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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
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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
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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
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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

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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Freddie Mercury Google Doodle

In case you missed it (however impossible that might be), here's the full minute and a half Google Doodle tribute to the birthday of the one and only Freddie Mercury. Mercury himself might be gone, but he lives on through the music of Queen, tribute videos like this doodle and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Pearl Jam Twenty

There aren't a lot of bands that can keep us interested for two decades. Pearl Jam is one of those bands. As one of the greatest American rock bands of all time (we agree with it, but that statement showed up in a USA Today Readers' Poll too), there isn't…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
To A Tee: Children of Privilege

"Privileged" is really just a fancy of way saying "spoiled son of a bitch." Being referred to as a child of privilege rarely has a positive connotation, unless you're talking about your future wife...or in this case, a line of t-shirts.  Children of Privilege appoints amusing designs onto Alternative Apparel staple…

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Pocket Dept Notebooks

Along with playing Words with Friends (this is still cool, right?), there are a lot of things your iPhone/Droid/Blackberry is good for. One thing it's not good for is taking notes. We know it's easy to do because you probably already have your phone out—and it's certainly capable of taking…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Custom Cedar Cigar Box Powered Speakers

Some of us enjoy cigars regularly while others wait for the birth of a baby, the crowning of a championship team or a few too many tequilas with friends. Whatever the occasion may be, our interest is based on the smooth, mellow and relaxing feel of a good cigar—kind of like…

By Mike Newman
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