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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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Schmidt Brothers Cutlery

For most of you reading this, Ramen isn't an acceptable food substitute anymore. Knowing how to grill the perfect patty and slap some cheese on it is a skill, but you need to know your way around a few other dishes as well. We're not going to claim we're anywhere…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bar Games Coasters

If you didn’t want social interaction when you were out at the bar, you’d drink alone at home. Talking about sports, or the weather or traffic over a cold one is just as much of an American pastime as baseball itself. Eventually you’re going to run out of things to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Proof Whisky Tasting Game

Once you hit a certain age (30 plus or minus five years for most of us), it's not really ok to gather around a plastic folding table with red Solo cups filled with domestic piss water and see who gets drunk the fastest. We'll never turn down a game of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Rival Bros Coffee

We can't remember the last time we turned on the Food Network or Travel Channel and didn't see something about a show involving cupcakes or food trucks. (Yes, we're man enough to admit we occasionally enjoy both of those channels for the culinary contributions to our nightly meals.) They're everywhere.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Duff Beer

Mmm... beer. In two words (or one word and one guttural sound) Homer Simpson summed up our love affair and affection for a few cold ones perfectly. While we have craft brews bursting at our seams to choose from, our cartoon counterparts only had one delicious lager that suited their fancy—Duff. Now we…

By Mike Newman
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