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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
“Top Gun: Maverick” Official Trailer

Top Gun is back and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell returns (Tom Cruise) in top form 34 years after the original movie. The first peek at the long-awaited follow up to the iconic combat pilot action/drama just broke, and it looks like it'll echo a lot from the first Top Gun movie…

By Amos Kwon
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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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