“Where golf and nature exist in harmony.” That’s how former ‘N Sync lead singer and boyfriend of Britney Spears Justin Timberlake describes his new golf course, Mirimichi—a $16 million, 200-acre monument to all things green that is the first course in the U.S. to be designated as a certified Audubon International Classic Sanctuary.
A 6 handicapper, Timberlake has, since 2008, hosted his own annual tournament, the Justin Timberlake Shriners for Children Open in Las Vegas. Now, he has his very own course! Located outside Memphis, Tenn., Mirimichi, which opened this weekend, is an eco-golf Utopia. Only 85 of the 200 acres are ever mowed, leaving in place plenty of “native grasses.” In fact, 80 percent of all plant life on the course is native. To limit the use of chemicals, a large portion of the weeds are pulled out using manual labor. According to Ecorazzi, “surrounding each water feature is an invisible 25-foot barrier where Audubon rules ban the use of chemical fertilizers or herbicides” and “plans are also underway to build greenhouses to propagate the native species and provide educational opportunities for those interested in the wildlife and horticulture.” Fees range from $49 to $71 and since this is Justin Timberlake we’re talking about, Bonobos recommends something that will grab attention. Try the Jungle Kings or the Green Shoots—and bring some sexy back to summer golf in Tennessee.
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When the blog that roams the globe so you’re in the know, The Cool Hunter, ran a post on Bonobos last spring, calling our pants “great-fitting men’s casual trousers that’ll take you from the office to drinks,” the trendsters had no idea how important a quick and easy after-work transition could be to surviving and thriving in a sticky summer meltdown.
Sylvia Hewlett, a scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, has research out this month about the evolution of professional life showing that workers these days want their jobs to resemble something like a jazz score. Everyone from boomers to Gen Y “actually want to stay with an employer that they admire,” says Hewlett, “but to mix and match, to ebb and flow, to have much more of freedom within form, and to have a long view.”
What people today most want, alongside “loyal attachment to an employer and intense periods of work,” adds Hewlett, is odyssey—“the ability to search and quest for meaning, to maybe work for six weeks in Africa, and then absolutely get down to work back on the ranch again.” Unlike Jack Welch, who said recently that “there’s no such thing as work-life balance,” Hewlett sees a future with a more fluid and creative take on the 360-degree work experience.
During a time when technology blurs the lines between work and life and many around the globe are working “extreme jobs” (A 2007 study showed that 45% of managerial workers in large corporations work an average 73 hours a week and deal with additional performance pressures that range from 24/7 client demands to grueling travel schedules) to save theirs, an easy segue from a late meeting at the office to meeting your date for a sunset cocktail, and maybe a little jazz, can mean striking the perfect work-life balance and make you a much happier guy.
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Read this post from Fast Company magazine and get inspired for diamond shots!
The U.S. imported $113 million worth of tequila in the first quarter of this year, no paltry sum even if imports of tequila are but one-third that of vodka, easily the nation’s favorite liquid import after light sweet crude. But as commodities go, tequila could become very commercially important. Last year a group of scientists found that by vaporizing tequila and then heating it to nearly 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit, they could create diamonds. The balance of ethanol and water in tequila is so ideal that even an inexpensive bottle of gold tequila can produce 100-400 nanometer diamond sheets free of imperfections. Though the resulting diamonds are far too small for romantic applications, the commercial uses for such films are vast, including industrial cutting tools, semiconductors, and optical-electronic devices. Diamonds from gold? We’ll drink to that.
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We’re asked all the time: What should I wear on top with my Bonobos trousers? Your best bet for versatility and style during the summer months is a simple solid-color polo shirt.
As usual, necessity was the mother of invention. In the 1920s, tennis champion Jean René Lacoste (known for his ferocity on the court as “the crocodile,” hence the iconic logo) designed a short-sleeved tennis shirt that would be comfortable yet gentlemanly. Knitted fabric for breathability, short sleeves for mobility, and a soft collar that could be flipped upwards to protect the back of the neck from sun.
Functional, sporty, elegant: the polo shirt has Bonobos written all over it, and soon, we’ll offer our version of this timeless garment. Like our trousers, shorts, and swim trunks, our polo shirts will be made of world-class fabric and fit superbly. We know that guys don’t often enjoy feeling like walking advertisements, so we’ve left the left breast completely logo-free. We have, however, embroidered our signature “B” on the inner placket—but it can be easily hidden by buttoning up. We’ll also let you choose if you want the embroidery in a contrasting color, or dyed to match, meaning you can decide just how much brand identity you want displayed to the world.
Our idea was simply to produce shirts that you could rock with any trouser in our collection. Available in black, navy, light blue, white, pink, and mint green, these will become your go-to shirts for the rest of summer into autumn. Suitable anywhere comfort commingles with class.
If you’re interested in pre-ordering Bonobos polo shirts at a small discount, drop us a line at polopreorder@bonobos.com!
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Frans de Waal, a Dutch primatologist and leading expert on bonobos who teaches at Emory University and directs the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, recently spoke to the knowledge website Big Think about what we can learn from primates in terms of conflict resolution, altruism, and cooperation. De Waal is most famous for his books Chimpanzee Politics and Our Inner Ape, in which he uses the behavior of bonobos and chimpanzees as metaphors for human psychology. Professor de Waal has a lot of fascinating things to say about the origins of justice, power and morality—including how to align large rewards with good work.
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