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Everything I learned in life I learned in rally school.

5:30 AM, Los Angeles | Waking up at the crack of dawn for school is hardly an ideal way to start the day. Unless, of course, you’re getting up early to attend rally driving school for a crash course in four-wheeled mayhem. Over the course of our day we partook in rapid-fire lessons on the [...]

Final Cut, Bro

In recent years, stalwart denim purveyor Levi’s has expanded into beyond their blue-collar roots offering not only fashion forward goods suited for coal miners but for agency ladder climbers, as well. The brand’s social accessibility and blend of fashion/practicality have led to the Levi’s Workshop — a pop-up style event that offers exposure, equipment, training [...]

(Im)press(ive)work

This past Saturday, one of our favorite type foundries House Industries was in town displaying some of their latest creations. As a self-admitted typography nut, I have collected several of their stunning fonts over the past few years. It didn’t take much more than an email to make sure their display at Partners & Spade [...]

Southern Hospitality at Its Best

Fashion week is in full swing here in New York. Besides drastically improving the ratio of tall beautiful women walking the streets, it also means a lot of long nights and days for our staff as we check out what’s to come from major men’s brands. First up on our list of events, Billy Reid’s [...]

In Support of Better Beer

In college, my Dutch finance professor once postulated, “Why is drinking American beer akin to making love on a canoe?” His response: “Because it’s fuc%@g near water”. Bull. Like water no more, American beer has gone the distance. It goes without saying that the revival of craft brewers is in full force and these titans [...]

Paintball fans looking to take the experience to the next level should consider hopping the pond and heading to Souhfields Farm at Leicestershire in the UK. There you’ll find a one of kind warfare simulation experience known puntastically as Armourgeddon. If the name didn’t give it away, this facility teaches visitors how to operate real [...]

Yesterday in the midst of Windows 7 Launch craziness, the New York based Gear Patrol staff took some time away from the gear-review mayhem to go see Engadget editor-in-chief Josh Topolsky grill Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on everything from the new Window 7’s improvement over it’s dismal predecessor Vista, to Ballmer’s knowledge of the elusive [...]

The Smithsonian of Gadgets? It Just Might Be.

As we hinted earlier through Twitter, Gear Patrol got the invite to check out the 2009 Gizmodo Gallery this evening before the general public’s admission, which starts tomorrow (or, about the time you’re reading this). Considering some of the highlights in the gallery such as the Chefstack automatic pancake maker, a return of the 103 [...]

And the Inside Scoop from Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein

Yesterday, some of the New York based Gear Patrol crew were lucky enough to attend the filming of Engadget’s first ever Engadget Show (#engadgetshow). The event was held at the Tishman Auditorium which some may recognize as the former setting of Inside The Actor’s Studio. Focus of the night was, as you’d suspect, gadgets and [...]

Venerable Gear Outfitter Gets Modern And Gets You Adventurous

Several weeks ago, Gear Patrol had the opportunity to check out the venerable gear outfitter, EMS. Now known for fully as Eastern Mountain Sports (ems.com), we went hands-on at their new flagship store here in New York’s SoHo. Better yet, we had the place virtually all to ourselves. It goes without saying that there are [...]

And The Winners Are...

We announce the lucky few chosen to rub elbows with us (and some other VIPs) at the upcoming John Allan’s Chicago Launch Party. Cheers!

John Allan’s has hooked up Gear Patrol readers based in the Chicago area with a major solid. We’ve got 25 exclusive invitations to the new John Allan’s Chicago Club opening (Thursday, May 14th) and we’re itching to give them away. Come rub shoulders with Men’s Health, John Allan’s team, a few Gear Patrol crew members, [...]

Your joy for Johnnie Walker can only be surpassed by sharing it with others in a Johnnie Walker Private Tasting. It’s only available to Striding Man Society Members (free registration), but it’s an experience you will undoubtedly win much praise and adoration from your friends for hosting. A Johnnie Walker Master of Scotch will bring [...]

Dinner In The Sky brings an entirely new meaning to “work dinner”. If one were inclined to make a contrived joke here, they might even jest that it brings dinner to entirely new heights, but that would be too obvious. Make your next meal, meeting, drinks, gathering unforgettable with Dinner In the Sky, an offering [...]

The US Open is upon us and most likely you’re hopeful for the Nadal | Federer match up as much as we are. Those of you who aren’t able to attend the US Open here in New York may want to pick up this awesome toy/souvenir. It’s a giant US Open Tennis ball (you can [...]