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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe
By Andy Vasoyan
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Lifestyle
The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet

Across nearly every continent, cultures have discovered the same thing. The earth makes a pretty incredible oven.

By Lola Méndez
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Instagram Cocktail Era Is Here

Why bartenders and drinkers are ditching the garnish circus and getting back to minimalistic cocktails.

By Christopher Osburn
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Lifestyle
Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in April 2026.

By Cool Material
Entertainment
Greg Olijnyk Makes Incredibly Detailed Sculptures out of Cardboard

The extent to which we use cardboard on a regular basis is generally limited to carrying recycling to the dumpster or creating templates for other projects. This is not the cae for artist Greg Olijnyk who uses it as the primary building material for his incredible sculptures. We're not just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Stay Home: Emergency Solar Hand Crank Portable Radio

Since we’re all stuck inside, we decided to do some digging to find useful products to help stay productive, occupied, entertained and fit while you Stay Home. Sure, we're all trapped inside, under lockdown, with specific orders to spend as little time outdoors as possible. But in all honesty, the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Fisker Ocean Force E

Although the Fisker Ocean electric crossover won't drop until next year as a 2022 model, the brand just teased a Force E package on Twitter. The "Force Electric" package provides off-road components that turn the Ocean into a badass off-road/rescue vehicle replete with a brush guard, tow hooks, rally lights,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Brubaker Box Minivan Concept

Describing any minivan as revolutionary seems like a stretch these days. Back in the early 70s however, that's exactly what Curt Brubaker's "Brubaker Box" was. Originally designed as a kind of kit car that would drop onto the chassis of a VW Beetle, the Brubaker Box was eventually shelved when…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Bolt Action Titanium Permanent Marker

If you're anything like us, you use permanent markers almost as much as any other writing tool. They're great for marking, labeling, drawing, writing and just generally leaving indelible impressions on things. The Marksmith Bolt Action Titanium Permanent Marker is going to make you use your permanent marker more. Unlike…

By Cooper Fleishman
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