Category: Lifestyle

Cosmopolitan

Oh, These? Just the 19 Best Places to Travel Solo as a Woman in 2024. Step 1: Book your flight. Step 2: Buy a tripod.  BY KRISTY ALPERT JGalione/Getty We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Don’t get me wrong, I…

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Inside the Private Location Where Team USA Trains (and Recovers) in Paris A suburban gym outside the city turned out to be Team USA’s haven during the 2024 Olympic Games. BY KRISTY ALPERT Something feels inherently spammy about an email from an obscure marketing agency in Cyprus requesting to “pop in” on…

Food & Wine

Team USA’s Competitive Advantage is Eating Well “In the realm of athletic performance, food is far more than sustenance.” By Kristy Alpert All eyes have turned to Team USA as our Olympians continue to bring home an impressive amount of medals, making history as the most awarded delegation and also becoming…

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All About Olympian Naomi Girma, Team USA’s Once-in-a-Generation Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe said it best: Naomi is “going to be the future of the team for a long time,” so it’s time to get to know her.  BY KRISTY ALPERT John Todd/ISI Photos/USSF//Getty Images Watch Naomi Girma playing soccer once and you’ll see…

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How Team USA Is Prioritizing Mental Health at the 2024 Olympics Team GB gets sleep pods. What do our athletes get? Turns out, a lot. BY KRISTY ALPERT Maja Hitij//Getty Images We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. When Simone Biles pulled out…

Food & Wine

15 Foods to Try in France’s Brittany Region, From Breton Butter to Lobster and Lamb I live in Paris, and my favorite food destination is Brittany, France. By Kristy Alpert Like many people before me, I didn’t have any plans to visit Brittany until after I moved to France. My travels…

Food & Wine

An Essential Guide to Texas Barbecue Here’s where to get’cha some smoked meat in the Lone Star State. By Kristy Alpert Backyard barbecues with beefy protagonists are about as Texan as it gets, but the tradition of Texas barbecue actually traces its roots to the state’s earliest immigrant and Native American…

Global Traveler

Explore an Enclave Steeped in Authenticity Just Outside of Ubud By Kristy Alpert The verdant hills, rice terraces and serene temples have long attracted visitors to the island of Bali, where incense perfumes the air and raindrops scatter with an almost spiritual significance on city sidewalks. Today many visitors decide to…

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10 Best Softside Luggage Options for Any Kind of Getaway They may be soft, but they travel hard. BY KRISTY ALPERT Payamona/Getty Images Fact: Some travelers like the beach and the mountains, but it’s beyond rare to find travelers who like hardside and softside luggage. You’re either a hard-shell or a soft-shell girlie, but never both….

Travel + Leisure

The 100 Best New Hotels of the Year It List 2024: The best new hotels of the year, all visited and reviewed by Travel + Leisure’s expert editors and contributors. 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis  Opening in August 2023 with the not-so-hidden agenda to breathe new life into one of…