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Your New Summer Wardrobe, On Us
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The $1,500 Garden Gear Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win beautifully designed garden gear. Plus, two new books on stylish, eco-minded living.

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The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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5-Star Golf Trip to Ireland. On Us.

Championship greens. 5-star resorts and spas. Irish coastlines. Rental car. Airfare to Dublin. Zero bill. Just takes an email to enter.

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Articles
Facebook Introduces New Instagram Filters

With Facebook shelling out a cool billion for Instagram this week, we’d have to assume there will be some changes in store for the popular photo filtering app. While taking an artsy picture of an old typewriter and slapping a bit of “Walden” onto it might appeal to some, it…

By Mike Newman
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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: 3 Crumpler Bags (CLOSED)

Getting your gear from point a to point b was a lot easier before you had to carry a laptop, or a change of clothes or even an extra cell phone charger. We've gotten to the point now that we can't even leave the house without a bag to hold…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fabian Ciraolo Illustrations

Most art starts a conversation. It evokes the Cubist mentality, or the human condition or blah, blah, pretentious words, blah. Fabian Ciraolo's Illustrations are so impressive that they could be described in many of the same ways, but we like them because they're so f'ing cool. Where else are you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hipster Branding

Let’s talk about irony for a moment. Hipsters like to think of themselves as unique and streets ahead of everyone else, yet somehow they all look identical (square glasses, skinny jeans, scarves all-year-round). The same could be said about the logos of Hipster Branding—they too all look identical (san-serif fonts,…

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NYC Photos from 1978-1985

Michael Sean Edwards knows his way around the business end of a film camera. He took a series of photos in NYC between 1978 and 1985 that cover everything from the Garment District to Avenue A. Check out his photos below and walk the streets of NYC as if it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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