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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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Travel
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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We Found the Good Stuff

Our latest favorites for your closet, home, wrist, and everywhere else.

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Watches
Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying

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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 Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle

Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Spin This Bottle Opener to Decide Who Picks Up the Tab

You know who waiters and waitresses hate? Groups of people who give them 8 different credit cards and a set of rules to split a tab. Stop being a person in that group. Simply give the You Pay Bottle Opener a spin, and one unlucky soul will get stuck with…

By Mike Newman
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Katz’s Deli Chocolate Egg Cream Candle

There are plenty of great choices for a last meal, but if we had to pick ours right now it would be pastrami and chocolate egg cream from Katz's. Yes, it's touristy. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, there's already an autobiography about the place. We get it. Adding scented candles (even…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
The Looks of Inspiration LA

Every year workwear and vintage enthusiasts from the world over descend of Rin Tanaka's Inspiration LA. Fashion enthusiasts, collectors, motorcycle and hot rod devotees mix the new with the old. Racks of vintage bomber jackets, fedoras and Hawaiian shirts sit next to tirelessly reproduced WWII garments and stacks of the…

By Cool Material Guest
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Videos
‘Moto Borgatoro’ Is a Short Film About the Creation of a Unique Bike

"Motorcycles are just fancy handbags for men," says mechanic Peter Boggia in this short doc. And you know what? He's right. But that doesn't make them any less desirable. Follow the brash enthusiast as he describes the process of building one loud-ass bike in Brooklyn. Moto Borgatoro will make you crave…

By Mike Newman
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The Latest Pair of Chucks Was Inspired by the ’70s

The Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around since 1917. And during their illustrious run, there have been some minor tweaks along the way that never allowed the sneakers to stray far from the original design. The latest pair is a nod back to the '70s, and they come in a…

By Mike Newman
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