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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
By Lanny Fuller
The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School
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The Back to School Guide for Guys Who Aren’t Going Back to School

Your syllabus for an adult-life reset in September.

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
Asheville Has Range Asheville Has Range
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Asheville Has Range

Mountains and murals. Dive bars and the Biltmore. Airstreams and American single malt. Five days barely scratches the surface in one of America's most charming towns.

By Beau Hayhoe
Entertainment
This Japanese Chef Rendered 1,000 of His Meals in Notebooks for 32 Years

If a love for food and art can coexist in equal amounts, Japanese chef Itsuo Kobayashi has nailed them both in his copious hand-painted expressions of his meals for over three decades. Kobyashi painstakingly replicated his meals after writing vivid descriptions and then captured them in numerous notebooks and standalone…

By Amos Kwon
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The Spark Grill Combines Charcoal With the Ease of Gas

When it comes to the best way to grill, it always boils down to a decision between the flavor of charcoal or the convenience of gas. The Spark grill aims to make that decision a thing of the past with some clever new innovations and technical upgrades. The modern charcoal…

By Cooper Fleishman
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New Belgium Purist Clean Lager

When we're reaching for a refreshing, bubbly and otherwise non-offensive domestic brew--that isn't a macro beer--we're probably reaching for something from New Belgium because they always deliver, check all the boxes and are as hell-bent on doing good as we are. And that's where the New Belgium Purist Clean Lager…

By Cooper Fleishman
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IKEA Made a Full-Sized Version of the Pizza Table with Pizza Hut

We could spend more time than we'd like to admit discussing details about everyone's favorite budget Swedish furniture manufacturer from the things you never knew about IKEA to the most iconic IKEA products ever produced. But at the end of the day, as much we love Billy bookcases for tomes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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McDonald’s Introduces New Big Macs

As much as we love great design, delicious whiskey, gorgeous watches and fast cars, there's just something about food that skyrockets it to the top of the list of favorites. When it comes to food, for us, it comes down to burgers, steak, and more burgers. You could try options…

By Cooper Fleishman
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