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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
Classic Overland Land Rover 6×6 Project Black Mamba

No one will argue that Land Rovers make some of the best vintage SUVs that ever saw time on pavement, the trail or the backcountry. Even though they're all great options, it doesn't mean we still don't have our favorites when it comes to vintage Rovers. The rare 6x6 Defender from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Boir Portable Saltworks

We're all for fancy salts like Hawaiian Red Alaea salt, South African flake, and Pink Himalayan salt, but how much difference does it really make when you're using it as a simple seasoning? It's really all about the presentation, and there's where Croatian-based Boir comes in. An interdisciplinary duo of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1987 Freightliner Mercedes Unimog 419

And you thought getting a Hummer was a great idea. Screw that. This is the off-roader you want. This specialized Unimog 419 was modded by North Carolina’s Combat Iron Conversions, and it looks ready to take on... well, just about anything you can throw at it. It's powered by a…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Full Grown Furniture Farm

Groot might have nightmares, but the "grown" chairs, tables, and lamps at Full Grown Farm in Derbyshire, UK are simply fascinating. Rather than using any traditional woodworking skills, these pieces are formed as the tress from which they're birthed grow. They're the handiwork of Gavin and Alice Munro. The couple…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Avana Makes the Only Insulated Bottle You Should Be Carrying

If you're like us, you've amassed a collection of various stainless steel bottles and tumblers that you use for water or coffee regularly despite the fact you don't really like any of them. Throw them all out. Buy Avana's Beckridge. With stainless steel construction, double-walled vacuum insulation, 12 hours hot…

By Cooper Fleishman
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