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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 best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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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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The EcoFire Campstove

With the ability to burn biomass (think twigs, sticks, wood pellets or pine cones) instead of traditional fuel like you're used to with a campstove, the EcoFire Campstove could quickly become your favorite portable heat source. Made of a combination of aluminum and stainless steel for lightweight durability, the stove sets…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gamevice Gives You a Real Controller for Your iPhone 6 Games

If you want to take your mobile gaming experience to a whole new level and you happen to own one of the iPhone 6 series phones, the Gamevice Controller will add everything your mobile gaming is missing. With dual analog joysticks, L/R triggers and bumpers, A/B/X/Y fire buttons, and a D-Pad,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Hunter Satchel

Handmade right in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Hunter Satchel from Peg and Awl was created with the bare necessities in mind. Reminiscent of the old military map case bags, messenger bags, and frontiersman possible bags of times gone by, The Hunter Satchel is made from 15 oz. waxed duck canvas and…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Vanual Is a Site Dedicated to VanLife

If you're all about that #VanLife but you've never known were to start, The Vanual is for you. The Vanual is a website that details the entire process that filmmaker / designer / art director Zach Both went through while converting an electrician's old 2003 Chevy Express cargo van into…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Whitey Bulger’s Assets Were Sold at Auction

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., boss of the Winter Hill Gang and the person Johnny Depp played in Black Mass, had all of his assets seized in 2011 from his hideout in Santa Monica, and the U.S. Marshals sold everything to the tune of over $100k in a recent asset…

By Cooper Fleishman
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