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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
Stranger Things: Volume 1 Soundtrack

Stranger Things is the greatest thing to watch on Netflix since the last greatest thing on Netflix, but finishing that first season left everyone clamoring for more. While we don't yet have a second season of eerie adventures to watch, we finally have the official volume one soundtrack. There are plenty of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Zero Gravity Racks

When faced with the combination of surfboards, snowboards, skis, fixies and mountain bikes, the father and son team behind Zero Gravity Racks found they didn't have enough room to store all of their gear while still being able to park the car in the garage—so they developed a storage solution…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
8 Songs You Never Knew Were Covers

Never underestimate the power of a good cover tune. You may not realize it, but we’re willing to bet at least a couple of your all-time favorite songs are colorful renditions of an original you’ve probably never even heard before. Don’t believe us? Here are 10 Songs You Didn’t Know…

By Maxwell Barna
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Transportation
The FJ Company 1967 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45LV

Read anything about the restorations performed by the people at The FJ Company and you'll frequently hear things like "best ever," "stunning," and "absolutely perfect." This 1967 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45LV restoration is no different. This particular vehicle was one of the original about a thousand that were imported into…

By Cooper Fleishman
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After the Race Automotive Art

Founded by Jean-Denis Claessens, a graphic designer and car lover, and Edmond Thonnard, aka the multidisciplinary artist Pogo, After the Race captures the experiences of the cars themselves and turns them into pieces of automotive art you can hang on the wall. Using vintage Porsche hoods and doors as canvases,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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