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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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The 8 Best Wild Ales You Can Drink in a Decade

Some beer fans stop at their local grocery store, grab a six-pack of their favorite beer, drive home and crack a bottle as soon as they get there. But there are other beer fans who are willing to wait a little longer to sample the goodness within those bottles. For these…

By Christopher Osburn
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The 10 Best Colleges, Based on How Close They are to a Great Brewery

There’s a lot of stress involved in getting a college degree and it’s doubled (maybe even tripled) when a student decides to get his or her Master's Degree, Law Degree, Doctorate or any other high education. All that schooling is bound to build up some serious stress and we all…

By Christopher Osburn
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Bath Beers are Superior to Shower Beers in Every Way

Earlier this year, Sweden's PangPang Brewery released Shower Beer, a 6-ounce beer designed to be enjoyed in the shower. It was a clever move by a brewery looking for a little viral publicity—which it got in spades—and a stunt that proved the term "shower beer" had escaped from the frat houses it was conceived…

By Mike Newman
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How to Make the Cubanos from ‘Chef’

Cubanos were one of our top 3 sandwiches long before we saw Chef, so even we were surprised when the movie made them look better than any we'd seen. The problem was, the movie never lays out a recipe, so even though we know approximately what goes on them, we'd just…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Black Insomnia Is the World’s Strongest Coffee

Yesterday, we published a story on teas that pack as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. Now we need to specify that those teas pack as much caffeine as a standard cup of coffee, not a cup of Black Insomnia. Black Insomnia is the new world's strongest coffee and it's…

By Mike Newman
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