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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
Entertainment
Our 11 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall

August and September are affectionately known as "dump months" in the movie biz. These are months when films with little hope of winning any awards are released. The good news about these dump months, however, is that they lead to the best movie months on the calendar. As September comes…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Chicago Factory Wall Clock

If you were a Chicagoan looking for a job in the 1940s, the war provided many, as defense factories popped up all over the city seemingly overnight. While toiling away, you would have looked up at a clock just like this to see when it was time for lunch. This…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
10 Great NSFW Coffee Table Books

Tossing a stack of Hustlers on your coffee table will confuse and frighten guests. But if you happen to have an appreciation for the beauty of the female form, there are ways to show it without coming off like a horny teenager. Ditch the dirty mags and pick up a hardcover from…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
1971 Land Rover Series 2A

From a Lancia Fulvia Rally 1.6HF Fanalone and a Ford Escort MK1 RS2000-R, to a Toyota Land Cruiser 40 and this 1971 Land Rover Series 2A, it's impossible to say that the people over at Cool & Vintage don't have a cool and vintage collection of rides for sale. This…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, According to ‘Rolling Stone’

How do you compare Seinfeld to Game of Thrones? Is The Wire better than The Sopranos? The thought of even trying to compile a list of the 100 greatest shows of all time makes our heads hurt. Rolling Stone, however, decided to take a stab at such a grand undertaking. The mag sent ballots out…

By Mike Newman
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