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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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
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
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
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What to Drink this New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve is usually a night defined by shots and straight champagne, quickly followed by decisions that wouldn’t have been made on literally any other night of the year. We think it’s time to change a bit of that. Let’s class up the party with a few cocktail options…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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4K Grill by Heston Blumenthal x Everdure

For die-hard outdoor chefs, cooking on a grill is a year-round love affair, but no one will deny it takes work when it comes to using charcoal. The flavor results are undeniable, but the technology is still stone-age. Triple Michelin-Star British chef Heston Blumenthal has just changed all that with…

By Amos Kwon
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Best Made Company Limited Edition Franklin Cup

Whether you're talking about their Ditty Bag, Famous Red Notebook, Field Chest, or Military-Inspired Footlocker, Best Made Company creates some of the, well, best made, modern interpretations of vintage style gear out there. Case in point: these Limited Edition Franklin Cup enamelware mugs you see here. According to Best Made, "Our…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2018

If you've spent any amount of time reading Cool Material, you know we love a good cigar. We're still working our way through our own Cigar Bucket List, so we can't imagine how the people at Cigar Aficionado managed to work through almost 750 different cigars this year. But they…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Taco Bell and Blue Point Brewery Made a Beer

Two decades ago, Blue Point Brewery was started by two friends who wanted to bring fresh beer to Long Island. They're one of the best craft beers that aren't craft beers because they're owned by Ab InBev now, but that hasn't stopped them from producing some incredibly tasty brews over…

By Cooper Fleishman
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