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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
Kurt Cobain’s Former Home is Up For Sale for $7.5MM

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's influence on music can't be overstated, and if you're a superfan with some money, you can own his Seattle home. Vacated in 1997 by his wife Courtney Love and daughter Frances-Bean Cobain when it was sold to a trust, the 8,212 square-foot four-bedroom, four-bathroom house is…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Kawasaki W650 2LOUD Custom

There's nothing particularly special about the standard Kawasaki W650 motorcycle made in the late '90s and early 2000s. It's a conventional urban motorcycle that's comfortable and well made. If anything, it does a good job of copying the Triumph Bonneville. But in the hands of 2LOUD fabricators, it can become…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Beijing Daxing Airport

Whether it's on a connecting flight, stranded on a delay or just during the course of normal travel, we've all spent time way too much time in airports. Airports suck, end of story. This is particularly true if you've ever spent any time flying into or out of the Beijing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Art Can Contest

Whether you're talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon's new beers for 2019, their PBR Whiskey, or their White Claw-crushing PBR Stronger Seltzer, everyone's favorite blue ribbon beverage label has been having a big year. Despite those all being great things that we love, in our minds, the best thing they do…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Black versus Color Wedding

When it comes to wedding planning, the options are generally limited to "will there be a bar during dinner?", "is the ceremony going to be held in a church," and "how much white do we want the entire ceremony to have?" Ryan and Von--from Boom Studios and Ivy Creative, respectively--decided…

By Cooper Fleishman
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