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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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Lifestyle
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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What We're Buying

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 Bike Deconstructed Rips Apart Modern Bicycles

Take a look at your bike and you'll think it's fairly simple. Not a ton of parts, easy to understand design, overall nothing that needs delving into. After that, pick up a copy of The Bike Deconstructed: A Grand Tour of the Modern Bicycle and rethink your two-wheeled ride. Richard Hallett…

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Drinks
Make Your Own Wine in Just a Few Days With The Miracle Machine

Making wine is an arduous process. It's why home brewing has exploded, but home wine making hasn't exactly followed suit. The Miracle Machine is about to change that. The vessel allows you to quickly make your own wine without doing much work at all. You simply add the ingredients (grape…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Now Your Phone Can Emit The Smell of Sweet, Sweet Bacon

It's only March, but the greatest invention of 2014 is already here. Oscar Mayer has created an app and iPhone plug-in device that will deliver the smell of bacon to you on command. Put down the tools, guys working on flying cars, your 2014 champ is here. The Wake Up…

By Mike Newman
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Cabin Porn Will Make You Want To Build Your Own Cabin

Not since Walden has a book made us want a cabin more. The guys behind the website Cabin Porn have decided to take their idea and offer up a hardcover. Not only will the book feature hundreds of photographs of drool-worthy cabins, but it will also include an in-depth look at the…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Control Your Devices Like a Wizard With This Ring

Ring is about to change the way you interact with and use your devices. When you're wearing it, you can write and send text messages, turn on your TV, play some music, make payments, and do plenty more with simple waves of your finger. Customize the gestures and use them…

By Mike Newman
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