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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors

From the right axe to the perfect sipping whiskey and a proper outdoor speaker, a night under the stars awaits.

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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026
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Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
By Lanny Fuller
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
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5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
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The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
Lifestyle
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Travel
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
Guides
5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

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What We're Buying

A Better Way to Bring the Shade

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
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Lifestyle
Lifestyle

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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Watches
Watches

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

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What We're Buying

The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Nixon The Chronicle Wood

Nixon is always on the cutting edge of Men's watch fashion, even if that means it's the business end of a industrial bandsaw. Men - for whatever reason - have a strange fascination with wood and now Nixon is catering to this fetish too, much like they did with rubber.…

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Entertainment
Vintage T-Shirts

We would wear a t-shirt every day if we thought we could get away with it, but between the job, the girl and maintaining our stylish image, we can't always wear band logos, funny phrases and political statements. It's hard to imagine a time when tees were just blank undershirts…

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GIVEAWAY: Venerati Ceramic Poker Chips

Here at Cool Material we fully support use of bicycles - so long as they're the ones with wheels that you ride and not ones you use for the one night a month you have away from the ball and chain drinking beer and gambling with the boys. Sidepot Gaming…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
iPhone Desk Phone Dock

You can't connect to the Internet these days without hearing about the new, greatest, absolutely necessary iPhone app or accessory, but even with all its gimmicks the iPhone lacks something vintage (we don't like the word old) corded phones had - the satisfaction of hanging up the phone. Now you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Peasants & Travelers Urbane Village Doctor’s Bag

There's something to be said for the perfect weekend bag - just enough space to get you from where you are to where you're going without allowing you to over pack. Good looks, durability, and elegant finishing touches are just bonuses. Peasants & Travelers have outdone themselves once again because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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