EDITOR’S LETTER
byIn this most unusual of summers we present our most unusual take on recreation. Call it “Visionary Re-creations,’” for along with this past spring this is a season in which we have all had to reinvent ourselves.
August 2020
Playing his best
byBalancing a love of tennis with realistic professional goals has led Patrick McEnroe to a multifaceted career in this highly individual sport.
WHAT’S TRENDING
byWAG spotlights the new and noteworthy
The enduring nature of sport
byIf sports can come back however imperfectly in what has been a cruel season, we can do no less.
U.S. Open returns to Winged Foot
byFor the sixth time in its history, the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck will play host to the U.S. Open, a premier event of the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Serving in more ways than one
byWhat’s new at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for the US Open? In the age of the coronavirus, plenty.
Emphasizing the ‘social’ in social distancing
byGreenwich Polo Club hopes to finish strong with the return of the prestigious East Coast Open Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 and 13.
The multiplicity of Maple Hill Farm
byAn arts center, an equestrian/athletic facility, a sugarhouse and a working farm in a complex with ties to the native peoples, the early days of this country and even “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Maple Hill Farm is all this and more.
Triple challenge in the time of COVID
byA revamped, post-COVID Triple Crown series may make for more competitive fields this year.
Mad Dogs and an Englishman on cricket
byMad Dogs and Englishman play cricket in the midday sun. And Australians, Nigerians, Pakistanis, Japanese – and Americans – do, too.
Whither Tokyo’s Summer Olympics?
byWill the games come off next year as planned or will this be 1940 all over again?
Lessons from the Land of the Thunder Dragon
byIn his 1933 novel “Lost Horizon,” James Hilton sets his Shangri-La — the remote Himalayan utopia that his main character discovers, loses and seeks to regain — in Tibet.
Aspects of grief
byAt a time when we’ve lost so many of our countrymen through the coronavirus and police violence against blacks, we asked psychotherapist Asha Tarry to talk to us about how to grieve those losses.
Taking a knee for social justice
byColin Kaepernick took the supplicating gesture of genuflection and turned it into a protest movement.
Games of home
bySardines, anyone? We’re all in for the Mediterranean treat and the Hide and Seek spinoff as Jeremy Wayne offers some clever house-bound activities.
Westchester’s Dr. Dolittle
by“Exotic pets are great, but they’re not great for everyone,” says Laurie Hess, D.V.M., founder of the Veterinary Center for Birds & Exotics in Bedford Hills.
Classic comfort in Greenwich
byIn the fields of architecture and design, classic is back, maximalism is in and tradition is trending.
The need to lead
byGreat civilizations rest on the shoulders of great leaders, but in the end, that leadership may not stem the tide of history. And yet without real leadership, nations have little chance to survive – and thrive.
Statues of limitations
byExperts say that we must put controversial monuments in the context of their times. But it’s one thing to study the past, another to celebrate it.
Recreation – and re-creation – at home
byNeed to relax and recharge this August? (Do we ever.) Wares columnist Cami Weinstein has some great suggestions.