sometimes, a croissant hits the spot like nothing else, but for years a truly vegan Viennoiserie was an unsolvable conundrum. Happily, ingenious bakers like Dominique Ansel manage the impossible: concocting crescent pastries sans dairy. Ansel replaces butter with olive oil and adds rosemary and garlic for a flaky, savory treat that’s just as satisfying as the old-fashioned kind. dominiqueanselworkshop.com

OMEN-AZEN Its devoted followers are thrilled that this classic restaurant has survived the pandemic to sustain them with shiitake mushroom in soy and sake…Kinpira Burdock (twice-cooked burdock)…pickled vegetables…umeboshi plum. These and other familiar flavors make Omen-Azen wonderful to come home to. While their fish-eating friends dine on seafood, vegans with a vested interest in longevity will delight in the entree of grilled, marinated vegetables (spinach, carrots, kabocha pumpkin, lotus root, burdock and red radish in a walnut sauce) and vegetable sushi rolled into red, green or orange vinegared rice, the jewel colors courtesy of beets, spinach and carrots. women-azen.com

THE MARY LANE Named for an heirloom fig varietal, this brilliant Mike Price Bank Street eatery showcases chef de cuisine Andrew Sutin’s green thumb in the kitchen. Vegans will delight in celery root soup and fermented soy dip with crudités. More mouthwatering options: housemade black olive and rosemary focaccia; smoked and grilled beet with braised mustard greens, pearl onions, parsnips, and beet demi; and the earthy, showstopping king trumpet mushroom tartare with capers, truffle Dijon aioli and crispy sunchokes. themarylanenyc.com INDOCHINE At Indochine, a foodie favorite since 1984, it’s easy being vegan: Simply build a meal with an appetizer or two (Asian Kale Salad, Grilled Eggplant, or Summer Roll of Vegetables with black bean sauce) and follow up with the Vegetable Stew entree, which blends

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SANTINA On Manhattan’s West Side, right under the Highline, stands a gallery of culinary artistry called Santina where, in what might be a NYC restaurant first, squash carpaccio holds its own alongside tuna carpaccio.

A galloping vegan gourmet can easily build a satisfying meal out of the antipasti and salads: Chickpea Pancakes and Avocado Trapanese (with tomato and almond pesto) look equally appetizing as Calabrian Tuna Tartare, or Fried Artichokes with grapes and hazelnuts. The salads are substantial: Kale Sunchoke Salad with pomegranate and sunflower seeds, or a tricolor Chopped Salad, with olives and potatoes, to which diners may add avocado, tuna or shrimp. One of Mayor Adams’ hacks is to read what is paired with a main dish, and ask the server to customize—so, a vegan might point to the Capellini Blue Crab with light cherry tomato sauce, for example, asking the chef to hold the

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SUPERIORITY BURGER Both vegetarian and vegan, Superiority Burger may look and feel like a fast-food joint, but the topdrawer ingredients—collards and spinach from Camporosso Farms; broccoli from Bodhi Tree Farm—are as good for you as the sum of their parts is irresistible. Loyalists stalk Instagram for bon mots from Brooks Headley, Superiority mastermind (and former executive pastry chef at Del Posto), who drops tidbits about specials du jour, and stellar selections like the (vegan) coconut black sesame gelato. superiorityburger.com

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WINTER WELLNESS WONDERLAND

Discover new ways to access health and happiness in the Big Apple and beyond.

The Well’s serene lounge area

healthy dining, wellness water experiences, saunas, outdoor pools with skyline views, and well-appointed relaxation rooms. qcny.com Slated to be developed in the next few years, a $350 million wellness center and theme park, still in development stages, will be helmed by Robert Hammond, the co-founder of the High Line. The theme park will be an American outpost of the European wellness resort company Therme Group, which delivers an invigorating multicultural mash-up of heat, nature and bathing traditions from Japan (onsen), Turkey (hammam), Rome (thermae) and Finland (saunas). A search will soon be underway for a site that can fit the 250,000-square-foot space to accommodate the healthy-living park (a day pass is set to cost $40) and its indoor waterslides, a pool with swim-up bar, saunas, playgrounds, art events, parks, beaches, infrared beds and mineral pools.

