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Lido la Caravella, a beach in Taormina, on Sicily s northeastern coast, is my happy place. It s a little bit of a walk from the funicular that takes you from the heart of the clifftop town down to the stunning Ionian Sea, so it s more of a local spot than a tourist destination. (Though some hotels, like my favorite in town, Villa Carlotta, do offer shuttle service to La Caravella if you know to ask for it.) Beyond the quintessential Italian coastal colors that serve up a true feast for the eyes blue sea, white sand, yellow umbrellas and the calm, pristine water, which you can enjoy leisurely on one of the floats provided for visitors, I love this beach for the restaurant and service. You can easily stay all day, starting with a bottle of prosecco, delivered straight to your beach chair on ice, and moving on to a sit-down lunch of fried seafood and fresh salads or pasta at a
Your muscles might be trying to tell you something. Stiffness, strain, and tension are familiar issues for many of us this year, even if they re not the result of too many hours stuck in a coach-class airline seat. Relief will come from both stretching and strengthening, says Kit Rich, a celebrity trainer and creator of fitness brand Kichgo. Man using a Theragun Mini massage device
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In recent months, Rich has seen the negative impacts of stress and a sedentary lifestyle on our bodies, including tech neck, the forward-head posture many of us fall into when looking at screens. Her solutions include regular strength workouts, massages, and sustained pressure on stubborn muscle knots. Here, a range of inventive, packable new products to help.
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You could say that Beverly Hills was built around the Beverly Hills Hotel.
It’s older than the place itself, for one thing, founded in 1912 by developer and socialite Margaret J. Anderson. (Beverly Hills, an inner suburb of Los Angeles, was incorporated in 1914.) But more than that, it’s often felt like the center of gravity. Over the years, this Sunset Boulevard icon has been a site of deal-making, intrigue, controversy, seeing, being seen, and some of history’s best parties while playing host to the likes of Cesar Romero, Jane Fonda, the Eagles, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco.