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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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Sossbox

We’re not here to knock Ziploc bags because they do serve a purpose – holding children’s Cheerios mainly – but if you’re going to spend some serious cash on a bit of organic matter (could be tea leaves or coffee beans but that’s probably not where your head is at)…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Galvanized Metal 6-pack Caddy

Outside of the stories mom tells when we get a little too much Franzia in her, we have absolutely no recollection of the milkman. This fabled character apparently traveled from house to house in an all white getup delivering the day's dairy products. If he were around today - and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Toyota FT-86 II Concept

We’re not sure if Toyota went all Inception on us and stole this right out of one of our dreams, but the FT-86 II Concept looks like a ride straight from our hopeful imagination.  More specifically, it looks like a Nissan Z got it on with the Batmobile.  We’ve heard…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Custom Signature Cufflinks

If you’ve ever gone to a fancy occasion with your lady friend and she encountered someone wearing the same dress as her you know it’s best to run for cover because stuff is going to hit the fan.  We can’t blame our female counterparts for getting pissed because even though…

By Mike Newman
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1950’s Copenhagen Spitfire Chair

The second we figure out how to become insanely wealthy (we’re banking on scratch-off lottery ticket winnings) we’re heading over to Copenhagen, dining at Noma and coming home with a private jet full of Danish furniture.  Until that happens we’ll continue to rely on Restoration Hardware for the bulk of…

By Mike Newman
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