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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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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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GIVEAWAY: Win a Bottle of Sam Adams Utopias ($200 Value) [Closed]

Everything you need to know about Sam Adams Utopias, the brewery's prized, very expensive beer, can be found in this article we posted yesterday. But your very brief recap is this: it's awesome. Problem is, with fewer than 10,000 bottles out there, and a price tag that makes you stop…

By Mike Newman
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Why this Beer From Sam Adams Costs $200

We still remember the sticker shock we had when we bought our first wild ale. Here was a single bottle of beer that sold for close to $30. Thirty. Dollars. And that wasn't some crazy markup by the store just to profit off the "craft beer craze." It's been years since…

By Mike Newman
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5 Spy Novels Written By Actual Spies

Who doesn’t love a good spy novel? Fast cars, seductively beautiful women, elegant charm, laser-emitting cuff links—everything any respectable man wants out of life, all from the comfort of your subway car, bedroom, bathroom, or office. We’re subjected to none of the danger, but benefit from all the thrilling action…

By Maxwell Barna
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America’s 10 Dumbest Drinking Laws

We are a country built upon three fundamental and unalienable human rights: The right to drink good whiskey, the right to party all night, and the right to listen to rock and roll music as loud as we want (that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” crap is for…

By Maxwell Barna
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Wear This: Splitting Wood

In this fancy world of iPhones, Internet security cameras and Nest Thermostats, throwing another log on the fire isn't exactly something that's required... but splitting wood is still something you should be capable of doing. Regardless of whether or not you need the wood for survival purposes, to supplement a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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