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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
1971 Toyota Land Cruiser

There are plenty of shops out there refurbing, rebuilding and modifying original Toyota Land Cruisers. But if you're one of those guys that would rather go original, you won't find better than this 1971 Toyota Land Cruiser that's currently up for auction on eBay. Numbers matching original Toyota 3 speed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Brookstone Grill Tumbler

Leave it to Brookstone to come up with an ingenious new version of something as simple as the grilling basket. The Brookstone Grill Tumbler transforms the traditional grill basket by turning it into a a hexagonally shaped tube. This clever design allows you to easily rotate your meat and veggies…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Holiday
Mike Tyson Merry Chrithmuth Card

There's just no better way to say Merry Christmas in card form than by doing it with everyone's favorite tattoo-faced, tiger-loving boxer with a lisp. Etsy seller Seas and Peas has crafted a special Mike Tyson Merry Chrithmith (you know, cause he has a lisp) card that features a color…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The 20 Best Books from the Last Decade

Staying with the tomes can be intimidating. There are decades of backlogs people insist you need to read, with hundreds of new books being added every year. Add on the fact that they can get expensive pretty quickly, and it’s easier to just pull out of reading entirely instead of trying…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Home
Skid Wooden Chef Knife

Lignum's Skid wooden chef knife, which is billed as the first wooden chef knife, is going to completely change the way you prepare a meal at home. Made with 97% wood for the handle and body and 3% alloyed carbon steel for the blade, Skid uses a unique design and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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