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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
Features
The 7 Best Bourbons You Can Find Anywhere For Under $50

You can find a high-quality bourbon in just about any price range. That said, most of the bottles that typically capture the attention from bourbon aficionados and the whiskey press tend to be one-off releases or special casks. Who wouldn’t want a showcase bourbon on their bar cart that tells…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Drinks
What to Drink This Weekend: Nonalcoholic Sour

Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. We’re slightly switching things up for this month’s column and we’ll be recommending a few mocktail recipes. Over the past…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
Hundreds of Original Kenner ”Star Wars” Toys Are Being Auctioned Off for Incredible Sums

Remember all those days of yesteryear wandering down the aisles of your local (now defunct) toy store attempting to goad your parental units into buying you the latest action figure from whatever the most recent science-fiction hit was? We do, and you probably do, too. It was probably Star Wars.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like

I spent the last three months of 2022 working at Kinnegar Brewing, an Irish craft brewery in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For homebrewers who want to learn what it’s actually like to work in a brewery, an internship like this provides invaluable lessons—including lessons that can be applied to being a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Travel
The Appropriately Titled Joshua Tree ”Invisible House” Is up for Sale

When it comes to sheer architectural brilliance, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything as breathtaking as the Joshua Tree "Invisible House." Situated on almost 70 acres of pure, pristine tranquility in Joshua Tree, California, this modern architectural gem checks all the boxes before you factor in its ability to almost…

By Cooper Fleishman
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