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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
By Cool Material
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
Ford Is Finally Revealing the New Bronco in July

The years of waiting are almost over because Ford has officially released details about when the new Ford Bronco will be revealed. In a sly Instagram post last week, Ford revealed that the "The Wild Returns" on July 9th of this year, and the vehicle has now been changed to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1990 Legacy Overland Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen “Wolf”

The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen Wolf was a version created for the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, and this beauty has been restomodded to perfection by the folks at Legacy Overland of Greenwich, CT. The vehicle was originally designed to be purely pragmatic with no real comfort built into it, but that's all…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Alfaholics GTA-R

As great as new Alfas are to drive, no modern Alfa Romeo can hold a candle to the stout style of the Alfa 105. Bristol-based Alfaholics restomod shop just took the 105 and created the lust-worthy GTA-R that takes the artfulness of the vintage Alfa and combined 21st-century engineering and…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Yasid Design 1983 GMC Vandura Adventure Van

Screw the A-Team van. That thing reeks far too much '80s. It's this 1983 GMC Vandura that has our attention. Too bad it's just a rendering because designer Yasid Oozeear has done it up to tantalizing perfection. While it retains the original boxy body, the rest of it gets amped…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Scout Olympic Camper

Who says you need to buy a full RV to enjoy the great outdoors? Scout of Yakima, WA just created their Olympic camper that fits in the bed of a light-duty pickup truck, and it's not some corrugated metal jobbie with fake wood trim on it, either. This one is…

By Amos Kwon
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