—Jim Servin

Therme’s latest endeavor fuses wellness modalities from cultures across the globe.

a city still reeling with memories of the lockdown, which temporarily shuttered doors of The Well’s Manhattan flagship, adjacent to the iconic Union Square Park. The brand used that time to evolve, launching an e-commerce platform and debuting a second physical location, The Well at Mayflower Inn (in partnership with Auberge Resorts Collection’s Mayflower Inn & Spa) in Connecticut.

Happily, the original wellness center and spa is back and better than before, with a multitude of expanded offerings. What’s more, it has relaxed its membership restrictions, so anyone who feels drawn to The Well is encouraged to drop in and enjoy all that it has to offer.

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From acupuncture to moxibustion, Ayurveda to gua sha, to appointments with the on-site MD or physical therapists, your A-to-Z health and wellbeing is The Well’s top priority. The Rest & Recovery Lounge provides physicianformulated vitamin-infusion IV drips, administered by a registered nurse. For skin care that’s more than skin deep, beauty buffs will delight in the new EastMeets-West Acupuncture Facial, combining Biologique Recherche products with a needle protocol developed by The Well’s traditional Chinese medicine team.

Enjoy a wholesome, nutritious, mindfully prepared meal at The Well’s Kitchen & Table—justly famed for its cauliflower fried rice—and

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BIG AHH-PLE THEME PARKS Two wellness oases loom on the horizon for New Yorkers who, after taking an enforced break from 24/7 driving ambition, have become experts in the arts of replenishment and reflection, health and well-being. The Big Apple establishes itself as an international wellness destination with the imminent (coming soon) launch of QCNY Spa on Governors Island, a 172acre land parcel in New York Harbor, 800 yards south of Manhattan. Water is the healing medium here, with QCNY offering over 20 wellness experiences that include massage,

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feel an instant lift from the chef’s artistry with local, organic ingredients. There’s now an expanded beverage program, with Blank Street coffee, House of Waris teas and Magic Mix juices.

In yet another welcome gesture of the in-person inclusion we’ve all been craving, The Well is now partnering with Julianne Hough of Kinrgy on an exclusive, limited-time residency that brings Kinrgy’s in-demand online classes—which launched on the Oprah 2019 tour—to NYC, live and in person.

“We remain committed to the same mission we had the first day we opened our doors: to be the gold standard for wellness, and change how people think about their health,” concludes Rebecca Parekh, CEO and co-founder of The Well. “You’ll be able to receive exceptional quality of care and see best-in-class practitioners, healers and teachers at your own pace.” the-well.com —Julia Szabo Naturopathica offers meditation journeys from Vie Wellbeing’s Julie Sacks.

OHM FOR THE HOLIDAYS Take your spa treatments to the next level at Naturopathica in New York City or East Hampton with recorded guided meditations from Vie Wellbeing. After any treatment, whether massage or facial, stay swaddled in cozy covers as you are guided by meditation teacher and Vie Wellbeing founder Julie Sacks’ dulcet, soothing tones (fittingly, the Bath, England, native has a voice that’s as gently calming as a warm soak), which is set to the sounds of nature and infused with Reiki for deeper healing.

To help deal with any life crisis, whether mental, emotional or physical, try the Vie Mindful Emergency meditation: “Tune in to your triggers and help them fall away with grace,” says Sacks. “This meditation will bring you back to center.”

If beauty rest is the order of the day, opt for the Vie SleepWell, which is a guided Yoga Nidra session.

“This ancient revitalizing practice guides you into a state of deep relaxation so you can fall asleep with ease and wake up feeling rejuvenated,” she says.

Sacks also offers Bespoke Journey Packages, for a live one-on-one experience, whether in person or online, tailored to individual needs.

