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Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
Lifestyle
Build the Perfect Bonfire with the Best Gear for the Great Outdoors
By Beau Hayhoe
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.

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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

World-class spirits, classic cocktails, and no time spent shaking and stirring.

By Cool Material
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
Lifestyle
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

By Brandon Withrow
Food
Bricknic BBQ Planet

Prepare to level up your grilling game with the revolutionary Bricknik BBQ Planet. This innovative outdoor cooking device takes barbecuing to celestial heights, and it's ready to rock your world of flavors. Crafted with precision and a passion for perfecting the art of grilling, this awe-inspiring contraption is the brainchild…

By John A. Paradiso
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Features
Why Americans are Such Bad Drivers Compared to Europeans

Americans are a very specific breed of driver, and it's not all good. We like to hog the passing lane when we're not passing. We love gigantic, high-riding pickup trucks and SUVs, we can't parallel park, and the hell with roping our own gears with a manual transmission. Tack on…

By Amos Kwon
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Created By Bartenders, Dos Gabachos Mezcal Is Perfect For Both Cocktails and Sipping Neat

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. Mezcal has become the liquor of the moment over the past couple of years. Such was not the case in 2013, however, when Downtown Los Angeles JW Marriott bartenders…

By Kaitlyn Rosati
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Features
Rye Is Coming Back to Kentucky with the Help of Woodford Reserve

One of my college professors, Dr. McKay Jenkins, has a TEDx Talk on the abstraction of American food. He covers a few different angles in the talk, all of them revolving around his thesis that we have no idea where our food comes from. After the Second World War, we…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Best Ashtrays, From Vintage to Modern

The perfect ashtray can complete your home decor. There's a wide world of ashtrays, from vintage to modern and from timeless ceramic to McDonald's collectible classic ashtrays. And no modern ashtray conversation is complete without mentioning Houseplant, Seth Rogen's ashtray brand. Ashtrays have come a long way from being simple…

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