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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
The Classics, Minus the Booze
By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
The Great Winter Escape

Unexpected winter destinations to visit around the globe.

By Hayley Domin
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Lifestyle
The Bucket List of Remote Places to Kayak

Here's your guide to the coolest places to kayak.

By Brandon Withrow
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Lifestyle
A Better Way to Spend a Winter Night In

Welcome to the great indoors. Here's how to hunker down properly with you favorite winter albums.

By Beau Hayhoe
Features
This New Premium Tequila Is Unlike Any You’ve Tried Before

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. The Campari Group, the alcohol company behind the eponymous aperitif as well as a number of other brands including Espolón and Wild Turkey, has a new premium tequila that’s…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Entertainment
If You Like The Legend of Zelda, Play These Other Games

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom came out on May 12th, which means I haven’t had a social life or eaten a proper meal in weeks. Needless to say, it’s an amazing game, somehow expanding on Breath of the Wild’s success, which itself was a massive expansion of…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Features
The 10 Best Blended Scotch Whiskies To Drink Neat

Blended Scotch whisky doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. If blended Scotch whisky was a comedian, it would definitely be Rodney Dangerfield. Much of the reason why is because blends are often overshadowed by single malt Scotch. Whereas single malts get the press, acclaim from whisky geeks, and the…

By Christopher Osburn
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Travel
You Can Buy This Private Island Featured in James Bond Films for $100 Million

We've previously written about the extreme difficulty of purchasing your own private island, so consider that before continuing. Still there's no harm in admiring this stunning island known as Little Pipe Cay in the Bahamas. Plus, you might recognize it from appearances in both Casino Royale and Pirates of the…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
The 10 Best True Crime Podcasts To Binge Listen

As summer heads towards us like a man-eating shark skimming through the water around Amity Island, you’re probably starting to notice the warm, sunny, cloudless days that are beginning to pop up at least a few days out of every week. While it’s not the best time to start (that’s…

By Christopher Osburn
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