Fashion
A New Hotel Makes Cambria the Ideal California Escape
With its ocean views and thoughtful design, White Water is the latest reason to spend a weekend on the Central Coast….

Cambria is a small town—pop. roughly 6,000—but its reliance on tourism means charming forays are easy to find. For lunch, go to Hidden Kitchen (quite literally tucked away down a dirt road). The cafe specializes in gluten-free blue corn waffles, which can be ordered sweet or savory, and a variety of vegan smoothies. Crunchy, organic California cuisine is also well-represented at Soto’s True Earth Market, the best place to pick up a pre-hike breakfast burrito or beach walk picnic. Come dinnertime, Freudenberger is quick to recommend The Sea Chest, established in 1975, to any first-time visitor: “You walk down with your lantern that we have at White Water, at night next to the water, and you just eat some really buttery shrimp and it’s delicious.” The seafood spot has opened an outdoor patio to accommodate more fresh-air dining amid COVID. They don’t take reservations, but any wait time allows for a stroll along the boardwalk. For those who want their plans decided, Madeline’s both accepts and recommends reservations. It doubles as a wine shop during the day, with a selection focused on local bottles. Those who taste something they like might even be able to visit its vineyard, since the wineries and tasting rooms of Paso Robles (one of the Times’s 52 Places to Go in 2020) are a 40-minute drive away.
The view from the lobby, where a local wine list is served alongside snacks and cocktails. (White Water is the only Moonstone Beach property with a full liquor license.)
Photo: Courtesy of White WaterBut in a year when so many city dwellers have been limited to their cramped apartments, the first thing on the travel to-do list is probably ROAM FREE. The Moonstone Beach boardwalk is within paces of White Water, and the hotel offers complimentary bikes for those who want more wind in their hair. For additional views, drive seven minutes to Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, where trails follow the coastal bluff and lead through the Monterey pine forest. Stay on the lookout for California Gray Whales, which migrate south from late December through February; they head back north in March and April. If it rains? Go out anyway, knowing that when you come back, the rest of the day can be spent curled up in front of your room’s fireplace.
Entertainment
A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout
A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.
The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.
There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.
The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.
Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.
Entertainment
Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack
Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.
The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.
None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.
Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.
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