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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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Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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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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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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Sculptures Made from Old Hubcaps

Hubcaps as art isn't a brand new concept... you might even have a few hanging on the walls of your own place. But we've never seen anything like these hubcap sculptures by Ptolemy Elrington. These bad ass metal sculptures look like deadly robots built by other robots to create a…

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

A wise zombie survivalist once told us that the best way to understand zombies is to know their emotions as told by a classic love story (altered to include themes of zombie apocalypse). If you've done your homework and read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies then you have to check…

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Barking Irons T-shirts

Inspired by art and culture of 19th century New York, brothers Daniel and Michael Casarella founded Barking Irons (19th Century slang for pistols). Each t-shirt design contains a strange look into the lifestyle and tone of the time featuring phrases like "on the bowery" which was the slang term on…

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J. Crew Goosedown Puffer Vest

As the holidays approach and you're stuck running errands, hanging lights and shoveling snow, you need something warm to wear that still allows you to move. The J. Crew Goosedown Puffer Vest is filled with top quality goosedown and includes a hidden hood so you stay warm and mobile. The…

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Road Warrior Weekend

Last weekend while you were buried in work, planning for Black Wednesday, or studying for finals, there were people in the middle of the desert engaged in a crazy celebration that was part rave, part Burning Man, and part American Gladiators.  All in the name of their love for Mad…

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