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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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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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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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Spectre – Full Trailer

The bar was set high for Spectre ever since the last Bond movie, Skyfall, knocked it out of the park. With this trailer, the expectations are only greater. The first full trailer for Spectre is packed with stunning scenes—an opening shot at what seems to be a Day of the Dead parade sure…

By Mike Newman
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Travel
Hipcamp Is the Airbnb of the Outdoors

When people and groups buy up land to keep it from being developed, they have good intentions at heart. But those good intentions also come with a downside: that land becomes private property, and you never get to touch it. Hipcamp wants to open up those spaces to you. By…

By Mike Newman
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Steve McQueen’s Last Porsche Is Going up for Auction

It seems like a ride owned by the late Captain of Cool seems to go up for auction on a weekly basis. And while all of them are special and interesting, this one is a little more important—it’s the last car Steve McQueen ever ordered. The 1976 Porsche Turbo 930…

By Mike Newman
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Dell’s Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet Is Built For the Outdoors

Modern technology and the unpredictability of the great outdoors go together like the Starks and sharp things. Just pulling out your iPhone when it's drizzling is enough to fire up some anxiety. The latest tablet from Dell, however, likes to run toward the flames. The first tablet in the company's Rugged…

By Mike Newman
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Stary Is the World’s Lightest Electric Skateboard

The problem with most electric skateboards is they're heavy—which, when you think about it, goes against one of the true benefits of using a skateboard: they're portabile. For an electric skateboard that's more actual skateboard than skateboard tank, consider Stary. At just 8.6 lbs, Stary isn't a pain in the bicep…

By Mike Newman
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