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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
Lifestyle
The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

This coastal Jalisco town has long attracted artists, celebrities, and discerning travelers. Here's how to do it right.

By Cool Material
From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip
Lifestyle
From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip

After traveling across the country to coastal villages and buzzing cities, here’s my 6-day Scotland guide for every type of traveler.

By Hayley Domin
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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
Entertainment
The Sunset Spectacular Digital Billboard Is a Fusion of Art, Architecture and Advertising

Even if you've never personally set foot in New York's Time Square or West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, you know how important billboards are to both locations. You've seen them in pictures, TV shows or films. They're iconic. As part of West Hollywood's plan to revitalize and update the history of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘The Negroni: A Love Affair with a Classic Cocktail’

While we love a Manhattan, Old-Fashioned, Margarita, Painkiller, Boulevardier or Martini, it's hard to deny the simplicity, ubiquity and sheer beloved nature of the Negroni. As the story goes, "a century ago, the cocktail achieved perfection when, according to legend, Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender in Florence to stiffen…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Yahtzee Cup Noodles Special Edition

If your college experience was anything like ours, your dining hall meal plan was frequently supplemented by the iconic Cup Noodles ramen experience. Not quite proper ramen, not quite soup but cheap as hell and easy to make in a pinch, it's a staple food we still occasionally go back…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Father's Day
Father’s Day Gift Guide 2021: Drink

Give dad the gift of high-class beverages this Father's Day. Whether his bar cart could use an upgrade or you just want to split an exciting new summer-ready wine, we've got you covered. Below are twelve of the best drink gifts to give dad for Father's Day 2021.

By John A. Paradiso
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Food
Lagavulin 11 Year Old Nick Offerman Guinness Cask Finish

Nick Offerman is many things: actor, writer, comedian, producer, professional woodworker, etc. But a teetotaler he is not. And that fact is further evidenced by Lagavulin's new 11-Year Whisky with his namesake. The Lagavulin 11 Year Old Nick Offerman Guinness Cask Finish brings Offerman's two adult beverage loves together by…

By Amos Kwon
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