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Italy From Home

How to stock your pantry, fridge, and bar cart like an Italian.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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
By Lanny Fuller
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Travel
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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Lifestyle
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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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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The First Look at Elon Musk’s Plan to Solve Traffic

About a year ago, fed up with traffic, Elon Musk tweeted about solving roadway congestion via a series of tunnels and tracks that shuttle your car past the backup. The Boring Company, as the project was dubbed, seemed too insane to be taken seriously. Then we remembered the man piloting…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona Is Officially the World’s Most Expensive Wristwatch

In the pantheon of well-known watches, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona has always stood above the crowd. Now, the watch Newman wore every day for 15 years has some numbers to back that up. Paul Newman's Daytona sold for a whopping $17,752,500 (including buyer's premium) at auction this past week in…

By Mike Newman
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Brooklinen’s Luxe Hardcore Sheet Bundle Is Next-Level Luxury

Want to feel like you're sleeping in a five-star resort even when you're home? Pick up a set of silky smooth Brooklinen sheets. The Brooklinen Luxe Hardcore Sheet Bundle includes fitted and flat sheets, four pillowcases and a duvet cover in a 480 thread-count weave so soft you have to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘The Normal People’ Takes You Inside the Race of Gentlemen

If you're an avid Cool Material reader, you're familiar with The Race of Gentlemen, an event held every year in Wildwood, New Jersey, in which guys and gals don old-timey outfits and race vintage bikes and cars up and down the beach. It's a sight to behold. If you've never been lucky…

By Mike Newman
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Italian Dream Motorcycle Triumph Speed Triple Custom

Sleek, dark and stealthy, the Tripla 0.0 675cc Triumph Speed Triple Custom from Italian Dream Motorcycle (IDM) more than lives up to the brand's name. Triumph Speed Triple customs are nothing new but the IDM Tripla is actually a pretty involved build. Made using parts from a few highly specialized…

By Cooper Fleishman
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