Every year for Memorial Day a few die-hard friends and I skip the barbecues to indulge our powder habit one last time. Summer skiing is our way of throwing a middle finger to the sun before our precious snow melts for another year.
Six hundred ninety-one horsepower. All-wheel-drive.
It’s the scariest and most exciting thing a man will ever face: fatherhood. Suddenly there’s the pressure of knowing this human life is wholly reliant on you, the hope of being just like your father or the fear of the same thing.
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Name ten action movies and you’re nearly guaranteed to hit one that Steve M. Davison has nearly been killed in.
The eighth installment of our Staff Favorites series features Mr. Jonathan Gallegos.
Angel’s Envy’s latest creation, a rye whiskey finished in Caribbean rum barrels, supposes to pair a contrasting set of spirit flavors.
When it comes to choosing the right laptop, everyone seeks three necessities: a sleek profile, high performance, and most importantly, portability.
As our friend Wesley Snipes once proudly imparted: always bet on black. TaylorMade heeded his advice with their R1 Black Driver ($350), a sinister version of their much-lauded white R1.
Top rackets that will elevate your volley, forehand and overhead smash.
When venerable Swiss marque Blancpain introduced its first diving watch in 1953, it was thought that 50 fathoms, or 91 meters, was the deepest a man could dive on SCUBA. Hence the name of their groundbreaking timepiece, arguably the world’s first purpose-built dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms.
It’s practically every boy’s dream to own a sports car. Good news: it’s a lie that you have to either win the lottery or inherit a family fortune to afford one.
We are in no rush to slow the pace of progress; after all, we stake our livelihoods on the new, the fashionable and the high-tech. Still, there remains a soft spot in our web-hardened, computerized hearts for the simple dignity of a life in nature, and that soft spot melts to mush (get it?!) before stories like that of Balthazar Ushca, the last remaining ice merchant on Ecuador’s Mt.
Dr. Clint Lanier and Derek Hembree make a great point in the introduction to Bucket List Bars: Historic Saloons, Pubs and Dives of America ($17): travelers all too often settle for the first pub, bar or saloon they see and are subsequently faced with aloof service, microwaved grub and a beer list straight from a frat house party.
Betabrand Bike to Work Jacket Style and functionality are rare bedfellows, but combine them just right and you get a lightweight, water-resistant, pea-coat-inspired biking jacket. Truly acceptable to wear to the office, this softshell looks great and sports reflective patches and a detachable hood for the ride home.
The seventh installment of our Staff Favorites series features Mr. Scott Packard.
If only movie remakes were this good. BMW has just pulled the covers off the BMW Concept Ninety at Italy’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como.
Watches, especially dive watches, tend to follow a set formula: black dial with white markers, round case, rotating bezel. But while we like classic aesthetics, sometimes it’s nice to see a watch company pushing at the edges of design, whether it be through a splash of color, a new case shape or an innovative function.
Twisting against cliffs carved by tempestuous ocean waves, the Pacific Coast Highway is a dazzling drive.
Ryobi One+ 18V Hybrid String Trimmer Call this Ryobi the Pinocchio of lawn tools — while there’s no lying involved, you can power it with an extension cord or cut its proverbial strings to run on real-boy lithium ion battery power. ryobitools.com Persol Vintage Celebration Frames Ever the epitome of eyewear style, Persol is reintroducing three vintage looks from their especially iconic 1960s portfolio.