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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
FJ Company 1981 Toyota FJ45 Land Cruiser “Troopy”

As much as we love a good Land Rover Defender 90 or 110 restomod, a well-done vintage Toyota Land Cruiser FJ can easily rival it in terms of old-school coolness. For some reason, these vintage Toyotas deliver the look, feel, and capability minus the pretense. The FJ Company's latest is…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals Are Made from Recycled Cell Phones

It's just shy of one year until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games kick off, and they've finally unveiled specifics on the medals that will be handed out next year. The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee held a competition with more than 400 professional designers and design students, and Junichi Kawanishi was…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Hugo Eccles x Zero Motorcycles XP

CA-based Zero Motorcycles is one of the premier electric motorcycle companies for mass consumption, but they also collaborate for special one-off work like the new Zero XP, a custom-built electric bike by Hugo Eccles of Untitled Motorcycles. Zero actually provided the prototypes and expert staff to Eccles in order to…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
This Late 1800s Fortress and Gun Tower Is for Sale

Looking for a fixer-upper to convert into an investment property? What about your own private fortress? How about saving a piece of history before it falls into disrepair? If you answered yes to any of these questions, and you have six-figures burning a hole in your pocket, you should definitely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
‘Desert Mouse’ 1974 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug

Baja racing is one of the most brutal, challenging and demanding types of motorsport out there. This should come as no surprise because you and your car of choice are tackling hundreds, if not thousands, of miles of unforgiving desert terrain. The 1974 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug, aka the "Desert…

By Cooper Fleishman
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