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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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Give Dad the Gift of Beer This Father’s Day

If your dad is anything like ours, there's one gift that's guaranteed to be a hit this Father's Day--the gift of beer. With the SUB Home Draft system from Hopsy, he can enjoy mini-kegs of delicious craft beer from award-winning breweries in the comfort of his own home just like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Ferrari SP38

Getting behind the wheel of any Ferrari is a challenge. But getting behind the wheel of the new Ferrari SP38? Next to impossible. That's because the insane Italian sports car you see here is a one-off. Designed and built for one of the brand's "most dedicated customers," the SP38 boasts…

By Mike Newman
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The 1965 Aston Martin DB5 from ‘GoldenEye’ Is Going to Auction

James Bond is meant to drive an Aston Martin, and there's no Aston model more associated with everyone's favorite fictional spy than the DB5 that first appeared in Goldfinger.  Up for auction by Bonhams during their Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale is a DB5 that is not the car from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Session Cocktails: Low-Alcohol Drinks For Any Occasion

The key to fun day drinking is pacing. Problem is, many of the adult beverages we enjoy have never heard of the word. Session Cocktails: Low-Alcohol Drinks For Any Occasion is the solution for long periods of imbibing, or for those who just want to give their liver a breather. With…

By Mike Newman
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The Official Dick Tracy Watch Is Finally Here

We're not going to claim that Dick Tracy was responsible for the creation of the Apple Watch, but he had a phone in his watch more than half a century before smartwatches were even a thing. If you've ever owned a Dick Tracy watch of your own—and who hasn't?—the official…

By Cooper Fleishman
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