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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
Fashion
6 Menswear Stores You Have to Visit in Tokyo

Without properly studying a city for a considerable amount of time it would be too throwaway to produce a guide to the "Best Shops in Tokyo." In fact, we only spent a few days in the city, but those few days had a big impact on us. With so many…

By Matthew Pike
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A Guide to the Perfect Martini

While an evening with friends generally requires nothing more than a decent beer selection, the fact remains that some occasions will require you to up your drinking game. Put down the red cups and ping pong ball, nimrod, we're talking about a more sophisticated drink, a cocktail. And when sophistication…

By Kevin McCauley
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We Tested a Bunch of Growlers to See How Long They Kept Our Beer Cold

The growler has made it possible to bring fresh beer home from your favorite brewery. Normally that is a simple process, and the growler ends up in the fridge in minutes, not hours. Other times, however, it doesn't. What if you're taking it camping? What if the brewery is located in…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
8 Songs You Didn’t Know Were About Drugs

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, drugs and music go together like peas and carrots. It is what it is. The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Clapton, Bob Marley, The Mamas & The Papas, Jefferson Airplane… Jesus, and we aren’t even out of the 70’s yet. And throughout music…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 New Apps You Should Know

Instead of wading through the massive amount of new app releases searching for a few diamonds in the rough, just let us be your guide. This is a collection of our favorite new apps for both iOS and Android for your downloading pleasure. The Roll We can’t speak for the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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