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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
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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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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