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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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The Rug That Really Tied the Room Together Is Headed to Auction—And I Spoke With the Man Who Saved It

Nearly 30 years after The Big Lebowski, the film's rug is up for grabs.

By Lanny Fuller
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Zen Is Your New Smart Thermostat

You can have a smart home thermostat that controls everything but the weather itself, but at the end of the day is all that really necessary? Your thermostat is designed to do one thing--control the temperature of your pad--but most of them don't do it very well when you're not…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Desk Built Like A 20th Century Vault

Leave it to Restoration Hardware to make an impossibly cool desk that weighs close to 400lbs. The Iron Vault Desk is modeled on the turn-of-the-century jewelry shop and factory office safes with hinged doors, latching handles and cabinets with removable shelves. It's formed, riveted and finished by hand out of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
LyteShow: Military-Grade Gatorade

Raw eggs, tripe soup, and bull horn tea are just some of the hangover cures people swear by around the world. A less gross and far more effective way to feel better is to simply get liquids and electrolytes back in your body as quickly as possible. Instead of downing…

By Mike Newman
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The Troy-Bilt Jet Leaf Blower Makes Yard Work a Breeze

If you're still raking leaves, it's time to get a leaf blower. And if you're still using a standard leaf blower, it's time to get a Jet. The Troy-Bilt TB2MB Jet Gas Leaf Blower is about to chop a crazy amount of time off your yard work. The new mixed-flow…

By Mike Newman
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Burger King Japan Has A Murdered Out Cheeseburger

If Burger King Japan's goal was to make a burger as unappetizing as possible, they succeeded. The all-black cheeseburger looks pretty cool, but we're not so sure we'd want it traveling into our stomachs. They made the bun with bamboo charcoal to give it its Darth Vader-like appearance, and they…

By Mike Newman
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