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How Danner Makes Its Perfectly Rugged Boots Right Here in the U.S.A.
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How Danner Makes Its Perfectly Rugged Boots Right Here in the U.S.A.
By Beau Hayhoe
The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland
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The Alps Beyond Ski Season: An Epic Fall Road Trip Through Italy and Switzerland

Two lesser-known Alpine destinations. Two very different takes on the year-round après-ski lifestyle.

By Jay Gentile
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We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

By Cool Material
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

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If Historical Events Had Facebook Statuses – Part 2

Miss the original? If Historical Events Had Facebook Statuses

By Wylie Overstreet
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Cool Material Behind the Scenes @ Nooka

We had a chance to go behind the scenes at Nooka and see what makes the company responsible for some of the world's most interesting watches tick. We know how much you guys love Nooka, so we thought we'd take you with us. We met Michael (assistant and all around…

By Cooper Fleishman
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If Historical Events had Facebook Statuses

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By Wylie Overstreet
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6 Entourages that Made Entourages Cool

With the arrival of the 7th Season of HBO's hit show "Entourage", we thought we'd take the occasion to review a couple of the great entourages of past and present, both fictional and non. Benjamin Franklin's Junto Society Also know as the Leather Apron Club, Benny Franklin's group became a…

By Wylie Overstreet
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The Biology of Getting Drunk

Image from The Hangover courtesy of Film Drunk It’s something we humans have been doing for ages, and it goes by many names: getting inebriated, plastered, wasted, housed, trashed, canned, trash-canned, and of course drunk, or, as it’s often spelled in text messages, durnkk.  It turns out the most correct…

By Wylie Overstreet
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