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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
The Whitefox Snowmobile Fits a Family

Canadian engineer, innovator and angel investor Charles Bombardier is incapable of thinking small, which is probably part of the reason his Whitefox Concept snowmobile fits a family of four. Rendered off the basis of the Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) side-by-side snowmobile design that would later become the Ski-Doo ELITE, Whitefox…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Stack These 3D-Printed Chocolates to Create Unique Flavors

Made as a collaboration between Universal Favorite and Bakedown Cakery, Complements are modular chocolates that can be eaten alone or stacked with other flavors to create unique combinations. The original modular shape that resembles a small set of steps was 3D-printed and then turned into chocolate molds. Once the molds…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The New York Times’ Pictures of the Year

The death of journalism has been greatly exaggerated. As we embark on a new year, the role of journalist—and photojournalist—will be as important as ever. Part of the reason is documentation, and The New York Times has gathered proof of how important, moving, heartbreaking, and encouraging that can be. This is…

By Mike Newman
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Features
8 Incredibly Easy Crock-Pot Ribs Recipes

Man oh man, do we love ribs. Fall-off-the-bone tender, a little hot, a little sweet—there’s nothing better than a well-done half rack. Except maybe a well-done full rack. They’re delicious, they’re cost-effective, and they’re easy to make—ribs are basically the perfect meal. Their only problem is that they take time…

By Maxwell Barna
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Features
8 Stylish Coffee Mugs Fit for Any Office

As much as we'd all like to be sipping our morning water out of mugs decorated with expletives and middle fingers, most office environments require you have a cool coffee mug that's devoid of anything that would require getting HR involved. But that doesn't mean you have to resort to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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