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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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Heritage Gifts For Dad

A tie isn't a good Father's Day gift. But a tie designed like the one he wore in college is. Something like that has meaning, and it shows you care. That's the idea behind each of these gifts. They're all rooted in history and come packed with a story when you…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
Luxury Canvas Tents From Shelter Co. Supply

Shelter Co. Supply's new Meriwether Tent is all about destination camping. A group of friends setting up a tent village for a wedding. Rentals at music festivals. A weekend, or five, in the California wilderness. When you have a 16' diameter, 9.5' tall tent that will comfortably fit four to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
BETTER RE Turns Old Smartphone Batteries Into Battery Packs

The likelihood of every single one of you reading this having at least one cell phone battery you don't use anymore buried in a box or your desk is probably pretty high. Turns out all those old batteries, in addition to obviously being bad for the environment, have about 80%…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Apple Music – Apple’s New Streaming Service

The streaming music marketplace is pretty saturated, but if anyone can make a dent in it it's Apple. After a year of chatter, Apple's service is on the way. Apple Music, which is coming to the company's devices on June 30 and eventually in the form of an Android app, will cost…

By Mike Newman
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The Martian – Official Trailer

Based on the incredible book of the same name by Andy Weir, The Martian is going to be unlike any sci-fi movie you've seen. When an astronaut gets left behind on Mars, he doesn't have to fight off aliens or breakout his laser blaster, he just has to survive real problems, like how's…

By Mike Newman
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