Leisure

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• Your Best Drinks!

  In October, we shared the favorite fine spirits of Jerald O'Kennard, director of the Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago. Here are your go-to drinks for the holiday season.

• Game Face

  How a Fox News anchor beats stress with his alma mater at the University of Mississippi

• A 10-Step Plan for Your Best Autumn Ever

  Make the season a truly memorable one

• Speed Addiction

  A buyer’s guide to the most iconic American sports car ever built

• Laird Hamilton's Best List

  The athlete's 12 favorite things

• Hike the Appalachian Trail

  Bill Bryson, author of seven travel books, including A Walk in the Woods and In a Sunburned Country, estimates that he has visited 50 countries.

• When It Pays to Collect Baseball Cards

  An auctioneer showcases his $500,000 collection of Chicago Cubs memorabilia and shares the secrets of his trade

• Tempted by the Fruit of Another Summer

  All his life author Manil Suri has had cravings for that which is ripe and ready to fall—even if he's had to take it by force

• Cheater's Golf

  How to sneak your way out of the sand trap and into the hole

• Get Sporty

  They've got four doors, trunk space, and formidable zero-to-60 times

• King of the Anthill

  The first sign of my impending environmentalism happened when I was a kid in Houston.

• Which projector is best for showing movies outdoors in the summertime?

  Which projector is best for showing movies outdoors in the summertime?

• Our Last Stand

  A simple choice you can make at your local garden center can help save it.

• Groom to Grow

  A landscape architect shows off the equipment you need to upgrade any outdoor space

• Fraud Alert

  An activist shares his simple steps for protecting your personal and financial history from thieves

• Taildragger Tutorials

  Learn to fly in half the time and maybe even skip the runway

• The Passion: You Can Go Home Again

  After more than 30 years away from the game he loves, Mark Svengold laced up his cleats, stepped up to the plate, and struck a blow against the sliders and

• Burn Rubber, Not Oil

  Your guide to new eco-friendly cars

• My Passion: My Wild Blue Wander

  Learning to fly antique planes gives author Guy Martin a thrill or two and lessons in fear control. But he says the best part has been finding a through line

• The Best Tequilas to Sip, Not Shoot

  Sipping through the world of handcrafted tequilas