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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

The swim shorts, half-zip, and retro runners that became the 20% of my summer wardrobe doing 80% of the work.

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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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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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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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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

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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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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Google’s Lightsaber Escape Lets You Use Your Phone as a Lightsaber

There are plenty of cool Star Wars promos that have popped up leading to this week's release of The Force Awakens, but Google, as they frequently do, has one-upped everyone with Lightsaber Escape. You're an unnamed Jedi Knight armed with only a lightsaber that has to escape through waves of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best Beer Inventions of the Year

You know, fellas, 2015 was a pretty momentous year. Gas prices plummeted, NASA proved there’s water on Mars, and scientists discovered a new and easier way to make diamonds. But more importantly, some guys from Portland made pressurized growlers, which means the whole world can now drink delicious draft beer…

By Maxwell Barna
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GIVEAWAY: Win a Bottle of Sam Adams Utopias ($200 Value) [Closed]

Everything you need to know about Sam Adams Utopias, the brewery's prized, very expensive beer, can be found in this article we posted yesterday. But your very brief recap is this: it's awesome. Problem is, with fewer than 10,000 bottles out there, and a price tag that makes you stop…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Classic Engineering Minimalist Watches

The first watch we ever saw from Classic Engineering was handmade by a student at Swarthmore College. That student, originally from Bogotá, had a passion for the intersection of design and engineering that materialized in one seriously fantastic timepiece, and it's only gotten better over time. Classic Engineering's VARIO watches are…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Pigalle’s Colorful Basketball Court Tucked Between Paris Apartments

Pigalle is a French brand named for an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle. In order to celebrate the launch of Pigalle Basketball, they teamed up with Ill-Studio to create a color-blocked basketball court between two apartment buildings on Rue Duperré. The court was originally renovated by Stephane Ashpool, Pigalle…

By Cooper Fleishman
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