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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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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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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

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DIY: Industrial Pipe Bar Cart

Doing It Yourself isn’t always the easiest or cheapest option, but odds are you won’t find anything more satisfying than finishing a DIY project with your own two hands. Each week, we’re going to showcase one cool DIY project tutorial from around the web. Building furniture out of wood and…

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The Lebowski Cycle: The Big Lebowski Meets Classic Art

Starting in 2006, classically trained artist Joe Forkan began a series of work that combines the masterpieces of western art with The Big Lebowski. Using the film as a starting point, each piece represents a scene that the artist recreates using narratives, themes and titles from well-known works of western art (Caravaggio,…

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Wood and Aluminum Connect Four

Connect Four is easily one of the great, most infuriating, argument-starting, fun games that will ever grace the table at a family gathering or dinner party. The idea is simple: connect four dots horizontally or vertically, while simultaneously blocking your opponents attempts to do the same. Hasbro's classic is one…

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Handcrafted Glass Top Ping Pong Table

What's the first thing you think of when you think of a ping pong table? (Forrest Gump doesn't count.) It's probably a big, green behemoth made of medium density fibreboard (MDF) that folds in half, has too many legs and wheels. There have been upgrades over the years with changes…

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Philadelphia Bacon Cream Cheese

Everyone knows that, from bean dip to bagels and lox to straight up cheese and crackers, there is no substitute for Philadelphia cream cheese. One brick of the stuff has more than a day's worth of total fat grams, almost a day's worth of cholesterol and almost one and a…

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