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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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Made by Tatum Wall Map

Cherice Tatum is an LA-based artist that creates one of a kind pieces for your wall with wood, nails and wire. This National "map" uses mahogany, too many nails to count and a criss-crossed wire pattern to create a full outline of the forty-eight contiguous states that's equal parts mesmerizing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Google Calendar Goals

For the past decade, Google Calendar has been the go-to way to keep your life from spiraling into chaos. While it has always helped you stay organized, it has never really helped you achieve your goals—unless your goals were to remember meetings. With the launch of Goals, the latest mobile…

By Mike Newman
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Hot Wheels Porsches Customized by Magnus Walker

With dreadlocks that stretch down his back, a beard that reaches all the way to the logos on his tees, tattoos down his arms, a slight British accent and an outlaw attitude, Magnus Walker is the last man you'd expect to be a renowned Porsche builder and tuner. The man…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Reissued NASA Graphics Standards Manual

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration might be better known for, well, anything involving space, but the 1974 NASA Graphics Standards Manual by Danne & Blackburn that outlined all things NASA design from logos and stationary to space shuttles and vans is equally impressive. Last year, designers Hamish Smyth and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Star Wars Inspired Lighting Concepts

Eyal Rosenthal is a designer that likes to explore minimalism, sophistication and a pinch of humor. For April Fool's Day this year, he created a series of light fixtures inspired by characters and elements from the Star Wars movies. In order to take it one step further, the minimal, Scandinavian…

By Cooper Fleishman
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