Says Sacks, “Whatever your individual life experience needs, I’ll guide you through a meditation journey that leaves you elevated and empowered to face any

Bumble Brew allows guests to foster new relationships or work remotely in a cozy space.

life challenge.” Interested in starting a practice? Sign up for her seven-day intro to meditation, featuring daily rituals and access to Vie’s full library and playlists. viewellbeing.com; naturopathica.com —Ray Rogers VAN GOGH WITH THE FLOW Masterpieces and movement converge at the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, located at Pier 36 on the Lower East Side. Each weekly 35-minute yoga flow will take place in the multisensory Van Gogh experience, led by certified instructors from local studios. Choreographed in tandem with the sounds, light and moving images of Van Gogh’s most beloved works, every yoga session is designed to open the mind and challenge the body.

Attendees are encouraged to stick around after class for an additional 25 minutes inside the space, an exclusive opportunity to enjoy this homage to one of history’s greatest artists.

Yogis of all experience levels are encouraged to attend, and are asked to bring their own mat.

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snacks. Julie Smolyansky, CEO and president of Lifeway Foods, says, “By engaging in the practice of yoga, surrounding ourselves with incredible art, and nourishing the gut with kefir, an ancient probiotic superfood, this unique collaboration is a great way to strengthen the mind-gut connection.” Tickets $55. vangoghnyc.com/yogaclasses —Gabrielle Echevarrieta CONNECTION IS KEY Choosing the right spot for a first date can be tricky, but the romance experts at Bumble have created a chic hangout space to meet up with your matches. After a series of successful pop-ups in New York’s Soho, London and LA, the dating app has created a permanent brickand-mortar café in lower Manhattan. A bright, cheery atmosphere outfitted with bee-inspired yellow decor and honeycomb details, Bumble Brew features an 80-seat dining room, cocktail bar and outdoor patio. “Good people are all around you. Get to know them over delicious food and wine,” the eatery’s website reads. bumblebrew.com —G.E.

SOUTH Head south this winter for world-class dining and wellness destinations in Miami and Palm Beach.

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Florida has long been a destination for those seeking wellness retreats, and its spas provide cutting-edge treatments and therapies. Here are some of the latest offerings from the Sunshine State. BY BETH LANDMAN OPAL GRAND Last month, holistic guru Tammy Fender premiered a new spa at the oceanfront Opal Grand hotel in Delray Beach. The bi-level haven features guided meditation, Thai yoga massage, and an organic scrub with 52 minerals, essential oils and salt.

Fender’s signature facial includes oxygen therapy and botanical blends on the face along with reflexology for extra relaxation.

10 N. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach; opalgrand.com/delray-beach-spa

sensory awakening therapy, which uses contrasting warm basalt and cold marble; and a restorative body session inspired by aromas found in Moroccan spice markets, that begins with a milk-and-honey soak and involves an exfoliation with terra-cotta stone.

501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton; thebocaraton.com

PGA National Resort’s new spa will harness the healing powers of salt to promote wellness.

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PGA NATIONAL RESORT A highlight of the spa, scheduled to open in February, and conceived by Venus Williams’s design group, V Starr, will be mineral pools with fountains enriched by salt from various countries including France and Turkey. It will feature a pink and white salon for hair styling and nail services; Himalayan salt rooms meant to cleanse the lungs are new, as is a couples area.

400 Ave. of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens; pgaresort.com PAUL LABRECQUE SALON AND SPA For those who have very sensitive skin, facials can result in rashes, itching or burning, but Biologique Recherche has a new treatment designed for those who can’t tolerate traditional products. Using balloon plant extract, probiotics and other ultra-purified, preservative-free ingredients, the Toleskin Cryotherapy Facial restores fatty acids to the skin, replaces its barrier and strengthens it against external stress-

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THE BOCA RATON The famous pink resort, formerly called the Boca Raton Resort & Club, is undergoing a massive renovation, and the spa, unveiled in December, has been reimagined by lifestyle guru Colin Cowie. Inspired by Spain’s Alhambra Palace, Spa Palmera has 44 treatment rooms, a pool, a café with Mediterranean snacks and such enticements as color therapy, halo therapy and ritual baths. Among the latest treatments are sound therapy;

