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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
Our Picks

Featured Stories

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

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
By Cool Material
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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.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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Travel
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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

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What We're Buying

The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Sports
Sports

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

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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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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Entertainment
Cassette Label Prints

Technology may have made the cassette tape a pretty awful way to listen to music, but that doesn't mean it has lost any of its nostalgia. Neil Stevens created his "Don't Forget the Cassette" collection for his own pad and has now released the work as a series of prints…

By Mike Newman
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Drinks
Founders Inspired Artist Black IPA

As if we needed more of a reason to drink a new beer from Founders, the folks over there have given us one. Proceeds from the sale of their Inspired Artist Black IPA (on sale in August) will go to ArtPrize (the world's largest art competition) which takes place not…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
The Growler City Bike

It's been a while since we were generally taken aback by a bicycle. Joey Ruiter's Growler City Bike concept is mind-blowingly cool. The entire bike came into being when Ruiter set out to build a bike around a growler from a local pub. 29er fat wheel set, monarch springer front…

By Cooper Fleishman
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RETRAKT Click Pen

Karas Kustoms knows hows to make a custom pen. The Render K was good. The Bolt was great. It was only a matter of time before they came out with another pen that we needed to add to the stable. That time is now. That pen is the RETRAKT. It's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Daftside – Random Access Memories Memories

This video of Obama singing "Get Lucky" (not sure if "singing" is really the right word) will hopefully be the end of that song. No offense at all to Daft Punk since we loved that track when it first came out, but we've seen and heard one too many versions of…

By Mike Newman
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