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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
Accessories
8 Sneaker Brands We Want Back

While there are so many sneakers on the market right now that we want, there's something about the nostalgia we get for the ones we wore when we were young. Do you agree? You remember your parents getting them for you. You remember rocking them on the first day of…

By Evan Malachosky
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How a Can of Guinness Works

Whether you’re a fan or not, there’s something magical about a freshly—and properly—poured pint of Guinness. The way that creamy head forms at the top, and the tiny bubbles cascade down into the deep dark abyss. It’s a work of art. But that art—those cascading bubbles and creamy velvet-smooth head—isn’t…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
The 10 Most Beautiful Video Games We’ve Ever Played

Video games are great for relaxing, replaying like you’d reread a good book, or keeping up with other hobbies. Others are better for just staring at, as if your computer monitor or TV screen was an oil painting. Some of the best artists of this generation are working in modern…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Scales to Keep on Top of Your Health

Well, gents, we’re into February, which means your New Year’s resolution to get back into the gym and get in shape is going one of two ways: Spectacularly well, or spectacularly terrible. Either way, a scale can make all the difference in your quest for a better you. No matter…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Famous Diner That Doesn’t Serve Food

At the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, California sits a restaurant you know. Not because you had a memorable meal there, although there's a slight chance you did, but because you've seen it before ... many times. Johnie's Coffee Shop opened in 1956 as Romeo's Times…

By Mike Newman
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