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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
Blacked Out 1981 DeLorean DMC-12

Thanks to the Back to the Future movies (and the infamy of John DeLorean, himself), the DeLorean DMC-12 is one of the most iconic cars of all time. Despite the fact that it's slower than a Mitsubishi Mirage economy hatchback and has the reliability of a vintage British automobile, it's…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
ChopBox Smart Cutting Board

It might not seem like it at first because they're nowhere near as sexy as a good chef's knife, but cutting boards are just as important as the rest of your kitchen tools even though we don't seem to talk about them much. The new ChopBox Smart Cutting Board is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Please Be Seated’ Wavy Wooden Bench in London

British designer Paul Cocksedge has created quite a few interesting pieces over the years for a number of high profile clients like BMW, Hermes, Sony and the like. But it's the work the eponymous studio does with the London Design Festival every year that always intrigues us most. This year…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Impossible Burgers Are Coming to a Grocery Store near You

If we're being completely honest, there are few things better than sinking your teeth into a burger that just came off the grill or flattop. The Impossible Burger has lived up to their name with the creation of a plant-based option that looks, tastes and even oozes like a traditional…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Kanye West’s Former SoHo Home Is on the Market

It should come as absolutely no surprise that musician, designer and all around mogul Kanye West shared an absolutely stunning dwelling with everyone's favorite Kardashian when they were living on Houston Street in SoHo. But even we were surprised to find out just how exceptional the space was when it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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