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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
Home
Stay Home: Now Would Be a Good Time to Buy a Pull-Up Bar

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. The fact that you can't go outside and should be staying away from other human beings doesn't mean you get to skip an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Mil-Spec Automotive Ford F-150

If you think a run-of-the-mill Ford Raptor is too pedestrian for you, it may be time to look up Mil-Spec Automotive's version of a ballistic F-150. It gets features that make it ready to take on just about anything you throw at it: a 500 horsepower V8, Long Travel Fox…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Kings Wild Project VHS Gilded Edition Playing Cards

Our decks of playing cards are getting a lot more of a workout than usual these days, so we're on the hunt for some new additions to the collection. The Kings Wild Project VHS Gilded Edition Playing Cards are the perfect combination of nostalgia and high-quality construction, and they might…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Jakob Schenk Tick Table Legs

The designers at Jacob Schenk in Germany have come up with an affordable and brilliant way of turning wooden slabs into bona fide desks and tables with their Tick line. These metal legs operate like big expanding paper clips that clamp on to doors, slabs, etc. to create functional furniture…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1989 Alfa Romeo Sprint Zagato

Not many automotive enthusiasts even know about this extremely limited production car known as the SZ or "Sprint Zagato", also labeled the ES-30 for "Experimental Sports Car 3.0". Built over a span of only three years, the little sports car was powered by a 3.0-liter V6 and largely built by…

By Amos Kwon
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