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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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Lifestyle
I Lived in Puerto Vallarta for 3 Years, Here Are My Top Recommendations
By Lola Méndez
The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026 The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026
Lifestyle
The Coolest Father’s Day Gifts of 2026

A curated collection of the best Father’s Day gifts for dads who appreciate craftsmanship, clever design, great stories, and really cool stuff.

By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe

The brand's second Dafoe collaboration is a 14-year single malt with no official tasting notes. Write the best one, and you could end up on set with the legend himself.

By Andy Vasoyan
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Lifestyle
The Ancient Art of Cooking Dinner Beneath Your Feet

Across nearly every continent, cultures have discovered the same thing. The earth makes a pretty incredible oven.

By Lola Méndez
Transportation
Elizabeth Taylor’s 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II Convertible is Going to Auction

Elizabeth Taylor is an iconic actress that requires no introduction, well, anywhere. What you might not know is that she owned one particular, very special Rolls-Royce that was with her longer than any of her husbands. In 1960, Taylor had a one-off, custom 1961 Rolls-Royce Cloud II Convertible made--one of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Grill
Indian x Traeger Wood-Fired Grill Motorcycle

If barbecued meat is more important to you than companionship, custom bike builder Thor Drake has the motorcycle of your dreams. He merged a powerful Indian Springfield Dakrhorse in matte Thunder Black paint with a big Traeger Ironwood 885 grill as its sidecar. Rather than looking like something Frankensteined together…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Schizzo Concept Bikes Are Modular

Nearly three decades ago, motorcycle racer and bike builder Marcus Walz started wrenching on the bikes that would lead to advent of "Drag Style" and "German Style" rides. After more than 600 bikes and 1,000 features, Walz and his label WalzWerk motorcycles have turned their eyes to the line of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Yeezy Home

After tackling the charts, sneakers, reality television and, well, everything else, Kanye West is turning his eyes to the world of affordable housing. Yeezy Home is an upstart idea from the mogul that wants to break the barriers that separate the classes by creating housing communities filled with dome-like living…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tesla-Powered Porsche 912

David Bernardo of Zelectric Motors and Michael Bream of EV West are just two guys who love vintage VWs and Porsches from the '50s and '60s. The two men started to build electric VW Beetles that interested them but not many else. And then Tesla took off, and the rest…

By Amos Kwon
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