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The Charm of Canandaigua, New York

The perfect friend trip for 2026.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pinkies out.

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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If You Never Want to Return the Office, Upgrade Your Laptop With the Xebec Tri-Screen 2

If you’re anything like us, you love the idea of never setting foot in an office ever again in favor of working remotely all the time. However, it’s not always easy to replicate the productivity of a traditional office setup. That’s where Xebec comes in. Xebec’s flagship product, the Tri-Screen…

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The 10 Top Pocket Knife Brands Every Guy Should Know

Every guy should carry a pocket knife. No, it doesn't mean you're trying to get cast as a baddie in the next John Wick movie, nor does it mean you plan on using it as a weapon. A good pocket knife is all about daily utility, and a well-made, well-designed…

By Amos Kwon
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Drinks
8 Gifts for Whiskey Lovers That Aren’t Just Whiskey Stones

Guys who like whiskey are constantly being flooded with novelty shot glasses and whiskey stones. The first are usually a little too kitschy to get a fully authentic reception, and the second have dubious results at best. You’re much better off staying away from the shot glasses and stones if…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Goonies House Is on the Market

While I can understood the desire to step into the world of my favorite films, I do think it'd be odd to live in a house that was featured in a movie. Nonetheless, the home that was used for shooting the 1985 classic The Goonies is currently up for sale.…

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Fashion
Timex x Nigel Cabourn Watch

Military and urban men's apparel and footwear company Nigel Cabourn just dropped a reissue of its first Timex collab from 2018, and the result is a great small-diameter field watch with some unique touches. The timepiece is inspired by Vietnam-era photojournalist Sean Flynn. The low-key 36mm stainless steel case gets…

By Amos Kwon
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