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Watch The Vanity Index Closest to the Pin Challenge
There are several benefits to having a golf simulator in your office. Many of them are obvious. One that's not? Inviting your friends over for a casual night of food, drink, and hitting the ball that becomes far less casual as all of it starts flowing. That's exactly what the Vanity Index team did this summer, hosting some famous friends out in LA for a night taking shots an iconic par 3.
Love Letter To: Vineyard Golf Club
What Hanse and Wagner have produced is a routing of genuine consideration: unhurried, honest and fair, but paired with enough visual misdirection and local knowledge to make you want to take another spin immediately stepping off 18. There is a particular kind of quiet on Martha's Vineyard at 6:45 on a Friday morning in late June — fog clinging to the scrub oak, ferry horns not yet sounding, the whole island holding its breath before the summer crowds descend.
The Familiar Feeling of Arnie’s Place
Latrobe, PA doesn’t puff its chest at you, at least not entering through the rolling Pennsylvania backroads we took to get there from Oakmont. It’s about an hour drive in the traffic of U.S. Open week, and when you come upon Latrobe Country Club, there’s no spotlight or halo. No “Welcome to Arnie Country” billboard. No marble steps. Just some winding roads through open fields that lead you to the perfect encapsulation of a Western Pennsylvanian hero.
The Female Golf Course Architect Re-Designing The Game
Many of us see things as they are. Golf course architects are wired differently. Instead, they’re obsessed with how things will be: how this type of grass will grow, how that dune over there might erode, how distance enhancements in golf equipment could make this plot of land ultimately unviable. Christine Fraser is an architect who looks forward through a more nuanced lens.
Random 18 with What’s Inside
Dan and Lincoln Markham are experts at cracking things open. Seven million people tune in to the father-son duo’s YouTube channel, What’s Inside, every week to see them chop something new in half and marvel at its contents. Might sound simple, but Dan and his 14-year-old son, Lincoln, have tackled some unique cut-jobs that speak directly to our curiosity genes: opening up rattlesnake rattles, a World Cup soccer ball, an electronic music machine, to name a few.
Get Your Space (and Your Mind) in Shape for Spring
As we begin to shed our winter coats and dust off the cobwebs in preparation for the revitalization of spring, it’s always refreshing to do a little tidying up. The cold months bog us down with clutter — both in our physical spaces and our minds. So when the sun returns, seemingly having flown south for the winter, we doff the extra weight and hit the grass running. There’s no reason not to apply this newly found energy it to your workspace too.
Leveraging Your Award, the Public Relations Way
Whether we admit it or not, we all want to be recognized for the work we do. Be it a casual “atta-boy” from your boss, encouragement from a friend, or even simply the sign of general interest from a new acquaintance, recognition feels good. In one form or another, organizations, too, seek accreditation because it keeps them moving forward. In what I call “The Commenter Era,” everybody’s a critic.
6 Steps for Promoting an Event on Social Media
Last weekend I went to a barbecue at a friend’s house. No, I didn’t just want to write that down. The week before the barbecue, I got a Facebook notification that I, along with twenty or so others, was invited. Tapping on the notification shot me right to the event page — beautifully done.
How to Nail the Entire Interview Process
As a recent college graduate, I am no stranger to the anxiety of the job hunting process. A lot is left to chance – the current market in your field, catching employers when they need help, and making the right connections. At the end of the day, timing dictates all, and speaking from experience, it can be fickle.
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