Experience oceanfront bliss with botanical-infused beauty treatments at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne.

waterfall. 17875 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach; acqualinaresort.com

Opal Grand’s extensive selection of skin care remedies

es. 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite 327, Palm Beach; paullabrecque.com

THE RITZ-CARLTON KEY BISCAYNE, MIAMI The tranquil resort is a de-stressing escape in itself, and the spa provides experiential treatments like the detoxifying Tequesta Ritual complete with aromatherapy and scalp massage; or the Coconut Nourishment, which uses warm organic virgin coconut oil. The latest: CBD Relief, a massage administered with hemp-based products.

There is also a full menu of men’s treatments. 455 Grand Bay Drive, Key Biscayne, Miami; ritzcarlton.com/en/ hotels/miami/key-biscayne

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ACQUALINA SPA Devised for athletic spa aficionados, the tony resort’s latest remedy, Targeted Recovery Treatment, begins with a tissue warm-up using a Hypervolt tool and is followed by deep tissue massage with oils, meant to improve performance and ease post-workout tension. The session ends with a Cryo T-Shock to heal the muscles. Before or after, enjoy the property’s crystal steam room, sauna, relaxation lounge with Himalayan Salt Walls, and refreshing ice fountain and experiential shower with cool arctic or warm Caribbean mist. Plus, there is an oceanfront outdoor spa swimming pool, sun deck, and heated jet pool with Roman

CARILLON MIAMI WELLNESS RESORT The resort is opening a new center, the biostation, an anti-aging and medical wellness center that will bring in innovative offerings such as hormone replacement therapy, nutrient therapy, human growth hormone and peptide therapy. The hotel, which has a full schedule of fitness classes, has also introduced new touchless wellness services including salt float baths, cryotherapy, the circulationboosting Avacen machine and meditation beds. 6801 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; carillonhotel.com

Lounge by the clear blue pool at The Boca Raton.

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CRANE’S BEACH HOUSE GETS A WELLNESS MAKEOVER Delray Beach has long lured wellness practitioners, so it’s no surprise that a hotel would capitalize on the wealth of healing hands in the area.

Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas, which opened 20 years ago, has undergone a renovation and concept change, adding in a comprehensive wellness program, making the hotel a spa-style destination. The 28-room hotel has partnered with Rose Bruce Yoga for group and private classes in vinyasa, hatha, yin, restorative and raja, in which longer poses engage connective tissue and increase pliability. Spa offerings include deep-tissue and Swedish massages (which can be enjoyed outdoors in Crane’s tropical courtyard, or on the balcony or patio of a room) from Victoria Aragon of Loosen Up, acupuncture treatments from Dr. Tony Willcox, and coconut-goji berry facials from Bella Reina Spa, as well as frangipani jasmine pedicures and macadamia body scrubs. cranesbeachhouse.com

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The dining scene in South Florida has become even more vibrant, with New Yorkers joining locals in opening new spots. Hotels are upping the ante with exciting projects from Miami to Palm Beach, and big-name chefs are among those unveiling dining rooms.

Below, some of the most buzzworthy spots. BY BETH LANDMAN

AVRA MIAMI ESTIATORIO Arguably New York’s most popular and successful restaurant is branching out to Miami, opening an outpost in the Estates at Acqualina, which features lobbies designed by Karl Lagerfeld. The Acqualina resort itself recently opened Ke-uh, an Asian fusion restaurant, with a Grilled halloumi cheese over spring greens, from Dune by Laurent Tourondel

Drift serves up fresh seafood straight from the waters of South Florida.

head chef hailing from Nobu Miami. 17885 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach; theavragroup.com OGAWA Only 12 people are seated at this luxe omakase spot enhanced by a garden and art pieces. Chef Masayuki Komatsu uses seasonal ingredients from Japan accompanied by Suntory whiskys, premium malt beers or boutique sake and wine. 7223 NW 2nd Ave., Miami; ogawamiami.com

rants is taking over the restaurant inside Fort Lauderdale’s tony Auberge Beach Residences and Spa, which has an ocean backdrop. He is creating a global menu ranging from sashimi and nigiri to organic chicken “diablo.” 2200 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; dunebylt.com

ORNO Chef Niven Patel, one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs of 2020, is bringing farm to table to a new level, growing much of the produce for his new Orno, within the Thesis Hotel Miami, at his nearby farm.

