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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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Ben & Jerry’s Schweddy Balls

We probably couldn’t ever deliver the line “No one can resist my Scheddy balls” with the same hilarious dead pan as Alec Bladwin, but it won’t stop us from trying. Based on one of the funniest SNL sketches ever, Ben & Jerry’s released a new limited edition flavor called Schweddy…

By Cool Material Guest
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Cherkees Beef Jerky Potato Chips

The excellence of this product is pretty self-explanatory from the title alone, but we're going to break it down anyways. We can, quite literally, count on one hand the things we like more than beef jerky and potato chips. Jerky has a lot of things going for it: it's high…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Frozen Pints – Craft Beer Ice Cream

There are more ice cream flavors on the market today than we could ever hope to try—Ben & Jerry's alone is busy cramming caramel swirls and chocolate fish into new concoctions while we speak. What we would like to indulge in however, is some beer flavored ice cream. But before…

By Mike Newman
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Noble Alcoholic Tonics

Anything that can be cooked, grilled or baked can be improved with the addition of alcohol. That isn't a question, it's just common knowledge. Unfortunately, you can't beer batter and deep fry everything in your fridge and expect it to come out delicious. (Note: The fact that you might end…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Chilewich Faux Bois Placemats

We don't remember much from French class outside of "oui" and "Grey Poupon" but we know that when we hear the word "faux" we usually don't get too excited. Who wants a fake anything?  Well, when the faux version is more practical and far more useful we can make an exception. This…

By Mike Newman
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