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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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Wear This: Five Star Dining

It's the time of year when the greeting card industry all but demands you shower your special someone with tokens of appreciation that are all but forgotten about, or dead, in a week. Skip that nonsense and use the "holiday" as an excuse to splurge on a fantastic dining experience…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Why Philadelphia Is the Best Beer City in America

When your city has an area known as "Brewerytown," you have to assume you live in a place with a passion for beer. While the breweries that populated that area in the late 19th century are long gone, Philadelphia's love affair with hops, barley, water, and yeast hasn't disappeared. In fact, it's…

By Mike Newman
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The 10 Most Interesting Quora Threads of All Time

Quora is a Q&A-styled website where people ask questions, and other people answer and edit responses. Essentially, it’s the beautiful bastard child of Reddit, Yahoo Answers, and Wikipedia. Questions run the information gamut, and include everything from, “What does it feel like to kill a person?” to “What are the…

By Maxwell Barna
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8 Honeymoon Destinations For Adventurers

A honeymoon for the adventurous couple needs to strike a perfect balance. Enough climbing and riding to appease the adrenaline junkie, but combined with innovative cuisine and cultural escapades to satisfy the better half that enjoys the more cultural side of life. With that criterion in mind, we’ve selected 8…

By Drew Haas
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Making a Denim Jacket With Norman Porter

The denim jacket was first crafted in the 1800s for miners, cowboys, and other men who didn't mind coming home from work with dirt under their fingernails. And so it makes sense that one of the finest denim jackets we've ever come across is made in the blue-collar city of Philadelphia. Norman Porter…

By Mike Newman
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