The New American menu has such highlights as Roasted Fall Squash with hazelnut, cranberry and marjoram; Charred Sunchokes with a shallot vinaigrette and golden raisins; and Australian Lamb Chops with medjool dates and banyuls vinegar and coriander. 1350 S. Dixie Hwy., Coral Gables; ornomiami.com

MORÉA The entrees on the menu are divided into “From the Wood Grill,” “From the Hearth” and “From the Garden” at this new Mediterranean from North Carolina-based LM Restaurants, which offers a range of everything from mushroom “Bolognese” to whole fish to a tomahawk steak. 701 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale; moreadining.com

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DRIFT The oceanfront Opal Grand, which opened last season with a lobby restaurant, The Monkey Bar, is launching a stylish second restaurant this season, inspired by sailing culture. Bread, pasta and pastries are made on premises, and there is an emphasis on local seafood and produce. Look for such dishes as Florida snapper with grits, roasted peppers, baby arugula tomato jam and smoked chili oil. 10 N. Ocean Blvd.; Delray Beach; opalgrand.com POLPO PALM BEACH The Eau Palm Beach Resort is unveiling an outpost of Polpo, the popular Greenwich, Connecticut, restaurant from Ron Rosa, who also founded Campagnola and Ecco in New York.

Courtesy of Ember Grill; Courtesy of Dune by Laurent Tourondel

ABBALÉ TELAVIVIAN KITCHEN Located in a house South of Fifth, this cozy spot from Omer Horev and Sam Gorenstein is filled with plants, banquettes and pillows. It is serving up trending Telavivian fare with lots of veggies. Don’t miss charred local cauliflower or Moroccan-spiced local fish.

864 Commerce St., Miami Beach; abbatlvkitchen.com

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Ember Grill’s heavenly lobster and sweet corn ravioli

Expect fresh oysters, spicy “angry” lobster and whole fish deboned tableside. 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; eaupalmbeach.com SEASPRAY INLET GRILL A dock-and-dine restaurant opened at the Waterstone Resort & Marina this year with such offerings as ancient grain salad and fresh local fish. Don’t worry if you don’t have your own boat— paddleboards and Jet Skis are available for rent. 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton; seasprayboca.com CORVINA SEAFOOD GRILL There’s an island influence at this massive, highly designed new spot in downtown Boca that offers an array of sushi rolls, a raw bar, charbroiled oysters and such Florida-style dishes as plantain-crusted corvina with sweet potato mash in curry sauce. The giant saltwater aquarium is a focal point. 110 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton; corvinabocaraton.com THE BOCA RATON The legendary resort—for-

merly known as the Boca Raton Resort & Club—was purchased by MSD (Michael Dell’s real estate and investment company) in 2019 and is undergoing a massive renovation including a complete overhaul of its restaurants—four in partnership with Major Food Group (Carbone, The Grill).

This first, the recently opened The Flamingo Grill, is a retro chop house designed by David Rockwell and featuring such dishes as golden beet carpaccio and dressed lobster with curry aioli and pickled green apple. MB Supper Club, due in December, is also a nod to nostalgia, focusing on the retro vibe of the 1930s and ’40s. Look for old-school offerings such as veal Oscar and duck l’orange. 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton; thebocaraton.com

EMBER GRILL Making its debut this fall in The Ray, the food is focused around a wood-burning Josper grill, which turns out such delectables as Peruvian spiced chicken and whole branzino. 233 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach, embergrilldelray.com BARRIO BAR Latin street food is the draw at this 100-seat outdoor space in West Palm Beach’s Rosemary Square.

