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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
Cumpert 001 FTR233 Street Tracker

The original Honda FTR223 "Flat Track Racer" is already a very special bike, but Tim Cumpert of Cumpert Contraptions one-upped it with his shed-built version known as “The Little Honda.” It's based on a 2002 FTR223 and gets redone with a new subframe, minimalist seat, robust front fork, tracker bars,…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Miller High Life Champagne Bottle Vending Machine

Miller High Life is a Dad and Grandpa classic that we still like to revisit more than a few times a year because the champagne of beers is always affordable, available everywhere and, despite not being a beer that checks all the high-proof, coffee/bourbon-infused, or hazy boxes, never disappoints for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Porsche x ‘Star Wars’ Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus Space Ship

In celebration of the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, designers from Porsche and Lucasilm teamed up to build a one-of-a-kind spaceship that pays homage to both iconic brands. Porsche x Star Wars: "The Designer Alliance" combines the design ethos from both brands to create something truly…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Wamhouse Studio Designed a Collection of Houses in Homage to Famous Logos

We've seen our fair share of houses designed to replicate other famous symbols, but nothing like the series of houses that Karina Wiciak of Wamhouse Studio designed to replicate the iconic logos of famous brands. For this particular project, Wamhouse took the iconic logos of Mitsubishi, adidas, Chevrolet and Renault…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
This Jenga Game Is Built from 100% Recycle Fishing Nets

Jenga--the game of failed decisions of falling bricks--is built on a house of potential that you have the potential to screw up turn after turn. You might forget to scream JENGA! when you screw up, but you'll never forget how to play to the stacking game that is the subject…

By Cooper Fleishman
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