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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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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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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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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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ZAL Creations Track Lighting

You don't have to look too far these days to find unique, interesting lights for your pad that you won't find in a big-box catalog. You can get hanging pendants made with rope and industrial fixtures, lamps made out of assault rifles and night lights that look like props from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vietnam War-Era Engraved Zippos

Zippos are easily the most iconic lighters in existence. Bic lighters might be more ubiquitous in the "recreational substances" crowd because they won't burn your hands off when used with glass hardware, but Zippos are still far more iconic. This collection of 282 lighters is composed of hardware from actual…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Brooklyn Salsa Company

Brooklyn has become a hot spot for sweaty hipsters with an appetite. Trendy new restaurants have popped up in Williamsburg with one word names that, for some odd reason, don't start with a capital letter, and plenty of food products have made their way out of the New York City…

By Mike Newman
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To A Tee: American Needle

Tired of the election BS? Well the good news is, it's August so it won't go on too much longer. Bad news? The worst of the drama is yet to come. Shove it to the Obama-Romney battle and represent a campaign from America's yesteryear, with a t-shirt by American Needle.…

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Entertainment
Mixtape: New Music Monday

There are no crazy festivals this weekend. No important events going on that we felt were Mixtape worthy. But none of that means you shouldn't get some new jams to make your week just a little bit better. Welcome to Music Monday for August 2012. Enjoy! Music Monday - Aug…

By Cooper Fleishman
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