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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
‘The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces: by Interiors’

We love cinema and the purposeful spaces it created along the way for its storytelling purposes, but there has never really been a book before The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces: by Interiors that truly broke down the academic, graphic, architectural and perspective considerations that went into the selection process of a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
‘Godfather’ Horse Head House Could Be Yours for $135M

The Beverly House, aka The Beverly Compound, aka the former house of publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst, aka John F. Kennedy's honeymoon spot, aka the site of that iconic scene with the horse head in the bed from The Godfather has once again come up for sale. This Mediterranean Revival-style,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Apex Motors AP-0

Looking like the illegitimate offspring of a Bugatti and a kit car, the AP-0 is no small slouch. The little EV rocket has all the technological guts to make it fast and furious: a carbon fiber tub with a modular spaceframe, a rigid center spine that extends the full length…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Coldplay NPR Tiny Desk Concert

We're all trapped inside working from home, preparing to kill our spouses and binge-watching Netflix because of the very real health crisis going on. Want to get a glimpse into all the five-star concerts that have been cancelled and amuse yourself for around 20 minutes in the process? Of course…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
New Belgium Purist Clean Lager

When we're reaching for a refreshing, bubbly and otherwise non-offensive domestic brew--that isn't a macro beer--we're probably reaching for something from New Belgium because they always deliver, check all the boxes and are as hell-bent on doing good as we are. And that's where the New Belgium Purist Clean Lager…

By Cooper Fleishman
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