clubhouse chat: sweat hearts

the club called a doubles date and everybody said yes. we told you in love all that your heart plays better with a partner, and this weekend the whole world is proving it.

the glow file

the beauty desk is back, and this week's hack lives in your gym bag. hypochlorous acid is the spray everyone is misting after class: it is the same molecule your white blood cells make to kill bacteria, and a stabilized bottle of it calms sweat-induced breakouts and redness without stripping a thing (the receipts are here). dermatologists say spritz right after class, before you touch your face, and let it dry (marie claire tested eight). gym-bag skincare: approved.

the piggy bank

6,500 cyclists and 3,500 volunteers just rode the pan-mass challenge across massachusetts, chasing a record 79 million dollars for cancer research at dana-farber (the receipts are here). every rider-raised dollar goes straight to the institute, over 1.1 billion dollars since 1980. one big group workout, a billion dollars of good.

heard at the clubhouse

the sports pages have a family reunion: serena and venus williams took a doubles wildcard at the cincinnati open, their first team-up since the 2022 us open, with 14 major titles and three olympic golds between them (the story is here). venus is 46 and still serving. bleacher fit: tennis whites, gold hoops, the loudest bag you own. and from the dating desk: the two man date is trending, bringing your best friend along on a first date for the vibes and the exit strategy (the explainer is here). the williams sisters have been running that play since the nineties.

the sunshine page

two wins for the group chat: five endangered secretarybird chicks just hatched in a conservation first, tiny dinosaurs with eyelashes, all doing well (the baby photos are here). and at the world dog surfing championship in california, a very good dog named rosie out-surfed the entire field (cowabunga here). team sports are for everyone.

the dress code

the daily fit: tennis whites, club edition. the base club skirt in ivory, sixty-five dollars, with the base crop tank in ivory, forty dollars. head to toe pr, nine skirts and seven tanks left. the night out: quiet gear, loud bag. the whites swap in for satin after dark and the bag does the talking: the hermès birkin stays the blueprint, the gucci jackie 1961 is the clever move. what's trending: animal print accessories are fall's loudest whisper, leopard bags and zebra belts everywhere (whowhatwear called it). your leopard bag just became your doubles partner.

the passed note

after class, split a chocolate milk with your doubles partner. a meta-analysis of controlled trials found it restores muscles as well as or better than fancy recovery drinks, carbs plus protein in a nostalgic little carton (the receipts are here). two straws, one carton, full recovery.

send this to a friend. that's how the club grows.

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