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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

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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.

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What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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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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Doesn't it always seem like those Europeans get everything first?! No wait, that's the Japanese and by everything we were thinking tech gear and oddly flavored snacks. One thing those guys over the pond and beyond (side note - good name for a pond store) did have was the awesome power…

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L-Boxx 1 Storage Case

A guy's toolbox is in pristine condition for approximately two weeks after it is purchased. After that, it resembles a kitchen junk-drawer of loose screws, nails, power tools, hand tools and random things you didn't even realize you owned ("When did I get a digital level?").  In hopes of rectifying…

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If Celebrity Tweets Were Honest Part 2

It's not surprising that most of the tweets from the world's celebrity elite are watered down versions of their real true thoughts (unless you're talking about Kanye West). If they're even written by the celeb at all is often up for debate. We explored what we thought some honest tweets…

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Alvaro Tapia Artwork

You won't find Alvaro Tapia's work in the Musee d'Orsay or on any museum wall surrounded by the works of impressionistic masters. Where you can find it is on your home office wall, displayed besides your flat-screen TV or in any makeshift home theater you are trying to build. "Realistic"…

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Bowers & Wilkins C5 Headphones

If you're in the market for a new pair of headphones you have more options than Don Draper at a secretary convention.  First you have to make the initial decision of whether you are going in-ear or not.  If you are, just be forewarned that many of the possible canal-fillers…

By Mike Newman
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