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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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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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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.

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

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

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Hilo Chen Photorealistic Paintings

We're pretty sure that Hilo Chen is actually a robot in disguise because his paintings are so photo-realistic that it's the only solution that makes sense. There's just no way a mere mortal could capture the intricacies like he does. Things like sweat glistening on boobs, pussy placement (talking about…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Private Ninja Lessons

No, really.  This isn't tongue-in-cheek.  These are lessons on how to be a martial art Force of Stealth and Death.   Really.  Taken at a Bujinkan school in New York from a teacher awarded with full Shidoshi status, these are lessons on how to be a Ninja.  There really isn't…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Hammarhead Triumph T100 “Jack Pine”

Motorcycle companies seem to be firmly committed to make bikes that look like a ninja weapon or something out of Tron. That's cool and everything, but that's not style. That's substituting class and refinement for lots and lots of decals pronouncing loudly that this bike is the one and only…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Vans Chukka Boot

Vans Shoes are no longer synonymous with holes in your jeans and kickflips. As skateboarding has matured into the mainstream as a sport, so has their brand. The Chukka Boot is a great example of this: a simple handsome sneaker that can be dressed up just as easily as down. You never…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Logic Lodge’s Sportsman’s Grill

Several years ago one of our editors, on an alpine camping trip, decided to make a fire and grill some food.  We won't go into details, but some lessons learned that day were 1) don't make a fire at 2 in the morning after downing six beers, 2) sleeping bags…

By Wylie Overstreet
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