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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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72 Hours in San Juan

Many Americans overlook Puerto Rico because they fall under the [incorrect] impression that it’s like other U.S. states. You may not need a passport to get there, and you may be able to use your standard U.S. currency, but that’s about where the familiarity ends. Puerto Rico is exotic as…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Pocket Knives Almost Too Beautiful to Use

When it comes to the pocket knife you choose to use on a regular basis, you have options. Do you want something cheap? Do you want something functional? Do you want something attractive? Do you want something that blends all of those options while still being an invaluable part of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
8 Tie-Dye Shirts Any Guy Can Pull Off

Summer means shedding layers, turning to light garments, and letting your tanned skin show. You start thinking about packing up to live a life of beachside leisure. You don swimsuits and dig through your closet for the tie-dye shirt you made in school—tie-dye is in again, you reaffirm yourself. It’s bundled…

By Evan Malachosky
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8 New Clothing Brands You Should Know

It’s hard to define what constitutes a “new” brand. Clothing brands don’t just pop up overnight. It takes a terrific amount of work to start one—establishing a supply chain, creating an online or brick-and-mortar store, designing a product that sells. All that has to happen the first t-shirt, pair of socks,…

By Evan Malachosky
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Entertainment
The 9 Most Exciting Games from this Year’s E3

This year’s E3 provided us with a good look at what the next year and a half or so of gaming is going to look like and overall, we’re optimistic. We’ve already started stashing away money so people don’t judge us for our spending habits. If people ask, we’ll say…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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