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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

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This LEGO Ideas Set Includes Three Different Dinosaur Fossils

As much as we love the freedom and creativity imparted upon us with a giant pile of plastic LEGO bricks and no final goal in site, we also appreciate everything that goes into the creation of LEGO Ideas sets with finished products like LEGO versions of Steamboat Willie, a Toyota Landcruiser…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Craighill Tycho Puzzle Will Change the Way You Kill Time

Brooklyn-based product design studio Craighill has always impressed with their unique offerings, attention to detail and high-end construction. As much as we love their bracelets, knives, key rings and other EDC goods, it's their unconventional desktop puzzles that have always intrigued us most. Craighill's Venn Puzzle and Jack Puzzle are both great options…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Jim Murray’s Best Whiskys from the 2020 ‘Whisky Bible’ Have Been Revealed

Every year, Jim Murray--an equally loved and loathed critic on the world whisky scene--unveils his list of the best whiskies in the world. It led to a bottle of Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye getting sold out internationally. Bottles of William Larue Weller becoming even harder to get your hands…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phonocut Lets You Make Your Own Vinyl Records at Home

There's no denying the fact that we're in a full vinyl record renaissance at this point. But while you can get thousands of great vinyl albums from both old and new bands these days, the technology used to create the records you put on your turntable is relatively unchanged... until…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Become Smarter in Just 5 Minutes with Morning Brew

There's a reason over 1 million people start their day with Morning Brew, the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Written in a witty and conversational tone, it makes reading the news actually enjoyable. The best part? It’s just a 5-minute read, so…

By Cooper Fleishman
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