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Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine
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Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine
By Beau Hayhoe
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
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
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

The drinks, the music, the vibes, and everything else you need to end summer on a high note.

By Cool Material
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Jim Murray’s Best Whiskys from the 2020 ‘Whisky Bible’ Have Been Revealed

Every year, Jim Murray--an equally loved and loathed critic on the world whisky scene--unveils his list of the best whiskies in the world. It led to a bottle of Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye getting sold out internationally. Bottles of William Larue Weller becoming even harder to get your hands…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phonocut Lets You Make Your Own Vinyl Records at Home

There's no denying the fact that we're in a full vinyl record renaissance at this point. But while you can get thousands of great vinyl albums from both old and new bands these days, the technology used to create the records you put on your turntable is relatively unchanged... until…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Become Smarter in Just 5 Minutes with Morning Brew

There's a reason over 1 million people start their day with Morning Brew, the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Written in a witty and conversational tone, it makes reading the news actually enjoyable. The best part? It’s just a 5-minute read, so…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Analogue’s Game Boy Clone Will Play All Your Old Portable Cartridges

If you want to revisit all your favorite games from your youth, there are plenty of options out there ranging from pre-packaged hardware systems to ROMs. Nothing really nails the nostalgia factor like the offerings from Analogue that use modern hardware to play your old cartridges in better than original…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Monopoly: Shinola Detroit Edition

While there are a lot of games that pop into our head when we think of "board games," the first will always be Monopoly. In addition to ruining more friendly gatherings and family holidays than we can remember, it's also had more versions than any other game we can think…

By Cooper Fleishman
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