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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
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
By Cool Material
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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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

The Cool Shop

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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

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

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Shop

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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New Balance newSKY

Being environmentally conscious doesn't necessarily mean ending up with a product like the Smart Car that is—be honest—heinous looking. New Balance went back to the drawing board with their new line of newSKY shoes and ended up with a shoe made up of fabric constructed of 95% recycled PET plastic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Philips Fidelio Wireless Speaker

There are a lot of products lying around our homes and offices that we never quite needed but really, really wanted. A wireless speaker system for streaming music from our iPhones, Droids and BBs is pretty close to the top of the list. You could just unplug the speakers from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Stainless Steel Wallets

Unless you want to simply rock an office supply money container (we're thinking paper clip or wallet), wallets are a necessary evil. The whole "Costanza" thing is common knowledge now, so you probably don't need assistance in the "pack your wallet full of shit" category. What you do need to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Recycled Inner Tube Toiletry Kit

Describing traveling with toiletries as a pain in the ass is like describing being in a car accident as inconvenient. If you're incapable of escaping from things like hair product, moisturizer and your favorite razor, you need a quality dopp kit to keep things safe when you're on the road.…

By Tim Jacobsen
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Skate Bench No.1

There's something we hate about purchasing a piece of furniture from a place like Ikea knowing plenty of other people have jotted it down on their meatball-stained "To Buy" sheets as well. It isn't personal in any way, shape, or form. If you traverse the city streets by deck, and you want…

By Mike Newman
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