John Brodie: The Golden (Gate) child
If he had played quarterback for a different team or if he hadn’t found the water on the 15th hole of a 1960 tour event, John Brodie’s path might have led to “legend.”
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Pretty Big: high-class SUVs
If you see the Spirit of Ecstasy or a Flying B soaring somewhat higher off the road than usual these days, it’s because the consumer demand for SUVs (which recently caused Ford to drop its sedans entirely) has finally reached the high table.
Florida & Golf: Paradise Found
U.S. Army troops stationed here in the 1830s called it “this most barren, swampy and good-for-nothing peninsula,” but today Florida is one of the world’s most popular destinations.
No Boundaries, Just Goals
Anything is possible in a handcrafted suit from Castangia.
Switch It Out: The healthy holiday table
A word of gastronomic wisdom from Meghan Glennon on greatly improving your holiday meal—and not just with excellent wine (though there’s that as well…)
Catalan state of mind
It reaches into France, sunbathes by the Mediterranean, and has a heart that stays true to the vivacious city of Barcelona.
Dewar’s: The Golden Dram
They call it the Golden Dram, partly because of its tantalizing, golden, honeyed color but also because gold deposits have been found in the Pitilie Burn, the water source for the Home of Dewar’s, Aberfeldy distillery, in central Scotland.
Good Neighbors
It covers only a few square miles, the population has never been greater than 12,000 and it’s not exactly on the main drag; off the highway an hour or so east of Pittsburgh.
Old Country Summer
With what is usually a pretty dismal winter, the Brits like to make the most of their summer when it arrives and while it lasts. But when those summer rays do beam down, things have a habit of falling into place in the Old Country.
Another few days in Paradise
Visiting far-flung locations to play golf for the benefit of readers is a tough life, but someone has to do it.
The spirits of Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond, 24 miles from top to bottom, is the largest loch in Scotland.
Breakaway: the Jaguar F-Type 400 Sport
A blown-out setting sun, the world a lemon-amber blur, ripping through the desert with the wind all around, squinting at the brilliance and drunk on the sound, like canvas being torn to shreds, a sublime engine note severing the last few threads that bind me to an otherwise unremarkable day.
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