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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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The Web’s Best Sandwich Recipes

Few foods allow for such creativity as the humble sandwich. By definition, it's just bread and . . . stuff. PB & J on white? That's a sandwich. A mountain of pastrami and a bit of slaw between rye? Also a sandwich. Wonder bread with lentil soup ladled on top? Horribly…

By Mike Newman
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Bikes We Like: 9 Picks From The New Amsterdam Bike Show

While we have a mountain bike that we beat up on occasional weekends, for our daily needs we turn to a ride similar to something you'd see at The New Amsterdam Bicycle Show. The only difference is, our single speed doesn't make grown men drool like babies. The two-wheelers at…

By Mike Newman
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Crazy Expensive Stuff From The New York High-End Audio Show

Every year, unbeknownst to most of the public, the most outrageous and amazing pieces of audio equipment are tossed (see: very carefully placed) into one hotel for The New York Audio & AV Show. This is not the kinda stuff you get at Best Buy or hook up to the…

By Mike Newman
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Facebook Introduces New Instagram Filters

With Facebook shelling out a cool billion for Instagram this week, we’d have to assume there will be some changes in store for the popular photo filtering app. While taking an artsy picture of an old typewriter and slapping a bit of “Walden” onto it might appeal to some, it…

By Mike Newman
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Quiz: Product or Band Name?

We have a couple Billykirk Journals full of products we want to buy (which would've been a touch easier if we didn't drop over 100 bucks on each Billykirk Journal). In fact, there's so much stuff out there we want to get our hands on, we often forget the stuff we…

By Mike Newman
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