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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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Lifestyle
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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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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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
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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Ford’s New Smart Bike Will Keep You From Sweating

If you live and work in a major city, chances are good that you don’t drive to work. You probably don’t even own a car. Hey, you're doing your part for the environment right? High five! Ford is doing their part too with their latest smart bike, the MoDe:Flex. This…

By Kevin McCauley
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Food
Ghost Pepper Honey

If you like to intrigue more than just a section of your taste buds, toss a dollop of Ghost Pepper Honey from Geddes Farms into your next dish. The farm takes crazy hot ghost peppers and soaks them in their 100% raw honey. The result is something sweet and spicy, but thanks…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
The Camp Champ Is a Mobile Outdoor Kitchen

Camping is fun, but you can't convince us eating cans of beans is the reason why. To take the food during your next camping excursion to another level, there's the Camp Champ. The Camp Champ is basically an entire kitchen in a crate. An expensive crate. It includes everything from a…

By Mike Newman
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The Beer Factory Fermentation Chart

We're fully in support of knowing where our food comes from. It gives us a greater appreciation for what we're mindlessly cramming in our pieholes. That idea doesn't stop at just breakfast and bites—we like to apply it to our beverages, as well. Vincent Avila put together this Beer Factory…

By Mike Newman
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Inside: “Art of the Italian Two Wheel” – A Collection of Never-Before-Seen Bikes

When it comes to vehicles, the Italians have always had an eye for performance that's infused with a style that suggests it. Never was this more obvious than during the 1970s, the heyday of the Italian motorcycle. The Stuart Parr Collection "Art of the Italian Two Wheel," now on display in New…

By Mike Newman
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