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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 Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide
By Lanny Fuller
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Lifestyle
The Soundtrack of a Gentlemen’s Trip

Because music shapes a trip.

By Lanny Fuller
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Lifestyle
What to Pack for a Gentlemen’s Trip

Packing can be fun. I said it.

By Lanny Fuller
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Lifestyle
The Gentlemen’s Trip

We all need an elevated version of a guys trip this year.

By Lanny Fuller
Entertainment
Girls With Guns: An Appreciation of This Action-Packed Movie Genre

Action cinema’s “girls with guns” subgenre seems an unlikely source of prestige, going by name alone, and the bodies that arbitrate movies’ cultural value - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for instance - seem to agree. Institutions like AMPAS rarely honor action films of any sort, save…

By Andy Crump
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Home
Dyson 360 Vis Nav Robot Vacuum

Robot vacuum cleaners are available everywhere, but Dyson hasn't made one until now. The 360 Vis Nav is the brand's first robot vacuum, and it might just dethrone the Roomba. Dyson claims it will be the most powerful robot vacuum available with twice the power of the nearest competition. It…

By Amos Kwon
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Drinks
Jim Beam Just Launched Another New Series of Limited Whiskeys Under the Hardin Creek’s Line

As any serious whiskey drinker knows, the barrel, location, and years it ages are almost as important as the distillate that goes in at the beginning of the process. While we're not huge fans of the basic offerings that come from the James B. Beam Distilling Co.--except when it comes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Travel
The MoonPass Lookouts Offer a Unique Camping Experience

If you're looking for a truly unique outdoors experience then the MoonPass Lookouts might be just for you. Sitting on 55 acres of wilderness in Wallace, Idaho, the MoonPass Lookouts features five custom-built watchtowers with a full-sized bed, a well-equipped kitchen, table and chairs, and a wood-burning stove. Guests also…

By John A. Paradiso
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Travel
MOLD Architects HOMA Hotel

Looking more like a Bond villain's lair than a hotel, the new HOMA hotel was built into the island cliff's landscape of Serifos. There are three separate units, each with two bedrooms and small living areas. There's also an outdoor kitchen, living and dining areas, and private swimming pools. What's…

By Amos Kwon
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