Who knew Midterm Elections would fire people up like so? “I Voted” stickers are like, so in right now. All jokes aside, history will be made this week as normally blasé citizens go to the polls to put democracy in action. Get inspired by one of the most awarded - and socially conscious - literary titans of our time, and punch out the feels at a boutique boxing studio (the insane calorie burn is a nice bonus, too). Let your political stress melt away at a 5 star-rated massage studio, and dine on Hill Country, aka battleground state barbecue that wins over the left and the right. Now that’s what common ground tastes like!
$49 Pitmaster BBQ Dinner For Two At Hill Country Barbecue Market
Texas is one of the states to watch, with incumbent Ted Cruz going up against Democrat Beto O'Rourke in a heated, cutthroat campaign. But we have a feeling both sides will agree on Hill Country’s oak-smoked, Central Texan bbq plus all the fixin’s .
11/6 Cosmic Consciousness Reading At Free People
The political drama got you wanting to see through the uncertainty? Join astrologer Leslie Galbraith for a reading of your birth chart and see what the future holds for you - and maybe also America.
Up To 50% Off Boutique Boxing Classes At Overthrow Boxing Club
Chances are, you’ll have a lot of stress to unload after the election. Blow off serious steam and get ultra toned at this model-favorite boxing club.
11/7 Talk With Liza Donnelly Of The New Yorker
As a trailblazing humorist and visual journalist at The New Yorker and The New York Times, Liza Donnelly knows a thing or two about taking a political stance - but with a tongue firmly in cheek. A must-know lesson for these times when you just can’t even with the goings-on.
$49 For A 50m Thai Massage At NYC Thai Wellness Center
You’re tense as heck, and we get it. Feel the relief from all the hullabaloo from a full body massage at this cult-favorite Thai massage studio.
11/8 George Saunders In Conversation
The National Book Award and Man Booker-winning author is our foremost voice of conscience, writing about the forsaken Americans from the heartland to the slums long before it was trendy to do so. Hear the literary titan in conversation with another superstar, Zadie Smith.