Wash down braised beef empanadas, blistered shishitos and quinoa salad with spicy margaritas. 700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach; barriowpb.com

FARMER’S TABLE This restaurant, which also has a location in Boca, and emphasizes clean cuisine such as wild salmon with quinoa and cauliflower “rice,” and vegan meatballs

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ISLA Former Marea sous-chef Matthew Foley will helm the kitchen at this all-day Australian-influenced cafe from New York’s Parched Hospitality. The eatery is due to launch in January, and will have many veggie dishes such as an “impossible” sausage roll and roast squash with tandoori labneh. 1401 Clare Ave., West Palm Beach; islacafes.com PREZZO PALM BEACH GARDENS A reincarnation of the 1990s northern Palm Beach County spot that once was the site of a famous bar scene, this trattoria serves up wood-fired pizza that originally made Prezzo famous, as well as imaginative interpretations of authentic Italian classics like Frutti di Mare, Smoked Burrata and Chicken Milanese.

4520 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens; eatprezzo.com

Strawberry ricotta cheescake and wood-oven apple tart from Prezzo

Courtesy of Drift; Courtesy of Prezzo

AKIRA BACK Chef Back, who earned a Michelin star at Dosa in Seoul and is known for blending modern Japanese cuisine with authentic Korean flavors in dishes like Cucumber Kimchi, is due to open an eponymous spot in The Ray hotel this January. 233 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach, akirabackdelray.com

in Delray. It will serve clean and elegant food such as grilled lobster and whole branzino. 900 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; mesobeachhouse.com

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with spaghetti squash, is now offering “table talk” health lectures in collaboration with Hippocrates Health Institute and other wellness experts. 951 U.S. Hwy. 1, North Palm Beach; dinefarmerstable.com

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Known as the “Pink Paradise” in Palm Beach, Florida, The Colony Hotel, a recently designated landmark, boasts an exquisite hand-painted de Gournay mural, “The Living Room,” in the lobby. This love letter to Palm Beach was part of the elegant redesign of Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall’s hotel, built in 1947.

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Is your body winter sports-ready?

Try these poses, stretches and exercises to get you prepped for the slopes, trails, rinks and beyond.

BY KATIE COLGATE, PHD

Set a strong foundation for action on the slopes with yoga and Pilates poses.

and strong during the winter season.

SHAPES AND SHAPE SEQUENCES TO PREPARE THE BODY FOR NORDIC SKIING (SKATE AND CLASSIC): 1 Hovered table top: Come to the classic table top shape with your hands under your shoulders and knees under your hips, hip distance apart. Spread your fingers wide, turn elbow creases forward and push strongly into your hands as you tuck the toes on both feet, engage the lower belly, and lift the knees 1 to 3 inches off the mat, keeping a flat, neutral spine. This shape strengthens your lower abdominals to control the movement of legs, and also protects the back.

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2 Warrior 2 to half-moon, back to warrior: Stand in warrior 2, with your front knee bent, foot straight forward, back leg straight, and back foot arch lined up with front foot heal. Open hips, inhale, straighten front leg, hinge forward and up, lifting leg, opening and stacking hip, leveling raised leg with side body and bottom hand fingertips to mat and top arm lined up with bottom arm lengthening the underside of your body. Repeat a couple of times, moving back and forth between the two poses on each side of the body to strengthen and stretch the outside of your legs.

Abdominals also gain strength by the lowering and lifting of the legs. Arms

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Even before the snow season comes, I mentally prepare for staying present and happy living in a freezing snowcovered (until April) land, surrounded

by Olympic winter sports badasses. I do this by taking time for myself on my mat to practice and also meditate, even if that is for three to five minutes following my flow yoga practice.

My favorite winter sport is Nordic skiing, especially skate skiing, which is Nordic skiing with a skate motion.

It is the most calming rhythmic sport, similar to Vinyasa yoga. I have also fallen in love with challenging myself on the moguls since I moved to Idaho, on slopes both powdery and icy. Following are yoga shapes, poses and asanas to keep your body limber

get stronger from stretching long, while removing tension from the shoulders and neck—which is very important during Nordic skiing.

