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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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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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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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The best deals and offers on the web

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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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Accessories
Slim Wallet

Wallets say almost as much about the man as what's inside. That Centurion card sure is fancy, but if you're toting it around in a wallet that belongs in an episode of Seinfeld it's just not as cool. Ok, it's a Centurion card so that's a bit of a stretch,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Industrial Steel Desk Organizer

If you're anything like us, your desk is a cluttered mess of various writing implements and tools. We've already admitted we have an addiction to Kickstarter pens (3 days clean!), but there are also pencils, pliers, screwdrivers and even a wrench for the occasional furniture tightening. We tried putting them…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Craft Beerds

Every once in a while two things collide to create something wondrous. It happened when the first Oreo was dunked in milk, it happened when someone decided to add a bit of peanut butter to their jelly sandwich, and it's happening again now. The Craft Beerds book brings together the world…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
WWF Legends Minimalist Posters

Just to clarify right off the bat, these are not posters of pandas, elephants or other wildlife. Say what you want, but the glory days of wrestling were when the WWE was known as the WWF and the DDT was a finishing move and not a pesticide. In honor of…

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Brooklyn Brine Hop Pickles

Want to know how stressful our day was? See if we reach for a Dogfish Head 60 Minute, 90 Minute or 120 Minute IPA when we get home. Despite being good for what ails us, the brewery consistently puts out bottles we love. Now they've concocted a new way for you to…

By Mike Newman
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