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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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5 Todd Snyder Sale Picks to Snag Before Summer’s Over

Consider this your excuse to squeeze a little more out of summer.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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5 Todd Snyder Sale Picks to Snag Before Summer’s Over

Consider this your excuse to squeeze a little more out of summer.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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A Flashlight and Flask in One

When VSSL rolled out their unique outdoor canister kits, they did so with packing space in mind. Now the guys are back and ready to tackle another aspect of our outdoor adventures: drinking. The VSSL Flask is the world's first stainless steel, dual mode flashlight that just happens to safely…

By Mike Newman
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Videos
The Greasy Hands Preachers Motorcycle Documentary

No one likes motorcycles. You either have no interest in them or are completely obsessed. Those are the options. For the latter group, The Greasy Hands Preachers is a documentary worth downloading ASAP. Shot on slick Super 16, the film takes viewers around the world to meet bike builders who've made motorcycles their life's…

By Mike Newman
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Food
The U.S. Forest Service’s 1974 Cocktail Guide

We're just going to assume there's some downtime between keeping parks clean and educating America's youth about who can prevent forest fires. How else could you explain this U.S. Forest Service 1974 Cocktail Construction Chart? With the detail-rich appeal of a housing blueprint, the chart maps out how to craft the perfect…

By Mike Newman
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The Poppy Pour-Over Complete Coffee Maker

In the pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee, there are more than a few things you have to pay attention to. The Poppy Pour-Over handles all of them. With a hopper that holds 1.25 lbs of beans and a connected burr grinder, you're guaranteed the freshest cup of coffee…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
The High-Speed Nikon 1 J5

As more and more photographers turn away from their bulky DSLRs in favor of something more portable, there have been a few things that have been lost in the transition. One of the biggest is speed. The latest in the Nikon 1 line, the J5, aims to fix that. The…

By Mike Newman
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