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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 We're Buying
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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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Lifestyle
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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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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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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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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Transportation
Theft-Resistant Bike Light

Every time we lock up our bike the same thought goes through our head, "How the hell am I gonna get home when this isn't here when I get back?" We go to such lengths to prevent this, that it isn't uncommon to see some dude in the Starbucks carrying around…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Film Is Not Dead: A Digital Photographer’s Guide to Shooting Film

Do you remember when you dug that Polaroid camera out of storage only to discover they didn't make film for it anymore? Can you even remember the last time you actually had film developed? Contrary to popular belief (we're guilty of it too), no amount of Photoshop, Lightroom or Instagram…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
Strange Brews: The World’s Most Bizarre Beers

We'll try any beer we can get our greedy hands on. If a friend says he just picked up a sixer of something crazy, we'd expect some craft brew that's hopped out of its mind or an imported stout that tastes like biting into chocolate cake, and we'd gladly partake.…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
JBL OnBeat Xtreme

With all the handheld gadgets we own and time we spend staring at them, we probably will evolve into some sort of craned-neck species. Human candy canes. If you're looking for one audio system for them all, there's the OnBeat Xtreme from JBL. It docks your entire Apple catalog (iPhone, iPod and iPad)…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – Official Trailer

We know what you're thinking, "Not another movie featuring an axe-wielding Abraham Lincoln fighting hoards of zombies!?" In an already oversaturated niche genre ("Ex-Presidents Battling The Undead"), comes this offering from Tim Burton. Wait, Tim Burton directed it, and it's weird? What are the odds? Based off the crazy-ass book, this is the official…

By Mike Newman
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