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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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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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Houses Made from Whisky Vats

Whisky has been responsible for plenty of questionable decisions over the years, but turning the vats it ages in into building materials seems like a great idea. Originally conceived of for the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland by an American, Roger Douda, with four decades of connections to the site, there…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Beastgrip Turns Your Smartphone Into a Professional Camera Rig

There are plenty of external smartphone lens kits out there, but none of them give you the professional functionality you'll get from Beastgrip. The "world's first universal lens adapter and rig system for all smartphones" uses a completely modular design with removable lens mount assembly and handle to turn your smartphone…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Sea Dart Is a Canoe/Kayak Hybrid

Using CNC technology and highly skilled craftsman, Escobedo out of Buda, Texas, has created a canoe/kayak hybrid boat that you're absolutely going to want to take a ride in. Dubbed the Sea Dart, this 16' watercraft that weighs less than 55lbs is constructed with a combination of Vikings-era Lapstrake techniques…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

August is shaping up to be a hell of a month for Netflix subscribers, which is a pretty noticeable contrast to the preceding few. We’re not saying things have been awful, but we definitely don’t think we’re alone in noticing Netflix’s dedication to promoting their unique original content. It’s not…

By Maxwell Barna
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OLIVERS All Over Shorts are Gym Shorts for the 21st Century

Three years ago, OLIVERS launched a Kickstarter campaign for a pair of athletic shorts specifically designed for the 21st century. Not only was it one of the most successful apparel campaigns ever, but OLIVERS would go on to sell over 10,000 pairs of their All Over Short. Now, three years later, they've released…

By Mike Newman
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