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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
Entertainment
Chris Labrooy Porsche Prints

Chris Labrooy's CGI Porsche 911-inspired prints never fail to elicit a double-take. Sure, they're beautiful, but the suspension of reality is well, all too realistic. The designer has done work for the likes of Apple, Nike, and Jaguar, just to name a few. The Porsche prints are more than just…

By Amos Kwon
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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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