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Head to Healdsburg, Wine Weirdos

A long weekend in Sonoma's most effortlessly charming town, where good wine is just one reason to visit.

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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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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

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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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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Honda Riding Assist-e Self-Balancing Motorcycle

Earlier this year at CES, Honda unveiled their self-balancing concept motorcycle based on UNI-CUB technology and it was impressive to say the least. The riding assist technology from that first bike has evolved for the new Honda Riding Assist-e self-balancing concept motorcycle that's set to be unveiled at the 45th…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Arkonik Avant-garde Edition Land Rover Defender

There are only a small handful of brands we'd trust with six figures of our money to build us a proper Defender, and Arkonik is one of them. The Avant-garde is a Bonatti Grey (that dark, rich gray that perfectly contrasts both black and silver) Land Rover 110 with enough…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Patrón Made Tequila With Guillermo del Toro

If you're looking to tell a story, particularly one about rebirth and transformation, there is no man more suited than iconic filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Because of a shared history based in Jaliso, the state where all tequila is purchased, del Toro teamed up with Patrón Tequila for a collection unlike…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Spotify’s ‘Time Capsule’ Playlist Will Take You Back to High School

Few things deliver nostalgia like music. Spotify is aware of that and wants to deliver a whole shit-ton via the new "Time Capsule" playlist. If you're a Spotify user, the music streaming service will create a personalized playlist full of 2 hours worth of tracks they feel you might have…

By Mike Newman
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Commodore 64 Mini

Retro gaming was once a field dominated entirely by cheap joysticks in Walgreen's "Toys and Games" aisle. Now, high quality retro systems are pouring out like Greeks from a wooden horse. The latest is the C64 Mini, a fully functional rerelease of the Commodore 64 that comes loaded with 64…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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