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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
Gear
Lamy’s New EOOS-Designed Pen Is Available in Fountain or Ballpoint Styles

For what feels like decades, Lamy has been one of our favorite pen makers because of their combination of affordability, high design and unending desire to keep the fountain pen relevant. Whether you're talking about their fountain or ballpoint options, Lamy has ended up in the likes of The Best…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Tactile Knife Co. Is Back with Our New Favorite Chef Knife

The better part of a decade ago, we published a piece on The Best Kickstarter Pens that included the incredibly impressive EiMIM Pen from as-of-yet-unknown master maker Will Hodges. To this day, we still love and use that pen on a regular basis, but Hodges has gone on to create…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now According to Experts

Inflation is rising, and the S&P is trading at its highest valuation levels since the dot com bubble. Your portfolio should be diversified to protect from market volatility, and there's no better investment than art, an asset class that has outperformed the S&P 500 by 174% from 1995–2020. Unless you…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Marathon Studio Edition Wall Clock

Marathon's latest offering isn't for your wrist but for your wall, and we're in love. The military watchmaker is known for its purpose-built timepieces, and the brand's Studio Wall Clock has a couple of sweet tricks up its sleeve that make lesser wall clocks hang their faces in shame. The…

By Amos Kwon
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Drinks
What to Drink This Weekend: The Black Manhattan

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. The weather is ever so slowly turning colder, there's a crispness in the air, and the days are getting shorter.…

By John A. Paradiso
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