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Blogging the Vancouver Olympics: Part 4

February 19, 2010

All week, Men’s Journal editor GORDY MEGROZ will provide an inside look at the events, athletes, and parties that make up the Winter Games. In this dispatch, he puts his tourist hat on and trades pins, watches a team Canada hockey game among Canadians, and puts forth a question about Olympic uniforms.

Blogging the Vancouver Olympics: Part 3

February 18, 2010

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All week, Men’s Journal editor GORDY MEGROZ will provide an inside look at the events, athletes, and parties that make up the Winter Games. In this dispatch, he scores a ticket to the men's halfpipe finals—one of the hottest seats at the Olympics—and chats with Shaun White's manager prior to his gold medal run.

Blogging the Vancouver Olympics: Part 2

February 17, 2010

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All week, Men’s Journal editor GORDY MEGROZ will provide an inside look at the events, athletes, and parties that make up the Winter Games. In this second dispatch, he heads up to the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort, only to find the alpine ski race he'd hoped to see was canceled for the day—due to a foot of fresh powder...

Blogging The Vancouver Olympics

February 16, 2010

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All week, Men's Journal editor GORDY MEGROZ will provide an inside look at the events, athletes, and parties that make up the Winter Games. In his first dispatch he observes the mood in Yaletown and considers the odds of Bode Miller taking home more Olympic hardware.

Your Perfect Weekend, February 13 – 15

February 11, 2010

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Try a different take on chocolates and roses this long weekend: Hear the call of the wild on a dog-powered sled trip in Canada, take a stab at some of North America's premier ice climbing in Wyoming, or, between sips of local craft brews, boulder and surf the California coast.

The Mayor’s Advice: Skip the Nude Beach

February 9, 2010

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Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson, 45, gives us the inside track for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Going to Vancouver?

February 9, 2010

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The Inside Line on the City's Gold-Medal Places to Eat, Drink, and Play.

Fast Track

February 9, 2010

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The real reason to ride Trenitalia's new Frecciarossa is speed.

The Unknown Caribbean

January 12, 2010

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The Caribbean may seem like a "been there, done that" group of islands, but our writers surprised us with these hidden adventures.

Rose Island

January 12, 2010

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ROSE ISLAND Spear a Lobster Dinner For decades, Bahamian locals have been turned on to the miracle called Rose Island, four miles northeast of Nassau. The place looks to be nothing more than scrub and palm, but its rockbound coast holds prominent colonies of spiny lobster, a clawless breed coveted for its fat, succulent tail. [...]

Mustique

January 12, 2010

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MUSTIQUE - Become A Legend “I’ll bet you $100 you can’t do it,” scoffed one of the three British gents laughing over their single malt scotches at the end of the bar. I’m in Firefly, a breezy cliff-side lounge on Mustique, a tiny island in the Grenadines where Mick Jagger, Tommy Hilfiger, and Princess Margaret [...]

Culebra

January 12, 2010

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CULEBRA Discover a Beach On the northern end of the tiny island of Culebra, I was told, is a stretch of beach so untouched that it feels like you’ve stepped back to when the Caribbean was unspoiled by Jet skis and resorts. I’d already spent a day on Playa Flamenco, where my only companions are [...]

Virgin Gorda

January 12, 2010

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VIRGIN GORDA Stage Your Own Regatta Bitter End Yacht Club sits on Virgin Gorda’s North Sound, among the most secluded and protected deep-water harbors in the Caribbean — making it a great venue for an impromptu regatta on a rented 13-foot Laser. I found this out nine years ago while on a 10-day chartered trip [...]

Montserrat

January 12, 2010

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MONTSERRAT Visit The Modern-Day Pompeii “We had to break their arms off to fit them in body bags,” Tappy says as he jumps off the rooftop of Barclay’s Bank and lands with a whumpff on a 10-foot ash dune. “They were like statues, their hands covering their faces in fear.” We’re deep inside the ruins [...]

The Waitukubuli National Trail

January 12, 2010

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THE WAITUKUBULI NATIONAL TRAIL Hike to a Volcanic Hot Spring Deserted tropical islands are generally weak candidates for long-distance hiking. The Caribbean’s volcanic eco-wonderland, though — Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles — aims to change all that with the ambitious new Waitukubuli National Trail. Starting at Scotts Head peninsula, a mecca for snorkeling and scuba [...]