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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

Summer calls for lighter materials, brighter colors, and watches that can go from the beach to dinner without missing a beat.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
By Lanny Fuller
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Travel
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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What We're Buying
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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Lifestyle
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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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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The Cult Following of L.L. Bean Duck Boots

For the last 100 years or so, L.L. Bean has built a reputation for manufacturing and selling some of the world’s best clothing and outdoors equipment. It’s all made in the U.S., and it all comes with a warranty that proves it’s all made to last. The company began from…

By Maxwell Barna
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Tech
The Guitar You Can Pick Up and Play, Instantly

Mastering Rock Band or Guitar Hero is possible in a series of very dedicated weekends, but learning how to play an actual guitar can take a lifetime. If you don't have a lifetime to spend practicing, but you have plenty of ideas just waiting to share with the world, you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Cooking with Beer

Everyone knows that you can compliment a pizza or a hot dog with a nice cold one, or even use it as a component in a rich chili, but Mark Dredge's Cooking with Beer has 75 delicious recipes that allow you to put your favorite lagers, IPAs, wheat beers, stouts…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
LayBag Is a Portable, Inflatable Lounge Chair

We love the outdoors as much as the next guy, but pretending that lounging on a rock or some bumpy terrain is as comfortable as relaxing on your couch sounds like false machismo. Since you aren't going to strap a loveseat to your back, consider the LayBag. The LayBag is…

By Mike Newman
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Food
The California Pint Glass Has a Little Half Dome on the Bottom

Much like The Oregon Pint and The Washington Pint that came before it, The California Pint is a hand blown glass from North Drinkware that features an interesting 3D mold built right into the bottom of the glass. Oregon was Mt. Hood. Washington was Mt. Rainier. The California Pint gets…

By Cooper Fleishman
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