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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture
By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey
Lifestyle
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey

Breckenridge Distillery’s newest bottle starts with some of the most coveted peaches in America.

By Beau Hayhoe
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game 12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game
Lifestyle
12 Wild Golf Facts We Learned From the Guy Who Built a Daily Golf Trivia Game

From Tiger Woods’ surprisingly beatable low round to the golf course sitting 15,000+ feet above sea level.

By Cool Material
Transportation
Volkswagen Arteon Shooting Brake

There's nothing wrong with the Volkswagen Arteon, it's just kind of a boring family sedan. Or at least it was, until VW unveiled the latest Arteon R Shooting Brake version. This model combines increased power with a typical lengthened shooting brake rear end that not only increases interior space, it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
RM Sotheby’s Pedal Car Auction

Maybe an actual car isn't in the budget this year, but at least you can get a classic one for your kid in the form of a vintage pedal car that crushes any plastic jalopy from Walmart. RM Sotheby's is offering up 53 lots that include just about every kind…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Hinoki Is Back with a New Line of Essential Kitchen Knives

A few years ago, Hinoki bust onto the scene with the stylish, well-built and effective slicer-and-dicer we'd learn to love as the S1 Gyuto Chef's Knife. The brand has grown a lot in the three years since we covered their first Kickstarter, but their core tenets of high-quality, Japanese-crafted knifes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
This Artist Spent Two Years Photographing Everything She Owns

Belgian photographer Barbara Iweins has always produced works that deal with her obsession of aesthetic, beauty, human oddness and, in our opinion, that thin line between personal intimacy and vulnerability. Her latest project, Katalog, is perhaps the best example of this voyeuristic style and puts her front and center through…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six Plexiglas “Ghost Car”

Glorious concept cars as well as production cars make it to the spotlight at manufacturer displays at auto shows every year, but there has never been anything quite like the Pontiac Deluxe Six Plexiglas "Ghost Car" at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Front and center at The Highways…

By Amos Kwon
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