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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
The 7 Best Things Coming to Amazon Prime Video This Month

The Amazon Prime Video catalog is growing by the month, and not only because a ton of old movies are jumping into the public domain. They’re getting their hands on Oscar and Emmy winners, along with an ever increasing selection of original programming. If you don’t have Amazon, now may…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Mirage Mirror Home

Doug Aitken is a renowned artist who's been featured everywhere from MoMA to the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris for his genre-bending work. For his latest masterpiece, Doug Aitken built a mirror-clad mirage in Coachella Valley. Mirage, as he calls it, is a ranch-style suburban American house composed of reflective mirrored…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Kubota Architect Atelier FU House

Kubota Architect Atelier is a Japanese firm that's been architectural marvels for almost three decades. The Kubota Architect Atelier FU House in the Japanese city of Shunan seamlessly blends modern geometric design and exposed concrete to create a living space that's magazine worthy while still being protected from all the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Mercedes AMG 50 Year Anniversary Models

Originally founded as a forge for racing engines by former Mercedes engineers, AMG has grown significantly in the half century since it was founded, and that warranted a celebration. Mercedes AMG 50 year anniversary models are being released later in the year to commemorate the anniversary. The sports car and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Lazareth ‘Back to the Future’ Cafe Racer

If the Lazareth Yamaha R1 "Back to the Future" Cafe Racer looks familiar, it's because it began life as one of the futuristic motorcycles in Babylon A.D. about ten years ago. The movie was terrible, but hot damn did Lazareth do some really great work when it came to the futuristic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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