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

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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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Dogfish Head Hard Tack Chowder

Adding beer to anything will make us like it better. When said beer is a brew from one of our favorite breweries - Dogfish Head - well, that's even better. The Delaware brewery just released some belly-filling clam chowder that's infused with their 60 Minute IPA. Hard Tack Chowder is…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
The Atlas of True Names

The last time we unfurled a map, we were in the passenger seat of some van ready to embark on an epic road trip. While the convenience of a fold-able map may be history, the of beauty of many of them remains. The Atlas of True Names easily falls in…

By Mike Newman
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Vince Low’s “Faces” Scribble Portraits

In any meeting, conference call or wait for a drink at the bar we find ourselves doodling on whatever paper happens to be in front of us--sometimes without even realizing we're doing it. Most of the time it's complete nonsense. That's ok because we're not Vince Low. Check out his…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cassette Label Prints

Technology may have made the cassette tape a pretty awful way to listen to music, but that doesn't mean it has lost any of its nostalgia. Neil Stevens created his "Don't Forget the Cassette" collection for his own pad and has now released the work as a series of prints…

By Mike Newman
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Founders Inspired Artist Black IPA

As if we needed more of a reason to drink a new beer from Founders, the folks over there have given us one. Proceeds from the sale of their Inspired Artist Black IPA (on sale in August) will go to ArtPrize (the world's largest art competition) which takes place not…

By Mike Newman
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