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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

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Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

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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 Big Lebowski’s Stoner Cottage

Unless you are a big time dealer or have made it on the PBA circuit you might not have the cash to afford The Dude's abode. In fact, we're pretty sure the average Devil's Lettuce pusher or touring bowler couldn't muster up the cash to afford this compound but man would…

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Capdase Skin Tack Car Mobile Holder

If you leave your cell in your pocket while you're driving whatever song you're listening to will no doubt subtly feature your ringtone or something oddly similar in the background and it will in turn drive you bat-shit crazy.  Why this phenomenon exists we don't know, what we do know…

By Mike Newman
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Indie Rock Poster Book

We'll be honest, there's a solid chance this book is going to be ripped apart within minutes. We don't mean it's scented like Snausages and your dog is going to get at it, we mean you're going to want to rip each poster right out and plaster it to your wall…

By Mike Newman
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To A Tee: Wear You Live

Wear do you live? Yes, I know it should be where do you live, but when it comes to this t-shirt project, I've got it right. CityFabric founder and grad student Matt Tomasulo displays figuregrounds - maps used in city planning and architecture - for specific cities on his line…

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Hard Graft Back Up iPad Cases

We can imagine wandering the streets of Italy and stumbling into some old, musty leather notebook shop and finding these Hard Graft iPad Cases amongst piles of Clairefontaine journals. If you're willing to drop a pretty penny on your iPad's new dwelling, you can't do much better than the cases from…

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