STRENGTHENING SHAPES AND SEQUENCES TO PREPARE FOR ALPINE SKIING: 1 Modified high plank (knees down) or full plank, then lower to low push (chaturanga) with or without knees down, and push back up. Move through this three times, rest and repeat five cycles. This strengthens arms, connected to abdominal strength for pole planting through moguls. Holding the strong belly in protects the back during turning.

2 Low crescent lunge (knee down) to high crescent lunge by tucking toes of back foot, pulling in lower belly to lift knee up, moving back and forth between these two shapes by tucking the back toes and lifting the knee.

Move through this about three to five times. Hold each one for at least two breaths. This strengthens all parts of the legs. Low lunge stretches the hip flexor and psoas area, while lowering and lifting to high and low lunge strengthens abdominals.

3 Chair pose: Holding three to five breaths, straighten legs. In chair pose, bend knees and keep arms over your head, shoulder distance apart, and make sure to keep knees over ankles and weight moving back to mostly the heels. Find a neutral lower back by engaging the belly in. Repeat three to five times to strengthen thigh muscles and protect knees.

YOGA STRETCHES FOR NORDIC AND ALPINE SKIING: 1 Butterfly pose: Done with feet close in for inner thigh stretch, and feet away from inner groin to make a diamond shape with legs for hip stretch. Fold forward in each shape.

Hold for five to 10 breaths. This will stretch your inner thighs or your hips, depending on the position of your feet. You need to release any tightness in your hips and inner thighs so you may continue skiing/snowboarding/ ice-skating without your back becoming out of alignment due to these areas being too tight.

2 Do a Figure 4 stretch on your back on each side, for more hip stretching.

Hold for five to 10 breaths. This stretch releases your hips in a more gentle way from any winter activity and should be done on a regular basis.

3 Janu Sirsasana: One-legged forward fold, forehead-to-knee stretch; other leg bent and bottom of foot pulled in by inner upper thigh with an open angle greater than 90 degrees.

Folding over the straight leg gives you a side stretch. Hold for five to 10 breaths, and repeat on the other side.

This stretch releases your hamstrings while also getting a nice side body strength as you bow and fold over the straight leg. This is a great stretch to do before you stretch your hips.

4 Salabhãsana (Superman cobra) or locust pose: This stretches and strengthens your back, especially that area around your mid back and down your back—those erector muscles that get really tight during downhill and Nordic skiing. Hold for five to 10 breaths, and repeat on the other side. This pose not only stretches your back and abdominals safely, it also strengthens those muscles along your whole backside, which offer support through those ski turns and skating strides.

5 Ardha Hanumanasana (half splits) or runners stretch: Done with pointed foot/toes to stretch the shin, and a flexed foot to stretch the calf. Fold and round your upper body over the

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straight leg, releasing head and neck.

Hold for five to 10 breaths, repeat on the other side. This stretch is great for really tight hamstrings and lower and middle backs after a tough day in the powder. If you are really tight, make sure to possibly just fold halfway over the straight leg, keeping that back flat and fingertips on mat closer to your waist above the knee.

POSES FOR SNOWBOARDING (CAN BE USED FOR ALL SNOW SPORTS): 1 Twisting chair pose: Get into chair pose as described earlier, bring hands to prayer and twist to the right, barely resting the left arm to the outside of the right thigh behind the knees.

Make sure to twist from your middle back and keep the hips level and hip points pointed forward. This shape strengthens legs for turns and safety.

The twist strengthens obliques to help with turning on your board, and it protects your back. Hold each side twist three to five breaths, repeat three to five times. After twisting each side, exhale and fold forward over your legs. Rest and inhale reverse swan dive all the way back up to stand, circling arms over your head in prayer.

Settle hands at heart in prayer. Repeat this cycle three to five times.

