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

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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

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

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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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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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The Hangover II used that well-known Hollywood formula of taking what works and adding a monkey. This formula rarely works for epic period pieces or emotional dramas, but it works fantastically for drunken comedies. The Hangover II reunites the guys from the shitshow that was Vegas (you know, just a tiger…

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Crossfade LP2 Over-Ear Headphones

When we first get a new pair of headphones we treat them with the same delicacy that we would a newborn—we'll place them down gently, carry them with care, and try our best not to knock them against a wall (just like a baby). Fast forward a few months and we're…

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Nissan Juke-R

When the Nissan Juke was originally released, men everywhere released a collective sigh of total ambivalence. It was never bad looking, or incredibly slow, or horribly expensive and it's decently spacious, but there was never a wow factor either. Nothing to grab you by the nads and proclaim in a…

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Chalkboard Skull

Whether you're questing for a skull with alien powers or just looking for a quality buzz with a tall skull of vodka, skulls are inherently cool. Maybe it's the Keith Richards in all of us just trying to get out, or a natural fascination with death, but we find it…

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Atoma Notebooks

There are a few things you need to know about these Atoma notebooks from Belgium. First, everything is in German which, while confusing, makes them even cooler in our opinion. Second, Atoma has been making notebooks like this one for 60 years so they clearly know what they're doing. Most…

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