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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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Lifestyle
The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

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
Transportation
1974 Gateway Bronco Modern Day Warrior

Gateway Bronco has built one of the finest Ford Bronco restomods we've come across, and at its heart supports a worthy cause for Alzheimer's education. Thanks to meticulous adherence to the Bronco ethos combined with modern rugged components, the Modern Day Warrior is ready to take on anything, including showing…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
‘Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows’

Whether you're talking about the Soup Nazi's Wild Mushroom Soup from Seinfeld, the Cubano Sandwiches from Chef or cocktails from famous movies, it's a fair bet that Andrew Rea--aka Oliver Babish, Oliver Platt's The West Wing character, but more importantly, the pseudonym Rea adopted for his series Binging with Babish--has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Booze-Filled Advent Calendars

Halloween and Thanksgiving haven't even come and gone yet. Despite the fact we know we're not supposed to talk about Christmas decorations until after those other two have passed, we're going to make an exception for our favorite decoration--Drinks By The Dram Booze-Filled Advent Calendars. You know the drill because…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Varialift Solar-Powered Airships

Ask a Millennial what a dirigible is, and you'll get a seriously blank look. Those of us old enough to appreciate the Goodyear Blimp (not the Hindenburg) have fond memories of them slowly air-lumbering around football stadiums. Well, their heyday might not be over quite yet if Varialift has anything…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1970 Rokon Trail-Breaker Motorcycle

If you're on the hunt for a truly unique motorcycle that doesn't look like some dark and menacing modded number, take one look at this construction-heavy-equipment-yellow vintage Rokon that's sold on Bring-A-Trailer totally unmodified and in excellent condition. It's a fat-tired dirt bike with a crazy two-wheel drive setup from…

By Amos Kwon
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