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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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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.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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The 4 Types of Cocktail Glasses You Actually Need (And 4 You Don’t)

If you're anything like me, there's a good chance you have way too much glassware in your cabinets and on your bar cart. And while, sure, it can be fun to have a few novelty glassware options, every now and then it's worth Marie Kondo-ing that shit and focusing on…

By John A. Paradiso
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The History of the Field Watch, the Military’s Most Trusted Timepiece

It's hard to beat the classic field watch. You can wear a field watch with nearly any outfit, they’ll survive anything your noncombatant life can throw at them, and they follow in a long tradition of civilian style that people adopted from the military. The field watch also might be…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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A Guide to Levi’s Numbers

Levi Strauss & Co. manufactures some of the highest quality jeans in the world. But the company wasn't always in the clothing business. When it was founded in 1853, Levi Strauss & Co. was a simple drygoods store that sold wholesale supplies to local general stores. That is, until the…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Coolest Electric SUVs You Can Buy Right Now

Electric cars are out of the infancy phase and there are now plenty of new electric cars to get excited about that aren’t from Tesla. One category in particular that’s worth paying attention to? Electric SUVs that can fit the whole family inside. Even better, car companies are putting real…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Distilleries Making the Best New York Whiskey

The Big Apple might not be every whiskey enthusiast's dream destination, but there are several distilleries making their mark on the national whiskey scene. You don't need to be in Kentucky to make stellar bourbon, after all. From the younger craft distilleries in Brooklyn to the heritage distilleries in Upstate…

By John A. Paradiso
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