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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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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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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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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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Fab.com

According to their website, Fab.com is daily design for everyone. Daily design inspirations and sales at up to 70% off retail. What Fab.com really is is a combination of Gilt and Tumblr on a design bender. The site opens it's digital doors today with sales on Emeco 111 chairs made…

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The Balmain Boat Co. Classic Boat Kit

Something about this Classic Boat Kit from The Balmain Boat Company reminds us of Hemingway, which in turn reminds us of drinks, travel and ultimate relaxation.  In other words, it reminds us of heaven.  Regardless of your construction skill level - whether you have trouble navigating a bansaw or, not only can you…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Toms Eyewear

We're going to take a break from the clever quips and metaphors to talk about something serious for a minute - giving back. When the company Toms started making shoes they instituted a One for One program. Every time someone buys a pair of Toms shoes, a child in need…

By Cooper Fleishman
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I Draw Cars Sketchbook & Reference Guide

For as long as we can remember, we've been drawing pictures whenever a piece of paper ended up in front of us and there was a writing implement nearby. Most of the time it's just to pass time in meetings about project charters, TPS reports and lengthy discussions about what…

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Steve & Co. NATO Watch Straps

We love watches. A lot. It's an affliction that has - on more than one occasion - led to a bank account nearing negative numbers and a lack of dresser space, not to mention the look on the significant others face when they learn how much the latest "investment" cost.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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