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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 Mexico Hideaway No One’s Talking About (Yet)
By Lola Méndez
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Lifestyle
The Hotel at the Edge of Golf’s Holy Land

Steps from Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush Adelphi is equal parts clubhouse, coastal retreat, and proper pint destination.

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
Food
CamelBak Teamed up with Lifestraw for Better On-The-Go Filtration

When it comes to portable water filtration, there's no consumer brand more trusted to filter contaminants than Lifestraw. While the actual Lifestraws are great, how often do you want to be kneeling down next to a water source to stay hydrated? Enter CamelBak, another highly trusted brand when it comes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
“Benedetta” Trailer: The Power Of Christ Titillates You

Paul Verhoeven has spent his career satirizing American action films in Robocop and Total Recall, satirizing military propaganda in Starship Troopers, satirizing nothing at all in Black Book, a film about Jewish spies in World War II, and back to satire with his riff on Europudding movies in 2016's Elle. Now his latest, the nunsploitation…

By Andy Crump
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Home
The Slice Box Cutter Is the Safest Blade For Opening Packages

If you're like us, when a package shows up you just grab the nearest blade to open it. This has led to many injuries over the years. There's a better way. It's called the Slice Box Cutter. With its innovative safety blade and ergonomic handle that wraps around your finger,…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Entertainment
You Can Relive All the ‘Home Alone’ Shenanigans with the LEGO McCallister House

There have been plenty of great user-designed LEGO sets that were put into production after a successful campaign on LEGO Ideas. If we're being honest, we haven't been as excited about any of them as we are about the upcoming LEGO Ideas Home Alone set. Almost 4,000 pieces come together…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Opinel Limited Edition Artist Series No. 08 Escapade Folding Knives

When it comes to iconic pocket knives, few brands have the pedigree that Opinel built over the past century. The Opinel No. 8 Knife is one of our favorite Opinel pocket knife numbers because of its balance, size, and overall usability. The brand is following up on their limited 130th…

By Cooper Fleishman
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