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EDITOR'S LETTER GEORGETTE GOUVEIA
August — the last gasp of summer. If ever there was a time to exhale, this is it. And we have plenty of stories to help you kick back, beginning with cover guy Nacho Figueras, always delectable to watch on the polo field and now between the covers — of a book, that is. Figueras, who got his start at Greenwich Polo Club, is presenting a series of polo novels set partly in the Hudson Valley. Smart and sexy, they’re the perfect beach books. Still, Figueras — whose tastes run more to history and biography — remains a man in motion, much like Paul Rabil, the LeBron James of lacrosse (Laura’s story). For many, life, even at its most chillaxing, is about movement — or the consideration thereof. And so we focus on that, too, with articles on the rise of rugby in Fairfield County (Reece); a new book about baseball legend Mickey Mantle (Ryan); dance photographer Ellen Crane (Mary); fitness teacher Simone Gell’s unique combination of dressage and dance; the American Gold Cup’s fifth anniversary at Old Salem Farm; and the new retractable roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium — which bows at the US Open later this month. If there’s something to be said for a body in motion, however, there’s also something to be said for a body at rest — a subject that our fitness expert Giovanni Roselli and physical therapist John Connolly approach from different angles. Rest and recovery are important to any body, they say. So is good wine (Doug, our resident Dionysus, on the enduring vintages of craggy Madeira island); good food (Aleesia on Dere Street Restaurant Bar and Bakery in Newtown); and good sleep (Mary again on Hästens, the bedding company for the Goldilocks in all of us). For others, relaxation revolves around travel. Debbi embarks on the latest trend in cruises, back-to-back
Photograph by Bob Rozycki.
voyages, with an Odyssey of her own from Venice to Athens to Rome aboard the sleekly casual Azamara Journey. Other summer trips take us to the heart of childhood. Audrey considers how East and West are accommodating each other at the new Shanghai Disney Resort, where Mickey Mouse meets China’s Monkey Master. And our resident Wanderer, Jeremy, stages a Brexit of his own to the Isles of Scilly and the England of his youth. I even get into the act with a return to the Berkshires’ Red Lion Inn and a staycation at The Ritz-Carlton New York, Westchester for a story on the latter’s irresistible new wedding package: Book your wedding there and the honeymoon is on The Ritz. These are the kinds of places that allow you to let your hair down, put up your feet, pour a tall Arnold Palmer and reach for a good book, like a juicy Nacho romance — after you finish perusing August WAG, of course. Georgette Gouveia is the author of “Water Music” (Greenleaf Book Group) and “The Penalty for Holding,” which will be published next year by Less Than Three Press. They’re part of her series of novels, “The Games Men Play,” which is the name of the sports/culture blog she writes at thegamesmenplay.com. Readers may also find weekly installments of her novel “Seamless Sky” on wattpad.com.