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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
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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
Entertainment
The Beatles Songs Reimagined as Vintage Book and Magazine Covers

There's no denying the cultural impact The Beatles have had in the more than half a century since they formed in Liverpool. Their impact is so prevalent that there's even a Wikipedia article about it. Their music has led to thousands of covers and now, to their songs being re-imagined…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Find This Pop-Up Bar in a National Park and Win Free Beer for Life

You’d never guess brilliant marketing coming from Busch Beer, but this weekend they’ll let a pop-up bar loose for you to find in one of the country’s 154 national parks. The Busch Pop-Up Schop is tucked away somewhere in the vast acreage of Mother Nature for one day only (Saturday,…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
LEGO Apollo 11 Life-Sized Astronaut

Talk about the ultimate office art. LEGO just unveiled their enormous tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It's a life-sized (6'3") astronaut made by LEGO Master Builders with 30,000 bricks over the course of 300 hours. Built as a 3D replica of the famous photograph…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Krautmotors Custom Made a BMW F 850 GS Motorcycle in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Bauhaus

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Staatliches Bauhaus, aka Bauhaus, aka one of the most influential art schools and design movements of all time. In order to celebrate that influential centenary, Krautmotors custom-built a BMW Motorrad F 850 GS motorcycle that is best described as out of this…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Whiskey Peaks Grand Canyon Whiskey Glasses

We could go on for days about our favorite bottles of whiskey, their mash bills and the distilleries that produced them. While we love diving into our Whiskey Bucket List whenever the opportunity presents itself, the glass you're drinking that whiskey out of is just as important for the experience.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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