#112: How to be devastatingly hot and cool, June 2026

SUMMER IS HERE!!!!!!!!

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The caps lock byline and exclamation points really are that important. This is peak devastatingly hot and cool (DHC) weather and the beginning of summer signals something the rest of summer can’t quite capture: that intoxicating mix of excitement and possibility.

The Knicks’ historic win seems to have primed the city for a kind of magical energy, with people making statements like, “You’re a loser if you’re not in New York right now.” I don’t fully disagree. As someone who notoriously never experiences FOMO, I have it. And I’m currently in Puglia, deep in my summer magic, still feeling like I’m missing out on the joy.

I’m coming off the high of an incredible week in Turkey, where I spent several days at the Maxx Royal Resort, now only in its third season—a relative infancy in hotel years. It is the kind of place that makes you rethink what a luxury resort can be. It was from here I texted friends, “Why go to the South of France when you can go to Bodrum?” and finally wore t…