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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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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

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

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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 Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Instagate Is Your Tailgate in a Box

It's that hallowed time of year when we gather in parking lots and fields to eat some flame-licked meat and down some cold beers. It's tailgating season. Unfortunately, there's a lot of hassle that comes along with pregame activities. Stuffing your car with gear and then packing it up while…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Brooklyn Biltong Is Better Than Jerky

If you've only had jerky from the gas station mart, you need to expand your horizons. While there's a ton of tremendous artisanal beef jerky out there, we'd like to present you with another option: Biltong. The South African cured meat is made of raw beef fillets cut into thing strips,…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
The Revolving Brass Key Ring From Japan

Split rings. Carabiners. Keyfobs. S-biners. Hooks. Bottle openers. Bottlehooks. You have a lot of different options to keep track of your keys, so what makes this revolving brass key ring from Button Works so special? For starters, the mechanism is unlike anything we've ever seen before and that's probably because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Are Bigger and Better

As is the case with any Apple event, we got to hear a bunch of speeches from guys in button downs and casual/cool jeans (because they're hip and with it!) and we finally got to see a new product or two. In this case, it was the new iPhone 6…

By Mike Newman
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Apple Watch is the iWatch You’ve Been Waiting For

Which came first, the earliest iWatch rumor or the creation of the Model T? After hearing about a possible iWatch for some time, it's finally here. Apple Watch ditches the "i" branding and introduces an entirely new interface. Apple wanted to make a splash here, and they seriously did. It features a…

By Mike Newman
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