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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
Lifestyle
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
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
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
Lifestyle
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico

From jungle-lined fairways to greens hanging over the Sea of Cortez, consider this our fantasy nine-hole round through Mexico.

By Cool Material
Transportation
Woolrich Pop-Up Truck Campers

Truck campers have been around for the better part of a century, but they've never looked as good as these new Limited Edition Woolrich x Four Wheel Pop-Up Campers. Four Wheel Campers has been outfitting flat beds and pickup trucks with lightweight, stylish and functional campers for decades. Woolrich has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Host Key Bottle Opener and Corkscrew

Some nights you split a bottle of wine over dinner. Some nights you crack a beer or two and relax on the couch. Hell, some nights you do both. For whatever beverage(s) your night has in store, there’s The Host Key, a combo bottle opener and corkscrew that looks like…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Residence VDB Has Its Own Underground Lair

On the short of Belgium's Leie river you'll find Residence VDB, an opulent, absurd and downright breathtaking mansion that would be at home on the cover of any established architecture magazine while still being crazy enough to be featured on MTV Cribs. Designed by Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects, Residence VDB effortlessly…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2017 Recon Edition

Fresh for 2017 is a new special edition Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with even more off-road capability. Dubbed the Recon Edition, this Jeep Wrangler's trail performance is even better thanks to a front axle upgrade (Dana 44 with heavy-duty end forgings and strengthened axle tubes), enhanced off-road rock rails and heavy-duty…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
“Stranger Things” Season 2 Super Bowl Trailer

When the first season of Stranger Things came out, it dominated our office talk for a good long while.  Most of us binged it in about three days, then spent multiple weeks talking amongst ourselves about our favorite characters, theories, and episodes while trying to get the few stubborn holdouts to just…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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