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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

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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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 Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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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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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 Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

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Mixtape: New Year’s Revolutions

New Year's Eve has a lot of things going for it. Everyone parties. You're all but guaranteed to at least hit a single by the end of the evening. People seriously consider using the gym membership they've neglected for the past six months. You get a chance to brag about…

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The Making of the Pirelli 2012 Calendar (NSFW)

Our attention span for Youtube videos is usually in the vicinity of 25 seconds. Show us a news anchor dropping the F bomb and then let us get on with our day. That being said, we can be persuaded to stay and watch longer for a multitude of reasons—amazing videography, beautiful women,…

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2012 Bike EXIF Calendar

With the holidays having passed, chances are you're inundated with calendars for the new year.  Most of them are either of Dilbert or daily baseball stats because your Aunt knows that's what "boys" like. Toss 'em. Wouldn't you rather thumbnail something to the wall you'd actually want to look at for…

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Converse Chuck Taylor Collar Breaks

We're not delusional. We know that, individually, we all probably have more pairs of shoes than the last three significant others combined. Between the Jacks, Johns and Chucks, a good portion of the collection bears the name Converse in one way or another. And even knowing both of those things…

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Reusable Beer/Soda Carton

Have you ever bought a 6-pack of some crazy microbrew only to have to carry it through the rain while the cardboard turned into something mushier than an 80's power ballad? How could we be transporting such precious cargo in something suited for canned swill? If you've ever had a beer that…

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