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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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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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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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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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11 Things We Wanted To Steal From CES

What you don't realize if you've never been to CES is, there's a lot of crap. For every 4K television and awesome new gadget, there are hundreds of junky iPhone cases, cheap docking units, and Sky Mall-esque products that will never even be released. We hit up this year's convention…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Nonessentials Chess Set

Chess is a game of endless possibilities, three possible outcomes and more skill than just about anything else we can possibly think of. We love the idea of playing a game of chess regularly, but in our experience it often leads to spilled beers and tables slammed out of frustration.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Special Sh*t Seasoning

Bull Shit. Special Shit. Aw Shit. Good Shit. Hot Shit. Dip Shit. BBQ Shit? Until that last one, we could have just as easily been talking about terms of endearment thrown around during a football game as actual, honest to goodness food seasoning. Seriously. Each of those is a seasoning…

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2014 Corvette Stingray

For what it's worth, we think the old 6o's Corvette Stingrays were the most beautiful cars ever. Before you rip our heads off with Shelby Cobra and Italian speedster talk, just look at the damn things. Perfection. Now, Chevy is putting the name back out there with the 2014 Corvette…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
RollPro III GoPro Organizer

GoPro has all but revolutionized the world of action video. You can find thousands of videos on your favorite video site of choice of people riding skateboards, skydiving, climbing, driving, the list goes on--all recorded with a GoPro camcorder. If you're one of the people responsible for some of those…

By Cooper Fleishman
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