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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
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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
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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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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Preset Chess Is Ready to Go out of the Box

If you’re one of those people that loves a good game of chess, but wants to save as much time as possible by skipping the whole initial setup thing, you need to check out Preset Chess. The game that takes an afternoon to learn but a lifetime to master has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Carlsberg Father of Quality Lager Is Brewed With Yeast From a 133-Year-Old Bottle

Unbeknownst to most, Carlsberg created a pure yeast over a century ago and distributed it for free to other breweries to combat beer sickness and widespread inconsistencies in repeated brews. The Re-Brew project uses an extracted sample of that original yeast from a 133-year-old Carlsberg bottle recently discovered in an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Timberleaf Camping Trailers

Designed and handcrafted to provide you with all of the accommodations you need and none of the ones you don’t, Timberleaf Camping Trailers are the perfect solution for anyone looking for a weekend hideaway they can tow behind them. With a fully insulated cabin, decked out galley, Colorado queen mattress,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘Game of Thrones’ Clue

Whether it was Tyrion in the brothel with the wine chalice, or Daenerys at the city gates knocking over assorted fire pits, the solution to your next game of Clue will have a certain Game of Thrones flair to it. While those might not be the exact pieces, the new Game of Thrones version of everyone's…

By Mike Newman
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Articles
14 Better Bottle Openers

There’s a world of beer we want to drink, and a lot of it comes in bottles. While you could open these 12-ouncers with a flat surface, a key, or—gasp!—your teeth, we prefer the simplest, least dentally damaging method: the bottle opener. Now that doesn’t mean you need a plastic…

By Cool Material Guest
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