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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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The Keyplate Adds Some Functionality to Your Door’s Strike Plate

If you're the kind of guy who writes notes to yourself to remember things and still often forgets to bring half of them with you, consider installing the Keyplate to your door frame. It's basically an extended strike plate that lets you hang some necessities right at your front door.…

By Mike Newman
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The Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Shiraz Is a Sophisticated Way to Rock

Bands like The Rolling Stones may be more associated with strong alcohols and various other substances, but that doesn't mean one of the greatest rock bands of all time doesn't want to relax with a fine red on occasion. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Stones comes this limited edition…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
The Cobra iRad 230 Is a Radar Detector For Your Smartphone

With the term "smart" being tossed in from of so many products these days - smartphones, smartwatches, etc - this would probably be best described as a smart radar detector. Besides handling your standard radar detecting functions, the device works with an app on your smartphone to deliver live updates…

By Mike Newman
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Hiki Komori Double Exposure Photography

Double exposure photography isn't new, but we all just remembered how cool it looks thanks to the True Detective opening sequence. Artist Hiki Komori (a reference to the Japanese "Hikikomori" that are recluses who seek isolation and confinement) takes the practice of double exposing a photograph to a level that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
This Stanley & Sons Checker Set is Also a Bandana

We really don't play checkers all that much, but that might change when the weather gets nicer because of this new outdoor set from Stanley & Sons. The board is a 22" x 22" cotton bandana that's discharge printed squares. Each of the twenty-four game pieces is a handmade ceramic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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