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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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Replay Arcade

There used to be a time when holding the high score on an arcade game in the back of your local pizzeria meant something in your town. Those games are mostly gone (replaced with large screen TVs blasting Serie A action) but that addiction to button pressing never left us.…

By Mike Newman
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Ron F***ing Swanson BBQ Sauce

Besides bucket loads of bacon and eggs, there's something else Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman on Parks and Recreation if you weren't aware) has a passion for: Straight up beef. It's why the man hits a strip club buffet. Now, with Ron F***ing Swanson BBQ Sauce, you can slather your meat…

By Mike Newman
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ZAL Creations Track Lighting

You don't have to look too far these days to find unique, interesting lights for your pad that you won't find in a big-box catalog. You can get hanging pendants made with rope and industrial fixtures, lamps made out of assault rifles and night lights that look like props from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vietnam War-Era Engraved Zippos

Zippos are easily the most iconic lighters in existence. Bic lighters might be more ubiquitous in the "recreational substances" crowd because they won't burn your hands off when used with glass hardware, but Zippos are still far more iconic. This collection of 282 lighters is composed of hardware from actual…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Brooklyn Salsa Company

Brooklyn has become a hot spot for sweaty hipsters with an appetite. Trendy new restaurants have popped up in Williamsburg with one word names that, for some odd reason, don't start with a capital letter, and plenty of food products have made their way out of the New York City…

By Mike Newman
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