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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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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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You Can Buy Tony Soprano’s Escalade

When Tony Soprano had some business to take care of, he left his house, the Bada Bing club, or Satriale's in his pearly white Cadillac Escalade. You might not have similar business to attend to, but you can ride around just like Tony if you win the auction for one…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
The UsBidi Cable Alerts You When Your Phone Is Charged and More

When it comes to charging cables for all your smart devices, you probably only care when you have to buy all new ones because device manufactures switched to something smaller or because you broke one. Turns out there’s actually some innovative features that can be integrated into the cable that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
The Underwater Power Drill Built for Special Ops

There are a lot of tough jobs that you need a heavy duty drill for, but it’s highly unlikely your jobs are anywhere near as demanding as the jobs special operations or the special forces have. The Nemo Special Ops Drill was specifically designed for those professionals that need to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Turn Any Skateboard Into an Electric With Mellow

Mellow was started by two guys who met while surfing in Morocco. One had an idea for a way to completely revamp the riding experience. The other just happened to be an electric engineer for BMW in Munich. They combined forces, made some prototypes and Mellow was successfully Kickstarted earlier…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
Official Trailer for ‘Anomalisa,’ Charlie Kaufman’s New Stop Motion Movie

Charlie Kaufman's films are bizarre and brilliant. But his latest, Anomalisa, may just be the most bizarre and the most brilliant of the bunch. The writer and director has made his first stop motion film, but it's not some fun, kid-friendly story, it's about a man dealing with the boring nature of…

By Mike Newman
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