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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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Comic Collage Art

Growing up, we devoured comic books. Some made their way into plastic sleeves because we stupidly thought they'd make us rich, and some got torn to shreds as we flipped through the pages at a furious rate. We assume Mike Alcantara had a similar passion, only he eventually turned his…

By Mike Newman
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Solitaire.exe Playing Cards

If you used to long for a computer screen covered in bouncing cards after your Solitaire victory, these are your new playing cards. These limited edition Solitaire.exe Playing Cards (the set of 500 seems to have already sold out, so cross your fingers for another batch) are based of the…

By Mike Newman
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Projecteo: The Tiny Instagram Projector

Do you remember the View-Master you had growing up? The red, plastic thing that looked like goggles and showed you pictures in 3D when you the little reels inside? Projecteo is kind of like that, but like all the other advancements since the View-Master came out originally, it's much tinier…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Every Occasion Card

As a man, there's no location you'll feel more out of place than a greeting card store. Okay, perhaps the feminine product aisle at your local supermarket could give it a run for its money, but the fact is, we don't do so well with choosing the perfect card to…

By Mike Newman
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Cracker Jack’D

Do you long for the days when your old man would take you out to the ballgame and buy you some peanuts and Cracker Jacks? You'd tear into that sweet little box to get at the candy coated corn, but everyone knew what you were actually interested in--the toy. Well,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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