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

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

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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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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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

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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 $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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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
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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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Watch a Tattoo Get Done in Slow Motion

This video will either make you want to get a tattoo or the exact opposite. The slow motion video celebrates the careful hands and precision of a skilled tattoo artist. Get ready to want some fresh ink or keep all needles far, far from your skin.

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This Chair Is Made From Just Plywood and Zip Ties

In our junk drawer is a bag of zip ties that have come in handy far more often than we thought they would when we picked them up from the store. While we've used them for a lot, we can't say we ever used them to build furniture. The Zip…

By Mike Newman
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Current Obsession: Boomboxes

A generation of music fans are still recovering from the shoulder pain of carrying one of these guys down the block. Even though our music-delivery devices have shrunk over time, there’s something cool about a huge, old-school boombox. Here are some of our favorites.

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This Might Be The World’s Most Collapsible Bike

Most collapsible bikes only break down to a point because of the spokes which don't really lend to folding. This leaves you with something easier to transport when you're not riding, but something far from ideal. The Sada Bike ditches spokes altogether to give you a more compact alternative. The…

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The First Trailer For FOX’s GOTHAM

Before Bruce Wayne was using fancy toys to make waste of villains in Gotham City, he was a kid who had to go through a tragic ordeal. FOX's new series GOTHAM, which debuts this fall, is all about the city before there was Catwoman, Penguin, and even Batman himself. It follows…

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