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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Why Sweet and Spicy Cocktails Are Trending and How to Make Them
By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
The Most Unhinged Frankenstein Movies You’ve Never Seen

A new indie horror standout (and a not-so-great studio effort) sent us down the rabbit hole of Frankenstein films that get truly, gloriously strange.

By Andy Crump
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Lifestyle
What It’s Like to Mush Your Own Dog Team Through Alaska

Experiencing Alaska by dog was truly magical.

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
Features
Indica v. Sativa v. Hybrid: What’s the Difference?

The increasingly legal status of marijuana coupled with decades of abstinence-only education and fear-mongering means there are a lot of people out there who want to try cannabis for the first time but don’t know the basics. In the same way that we like to gently guide our readers through…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Travel
Float on the Ocean in the Pearlsuite, a Luxury Hotel Room on the Water

Lazzarini Design Studio specializes in the kind of conceptual design that always reminds us the world we live in often looks exceptionally boring. Take beachside vacation resorts, for example. They’re usually antiseptically luxurious and set on sandy beaches or cliffsides and have some vaguely modern design style. The Pearlsuites throw…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Food
Sandgrain Studio Old Fashioned Poster

A stylish print, poster, or piece of art adds a touch of class to just about any room. And if you're looking to celebrate the world of mixology, Sandgrain Studio has you covered with a variety of classic cocktail posters. Each poster has a modernist, geometric rending of one of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
Dad Grass x George Harrison: All Things Must Grass Collection

Dad Grass, everyone's favorite CBD brand, is keeping the vintage vibes well and truly alive with their latest collection of merch and CBD hemp joints. All Things Must Grass is a limited-edition collaboration with the estate of George Harrison featuring a CBD + CBG hybrid joint that "celebrates George’s mystic…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
Breville Joule Oven Air Fryer

Okay, hear me out. I don’t need a refrigerator that can connect to my Xbox or whatever other smart appliances can do. Seems pointless. A bit nonsensical. And I’ve seen the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House starring Katey Sagal. I know how these things end. But when it…

By Brett Braley
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