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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Lola Méndez
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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
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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
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Lola Méndez
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OPMOD Battle Mug

Ceramic mugs just aren’t very manly. That’s why you’ll rarely ever see us drink coffee out of anything made of ceramic, unless maybe it’s got a gun handle attached to it. Of course if you want to get really serious about firearms and coffee, then the only mug you need…

By Cool Material Guest
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Mermaid Bottle Opener

There are plenty of ways to open a bottle a beer, but none as storied as this ancient iron mermaid transformed from the figurehead of an ancient sailing vessel. Ok, so that’s not entirely true. This bottle opener isn’t ancient and it didn’t come from an ancient sailing vessel, but…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gourmet Chocolate Covered Jalapenos

Sweet and spicy is the digestible equivalent of yin and yang. Totally opposite ends of the spectrum that somehow come together in a union that defies most logic. Jalapeños are delicious with pizza, nachos and burgers, but chocolate? Apparently. These gourmet chocolate dipped jalapeños are some sort of mad scientist…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pong Beer

Being a good beer and being a good beer for beer pong are two very different things. Just cause we enjoy pricey Imperial stouts that approach 10% ABV, doesn't mean we're ready to split some of those brews amongst a handful of Solo cups and throw dirty ping pong balls at…

By Mike Newman
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Matterhorn Tumbler

When we first saw this Matterhorn Tumbler from the design group "Tale" in South Korea, we thought it was freaking sweet, but we were concerned it held less Scotch than our standard tumbler. We quickly realized that wasn't a big deal since we don't fill up our glass to the…

By Mike Newman
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