Gayle's Favorite New Bag, Plus More She's Loving This August
O's editor at large shares what she's excited about right now.
By Gayle King
Photo: Courtesy of Gayle King
On a Recent Vacation I Discovered That...
I can still keep it on the court, so I wondered what would happen if I actually
took a few tennis lessons. I fell for the game—and this
monogrammed tennis bag (I'm a sucker for anything with my initial!)—just in time for the U.S. Open, starting August 25.
My cohost Norah O'Donnell loved this racquet bag so much, I got her one, too!
markandgraham.com, $125
Photo: Andrew Schwartz/ 2014 the Weinstein Company
It's Not the Feel-Good Fairy Tale...
I was expecting from the title, but
Begin Again, out now,
is a rock-solid rom-com. Mark Ruffalo is a record executive who's
been ousted from his company, Adam Levine is a
cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater, and Keira Knightley is trying to figure out
what she wants from both of them. The ending threw me a little
(it doesn't come wrapped in a neat little bow!), but bittersweet is still
a treat.
Photo: Courtesty of Gayle King
Never Let It Be Said...
that I don't have the confidence to hang out with a swimsuit model!
This is my gorgeous pal Genevieve Liles wearing something I'd
never seen before: the Puddle Jumper, a suit that incorporates floaties
for a built-in sense of security.
https://www.stearnsflotation.com/Default.aspx, $33
"Most people think the hardest three words are 'I love you,' but they're actually 'I don't know."
When Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, authors of
Think Like a Freak, recently shared this quote with me
, it reminded me that nothing leads to learning like just admitting that we've all got a lot to learn.
Photo: Steve Jennings/WireImage/Getty Images
It's the Four-Octave Range...
that has people calling Ariana Grande "Mini Mariah," but I think
Ms. Grande's got her own sound. Her debut album
, Yours Truly, is wonderful, so when Scooter Braun (her very unbiased manager) tells me that her still-untitled sophomore effort, tentatively due out at the end of the summer, is even better, I'm all ears.
Photo: Courtesy of GoodPop
I Don't Know Anybody...
who didn't spend every summer of their childhood sucking on Popsicles.
These all-natural
GoodPops, in grown-up flavors like watermelon agave,
hibiscus mint, and, my favorite, banana cinnamon, will make you want
to run through a sprinkler!
From the
August 2014 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
