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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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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.

By Cool Material
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger
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What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger

8 picks for the Digger faithful and the Digger deniers.

By Andy Vasoyan
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Greg Olijnyk Makes Incredibly Detailed Sculptures out of Cardboard

The extent to which we use cardboard on a regular basis is generally limited to carrying recycling to the dumpster or creating templates for other projects. This is not the cae for artist Greg Olijnyk who uses it as the primary building material for his incredible sculptures. We're not just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Original ‘Jumanji’ Board Game

The original Jumanji movie--not the recent remakes that are watchable but overall nowhere near as interesting--is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary this year. (We feel old, too.) In honor of that momentous occasion, a group of die hard fans set out to recreate the original, non-video-game version of the game down…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Zoom Music Video

Most of our Zoom calls involve digital cheers, explaining gallery mode, trivia games and constantly telling family members to unmute themselves. The band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down decided to use the popular conferencing service to do something incredibly more creative--film a music video. The official music video…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sony DualSense PlayStation 5 Controller

The Sony PlayStation controller is one of the most iconic controllers ever created. It's gone through some iterations over the years, but the core profile with it's D-pad, buttons, dual analog sticks and shoulder buttons has remained largely the same. Despite the fact we have yet to see details about…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Build Your Own Wooden Guggenheim Museum

Bored with puzzles, digital happy hours and Netflix already? Put all your free time to use and build your very own replica of the Gugenheim Museum out of wood. Officially licensed and approved by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (which also helps support the work preserving his legacy) and produced…

By Cooper Fleishman
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