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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
Home
LEGO Home Wooden Collection

LEGO wants to do more than take over your kids' playroom. They've partnered with Room Copenhagen on their LEGO Home Wooden Collection. While you won't see any hard LEGO sofas or beds, the collection does include LEGO-brick picture frames, wall hangers, drawers, and book racks. While they're not huge, they…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Book a Night in The Grinch’s Cave

Apparently, 'tis the season of booking destinations from movies. Don't worry, we won't get grumpy about it. Because this cave-turned-winter-escape is modeled after the abode of the infamous storybook villain The Grinch. Spend the evening atop Mt. Crumpit overlooking Whoville (Boulder, Utah) in this Dr. Seuss-inspired 2 bedroom, 2 bath…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
You Can Stay in the Lake Como Villa from House of Gucci

Ridley Scott's family crime drama House of Gucci has been the talk of Hollywood since the trailer revealed the over-the-top style of its cast. And now you too can embody that sense of fashion royalty by staying in the Villa Balbiano, where Scott filmed many of the scenes in House…

By John A. Paradiso
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Features
The Best Wine Glasses

Today's young wine industry takes things much less seriously than in years past. The colorful world of natural wine has hit the mainstream and, while many of the wines can look and taste just like traditional, commercial wine, there's a fun-first approach to drinking and enjoying wine. As such, the…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
Microsoft’s Flowspace Pod Brings At-Home Privacy to the Workplace

Despite what you may think, Microsoft is brand that's truly way more about everything but the Windows operating system you trust them for. Case in point--the Microsoft Flowspace Pod you see here. Designed by a Microsoft Office Envisioning Team led by Anton Andrews--and winner of a 2021 'Best of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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