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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 World’s Strongest Beers

Of all the most amazing things ever invented, beer is most definitely in our Top 3 (along with women and the iPad).  While we’ve dabbled in beers that have hovered around 10% alcohol by volume, those brews are like sipping O’Doul’s compared the world’s strongest beers:    Dogfish Head 120 Minute…

By Mike Newman
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Williams Sonoma Stuffed Hamburger Press

Nothing satisfies quite like a fat slab of meat, covered in cheese, adorned with bacon and served on a fresh bun. We're not afraid to admit that there are few things we love more than a perfectly cooked burger, and we're willing to bet there are more than a few…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The United States of Good Beer

They say the way to a man's heart is through is stomach. If that's really the case, the fastest way to true love isn't through steak - it's through beer. Not the swill you used to drink in college by the 30 pack, the crafty, hoppy, malty palette pleaser that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Beer and Pretzel Marshmallows

If you’re lucky enough you’ll one day stumble across a rerun of the Iron Chef episode where the secret ingredient for the competition is beer.  Be prepared to eat your television.  You could put beer in brussel sprouts and we’d eat them, it’s just that delicious.  So when the folks at…

By Mike Newman
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Bacon Toothpaste

Don’t you hate it when you’ve had a platter of bacon and as much as you want to let the taste linger in your mouth for days on end proper “hygiene” says you need to brush your teeth?  We’d be happier keeping that bacon-y taste and letting our teeth just fall out,…

By Mike Newman
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