2 Warrior 3: Start in High Crescent Lunge, micro-bend the back knee, shift halfway forward with torso lifting the back leg level with the back body, flexing the raised leg, foot and toes down to the mat. To keep the raised leg hip level with the standing leg hip, micro-bend the standing leg to peak down raised leg hip. Lift raised leg and heel higher using prayer at your heart to lift your chest. Repeat one legged balanced Warrior 3 from high lunge on each leg for three to five breaths; repeat cycles three to five times. This shape helps with balance and agility on your board, while strengthening ankles and legs. colgateyoga.com

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WALKING MEDITATION I found myself scanning Amazon reviews for small foldable treadmills.

Because I live in New York and don’t manage a hedge fund, my apartment is only marginally larger than a full-size treadmill. So I found one that could reasonably be considered portable (it weighs 75 pounds) and began to use it on days when the weather was too cold or rainy.

As winter turned to spring, and for a moment it seemed we had COVID under control (remember that brief moment when we were told we could throw away our masks if we were vaccinated?), I thought I would give up on the treadmill. But with the rise The rhythmic sensations of walking of the Delta variant, staying can put the mind into indoors has once again a meditative state. proved to be the safest way to avoid exposure. And so, in the prolonged crisis of the pandemic, I’ve discovered another benefit of having a treadmill at home that has nothing to do with health or fitness.

If you enjoy walking meditation, having a treadmill at home means fewer distractions. You won’t bump into an old friend. You can almost close your eyes, or set up your treadmill to face a white wall or a favorite painting, and get into the zone more easily. You can walk in silence and allow your mind to focus on whatever you like—whether it’s a visualization, a mantra or just the movement of your breath.

I never would have thought of a treadmill as a spiritual tool, but among many terrible consequences of the pandemic, this has been one small bright spot. There’s no denying that Central Park is more beautiful than my apartment, but the park is also full of distracting sights and sounds. My treadmill has become my altar. I can walk in privacy and relative solitude (not counting occasional interruptions by my 6-yearold son) and focus my mind, walking in peace, or at least taking a few daily steps toward it.

There’s a Yiddish word, shpatzir, which means a constitutional walk taken without any particular destination, for pleasure.

The appealingly non-goaloriented idea of a shpatzir, and the proven benefits of walking in nature, are two reasons why I’ve never owned a treadmill or belonged to a gym. I’ve been walking in Central Park, which is a block from my apartment, every morning for the past 25 years.

Often while I walk, I meditate.

There are many traditions of walking meditation, from Zen gardens to Japanese forest bathing, and plenty of modern research that shows that it actually helps us to focus when we are engaged in some form of movement.

My daily meditations involve visualizations and mantra recitations prescribed as daily commitments as part of Tibetan Buddhist Vajrayana practice. The park tends to offer enough solitude that I can become absorbed in reciting these prayerful meditations without much distraction. It takes me about one hour a day to complete my formal meditation commitments, during which I often stroll, immersing myself in the park, an oasis of nature smackdab in the middle of Manhattan.

Then came the pandemic, and the joy of my morning walk in Central Park became fraught with calculations about exposure to a potentially fatal viral load, and the more mundane discomforts of mask wearing. Until then, the thought of walking or running on a treadmill always struck me as about as appealing as being a hamster on a wheel. Not only because you’re indoors, going nowhere, but because it reduces exercise to a means to an end.

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A by-the-numbers look at actor Keanu Reeves, who stars in the sci-fi thriller The Matrix Resurrections, premiering December 22.

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Scotland hosts “KeanuCon,” which kicked off in 2019 by screening 9 of Reeves’ films.

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Reeves learned over 200 martial arts moves for The Matrix Reloaded.

Reeves is a motorcycle aficionado, and considers the 1973 Norton Commando his favorite bike.

Reeves drove his motorcycle over 1,000 miles to deliver the script of My Own Private Idaho to his good friend River Phoenix, who he believed was perfect for the co-starring role.

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

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75 90 12 ��6� Reeves reportedly gave an estimated $75 million of his earnings from The Matrix franchise to film crew members he believed deserved better compensation.

Reeves gifted each of The Matrix Reloaded’s 12-person stunt team a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Reeves performs about 90 percent of his stunts in the John Wick films.

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Reeves filmed a nightclub fight sequence for John Wick while battling a 104 degree fever.

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