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entlemen, you can either come to the Hamptons to dabble in sunglasses and seashells or you can come to the Hamptons prepared. Yes, the weather is beautiful outside and you have a full social calendar booked, but we all know that sometimes a night free from obligations is best spent relaxing indoors within the sanctity of one’s own self-designed domicile. If your summer plans consist of hosting get-togethers or simply idling the afternoons away in the privacy
of your home, you’ll want to stay abreast of the season’s top appliances. Here are four items to help transform any humdrum living space into a palatial man cave beyond compare. 1.) Kegerator: UBC KegMaster. Let’s start with what matters most. Sure, there are dozens of restaurants worthy of your patronage, and few things can beat a weekend bar deck overlooking the water, but when you’re hosting guests at home, bottles and cans can pile up and become cumbersome. A properly installed kegerator will turn your pad into a classy
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