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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
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A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital
Lifestyle
A Haunted Road Trip: Ghosts, Cocktails, and a Very Creepy Hospital

From dilapidated hospitals to disapproving librarians in a bar, I took a haunted Eastern Washington road trip.

By Brandon Withrow
2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable 2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable
Lifestyle
2026 Ford Bronco Outer Banks is More Civilized, But No Less Capable

The Outer Banks brings commuting comfort to Ford’s off-road icon without sanding away its personality.

By Amos Kwon
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Lifestyle
A Better Way to Bring the Shade

Shibumi Reinvented Beach Shade. Now It’s Coming for the Pop-Up Tent.

By Cool Material
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Sean Connery’s James Bond French Villa

Apparently, the best Bond of all time kinda lived like 007, himself. Sean Connery bought the place in 1975 with his wife, Micheline Roquebrune, and they lived there for over a decade. The palatial villa in the South of France appeared in 1983's "Never Say Never Again" and is now…

By Amos Kwon
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Yamaha Ténéré 700 Rally Edition

Named after a desert region in the south-central Sahara, the Ténéré is a dual-sport legend since 1983. The new 700 Rally Edition pays homage to the Yamaha factory bikes raced by Paris-Dakar ridersJean-Claude Olivier and Serge Bacou. The special edition bike gets a 72 horsepower parallel-twin engine, a lightweight double…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Hookie Co. 1969 Triump T100R ‘Snow Tiger’ Motorcycle

When it comes to our favorite international bike builders, few shops impress us like the people at Germany's Hookie Co. They turned a BMW R100/7 into the "Hammerhead" bike worthy of a Bowie riding experience in a music video. A BMW R nineT scrambler into the Cobra Café Racer. A Yamaha…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Win $25k Playing ‘Finger on the App’

In case you're somehow unfamiliar with the legend that is Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, he's an Internet celebrity and YouTube personality famous for his ridiculous stunts and equally ridiculous philanthropic acts of kindness. For his next feat, instead of donating $100k to a zero-follower streamer, raising $20mil to plant trees or…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
At Home: Monitor Your Meats with This Long Range Smart Wireless Thermometer

Since many of us are still home, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you’re At Home. When you're using the grill--whether it's for steaks, fish, chicken or pork--you need to carefully monitor internal and external temperature to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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