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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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Dave’s Gourmet Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce

You ever go down the sauce aisle at the grocers and find hundreds of hot sauce choices? Each one touts something special, and many of them claiming the ultimate spiciness with labels like "Jimmy's Fire Sauce! (Dispense Only Under Chemical Hood)" or "Bob's Fire Goo, Made from Dragon Farts" or…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Stanley Lunch Box Cooler Set

Likely the last time you used a lunch box was when your shoes fastened with Velcro. Turns out lunch boxes have grown up in the time you have; they're no longer tiny boxes adorned with well-muscled heros. Take Stanley's Lunch Box Cooler set for instance. No matter what situation you…

By Wylie Overstreet
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William-Sonoma O Portable Gas Grill

Sometimes grilling can be a bit more of a headache than one would like. Getting the charcoal going, minding the coals, not dusting your burgers with ash when you give the fire a stir, etc. And while we appreciate the purist form of grilling involving burning solid matter, sometimes the…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Boxsal Cardboard Picnic Boxes

There are a number of reasons guys love picnics: looking at women running, working on your tan (hopefully that's just what you tell her so you can look at women), and getting drunk in the middle of the day. The problem of course is the fact that when you're done…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Steven Raichlen Beer Can Chicken Rack

Going out to restaurants to eat good food is so last year. When you can have sliders and smoked salmon without ever leaving the 5ft around your grill why shouldn't you be able to make beer can chicken easily? Barbecue god Steven Raichlen has solved the biggest problem of beer…

By Cooper Fleishman
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