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5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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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.

The Cool Shop
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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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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
Jack Spade “Postcard” Wallets

Everyone likes getting mail. This is a fact. It's obviously much better when the bills, credit card statements and junk mail are mixed with good things like late night pizza coupons, GQ and hand-written letters from your mom, but even the junk makes you feel good for a few seconds.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sealed Watch

Things you generally expect to find as part of a watch: stainless steel, gold, nylon and leather. It's not uncommon anymore to find materials like wood and rubber being used in their construction. Then there's wax. Yes, the same stuff that drips down candles and was used to construct life-sized…

By Cooper Fleishman
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K-Swiss Blades by Kenny Powers

There are three things an athlete needs to succeed: talent, strippers and speed. Kenny Powers, the MFCEO of K-Swiss, created the world's must advanced running shoe, Blades, with the help of cheetahs, ballistic missiles and Bruce Lee. They're "like a spring loaded shotgun for your feet parts." Learn more about…

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Lampified Lighting

When we look at the boxes of old junk in our attics, the first thought for most of us is, "How high can I jack the shipping charges to turn a profit on Ebay when I unload this crap?" Usually, the hassle of selling and packaging it all isn't worth it,…

By Mike Newman
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Concrete Coaster

Concrete is cool. Coasters are just good manners. Combining the two is obvious, but this particular coaster goes one step further because the cement has enough non-toxic recycled ash in it to make the coaster water absorbent. Most coasters prevent your cold one from leaving a ring (that’s kind of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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