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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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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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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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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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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 Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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Portable Bluetooth Speaker That Charges in 5 Minutes

We're not electrical engineers, so we're just going to let the people at Blueshift explain why supercapacitors are better than batteries for your portable Bluetooth speaker. "Batteries store energy chemically. Supercapacitors store energy physically, in an electric field. This allows supercapacitors to be charged very quickly, and to be extremely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Watch Skiers wear LED Lightsuits in Afterglow

It's almost time to hit the slopes this season. Get inspired with the 3 minute Afterglow short, featuring skiers traversing Alaskan Mountain ranges in the middle of the night with 7,000 LEDs sewn to them. Enjoy the full movie here.

By Jeff Drumheller
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Machined Ink Fountain Pen

If you’re just scribbling reminders on Post-It Notes, go ahead and use a 50-cent disposable pen. But if you’re writing something meaningful, something you or someone else will hold on to for a long time, a fountain pen connects you to a time when every sentence was carefully thought-out. The…

By Mike Newman
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F**ktionary Is The New Cards Against Humanity

Seeing as how Cards Against Humanity keeps publishing new editions, cards and you can also make your own, it's not really what we would consider "old." But honestly, we've played that game so many times, in so many states of consciousness, that we're pretty sure we have 90% of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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These Classic Japanese Toolboxes Are Finally Available in the U.S.

Unless you're a toolbox connoisseur (is that a thing?), you probably aren't familiar with Trusco. The wildly popular Japanese toolboxes haven't really been seen stateside. Marked by their bright blue enamel, the sturdy and affordable toolboxes will stand out among the ketchup red kits you see in every hardware store in the…

By Mike Newman
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