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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
What It’s Like to Mush Your Own Dog Team Through Alaska
By Brandon Withrow
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Lifestyle
Jim Beam’s Small-Batch Booker’s Bourbon Is A Must-Buy in 2026

The first Booker’s release of the year is inspired by none other than the Big Easy, one of Booker Noe’s favorite cities

By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
The Gentlemen’s Trip: A Field Guide

Everything you need to turn a guys trip into something better.

By Lanny Fuller
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Lifestyle
The Soundtrack of a Gentlemen’s Trip

Because music shapes a trip.

By Lanny Fuller
Transportation
2024 BMW M3 CS

Say what you will about the BMW M3's massive kidney grilles, the car is still a ferocious performer. The M3 Competition, even more so. Now, comes an even more extreme flavor known as the M3 CS. Under the hood is a 543 hp TwinPower Turbo inline-six engine that routes power…

By Amos Kwon
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Health
Give Her the Gift That Keeps on Giving This Valentine’s Day

When it comes to Valentine's Day gifts, a box of chocolates and a dozen roses are eternal classics. This year, switch up the flowers with the Lovehoney Rose Clitoral Stimulator, the gift that keeps on giving and better than regular roses. The Lovehoney Rose is made of velvety-soft, waterproof silicone…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Features
The 7 Best Shower Beers To Always Keep in Your Fridge

When I’m in the market for a shower beer, I want something simple and satisfying. It should be on the cheaper side, but not cheaply made, and taste good but not so good that you want to savor every sip. A shower beer’s supposed to make you want another, especially…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Home
An Improbable Future Art Prints

An Improbable Future is one of those Instagram accounts that is always an easy recommendation for others to follow. Curated and created by a New York-based Industrial Designer, An Improbable Future is a collection of AI-generated images that depict technology and vehicles of an imagined future with clearly nostalgic twists.…

By John A. Paradiso
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Features
The 9 Best Cask Strength Bourbons Under $100

If you’re new to the world of whiskey, you might be confused by the various terms listed on bottles of bourbon, rye, single malt Scotch, and other whisk(e)ys. And for bourbon, there’s one designation in particular that can draw some questions: cask strength. What Is Cask Strength Bourbon? At first…

By Christopher Osburn
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