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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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Escort Carbon Fiber Daggers

Knowing you absolutely don't need something does not make it any easier to rationalize not buying it. The fifteenth pair of sneakers, a nuke proof phone case and these Escort Carbon Fiber Daggers all fit into that category. No man has a serious need for a carbon fiber dagger (unless…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Plate Roulette

Turning the act of consumption into a game doesn't have to lead to Kobayashi-like feats of eating prowess, or a trip to the hospital for a stomach pumping. If done properly, eating and drinking games can be fun without being hazardous to your health. The Plate Roulette can help. One…

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Cassette Tape Floor Mat

Anyone who owned cassette tapes has lived through the torture of respooling at least one of them with a #2 pencil. If it was a cassette single of "U Can't Touch This," it went a little quicker than the mess a 90-minute Maxwell could make, but either way you had the…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Kebo One-Handed Bottle Opener

For far too long we've been opening our beer bottles with two hands like suckers. All that effort, when one hand could handle the beer while the other texts, high-fives or grabs a boob (Warning: Don't grab boobs without consent). Even though you may not know it, back in the day, a…

By Mike Newman
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NYC Photos from 1978-1985

Michael Sean Edwards knows his way around the business end of a film camera. He took a series of photos in NYC between 1978 and 1985 that cover everything from the Garment District to Avenue A. Check out his photos below and walk the streets of NYC as if it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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