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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
Entertainment
Over 200 of Anthony Bourdain’s Possessions Are Heading to Auction

It's been over a year since Anthony Bourdain's death. Next month, over 200 of Tony's possessions are heading to auction, and the collection is impressive to say the least. There are paintings from John Lurie, Brad Phillips and Ralph Steadman. There's a Peter Lovig Nielsen teak, flip-top desk Bourdain used…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Abodu Backyard Home

If you own any land, it's a fair bet you've thought about converting some of that unused space into a structure that could double as a fort / man cave / rental income. Abodu Backyard Homes--let's just call them tiny houses like everyone else does--are the modern, minimal solution for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Honest Camper

If it's creature comforts you want when camping, but you don't want to roll into your site with a Winnebago the size of the USS Nimitz, Honest Camper has the answer for you with their vintage VW Westfalia or Mercedez Sprinter vans. Not only do they look the part for…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Deus Ex Machina Beastie Motorcycle

Australian-based Deus Ex Machina custom bikes is one of the best mod shops in the world. The Beastie showcases some of their best work to date, and it's based on the already awesome Ducati Hyper SP Michael “Woolie” Woolaway (who just so happens to be Deus' U.S. Design Director) used…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Banksy’s ‘Devolved Parliament’ Painting Is Going to Auction

It might feel like an eternity ago, but it was actually less than a year ago when A Banksy Painting Self-Destructed After Selling For $1.4 Million at auction. The artist--and that specific auction room where the painting "self-destructed"--is getting a lot more attention this week because his Devolved Parliament work that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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