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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide
By Lanny Fuller
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The Soundtrack of a Gentlemen’s Trip

Because music shapes a trip.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Vacay Shave

One of the most wholesome corners of the internet taught me to love shaving again.

By Lanny Fuller
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What to Pack for a Gentlemen’s Trip

Packing can be fun. I said it.

By Lanny Fuller
Entertainment
If You Liked ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once,’ You Need To Watch Michelle Yeoh’s Other Movies

Awards hype is rarely worth your time and bother. Even when pundits and PR machines pick the right nominees, they’re still wrong for treating them like race horses. For the 2022-23 season, the awards committees have outdone themselves by churning out a particularly oxymoronic narrative around the year’s most celebrated…

By Andy Crump
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The 10 Best Single Malt Scotch Whiskies Under $100

Single malt Scotch is often unfairly labeled as “fancy” or “expensive,” when in reality it isn’t. Sure, countless bottles of long-aged, highly acclaimed single malt Scotch whisky fetch thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars. But this is the same for any form of whiskey--bourbon, rye, Canadian whisky, and…

By Christopher Osburn
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Fashion
The Best Chronograph Watches, from $175 to $3,000

With all the utility one can get out of smartwatches and phones these days, few guys are using chronograph watches to time events and activities. Let's face it, hardly anyone used chronographs to perform that function, anyway. But no smartwatch can possibly replace the level of mechanical interaction a chrono…

By Amos Kwon
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3-Ingredient Cocktails Every Guy Should Know How To Make

For those who haven’t spent hours studying bartending books and have never worked as a bartender or barback themselves, watching someone mix up a drink at your favorite cocktail bar or speakeasy might make you believe you need a master’s degree in Advanced Mixology to even attempt it at home.…

By Christopher Osburn
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ProTek’s Field Series 3000 Is a Durable, Luminous, Eye-catching Watch

Watches often fall into two categories: lookers and doers. Pretty much everybody loves a looker—beautiful watches get commented on for a reason, after all. It’s doers that get the most use, however, because reliable toughness is simply more applicable to day-to-day wear. ProTek’s Series 3000 field watches rest one hand…

By Nickolaus Hines
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