Posted Without Commentary Vol. 3

We may have hit the August doldrums as the smart set jets out to the Hamptons and Biarritz and the Chevrolet set motor to the Wisconsin Dells and Branson, but our hateful readers continue to send in the hottest reads of the summer. The editorial board has been busy with a relocation, but we thought worth giving you a taste of things to come under either a Trump or Clinton presidency. Stock values may fluctuate, but your chances of vacationing nine months out of the year don't! Cheers.

1. Marisa Meltzer, Over (Organic) Dinner, These Fitness Studio Competitors Work It Out, N.Y. Times (Aug. 1, 2016)

The demographic: female fitness studio owners between ages of 29 and 32

Political controversy du jour: crystal healers

Choice quote: 

Ms. Larson-Levey recommended Kalisa Augustine, a crystal healer in the city. “I started going to her a little over a year ago,” she said. “She reads your energy. It’s a good way to connect with your body.”

This was the evening’s sole moment of contention. “I’m against them,” Ms. Bonetti Pérez said of crystals. “I wish people wouldn’t take them from where they grow.”

On the next show: is vegan ice cream ethical?

 2. Julie Satow, How Fredrik Eklund, Broker and Reality TV Star, Spends His Sundays, N.Y. Times (July 15, 2016)

Soundtrack: "Pandora global chill radio"

Some people's dream is to live on a cruise ship: 

Then I come home to Derek and dinner. We cook. I’m a really good chef. I had this vision of myself that I was going to open a restaurant. I think it is the most romantic, sexy thing to buy groceries. It is amazing to be married and to plan dinner. We cook a lot of high-protein, low-carb. We don’t eat pasta, but we are big guys — we are both 6-foot-5 — so we eat a lot. We just moved into our new apartment six weeks ago and it has 60 feet of frontage on the water, so it is like living on a cruise ship. It has the most insane sunsets. Derek and I are obsessed with sunsets.

A little poo break

3. Stuart Emmrich, Benefits in the Hamptons and Cocktails at Saks, N.Y. Times (Aug. 12, 2016)

Cause du jour: Southampton Hospital

Haul: $1.3 million (0.013265306122448979% of John Paulson's wealth)

Leading cause of death in the Hamptons: gout

Human garbage in a blazer, pre-trash fire

4. Sarah Cone, personal website (accessed Aug. 13, 2016)

Profession: Manager Partner (Social Impact Partners)

Changing lives:

I am the founder and CEO of the One Person at a Time Foundation (The Memorial Peter J. Brown AKA Dad Foundation). It was an idea my father came up with that I'm executing for him: we help one person at a time that has had a streak of misfortunes get off the street and achieve their dreams. Currently, we're helping Lester in Chicago, one of the most talented salespeople I've ever seen, get a job as a telemarketer.

On hobbies:

I have expensive hobbies: art collecting, philanthropy, fashion, and poker, and these hobbies are the only reason I care about money at all. Mostly, I just want to make the world a better place. I'm very lucky that I get to do both.

Residences: Tribeca, Buenos Aires, Jose Ignacio (Uruguay), Lake Como (Italy)

Find her on: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

The rich are unlike you and me / they dine with trees