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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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Nooka Yogurt Watch

Nooka watches have always been a bit unconventional, which is probably why we like them so much. While we're all for bending the rules as much as possible, there are certain situations (like the unfortunate day job) that require something a little more... normal. We're not saying you have to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Book of Bad

Let’s be honest, “The Book of Good” would quickly find itself firmly cemented onto the bottom of every best seller list.  Reading about how to perfectly ladle chowder at a soup kitchen or befriend your new neighbors while good in practice, is about as exciting as reading the latest Nicholas Sparks…

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KAWS Lightbulb Set

We have this inherent desire (read: need) to upgrade everything around us - even if it isn't exactly necessary. Dishwashers end up supercharged. Cars get spoiled. Offices and closets get Van Goghed. But once we got our spirally, super green CFL bulbs we thought we were done with lightbulb upgrades.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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To A Tee: Young Lovers

The name Young Lovers should put a smile on anyone's face. Those SOBs have the life. Young Lovers--the t-shirt brand--includes a line of 16 simple designs that are destined to become classics. Blending art and music, twilight and midnight, future and past, their designs are cleaner, modern versions of typical…

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IT Clips & IT Hooks

As much as we respect the whole “head-to-toe” eating trend we admittedly get a bit queasy at the thought of downing some cow intestines or pig hearts.  That being said, we totally believe in not letting anything go to waste that doesn’t have to, which is why we’re fans of…

By Mike Newman
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