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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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What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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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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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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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 Augmented Reality Accessorizer

Nooka is a company that's always ahead of the curve when it comes to fashion. It doesn't matter if you're talking about their Zon, Zub Zirc, and Zem Zoo watches or the Nooka fragrance, Nooka knows how to look (and smell) good and still be different. Because of that, many…

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Roost Aluminum Antler Lamp

When giant cardboard dead animals just won't cut it for your home decorating needs - but you still don't want to accessorize with real dead animals - there is the Rooster Aluminum Antler Lamp (shade sold separately). Each lamp is made of sand-cast recycled aluminum and then coated in a…

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Burberry Digital Rubber Strap Watch

Much like the tech product wars that we hear so much about (iPad killer anyone?), big designers go through similar product wars, they're just much more subversive about it. Not content to let Kenneth Cole single-handedly revive the designer digital watch market, Burberry has thrown themselves into the fray. Your…

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Star Wars Travel Posters

The best way to up your geek "cred" (you can admit it, we're all friends here) is with Star Wars memorabilia. Unfortunately, the only way to do that before Justin Van Genderen would ultimately turn you into Steve Carell circa 40 Year-Old Virgin (no one wants that). Van Genderen used…

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Bicycles Diaries

What started off simply as a preferred means of transportation for David Byrne eventually turned into a way of life. With a fold up bicycle, a notebook and a sense of freedom, he cycled through cities all over the world meeting artists, musicians and observing urban living throughout the globe.…

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