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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
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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 I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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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 $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

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

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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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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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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‘t Koelschip Start The Future (World’s Strongest Beer)

In case you don't follow beer news that closely, BrewDog released a beer last month called The End of History. It weighed in at a hefty 55% ABV (for reference, that's higher than the ABV of vodka) and $764. But your obscene expenditure did get you beer encased in a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Listen to This: The Arcade Fire & Menomena

The day has finally arrived, everyone. The Arcade Fire has finally released the long awaited album The Suburbs. To all of those loyal fans out there, you will not be disappointed with their slightly newer, powerful and almost swingy sound. This album may be one that you will be playing…

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Cb Sew iPhone & iPod Cases

So you got this new iPhone - iPod - whatever and you need a case for it. Before you go slapping some crazy ass armored-titan-armadillo-bombproof case on it, think about what it's going to feel like. Engineers at the big fruit don't get paid their ridiculous salaries to make something…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Urn Ceramic Ashtray

It's fairly obvious that the Urn Ashtray is a visual metaphor. Either a macabre reminder that cigarettes will kill you, or a darkly humorous one-finger salute to those who say you shouldn't smoke 'em.  Either way, it's clever, amusing, and if not an ample ashtray, at least a great storage…

By Wylie Overstreet
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ATC9K HD All Terrain Video Action Camera

Water and camera electronics do not go well together. Much like our writing staff and Cuervo; the two simply don't mix, and when they do, it gets destructive. The ACT9k HD camera however loves the stuff. Waterproof to 20 meters, shock proof to 1.2 meters, and able to shoot in…

By Wylie Overstreet
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