Crown Royal has leaned hard into flavored whisky over the past several years - Peach, Apple, Vanilla, Salted Caramel - and some of them are good mixers. But the core lineup deserves more attention than it gets. The signature Crown Royal Deluxe and the Reserve Aged 12 Years are smooth, balanced Canadian whiskies that hold up neat, on the rocks, or in cocktails where the whisky does the talking instead of hiding behind fruit juice. And for anyone looking to mark an occasion, Crown Royal recently introduced the 32-Year-Old - an ultra-aged expression matured for more than three decades that exists in extremely limited quantities.
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Standing in a Kona coffee plantation on the Big Island wasn't in the original itinerary - but watching the harvest and processing on-site at Hula Daddy Kona Coffee was one of those moments that changes how you think about a category. The coffee you're drinking came from somewhere specific, grown at a specific altitude, processed in a specific way. These six destinations make that visible, and most of them hold up as a solid guys trip with or without the coffee angle.
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Honestly, I didn't know what to expect from Infiniti. Last fall they handed me a pre-production 2026 QX60 Autograph AWD and a road trip from Detroit to St. Joseph, Michigan - my first real time behind the wheel of one of their vehicles for more than a couple of hours at an event. Turns out that's exactly the kind of time it takes to understand what this brand is actually building.
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Step2 sent the Lakewood Raised Planter Box over for review, and I put it together on a cold day just above freezing here in Northwest Ohio - already thinking about where the cilantro, chives, and rosemary were going to land once grilling season gets here. The planter sits 26 inches off the ground, spans 39 inches wide, and comes with three removable trays. One per herb, as it turns out.
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The Kenmore AquaLite 3-in-1 Cordless Hard Floor Cleaner retails for $299.99 and does something I didn't think a single tool could pull off - it vacuums and wet-mops simultaneously, handles sticky spills without a bucket, and keeps itself clean between uses. I've been running it weekly for a few months now, and I want to be honest: I don't always wait this long to post a review, but for something like this, time in the field tells you more than the first week ever will.
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