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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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The Best Grilling Sauces

Steaks. Chops. Ribs. Burgers. Veggies. Fish. The list of things that end up delicious after just the right amount of time on the grill is all but endless. While we're all for perfectly prepared naked meat, there are quite a few grilling sauces out there that can improve or compliment…

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Super 73 Scout eBike

Lithium Cycles, makers of the all-terrain Super 73 electric bike, are back with the latest iteration of their design, the Super 73 Scout eBike. The more affordable Super 73 Scout comes in two separate, more stripped down versions of their predecessor, but the general functionality and operation remain the same.…

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This Luxury Camping Pod Concept Was Inspired by a Mini Countryman

If you want to stay in the lap of luxury regardless of how remote your destination is, you won't do better than this luxury camping pod concept inspired by the curves and small form factor of the new Mini Countryman. Created as a collaboration between Bitlens studio and the firm…

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The Best Portable Hard Drives for Backing Up Your Work

Whether you’re a first-rate media consumer, a professional always on the go, a traveler logging miles and memories in your backpack, or just a regular Joe Schmoe with a history of bad luck, you should invest in a portable hard drive. Years ago, when they first emerged as backup file…

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RØST Coffee Roaster

Hot off a "best new product award" win for technology at the World of Coffee event in Budapest is a new Norwegian coffee roaster that you're absolutely going to want to put on your counter top. What started as a 1kg home roaster developed during a master's program in mechanical…

By Cooper Fleishman
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