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The 10 Bourbons We’re Drinking Long After Bourbon Heritage Month
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The 10 Bourbons We’re Drinking Long After Bourbon Heritage Month
By Beau Hayhoe
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

By Lanny Fuller
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Lola Méndez
Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection
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Wears My Beer: Duluth Trading Co. x Miller High Life Collection

Tailgates, bonfires, and kicking back with a cold one after a long day just got more stylish and functional for fall.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Man Candles II

Not too long ago, Yankee Candle Company - the store known for emanating a scent of lavender throughout the mall - released Man Candles. The series included guy-friendly scented candles in aromas like Riding Mower, 2x4, and First Down. Now they return with some new additions. Man Candles II feature some "Wow, we…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Things Come Apart by Todd McLellan

Todd McLellan's work is basically like life in rewind. Instead of building and composing things, he tears them apart. In his latest series "Things Come Apart" he follows up on the idea he started with the "Disassembly Series" by pulling apart telephones, chainsaws, and more objects. Look for his book…

By Mike Newman
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Game of Thrones Saul Bass Tribute Posters

A few days ago, Google had a particularly epic doodle that referenced Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, The Man with the Golden Arm, Spartacus, West Side Story, Anatomy of a Murder, Around the World in Eighty Days and Ocean's 11. The entire thing was a tribute to the late, great…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Animal Blueprints

We're not scientists, but we do believe most animals are born and not assembled by hand. (Except for the Gila monster, that dude's constructed in an awesomeness factory somewhere.) Still, we have to admit, these Animal Blueprints are mighty sharp. Styled like 1950's architectural blueprints, each piece of art depicts a different…

By Mike Newman
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Comic Book Portrait Collages

The female form is awesome. Comic books are awesome. Art is awesome. Mixed media extraordinaire Sandra Chevrier combines all of those things into a series of Comic Book Portrait Collages that are as eerie as they are fun.

By Cooper Fleishman
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