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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
By Cool Material
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

By Lanny Fuller
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
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The 10 Best Rums You’ve Never Heard Of

Rum is synonymous with the Caribbean, but the islands aren’t the only producers in the game. Distillers around the world are creating sugar-based spirits with fantastic results. With unique water sources, weather, and spices, there are plenty of new flavors waiting to be discovered. You might not even know these…

By Colin Joliat
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ICON 1000’s Triumph Dromedarii Is Built for the Apocalypse

ICON 1000--the Portland-based maker of some of the finest motorcycle riding apparel and badass bikes out there—turned a 2011 Triumph Tiger 800XC into an apocalypse-taming steed named Dromedarii. The aptly named bike (Dromedarii is also the name of the camel riding auxiliary forces used in the Late Roman Empire where…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1967 Mustang ‘Obsidian’

Handcrafted by Matt Couper of Autoworks International, “Obsidian” blurs the line between vintage and modern. At first glance, it appears to be a modified late model Mustang, but in reality it is a one-off custom 1967 Mustang. Aptly named after a glassy volcanic rock, Obsidian features not one but two…

By Kevin McCauley
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Entertainment
8 Books You Have to Read This Summer

Summer book lists are often filled with mindless page-turners you can toss haphazardly in your beach bag. Why? Beach reads don't have to be easy and/or breezy; they just have to be good. If you're looking for some of the best books to read this summer, and you don't feel like…

By Mike Newman
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Pop Chart Lab Organizes the Many Varieties of Whiskey

The world of whiskey is as nuanced as the flavors you'll find when you pour a few fingers. To understand it all, Pop Chart Lab has crafted a range of products that stylishly distill some whiskey wisdom. The Many Varieties of Whiskey print and wood engraving break down the unique varieties…

By Mike Newman
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