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A Haute Dish or Doggy Style

If the pet bed we recently showcased was too extravagant (and weird) for your four-legged friend, how about the Paul Smith Ceramic Dog Bowl ($75). The cream-colored ceramic dish with its multi-colored stripes around the base is a great way to express you and your dog’s style. It’s also dishwasher safe so it’s easy to [...]

Big Package, Big Benefits

A lot of fuss has been made over things coming in small packages lately. From the sound of it, only the finest and most enjoyable wares the world has to offer can come in small packages. For certain types of “things” this small package business can be the truth, the new and improved Amazon Kindle [...]

Dead Zones Be Damned

Wireless internet is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. If you’re paying for internet service, then expecting to have full Wi-Fi coverage throughout your home or business shouldn’t be too much to ask. Unfortunately, unless you shelled out some serious dough for your wireless router, you’ve probably become all too familiar with Wi-Fi dead [...]

A Moleskine Competitor With Real History

Moleskine notebooks have become the notebook-of-choice for the stylish and creative set who need to carry a notebook around to jot down their brilliant ideas at a moment’s notice. After all, that’s what Hemingway and Van Gogh and Chatwin used to capture their mind’s contents, and so why wouldn’t you? There’s just one catch: Moleskine [...]

'Tis the Season...

Fruit-flavored beers have been much maligned by men the world over for being, well, of questionable masculinity. But these weeks between the brutal summer and much-awaited fall are the perfect time to try beers that are as flavorful as they are refreshing. Below are four carefully researched fruit beers that have real body, color, and [...]

Fall Shoes from Leffot

Boat shoes are great casual kicks, and perfect for spring, summer, and anytime you are on a boat. As you may have heard, Fall is just around the corner, and boat shoes with jeans and cords isn’t necessarily the best look. Instead, check out Quoddy’s Maliseet Oxford (a brand we’ve profiled before). Leffot in New [...]

West Coast Americana

Combining two of America’s best and oldest names in classic rugged clothing, Levi’s (1853) and C.C. Filson (1897) have teamed up to produce a small line of very cool new products based on their respective heritages. Many are classic Filson patterns done up in Levi’s denim, but some are just the opposite. The real standout [...]

Hartford's Finest

Located in East Hartford, Connecticut, Olde Burnside Brewery is well-known throughout the state and southern New England for its famous Ten Penny Ale. This Scottish ale (5.5% ABV) pours a dark brown/amber color and the taste can be best described as a subtle blend of caramel and nuttiness with a hint of citrus. As for [...]

Ditch the Neon Yellow

Is your office, kitchen, and bedroom, covered in notes? Are you constantly writing notes, jotting down thoughts, or making lists? Are you within arms reach of a Moleskine at all times? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then the Moleskine Professional Sticky Notes ($9) are just for you. Slightly more [...]

With Age, Comes Wisdom

Back in 2007 craft brewers were experimenting with aging beers in used bourbon, whiskey, and wine barrels. Odell, a craft brewing company based out of Fort Collins, Colorado, decided to take their experimentation to new heights and age their beer in new oak barrels. The result: the highly acclaimed Woodcut series that is now in [...]

Draught Beer Made Easy

Draught beer is the ultimate party beverage. But let’s face it, unless you’ve got fraternity pledges to do the heavy lifting, kegs are an enormous pain. Mini kegs are the tiny answer to this problem, but dispensing these bad boys properly can seem as troublesome as dealing with a whole keg. That’s where EdgeStar ($160) [...]

A Tie With Your Name On It...Seriously

The necktie. Thanks to a timely rebirth of vintage styling, what was once the largely vilified mascot for corporate enslavement has become an expressive wardrobe necessity. But in a world full of cheaply made factory-assembled neckwear, do yourself a favor and buy a tie made by someone who cares about the fabric, the function, and [...]

Sustainable Riding

We enjoy covering products from companies who strive to take responsibility for their impact on the environment – mainly because we too care for our world (and the gear that furnishes it), but also because we realize that companies who put time and effort into ecological responsibility, additionally go to great lengths to ensure quality [...]

Giving Back Never Went Down So Smooth

Though the eventual consequences of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill are still being determined, the damage done to the seafood industry along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana is a very present and tangible reality. Families which have fished and shrimped in the murky waters off the Mississippi delta for generations are facing an end [...]

Old Wood With A New Purpose

We all love Ikea for what it is, but no self-respecting man passes a fiberboard desk down to his kids. At some point we have to grow up and invest in furniture that will leave a legacy, so it only makes sense to build with wood that already has one. Matt Sears believes man has [...]