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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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Hlaska Watches

Hlaska is a name you've heard before around these parts. When it comes to wallets, Hlaska is pretty much magic. As we're sure you know, once one project is perfected it's time to move on to something new. Next up on Hlaska's list? The watch. Each watch in the Hlaska…

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Accessories
Grabbit for iPad

Andrew Tang and Roy Gilsing need your help. The American Architect and Dutch Industrial Designer have teamed up to design what we feel is one of the best iPad cases to almost hit the market. The project, on Kickstarter, combines a thermoplastic, two-part hardshell body with a leather handle that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Perch Mobile Wireless Speaker

Have you ever wanted one of your friends to hear some track you have on your iPhone or other cellular device only to realize the only way to accomplish it is for you to put one ear-bud in your ear and give the other to your friend?  Yeah, there’s got…

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JOYSTICK-IT iPad Arcade Stick

You can lie to yourself all you want about how your iPad keeps you connected, improves your productivity and helps you get work done. If you're anything like us, you secretly bought it for the games. Since we can still claim it on our taxes as a business expense, let's…

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Engineered Garments Herringbone Bike Pack

There are a lot of different ways to get your important stuff from one place to the next. Take your pick: messenger bags, backpacks, engineer bags, satchels, weekend bags and the list goes on and on. The problem is, if you're an active guy - the kind that rides his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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