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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
The Home Bar Upgrade Nobody Talks About

Premium mixers are doing for cocktails now what craft spirits did a decade ago.

By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire

Penelope Bourbon's Architects of Golf Collection celebrates the game that sparked one of whiskey's most impressive success stories.

By Beau Hayhoe
Transportation
BMW XM Label Red

Although we wouldn't call this beast attractive, it certainly will turn heads. The XM Label Red is the top dog in the Bimmer M setable with 738 horsepower coming from its M Hybrid system (a 577 hp M TwinPower Turbo V8 + a 194 hp electric motor). 0-60 mph comes…

By Amos Kwon
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Features
10 Bargain Rums Under $30 That Taste More Expensive Than They Are

Rum is a distilled spirit made by fermenting and distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. It’s then bottled and sold as white rum or matured in oak barrels (and sometimes spiced). Rum is made almost everywhere in the world where sugarcane is grown. Obviously, the Caribbean and places like Jamaica,…

By Christopher Osburn
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Gear
Days on Tracks Alpaca Camper 1

You'd never guess what Hookie Co. has been up to lately. It just started a new brand known as Days on Tracks, and it builds...pop-up campers. The DOT Alpaca is a single unit that incorporates the rooftop tent, rooftop loading area, and opening window hatches. The tent attaches to the…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
The 5 Horror Movies You Should See After Watching ‘Evil Dead Rise’

So you’ve just gotten out of the theater after seeing Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, and you’re in need of both a fresh pair of drawers and a pick-me-up tonic to recover from the experience (and not necessarily in that order). Fine, good, makes sense. Nothing like a hot chocolate…

By Andy Crump
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Food
Meticulous’ Espresso Maker is a Coffee Machine of the Future

I'm ambivalent when it comes to the robotic age we're living through. Sometimes it alarms me how fast we're moving by way of AI. But, with that said, I can't deny the that Meticulous has created a robot that I'd happily invite into my home, making space in my kitchen…

By Brett Braley
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