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

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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

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Hookie Co. CAKE Ösa Adventure Series Kit

Germany’s Hookie Co. is offering a fresh take on CAKE's Ösa EV motorcycle by transforming it from an urban two-wheeler to an off-roader via the Adventure Series Kit. The kit has a mere four items, but they change the bike's flavor and intent. There's a limited-edition motocross-style ADV Long Seat…

By Amos Kwon
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Clothing
Get That Back-to-School Look with Buck Mason

Once August hits, I have an almost Pavlovian response. All I want to do is buy new clothes. The culprit is, of course, the twelve years spent back-to-school shopping. That feeling, it seems, hasn't left me since. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially considering the new line-up from Buck…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
The History of the Field Watch, the Military’s Most Trusted Timepiece

It's hard to beat the classic field watch. You can wear a field watch with nearly any outfit, they’ll survive anything your noncombatant life can throw at them, and they follow in a long tradition of civilian style that people adopted from the military. The field watch also might be…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Don’t Buy a House. Buy a Private Island with a Lighthouse in Scotland.

Tired of the hustle and bustle of your regular life? Looking to find some peace and serenity? Forget saving up to buy a house in suburbia. For the same amount of money, you could be the proud owner and resident of a private island in the Isle of Arran, Scotland.…

By John A. Paradiso
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Accessories
Clarks’ Newest Wallabee is Quilted and Too Cool

Clarks has an impressive way of giving new life to old favorites and their latest Wallabee is no different. This time, they've taken the classic chukka shape and played with proportions and material to bring us a quilted version in time for fall. With leather accents to balance out the…

By Brett Braley
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