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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
Lifestyle
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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Lifestyle
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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Lifestyle
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
Home
The Modern HiFi Stereo Console

Department Chicago is a small shop out of, you guessed it, Chicago, that’s designing and building vintage style furniture with a particular bent towards record storage. Their latest project is a Modern HiFi Stereo Console that’s designed and built to be the focal point of any room. The console will…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cannaseur One Is a Humidor for Your Weed

If you’re looking to add a bit of German precision engineering to your marijuana experience, you need to check out Cannaseur One. Handmade in Germany with sustainably grown walnut or mahogany, the Cannaseur One uses a patented two-way air humidifying system to make sure everything from OG Kush to Blue…

By Cooper Fleishman
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A Chart About Nothing: The Connected Characters of Seinfeld

Seinfeld might have been “a show about nothing,” but that didn’t stop the show that ran for almost a decade from permeating just about every facet of modern life. It should come as no surprise that a show with close to 200 episodes had quite a large cast of characters,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The Best Grocery Store Pickles

There was a reason he was referred to as "the uncle" among our group of friends. While part of the designation was thanks to his Selleck-like facial hair in his early teens he was an uncle for his random spitting of useless facts. "You know most of the world's diner…

By Evan Thomas
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Entertainment
The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

We’d be lying if we told you that May wasn’t going to be a bit of a slow month for Netflix, who’s in the midst of making it very clear they’re transitioning toward new and original content—and that’s not bad. May will see the arrival of some fun classics like…

By Maxwell Barna
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