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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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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 deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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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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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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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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

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Nixon The Stylus Headphones Surplus Green

Making any product available in a camo colorway all but assures that it will be successful in today's landscape. Rather than just slapping some forest or woodland camo on their already popular The Stylus headphones, Nixon deconstructed the standard colors a little bit and then applied them to the headphones.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Crash Baggage

Spotting your bag on the luggage carousel is a freakin' pain. All of a sudden it seems like everyone decided to put a red ribbon on their suitcase to help them distinguish it, you included. For an easier option, there's Crash Baggage. Each piece comes pre-damaged like it's already been tossed around…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
SurfacePad for iPhone

To say you have a few choices when it comes to selecting an iPhone case would be a ridiculous understatement. That said, most of those options suck and contain blinged out images of Hello Kitty on them. The SurfacePad, however, is one that should skyrocket to the top of your…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Edible Chocolate Gears

Occasionally a product will pop up that makes us question the dude behind it. Sometimes we just don't know what was going through his or her mind when they decided, "Yeah, this vodka has to be blazing hot!" That's kinda how we feel with these chocolate gears. We have no…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Specialty Coffee: The Pursuit of Deliciousness

Get ready for 12 minutes of pure coffee porn. While you try to keep your moaning to a minimum, you'll get an inside look at some shops and roasters that take coffee very seriously (Blue Bottle Coffee among others). It's a short documentary about a passion for the perfect cup…

By Mike Newman
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