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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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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

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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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8 Cigars You Should Smoke This Summer

A cigar shop can be intimidating to the uninitiated. There are so many options to consider that it can be tempting to just grab the same old stand by. Where’s the fun in that? Next time you visit a humidor, consider picking up some of these sticks. These are the…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Travelbox Stores an Entire Apartment Inside

Stefan Juust is an architect with a very different perspective on what's essential. The Travelbox he designed contains a basic set of furnishings made from wood and aluminum all packaged neatly inside the 132lb, 4' x ~7' box. Inside the Travelbox you'll find a bed, table, chair, bike and a set of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Grooming Products Made From Carlsberg Beer

Carlsberg, one of the five largest "brewery groups" in the world, takes their beer very, very seriously. So seriously in fact that when they asked Erik Lund, Head Brewer, Brewing Science and Technology (yes, that's actually his title), to make the Beauty Series of men's products using actual Carlsberg beer…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Silver Army Men

In the Vietnam era, Louis Marx & Co toys (the same company that would later develop Big Wheels) began selling sets of little plastic figurines that looked like army men. More than half a century later you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't have at least one fond memory playing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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OrbitKey – A Quieter and More Comfortable Way to Carry Your Keys

The standard key ring is far from perfect. While some may look good, they all create bulk and unnecessary noise when you move around. With OrbitKey, your keys can be kept with you in a way that won’t jab your thigh or announce your arrival. Not only that, it prevents…

By Mike Newman
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