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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
Brekr Model B Electric Bike

It seems like every other day there's a new electric bike coming to market. We understand the concept being all the rage these days because electric bikes are great. The only problem we have with the current crop is that the overall designs are divided into two distinct categories: a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Jeep Gladiator XMT Concept

The Jeep Gladiator pickup truck is getting a ton of attention and not just from the civilian population. FCA (Fiat Chrysler America, Jeep's parent company) has joined with AM General, the makers of the Hummer, to modify the Gladiator for military duties. It's not just some show truck, either, since…

By Amos Kwon
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Computers
Analogue’s Game Boy Clone Will Play All Your Old Portable Cartridges

If you want to revisit all your favorite games from your youth, there are plenty of options out there ranging from pre-packaged hardware systems to ROMs. Nothing really nails the nostalgia factor like the offerings from Analogue that use modern hardware to play your old cartridges in better than original…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Chevy Colorado ZR2 Infantry Squad Vehicle

The current Chevy Colorado ZR2 is a hot-selling off-road-focused pickup, and now the U.S. military wants to up that ruggedness quotient by creating an Infantry Squad Vehicle for tactical and combat duties. The GM Defense arm of the Detroit automaker just received a contract to build 650 of them, and…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Lunaz Design Electric Classic Cars

Purists might consider electrifying automotive legends just plain wrong, but Lunaz Design is taking the glorious automotive past and infusing them with zero-emissions powertrains that extend the lives of these special cars. The company takes vintage exotics like the 1953 Jaguar XK120 and a 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V and installs…

By Amos Kwon
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