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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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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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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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To A Tee: Rethink Clothing

No offense to college students, but there are probably a few things you wouldn't want designed by one. Like a couch, for example. You could end up with something quite ugly that's covered in taco flavored Dorito crumbs. But t-shirts are certainly one thing you can trust a young coed…

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Accessories
Deluxe x Vans Zapato Del Barco

How many pairs of shoes does one man really need? If your closet/floor/office looks anything like ours, there's no end in sight. Since we've established that, what's one more pair going to matter? There are only so many days in the week though, so you should choose carefully. Like this…

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Transportation
Rob’s Woodgrain Bike Frames

The only thing fixed about our fixies is their single gear. Fixed components? Yeah, right. We're upgrading those every six months. Wheels and tires? Changed every time there's some spare change in the rainy day fund. And then there's the paint job. We tried painting it matte black once (we…

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Entertainment
MyKea Furniture Art

IKEA may not be the highest quality furniture in the world (it's really only one step above cardboard), but it's a necessary evil. If you're on a budget - and who isn't these days - it's your best bet for furnishing entire rooms, apartments and houses. Even though it's no…

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Social Memories Face-Book

When was the last time you memorized a cell phone number? Put a picture in a photo album? Created a real, physical invitation for a party? Thanks to Facebook, we don't have to deal with any of those inconvenient, non-technological, memory-related things anymore. In our opinion, that's change for the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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