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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
Home
TONERICO:INC ‘A Pit Autobacs Shinonome’

If you don't have your own man cave yet, you might want to move to Koto City in Tokyo Japan where TONERICO:INC just opened the ultimate man cave for car, book, and coffee lovers. The huge two-floor emporium complex houses an expansive garage with service lifts, a beautiful bookstore, Starbucks,…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Jim Murray’s Best Whiskys from the 2020 ‘Whisky Bible’ Have Been Revealed

Every year, Jim Murray--an equally loved and loathed critic on the world whisky scene--unveils his list of the best whiskies in the world. It led to a bottle of Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye getting sold out internationally. Bottles of William Larue Weller becoming even harder to get your hands…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
2020 Volvo XC40 Recharge

As much as we love the boxy Volvos of old, the Swedish car brand is fast-forwarding in a big way. As the first entrant in their electric 'Recharge' line, the 2020 XC40 Recharge is the brand's first EV, ever. Styled similar to but slightly edgier than its gas-powered brother, the…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Phonocut Lets You Make Your Own Vinyl Records at Home

There's no denying the fact that we're in a full vinyl record renaissance at this point. But while you can get thousands of great vinyl albums from both old and new bands these days, the technology used to create the records you put on your turntable is relatively unchanged... until…

By Cooper Fleishman
Phonocut
Entertainment
Become Smarter in Just 5 Minutes with Morning Brew

There's a reason over 1 million people start their day with Morning Brew, the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Written in a witty and conversational tone, it makes reading the news actually enjoyable. The best part? It’s just a 5-minute read, so…

By Cooper Fleishman
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