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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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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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Shwood Canby Sunglasses

Handcrafted, eco-friendly products rarely come with a reasonable price tag. Shwood creates sunglasses from sustainably harvested wood, using precision technology and skilled craftsmanship. The wood is carefully manipulated, in an effort to showcase its natural properties. All models are accompanied by 100% UVA/UVB protection Carl Zeiss lenses, but polarized lenses…

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Girls Can Tell Coasters

To be honest, the last time we paid any attention to a diagram was in health class... you know the one. Sure, diagrams can generally be pretty boring, but it really depends on the context. Philadelphian artist Sara Selepouchin creates coasters featuring complex diagrams of everything from machines to vital…

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Brendan Ravenhill Bottle Opener

If you're one of the few lucky men that managed to talk your better half into the Markham Console Bar, congratulations, but you're not out of the woods yet. What happens when you have the guys over for poker night and you need to open two beers simultaneously (We can't…

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Billy Kirk Leather Tote

Billykirk sets the curve when it comes to anything involving leather. Each piece they make starts as a high-quality piece of leather that is vegetable tanned before being treated with natural oil and beeswax (the products literally become more gorgeous with time - if that's even possible). These leather tote…

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Beer Bottle Candles

Koi Kouture could have just stopped at "mandles" (22oz beer bottles turned candle holders) but they get +10 awesome for their creativity in scents. Hooters Waitress Scented candles combine the alluring aroma of suntan oil with a hint of deep fryer oil. Stripper breath is another sexy scent with a…

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