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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
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The Last Thing Most Home Bars Get Wrong: Ice
By Christopher Osburn
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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.

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From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip From Medieval Streets to Whisky Islands: The Ultimate Scotland Road Trip
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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
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The Latest R2-D2 LEGO Set Is the Most Advanced Yet

We've spent more of our adult lives building LEGO Star Wars sets than we'd care to talk about, but as long as the iconic and popular brick builder keeps churning out sets like this latest R2-D2 edition, we're gonna keep building. To be fair, this isn't the first LEGO R2-D2…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cabins on The Mountain

Although they're not quite a reality, the Veliz Arquitecto-imagined, beetle-shaped Cabins on The Mountain would likely be built on in one of Cuba's mountain ranges. The wooden cocoons sit on concrete platforms and boast open-view construction that drinks in the scenery and merges with the natural surroundings. The simple accommodations…

By Amos Kwon
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Casetify NFT Collectible and Custom Stainless Phone Case

At its core, Casetify is a brand that makes some of the most stylish phone, tablet and watch cases on the market. But they're also quick to embrace modern technology--we're not just talking about the latest and greatest from Apple--with this like the Phone and Accessory UV Sanitizer and the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Love Hultén MTC 2041 Storage Cabinet

There hasn't been a single thing that has come out Love Hultén's Gothenburg, Sweden studio in the past five years that we haven't wanted to own. From the Battleship Arcade to the Arcade Coffee Table, the mad genius has this way of combining retro style and nostalgia with modern tech and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Matchbox CarbonNeutral Tesla Roadster

Environmental consciousness has descended to the diminutive. Mattel, makers of Matchbox toy cars, has embarked on its Drive Toward a Better Future initiative. The first member of this effort is a CarbonNeutral Tesla Roadster made with 99% recycled materials, including recycled zinc for the body and recycled plastic for the…

By Amos Kwon
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