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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
Entertainment
Love Hultén’s Latest Creation Is a Modern Take on the ‘Game of Life’

Love Hultén is a man that, if we're being completely honest, probably has a screw or two loose because of his absolute obsession with taking all things vintage video game and dragging it into the modern world with his unique combination of craft, design and invention. He did Nintendo. He…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
SVOYA Studio STEP-UP House

As much as we want to take over our neighbor’s house and use one to get away from the kids, it’s not gonna happen. One family in Dnipro, Ukraine was fortunate enough to merge two apartments into a single one to create a truly epic living space for rest and…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
Prepare Yourselves: Amazon Prime Day Starts on Monday

The chaos that is Amazon Prime Day is almost upon us once again. It officially kicks off on Monday, July 15, but this time around it's a "A two-day parade of epic deals." Seeing as how many of the deals start earlier and last longer, they should probably just start…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Bentley EXP 100 GT Concept Is Built for the Year 2035

If you missed the news, Bentley is celebrating their 100th Anniversary this year. In celebration of their Centenary, they've been doing a lot of unique things like limited edition Breitling watches, factory customizable details on their cars and concept vehicles like the EXP 100 GT you see here. Described by…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Rent a Vintage Electric Fiat in Italy

If you plan on making your way to Italy and you want to rent a car, resist the urge to plunk down money for a boring econobox and instead check out Hertz Italy’s Selezione Italia collection that's now providing rentals of resto-modded Fiat 500 Jolly "Spiaggina" Icon-e cars redone by…

By Amos Kwon
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