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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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​8 Field Jackets That Combine Utility and Style

Versions of the field jacket have been used in everything from military service to movie garb for decades. The same jackets that gave De Niro his signature look in Taxi Driver and was standard issue for US troops can also give you plenty of pockets for storage, clean lines and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Wear This: Joel Gallucks from The Hallowed Ground

Each week, we turn to one of our favorite style bloggers or men's fashion insiders to put together a solid outfit. Blood Brother Long Line T-Shirt - $46 Eastpak Leather Padded Backpack - $251 ASOS Cracked Rock Ring - $18 Neil Barrett Leather Lace Up Boots - $717 Fury Destroyed…

By Cool Material Guest
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Weekly Style Finds

Sifting through menswear trends and labels is too much for the average guy. Why would you want to spend your day researching when you know 99% of the things you’d find you’d never wear? A better option: Weekly Style Finds. Each week we’ll bring you some of our favorite new…

By Mike Newman
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9 Refreshing Citrus IPAs to Drink This Season

The trend in IPA land is citrus. Now, lots of brewers pack juicy fruit notes into their beers with the right hops—amarillo and citra, among others—but that's not the only way to get that orange and grapefruit infusion, obviously. More and more breweries are going straight to the source and…

By Mike Newman
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Wear This: Beer Festival

It's easy to think that attending a festival dedicated to beer wouldn't require any preparation (they are providing the beer, after all), but there are a few things you need other than a t-shirt from your favorite brewery. Every beer fest has water filling stations. Fill your bottle. Keep track…

By Cooper Fleishman
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