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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
Transportation
Gasoline Motor Co. SJ2 Frisco Chopper

Not everyone can helm a bike like this. The Harley-Davidson Iron 883-based SJ2 Frisco Chopper oozes attitude in spades, and it doesn't hold back. The Gasoline Motor Company and the Sailor Jerry Spice Rum collaboration gets a special charcoal satin finish that's unlike anything we've seen before. It also gets…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
DAMD Suzuki Jimny Dronco Body Kit

We really hate looking at the latest customization kit for the diminutive off-road cube, the Suzuki Jimny, pretty much because we can't even buy the Jimny in the states. Japanese company DAMA has created the Dronco body kit that outfits the tiny Far East version of the Merc Gelandewagen to…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
You Could Own David Hockney’s ‘The Splash’

David Hockney's The Splash is one of those contemporary works that ranks up there with the best and brightest--we're talking Munch, Monet, Warhol, John, Lichtenstein and the like--despite the fact that it's a relatively simplistic painting of a Californian landscape complete with pool. If you've got a spare few dozen…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
At Auction: 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody Coupe

We're all for modern innovations, performance enhancements and creature comforts, but there are still quite a few cool cars from the '80s that we love because it was the era of wide bodies and mean, angular lines. The 1989 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC AMG Widebody Coupe you see here is the perfect…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Samsung Bot Chef

One of the most exciting demonstrations at the Consumer Electronics Show was the two-armed Bot Chef by Samsung. By no means anything approaching production, it showcases what the dextrous hands are capable of as a sous chef of sorts. It works alongside you in the kitchen to help identify tools…

By Amos Kwon
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