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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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DIY Gear: Create Your Own Awesome

Believe it or not, Do-It-Yourself isn't just the realm of Bob Vila and that dude Ty on all those Discovery shows. You can, in fact, do it yourself. With a helpful bit of inspiration and an almost complete lack of instruction (exactly how we like it), you can combine found…

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Quattro iPhone 4 Camera Lens System

We're all for the ubiquitous Facebook party pictures that will resurface years after college on the computer screen of the lady in Human Resources (true story), but enough is enough. It's not the countless red solo cups lying around everywhere that prevented us from getting the job, it's the fact…

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Williams Sonoma Stuffed Hamburger Press

Nothing satisfies quite like a fat slab of meat, covered in cheese, adorned with bacon and served on a fresh bun. We're not afraid to admit that there are few things we love more than a perfectly cooked burger, and we're willing to bet there are more than a few…

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Sandy’s Can Car Blueprints

If you're anything like us, you loved building shit as a kid. It didn't matter if it was Lego, Lincoln Logs, Erector, Kinectx or that weird glow in the dark putty crap they "forced" us to make in Science class, we love creating something from nothing. Especially when that something…

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The United States of Good Beer

They say the way to a man's heart is through is stomach. If that's really the case, the fastest way to true love isn't through steak - it's through beer. Not the swill you used to drink in college by the 30 pack, the crafty, hoppy, malty palette pleaser that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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