Designer Bar Accessories | The act of drinking should be an artful experience. The people we share it with and the tools of the ceremony should be as important as the drinks we imbibe. If the tools of your own home bar are getting a bit tired, here are 10 amazing designer bar accessories that will truly enlighten your experience. Macallan Ice Ball Machine View in gallery When combined, a chunk of frozen water, a cylinder of copper and a bit of gravity can yield a perfect sphere of ice....

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On that note, enter our latest obsession– the Flaviar Premium Spirit Club. What is Flaviar? Flaviar is a premium spirit club, a monthly service that delivers tasting packs of fine liquors directly to your door. A new member can join Flaviar, select a single tasting pack of their choice or join the club for a monthly delivery option. There are a wide range of options available, from fine American bourbons to French Cognac to Caribbean Rum, each with five individual sample bottles with an ounce-and-a-half for tasting....

The key to getting the right bag is to find one that will fit the conditions you plan on encountering. For winter, this means seeking out a bag that is rated for about ten degrees below the chill you expect to find. Much more than that, and it’s likely to roast you. Anything less, and they’ll chip you out of the ice. When it comes to cold weather bags, down is typically the best option out there, since synthetics don’t usually bring the heat....

The good people at Furni design and manufacture some of the freshest wood digi clocks we’ve seen (much respect to the Magna wooden radio, we love you too). While most of their collection spans solid walnut, light beech and dark mahogany woods, they let their interns take a spin with a wood a bit more beginner-friendly. The Furni Knox Chipboard Clock Radio is a plywood version of the popular Furni clock radios, with a cool allure all it’s own....

If you are part of a company forking out that much cash for a means of transportation, then you need to know you are getting something good for your money. That’s why we have done some research and compiled a list of the twenty best private jets on the market today. Even if you don’t get to travel in them, there’s something depressingly addictive about gazing at how the other half lives....

If a stock BMW M5 just isn’t lux enough for you, why not get that sum bitch gold-plated? Gold-laced luxury cars is a new trend rising in Russia, where wealthy collectors are dipping their rides in pure gold, not the passe chrome from the early part of this decade. We’re a bit curious though– if you’ve got the money to gold-plate your car, why a BMW M5? Why not upgrade to a Lamborghini, a Ferrari or any other luxury cars that we think are TheCoolist?...

Not too many years ago, the term “coach” referred to the person encouraging you to run faster or throw further on a sports field. Today if someone says, “I’m working with a coach,” they’ve likely hired someone to help them facilitate change and reach their goals. As a certified life coach myself and someone who has had a coach, I can attest to the powerful benefits of coaching. Whatever you want to achieve, coaching helps you real your goals faster, with more clarity and confidence....

You don’t have to put up with the manipulation, gaslighting, embellished half-truths, and outright lies. With the right approach, you can frighten a narcissist and enforce boundaries. Although they always seem to have a comeback that makes you look unreasonable, they are not invulnerable. You probably can’t improve them as human beings, but you might succeed in getting a narcissist to do what you want — which can range from pulling their weight to leaving you alone....

And is there at least a chance that the feeling is mutual? Or is your need for excitement or novelty pushing him away? It’s not unusual for couples to start out mad for each other, only for one of them to decide, at some point, that their partner has gotten boring. In this post, we’re focusing on boyfriends whose boring behavior has you wondering whether your relationship is doomed. When did he get so boring?...

We know how challenging it can be to write letters to your kids. Self-doubt creeps in, and you wonder if the words you can think of will mean the same to them as they do to you. After all, you’ve made mistakes (every parent does), and you want your daughter to know how proud you are of the woman she’s becoming. You’re just not sure where to begin. How Can I Express My Love to My Daughter?...

The Swiss mechanical watch wizards at Marvin have released a new series of timepieces, the Marvin M112 Mechanical Collection. The Marvin M112 watches offer a refreshingly simple design sensibility that is in contrast with most of the other modern watches on the market. The faceplate is minimal, no extraneous bells and whistles– just three arms, sixty seconds and twelve hours as marked. The Marvin M112 watches are mechanical, powered by a manual winding knob on the watch’s right side....

But sadly, the scarf, a basic length of fabric, somehow confounds and eludes the common man who lets his neck go bare as he walks this freezing planet, letting all the blood that goes to his brain cool off. This is likely why most colleges have a huge majority of female attendees, with men in the minority. Cold blood is killing our brain cells, and we have to stop it before we’re unable to cut our own steaks....

Everything in the redesigned home is organized along a vaulted central spine, which serves to separate the public and private spaces. To make the dining room feel more open, and allow for better circulation through all the rooms, large glazed bi-fold doors were installed to connect the dining room with the patio. This connection to the outdoors also creates easy access for the children, and helps to create the sense of “another room outside” on the patio....

Layer Up One of the first and most important things to do in cold weather is layer. Don’t be afraid to get creative about it; long underwear and ’80s style leg warmers under your jeans? Go for it! Five sweaters and a hat with a pompom? Hey, if it’s warm, it’s warm. The looser your layers are, the better they will retain your body heat. Fabric acts as insulation, which means the fluffier and baggier your clothes, the more insulation you have....

Ghana is at the forefront of African nations leading this massive internet revolution boasting one of the highest penetration of mobile broadband in the continent backed by relatively good infrastructure and a number of internet service providers (ISPs) ensuring that more and more people get access to cheaper and faster internet. MTN Ghana internet is leading the way by introducing low-cost bundles for both its prepaid and postpaid customers. Like the rest of Africa, most people in Ghana use their mobile gadgets to access the internet and most of these people are prepaid subscribers....

What if I had done this? What if I never did that — where would I be? Questions that focus on the past and the “could-have-been” feel paralyzing. Although the past is fixed, it does contain lessons. The future, however, holds all possibilities. If you wonder what to do when your life is a complete disaster, know that you possess tools and wisdom from your past to build a better future....

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When compared to its predecessor, the D4, the new Nikon D4s offers a few well-defined and very intentional upgrades. It features a new 16.2MP sensor, designed as an upgrade to the unit in the D4 and the Nikon Df, and light sensitivity settings of up to ISO 409,600. To the uninitiated, that 16.2MP number might seem underwhelming, especially since Nikon’s entry level DSLR offers 24.2MP in its sensor. Megapixel counts are not a measure of image quality, just the total number of pixels that comprise an image....

Our obsession with night photography and cities at night continues, this time with a focus on the big apple by excellent city photographer Jason Hawkes. Hawkes takes the perspective of a bird in flight over some of the world’s most magnificent cities, showing them at their most active yet peaceful moments. Hawkes was recently featured on Boston.com’s Big Picture, and we couldn’t help but share a few of our favorites here....