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

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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 We're Buying
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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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Apple Is Giving Students Free Beats Headphones When They Buy a Mac or iPad

Look, college is expensive enough for us to argue you should use whatever brick of a laptop you have around the house. That said, we're not naive, and we understand many college students want to shell out their (parents') hard-earned money on a MacBook and/or an iPad. Well, at least…

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HuskeeCup Is Made With Recycled Coffee Husk

Every coffee bean that becomes part of your delicious morning water was at one point surrounded by a husk that was most likely discarded as waste material. The new HuskeeCup is made with recycled coffee husk and organic resin to help combat the 6.6lbs of husk waste each average coffee…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar

The Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing collaboration once affectionately referred to as AM RB 001 finally has a name and a few more details associated with it. The Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar has been described as everything from a street-legal F1 car to the "most ambitious supercar project since…

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Keyanchor Is the World’s Smallest EDC Multi-Tool & Key Organizer

The Keyanchor from San Francisco-based Copper Mill is small enough to be used as a zipper pull, but we've seen that before in other multi-tools. It holds four to eight keys in a small, easy to use package, but we've seen that before too. Keyanchor sets itself apart by combining…

By Cooper Fleishman
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What’s the Difference Between a $100 Grill and a $1,000 Grill

Like the old adage says, you get what you pay for. While you can certainly cook a steak on a grill you purchased on the cheap, you may want to consider shelling out the cash for something better. Why? What exactly does your extra money get you? Glad you asked.…

By Mike Newman
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