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Your On-The-Go Guide to Holiday Travel Grooming
Like it or not, the holidays are approaching at lightning speed. Now that Halloween has passed, it’s time to think about Thanksgiving and Hanukkah (they overlap this year, in case you haven’t heard) until it’s a landslide into Christmas. For many of us, this means traveling both near and far to visit family and friends […] -
Feel Good Friday- Movember!
Razors Up! Shave Cream Out! Start Shaving! Today is the first day of a month proudly dedicated to us MEN. And we don’t have to feel even the tad bit apologetic about celebrating everything awesome about our sex. Why? Because it is all for a good cause. November 1st kicks off a month of charity […] -
The Reboot Buggy drives and spits fire … and that’s about it
Think of a manly car. What do you picture, a Porsche, Ferrari, or maybe a jacked-up truck? All good choices, but you would be wrong. No, I contend the manliest car on the planet is the four-wheeled hunk of steel you see above. It’s called the Reboot Buggy and it has been designed not to […] -
Athlete Eats: The NFL’s Eric Fisher
As you know, we here at The Manual love food (I mean, who doesn’t?). And we are always looking to give our loyal readers the heads up on the best restaurants and chefs from around the country. Recently, we got the bright idea to start asking professional athletes where they like to eat. After all, […] -
Scottish Heritage at Strathberry
Scotland is having quite a revival as of late with Brooks Brothers promoting their dapper Highland Heritage Collection and many a menswear designer looking for tartans from the Hebrides. And don’t get us started on the Whisky boom. So it’s the perfect timing for two Scots to launch a premium accessories line for the lad […] -
Betabrand’s Bike to Work Collection
There’s fashion and there’s safety gear, and never the twain shall meet, right? Wrong. A small SF-based clothing company known as Betabrand makes a collection of pants and shirts that straddle the line between safe and stylish. In broad daylight you wouldn’t be able to tell their Bike to Work collection from any other brand, […] -
One Less Illegal Gun with Liberty United
No matter where you stand on politics, we can pretty much all agree on one thing: gun violence is a problem in this country. There are too many illegal firearms landing in the hands of the wrong people, those who don’t know how to use them or have violent intentions. Unfortunately, it’s one sad story […] -
Cataloochee Escape
We’ve found the ideal winter getaway combo—days spent challenging snow covered hills on skis and snowboards and nights snuggled up by the fire in a cozy cabin at an adjacent dude ranch. At one time Cataloochee Ski Area and Cataloochee Ranch were under the same ownership, but the family who continues to own the ranch […] -
Just Incase
Certain products make our lives more efficient or better. Incase does both. This San Francisco based firm believes in “a better experience through good design”, and we here at The Manual, couldn’t agree more. Plainly said, InCase has something for everybody. Their bags, in addition to their mobile phone and tablet cases, make getting to […] -
Worn out Wednesday – J.P. Mastey
If you think the men’s grooming explosion is a new thing, get out your Funk & Wagnall and look up Baxter of California. This brand blew up back in 1965 and was in the dopp kit of every leading man in Hollywood. Fast forward to the dawn of a new millennia for men’s grooming when […] -
Style + Tech = Garmin Fenix
You better hope your wrist is worthy enough to carry the Garmin fenix, a GPS-enabled watch that crunches serious data while looking seriously badass. -
Sex Panther: Time to Musk Up
Straight out of Brian Fantana’s secret scent stash, Sex Panther, the infamous cologne from Anchorman, has finally broken free from the silver screen and hit store shelves in the real world. It’s an actual product you can buy now, and from what we hear, it’s made with bits of real panther in it, so you […] -
Judging Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational BBQ
This past weekend, we headed down to Lynchburg, Tennessee to judge the 25th Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational BBQ, and what a spectacular occasion it was. Judges and more than 25,000 people gathered to watch competitive barbecue’s finest cooks compete for the title of Grand Champion. But before we were able to sit down, […] -
Off the Beaten Path in Bogota, Colombia
“Bogota is not a tourist place,” the customs agent at JFK said to me. “I know,” I responded through a smile, “but it was pretty damn cool!” It was the perfect exchange to sum up four days spent checking out Bogota, Colombia’s capitol and a landlocked city deep in the Andes Mountains that isn’t on […] -
Inside Harry’s Shave First Barbershop
Grooming with iPads? Just another day of innovation from the guys at Harry’s Shave, which successfully launched less than 365 days ago as a stylish, but affordable razor blade alternative to drug store brands. The young brand is barreling though their freshman year, as if they were determined to win some kind of rookie of […] -
Best Cords for Fall 2013
One of the best known staples of cold-weather dressing, corduroy has come a long way from the ’70s when the classic cotton-blended fabric, known for its then-wider wale fabric, supreme warmth and plush feel, might have doubled for drapes. Today the fabric has never looked more sophisticated in lighter pinwale offerings and colors that, thankfully, […]
