Most popular sports undergo substantial changes once a generation or so to make them more appealing to watch, play and televise. From improvements to tennis rackets to increase speed of the game to redesigning soccer balls in order to give them greater flight and curving ability, these changes are accompanied by a plethora of rule changes, resulting in the abandonment of technical rules in favor of a faster and more exciting game. Polo, a sport dating back approximately 2,500

Every human being carries hidden beauty - a solar reflection of infinite potential. Diamonds of the soul, forged in the purifying fires of Heaven’s fall, resurrected through the pressures of our personal struggles, we become bonded by a light that calls forth all those whose senses partake of our true hidden form. Unsurprisingly, this beauty is concealed under layers of trauma, pain, guilt and shame. Life’s challenges imprint not only on the mind but also on the body and soul

In the October 2024 issue of Polo Lifestyles, I introduced readers to what was then a new campaign called Come Over October. Launched as an effort to dispel the gloom around so much in the contemporary wine industry, three seasoned veterans of the wine world came together to launch the endeavor and celebrate the role that wine has had for many millennia in bringing people together. “Come Over October celebrates the togetherness, the history, and the stories that go beyond wha