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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in October 2026

Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in October 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in October 2026.

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Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?
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Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair
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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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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

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The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

The perfect balance of polished and undone, without the crunch, grease, or obvious effort.

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

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Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Why Iconic American Bootmaker Nicks Built Its New Line in Mexico
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Why Iconic American Bootmaker Nicks Built Its New Line in Mexico

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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

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Unbreakable Hatchet

We've all been there: You just finished blasting your bi's and tri's when you pick up an ax to go to town on some wood. As you go to make quick work of that timber, your sheer strength not only shatters the wood, but the ax explodes in the process. It happens,…

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Decked Out: 4th of July

Fourth of July is on a Wednesday this year. We're not going to try to convince you that that doesn't suck (it does), but there's a diamond in the rough. Some of your friends will party the weekend before and some of them will party the weekend after. That means…

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BMW M5 “Bullet”

You know those slo-mo videos of bullets piercing balloons or pieces of glass that make you stop and realize just how beautiful life is? Us neither. What we do know are those videos that do those things and remind us how badass guns can be. Now replace that bullet with…

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HALO – LED Sport Belt

You know why we like the Tron bike? Safety. Well, actually cause it was insanely awesome, but you gotta admit, you'd be pretty safe riding that thing down the crowded streets of Manhattan. The way we look at it, you can never have too many lights when you're riding your single…

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Ron Ulicny Viscurrealistic Fabrications

At first glance, Ron Ulicny's term Viscurrealistic Fabrications might seem made up, and that’s because it is. The combination of the visceral, the surreal and the realistic is really the only way to describe Ulicny’s fabrications, though, so it’s actually quite fitting. By combining everything from common hardware to Scrabble pieces to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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