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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
By Cool Material
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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Concrete Coaster

Concrete is cool. Coasters are just good manners. Combining the two is obvious, but this particular coaster goes one step further because the cement has enough non-toxic recycled ash in it to make the coaster water absorbent. Most coasters prevent your cold one from leaving a ring (that’s kind of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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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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