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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
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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Food
At Home: This Fried Garlic Chili Oil Is Our New Favorite Condiment

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 it comes to spicing up your noodles, udon, pad thais, and everything other Asian dish, few things deliver like the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Bivacco Brédy Shelter

Looking like a giant Polaroid camera from some angles, the Bivacco Brédy in the Aosta Valley in Italy provides shelter in the most beautiful of ways. Most importantly, it was created to honor the memory of Claudio Brédy, a former politician and lover of the mountains who tragically lost his…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Eagle Lightweight GT Jaguar E-Type

There will never be another Jaguar E-Type, and the design of the low slung sports coupe/roadster will forever remain in the pantheon of iconic automotive design. That is, unless it's handmade homage like the Eagle Lightweight GT. The company took the Series 1 E-Type and crafted each piece of the…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Tony Hawk’s How To Skateboard MasterClass

It's hard to wrap your brain around the fact that the most famous skateboarder in the world is now 52 years old. The fact that Tony Hawk is easily the most influential skateboarder in the history of the sport is only bolstered by his supremely popular Tony Hawk's Pro Skater…

By Amos Kwon
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