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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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Sausage Football

Hosting the Super Bowl party isn't just about having the biggest TV or a kegerator in your den—it's also about serving great food and snacks. Don't wait until the last minute and grab pork rinds or dump the responsibility on wifey (who's gracious enough to agree to a bunch of…

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Cameras
Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera

If you want to capture incredible HD video that blows your old vacation videos out of the water, then you better get ready to get wet. The Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera records full 1080p HD video under 10 feet of water. It features built-in image stabilization so…

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Entertainment
Stormtroopers Gone Wild

In case you didn't get your fill of gorgeous women playing half-naked Star Wars characters in Star Wars: Episode 8008, Devil's Playground is here to help. Devil's Playground staged a coup when they transformed the Los Angeles bar Bordello (as if the name isn't provocative enough, it's actually at the…

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Accessories
The Hundreds Valenzuela Sneaker

Drawing from classic sneaker styles The Hundreds Valenzuela Sneaker feels casual, but not unnoticeable. These slick looking low-tops are made with buckskin rawhide leather in olive with a white outsole and black pinstripe. The sneakers boast some trademark Hundreds design features like the logo at the back heel and tongue…

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Timbuk2 D-Lux Messenger

Sometimes it seems like for all their knowledge in making great bags, manufacturers miss the features we really want in a laptop messenger. But Timbuk2 doesn't have too much pride to ask their customers for feedback. As a result Timbuk2 D-Lux Messenger improves on a little bit of everything. It…

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