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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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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

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

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

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
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5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

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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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

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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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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

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

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

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Inbox Mini Cargo Crate

Normally hearing the term "inbox" gives us a slight anxiety attack. We think of all the emails we've put off responding to that are now buried in a pile of spam trying to sell us "enhancement" pills, painkillers and toner cartridges. No thank you. We would feel a little better about tackling that…

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Instagram Photo Prints

Every application on our phones goes through a favorite kid phase where we spend far more time playing with it than everything else on the device. First it was Angry Birds, then it was Words with Friends and now it's Instagram. We'll always have a soft spot in our hearts…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bust a Bottlecap Bottle Openers

Opening beer bottles is like putting gas in your car. It's time consuming and a relatively boring affair. We know, we know, it only takes like five seconds to open a beer, but if you open approximately three to seven beers per night that's a lot of wasted seconds. Eventually,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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EOps Noisezero O+ Eco Edition Headphones

Don't get us wrong, we're all for helping the planet and all, but there are too many eco-friendly products out there where the designer clearly thought "eco-friendly" meant "crappily made." What's the point of trying to give Mother Nature a good old pat on the back when we have to have…

By Mike Newman
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To A Tee: New From CXXVI

Some brands are worth revisiting. You already know we have more than a few favorites here. New York-based CXXVI is definitely one of them. And not just because of their cool wordless name. Their latest selection of  hand-printed, American made tees is in line with the nautical-vintage-man's-man styles we know and…

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