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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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Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

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Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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Brewmeister Snake Venom – The World’s Strongest Beer

Think that 10% double IPA is strong? Snake Venom, from Scottish brewery, Brewmeister, clocks in at a stomach-burning 67% ABV. Snatching the title for the world's strongest beer, the brew is made with smoked peat malt (how Scottish of them) and both Champagne yeast and ale yeast. Now, whether it…

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The Craft Beer Cookbook

When it comes to cookbooks, you can never have enough if they involve alcohol, popular condiments or meat. We never thought we'd get to the point that we would actually enjoy reading or using a cookbook, but when the subtitle is "From IPAs and Bocks to Pilsners and Porters, 100…

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Topo Chambray Shirt

There are quite a few brands that do one thing, and only one thing, well. There aren't many brands that do a bunch of different things but still do them well. Topo Designs out of Colorado is one of the latter. Their accessory bags are awesome. Their blankets, phenomenal. Backpacks?…

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P.A.C.O. Bluetooth Speaker with Gesture Controls

The P.A.C.O. Bluetooth Speaker is the closest you'll come to being able to use the Force for the time being. The concrete and fir board speaker allows you to control your music and audio with the wave of a hand. Based on hand positioning and movement, you can change tracks,…

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Sugar Skull Spoon

According to the folks at the design studio Hundred Million, sugar is evil when you put it in coffee or tea. We happen to be of the opinion that a scoop or a packet with a glass of burnt roast isn't all that bad, but we get the idea. Truthfully,…

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