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5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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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.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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What We're Buying
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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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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A Mercedes-AMG Super Bowl Commercial, Courtesy of the Coen Brothers

Along with making the jump to TV series, film directors have started lending their talents to commercials. Latest in that trend are the Coen Brothers, with their 60 second (or 30 second, depending on which version) tribute to Easy Rider. The ad is part of Mercedes' effort to differentiate its AMG brand…

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Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled

The latest version of Ducati’s 803cc retro Scrambler is this, the Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled. The well-equipped, street-legal, enduro racer is equipped with everything you need to tackle the local urban landscape. Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR. Dedicated ribbed seat. Reinforced tubular frame. Aluminum handlebars with cross struts. High front mudguards.…

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Onsen Is Redefining Bath Towels

You might not think about it very much, but the towel you dry your naked ass with in the morning, after the gym or before going to bed is just as important as any of your linens. Onsen knows that and set out to stitch something that recognizes it. The…

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Turn Cinder Blocks into Speakers with Cinder Speakers

Add some classy design, DIY flair and a damn cool pair of bookshelf speakers to your home with Cinder Speakers. Designed by Daniel Ballou (who was also responsible for those desktop ceramic cargo containers) to leverage the low resonance and vibration reducing properties of concrete without having to worry about its weight…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Porsche 918 Spyder Goes Off-Road

There are a few places you'd expect to see a Porsche. Rich neighborhoods, highways, Europe. Never the frozen wastelands of the northern tundras. But now, with the release of the Porsche 918 Spyder Off-Road Concept Car, the tundra's just the beginning of where this car can go. In early images,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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