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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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Toy Boarders

Plastic army men are a childhood staple, like GI Joes, Transformers, and those weird make your own edible bug kits. They were a lot of fun to blow up, melt, and stick in the VCR, but they weren’t the most relatable toys for all of us. We’d much rather set…

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Hardware Chess Set

If you've ever been hesitant to pick up the game of chess because it's stereotypically nerdy, first off, go play a few rounds with the guys in Washington Square Park and get back to us, and second, pick up this Nuts and Bolts set. The thinking man's game gets a working…

By Mike Newman
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Tanner Goods Linen Notebooks

The word "linen" doesn't exactly ooze masculinity. In fact, it makes us think of lace bedspreads and light blue Yankee Candles, neither of which we would like to spend any time or brain power on contemplating. While linen isn't exactly a prominent textile in the goods we normally seek out, these…

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Shepard Fairey Lotus Diamond Pocket Notebook

Shepard Fairey (aka the man behind OBEY, the OBEY Giant and the Obama HOPE posters...but you probably knew that already) wants to get some more OBEY gear into your pockets. The latest entry in the long list of things that he's responsible for is this Lotus Diamond Pocket Notebook. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Chocolate Skulls

There are certain addictions we just don't buy into. Guys who claim they are sex addicts are really just guys, a woman who claims to be a shopaholic usually just has access to too many credit cards and a chocaholic just has a sweet tooth and a lack of self…

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