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WHY MOVEMENT, PREPARATION, AND CONTACT POINT MATTER MOST IN TENNIS If you’ve been taking lessons or playing regularly at the club, you’ve heard this from me more than once: “Move your feet. Attack the ball. Racket up, lock it in, block it.” These aren’t just tennis catchphrases—they are the fundamentals of consistent, effective shot-making. Let’s […]

Thirty-five years after we first met Rusty Sabich in Scott Turow’s bestseller Presumed Innocent (made into a movie starring Harrison Ford), we meet Rusty again in Turow’s new legal thriller Presumed Guilty. In Presumed Innocent, Rusty, a senior prosecuting attorney in Kindle County, was accused of a murder he did not commit. After the crushing […]

“Yvette, I knew you would want to know right away that Marlene passed away today.” My stomach clenched, my heart sank and my body became numb. As tears filled my eyes, I tried to contain my emotions. I was about to embark on my long drive home from work and needed to focus. There wasn’t […]

Fiona Davis has once again masterfully blended history and fiction together in her latest novel The Stolen Queen. Known for her dual-timeline narratives set against iconic backdrops, Davis takes readers on a journey that weaves past and present with meticulous research and compelling storytelling. The Stolen Queen follows two women separated in age by forty […]

PANDA-MONIUM! CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN CHENGDU AND WOLONG If you are going to China, and you’re as smitten as we are by adorable giant pandas, you must go to Chengdu in the western Sichuan province. With its dense bamboo forests, this cool, wet, mountainous region is home to forty of China’s sixty-seven panda reserves. There are […]

The GirlFriends ventured out to The Club at Pelican Preserve for their July luncheon. A good time was had by all. Terri Brown was the lucky winner of the bracelet. Our Talk Play Stay interest group keeps busy all summer long. The photo is from an outing to The Rookery at Shadow Wood where they […]

For over hundred years the Brooklyn Bridge has been recognized as an iconic symbol of New York and an example of American ingenuity and innovation. The Engineer’s Wife, a novel by Tracey Enerson Wood, examines the significant role that Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling, the wife of the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge Project, had […]

CHECK YOUR HAND POSITION FOR CONSISTENCY IN TENNIS One of the simplest yet most misunderstood fundamentals in tennis is the position of your hands in relation to the racket. You’ve probably heard your pro say, “Keep your hands in front,” or “Don’t break your wrists!” But why? And more importantly, how? Let’s break it down. […]

In June, the GirlFriends luncheon was held at Niblick in the West Bay Club. A special thank you goes to Kathy Gallo for the photos and to Alice Farling for presenting the bracelet to the lucky winner, Betty Harper. Do you stay in Grandezza year-round? If so, you may be interested in joining the Talk […]

Golf is a game of precision, consistency, and feel. While players often obsess over club heads, shafts, and balls, one of the most overlooked components of a golfer’s setup is also one of the most crucial—the grip. Regripping your clubs might not seem like a top priority, but it can have a significant impact on […]