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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
Entertainment
U.S.-Mexico Border Seesaws

The Border Wall is a hotbed of political debate and engagement that we're not going to get into. What we are going to talk about is the ingenious project that Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello created that uses the wall as a fulcrum for bright pink seesaws slotted through…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black Motorcycle

More than a century ago, Royal Enfield--under The Enfield Cycle Company Limited name--started manufacturing motorcycles. The brand went defunct a few models after the Second World War, but it has since been revived with a whole new line of engines and the bikes built around them. The Royal Enfield Classic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Underwater Wine Cellar

If you've spent any amount of time touring vineyards, tasting wine or just talking about the best use for grapes, you've undoubtedly heard about how important terroir is. Turns out that "complete natural environment" that terroir refers to also extends to the way the wine is aged once it's been…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Outsiders 2019 Kusqvarna Vitpilen 701 Motorcycle

Netherlands-based Outsiders Motorcycles has been building one-off custom motorcycles for their clients for a few years now. Whether it started as a Honda, Triumph or Suzuki donor bike, the end result was a gorgeous, magazine ready machine that looked as good as it performed. For their first non-client build, the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
Ecurie Ecosse LM69 Race Car

Recreating the past in perfect form is no easy feat, especially when it comes to historic race cars. But that’s exactly what rather obscure automaker Ecurie Ecosse has done with their new/old LM69 race car that’s birthed from the 1966 XJ13 Program for Le Mans endurance racing. Their two Le…

By Amos Kwon
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