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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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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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Cool Material x Bradley Mountain Waxed Canvas Knife Roll

As any outdoorsman knows, there isn’t just one knife to rule them all. Certain tasks require a small Swiss Army knife with a pair of tiny scissors, some call for a robust folder, others demand a well-equipped multi-tool. For carrying your prized collection, we teamed up with Bradley Mountain to…

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10 Drone Videos That Will Make You Want to Explore the World

It's already that time of day when your eyes are becoming sore and heavy from the onslaught of your bright computer screen. And as your morning coffee's effects wane, you might be slipping into daydream mode. Well, let us help guide you with a little drone-captured wanderlust. These are our…

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‘The Big Short’ Trailer

Brad Pitt. Christian Bale. Ryan Gosling. Steve Carell. We'd see any movie that the four of them were involved in, but it's even better when Adam McKay, the man behind Step Brothers, Anchorman and The Other Guys, is the one behind the camera. Based on the book by Michael Lewis…

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Hoverboard Is a One-Wheeled Electric Skateboard

No, Hoverboard isn't actually a hoverboard. But, seeing has how every promised hoverboard disappoints, maybe it's actually something better. The Hoverboard is an electric skateboard of sorts that boasts only one large, centered wheel. Tilt forward and you start to go; tilt back and it begins to break. Thanks to the…

By Mike Newman
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Memories Cable Stores Data and Charges Your iDevices

Apple might have significantly reduced the size of the major updates to iOS, but you're still going to run out of space on your phone at one point or another. Rather than having to worry about manually backing everything up to your computer, iCloud or even a cumbersome external drive,…

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