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

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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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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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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Pirate Joe’s, an Unlicensed Trader Joe’s Retailer, Has Closed

For the last 5 years, residents of Vancouver, British Columbia, who wanted to get their hands on items from Trader Joe's had two options: cross the border into the U.S. and visit a Trader Joe's store, or make a quick stop into Pirate Joe's, a renegade shop run by Mike Hallatt.…

By Mike Newman
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Ystudio Brass Work Gear

Ystudio is a Taiwan-based outfit that makes office tools designed to age beautifully with use. Primarily working with brass, the small team crafts durable, heavy writing instruments, rulers, paperweights, and more, all of which are specifically crafted to look more unique over the years. The Brassing collection even lets you…

By Mike Newman
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Cook in an Ammo Box with the C4 Portable Grill

Making dinner in an ammo can isn't an experience most people have had, as it's generally something that's reserved for soldiers making stew on the front lines. Cooking in a metal box makes sense from a practical standpoint, so M Grills built a portable grill inspired by those repurposed stew…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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How to Make Freddy’s Ribs from ‘House of Cards’

Maybe it's the fact we finally finished the latest season, but we're pretty much clamoring for anything House of Cards at this point. That's why we're excited for the latest Binging with Babish. This episode of the popular YouTube series tackles Freddy's Ribs from House of Cards. The chef / filmmaker whips…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sound Heroes are the Least Boxy Bluetooth Speakers You’ve Seen

Not every Bluetooth speaker has to be a box or a pill. Some of them can be futuristic robot superheroes. The Kalium Sound Hero is exactly that, a polygonal statue standing tall on its bass pumping base, spewing sound of the highest quality from its chest. The statues come in…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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