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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey
Lifestyle
The World’s Highest Distillery Just Made the Perfect End-of-Summer Whiskey

Breckenridge Distillery’s newest bottle starts with some of the most coveted peaches in America.

By Beau Hayhoe
Transportation
The Toyota TJ Cruiser May Become a Reality

The Toyota Sienna minivan may go exclusively hybrid for its next generation. Their bigger trucks and SUVs haven't been redesigned in over a decade. It's time for some fresh thinking. The boxy and angular TJ Cruiser introduced back in 2017 might just be the answer to the minivan/SUV combo no…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Angell Electric Bicycle

If you want the best of four worlds in an e-bike, the new Angell combines efficiency, technology, convenience, and beauty in a truly attractive package. The 30.6-lb aluminum and carbon bike looks organically sculpted with a curvaceous top/down/seat tube unit and an integrated smart cockpit that provides a touchscreen with…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Make Your Own Shake Shack Burgers at Home

People have been arguing about who makes the best burger for as long as burgers have been a thing. The Shake Shack ShackBurger remains one of our current favorites because of its combination of simplicity and great ingredients. Those of you craving a ShackBurger because your location is due to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Stay Home: The Glasses Pros Use to Judge Whiskey Are Only $23 … for Two

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. Henry McKenna 10-year Single Barrel Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon blew up in popularity and price after it won awards at the San Francisco World Spirits…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Hookie Co. Cobra Café Racer

Hookie Co. has just unveiled what might one of the finest modern café racer interpretations we've ever laid eyes on. They use the BMW R nineT scrambler moto as the base to create the angry Cobra, which gets its look from custom new bodywork that boasts contours for knees in…

By Amos Kwon
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