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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

World-class spirits, classic cocktails, and no time spent shaking and stirring.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

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

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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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We Found the Good Stuff

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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

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

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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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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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Game of Thrones Wallpapers

Keeping track of who's who on Game of Thrones is like being Kate Gosselin and trying to remember all your kids' friends. Even if you can't recall which House has gained your allegiance, you can at least pick out some nice looking wallpaper for your desktop based solely on design.…

By Mike Newman
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Hellbrand Leatherworks Chromexcel Field Notes Cover

If you're looking for something to prevent your back pocket and/or bag from beating the shit out of your precious notebooks, you have a few different options. But many of them don't hold a candle to this Field Notes Cover from Hellbrand Leatherworks. Available in brown, black, harvest and navy Chromexcel…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Whiskey Dick Personal Lubricant

Surprisingly, there are downsides to drinking. There's the throbbing headache the next morning like you walked into a telephone pole the night before (which may have happened), there's the not-so-brag-worthy hookups, and then there are the no hookups at all. The last of those can, at times, be courtesy of…

By Mike Newman
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Nixon The Quad Watch

Casio. Timex. Suunto. Smith & Wesson. Invicta. Seiko. All of them make slim profile, eye catching military watches that look cool without going overboard. Nixon, the same people that brought us one of the first all rubber watches (and then rubber-ized everything else in their collection) and the gigantic 51-30,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm (BRAD)

Ah, college, it's a time when most of us gain our greatest life skills (like figuring out how to pass a class without actually attending). While we devoted most of our time towards social achievements rather than scholarly (sp?) ones, we did pick up a bunch of knowledge we've implemented in our…

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