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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 Hotel at the Edge of Golf’s Holy Land
By Hayley Domin
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Lifestyle
Why Sweet and Spicy Cocktails Are Trending and How to Make Them

A little sweet, a little heat, a lot to love.

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
Travel
The House from Home Alone is on Airbnb

Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) may be all grown up now, and it may have all just been a movie. But at least the house from Home Alone is real. Now, you can stay in it, courtesy of Airbnb. The Winnetka, Illinois home seems to have been permanently decorated for the holidays…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Playboy Is Once Again Taking to the Skies with the Latest Version of the Big Bunny Jet

Despite the fact that the type of content Playboy originally released is now available in far greater detail, at higher resolution, from multiple angles, and even in VR--for free, no less!--the bunny brand remains a cultural touchstone to this day. Playboy is once again taking to the skies with a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The 14 Best Apps You’ve Never Heard Of

We live in a world where little boxes in our pockets can find us dates, call us taxis, deliver our groceries, and even control our T.V.’s. These are crazy and wonderful times we are living in, fellas. We all know about the Twitters, Spotifys, and Ubers of the world, but…

By John A. Paradiso
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Drinks
What to Drink This Weekend: Vieux Carré

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 settling in this weekend with a stone-cold classic. New Orleans has a rich cocktail history and while we're often…

By John A. Paradiso
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Features
Tasting the Goose Island 2021 Bourbon County Stout Lineup

While there are plenty of great alcohol releases throughout the year, the blockbuster season most definitely kicks off around the time all the great sales do: Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving might be best known as the day for 6 AM Christmas doorbuster deals. But it’s also the day…

By Cooper Fleishman
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