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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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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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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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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

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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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Pan Meka Motorcycle

Pan Speed Shop's new Meka motorcycle build might be based on a classic BMW K1200S, but you'd have a hard time figuring that out based on what it looks like now. Starting with that stripped away BMW, Pan created the apocalyptic behemoth Meka you see before you. Plastic was deleted…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Trayvax Axis Stainless Steel Wallet

If you want a wallet that makes a statement, look no further than the Trayvax Axis stainless steel wallet. There have been other two part metal wallets before, but Trayvax skips the more common rubber style band mechanism in favor of mil-spec hardware and completely unique operation. The patent-pending design…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 6 Best Desktop Humidors for Your Collection of Cigars

Finally got your hands on some Cubans and trying to figure out how to properly store them? You need a humidor. What is a humidor? Quite simply, it's an airtight container with a humidifying element designed to keep your cigars (or other tobacco) at a relative humidity of 68-72% (though some…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fuego Box Hot Sauces Come With Flavor, Not Crying

It's hard to be discerning about hot sauces, since they seem to come in two varieties. Generic mild and organ-destroying pepper volcano. But Fuego Boxes insists that you can discover new hot sauces without turning into a snot-spewing tear-hose.  They're a subscription service that delivers nuanced, flavorful hot sauces, showcasing flavor and…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The 10 Best Goses to Drink Before the End of Summer (Also, What the Hell is a ‘Gose’?)

What’s 1,000 years old is new again as the gose style is seizing its moment in the sun. A gose (pronounced goes-uh) is a low-ABV German beer style made with malted wheat and spiced with coriander. It dates back to the 10th century, when it took its name from the…

By Colin Joliat
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