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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
Transportation
SEMA High School Vehicle Build Program Jeep Wranglers

Customizing our own ride with our own two hands and some fierce skills is our personal dream. The fact that some high school kids got to do that very thing makes us both happy and a bit chapped around the ass. Five high schools have taken advantage of SEMA’s High…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Motorcar Studio Made Another Pristine International Harvester Scout II

Over the years, Atlanta-based Motorcar Studio has become synonymous with impeccable restorations of the International Scout, particularly the 1976 International Scout II. They turned one into a bright yellow beach cruiser with a soft top. The did another one as a murdered out daily driver. And now, they're back with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
The adidas Archive

Our first pair of three-stripe adidas shoes was red and white Rivalry high-top basketball shoes, and they were superb. Hell, had we known how legendary the brand would become, we would've saved 'em. The adidas brand has now been around for nearly a century, and its offerings from shoes to…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Gateway Bronco 1972 Restomod Fuelie

Call off the dogs. Our search for the perfect Ford Bronco restomod is here. Gateway Bronco out of Hamel, IL has totally overhauled a 1972 version to pristine custom condition, and there isn't a flaw on the thing. The donor vehicle was nearly flawless, to begin with, and the Fuelie…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Amazon Prime Day 2019 [Updating Regularly]

Amazon Prime Day is back again to bring you another iteration of "Black Friday in July" with steep discounts on, well, pretty much everything. Yes, there will be a lot of junk on sale that the Internet will endlessly deride Amazon for with clever hashtags, but there will also be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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