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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
Gameshell Open Source Portable Gaming Console

We're not going to tell you that the Clockwork GameShell is just an open source version of a very popular, old school Nintendo portable gaming console. But if you drew that conclusion on your own based on looks alone, we wouldn't fault you for it. That sentiment is true on…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
BMW Trainees Converted an X7 into a One-Off Pick-Up Truck

The BMW X7 is certainly a capable vehicle when it comes to hauling the family, a weekend worth of stuff and maybe even some bikes on the back. But what if you want to haul around a motorcycle without having to deal with a trailer? BMW vocational trainees working in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Twisted Automotive Is Remaking History with Restomod Land Rover Defenders

There have been a lot of great auctions, beautiful restomods and mind-blowing rebuilds of Vintage SUVs in the past few years. Picking a favorite is never easy, but if you told us we had to pick just one make and model and drive it for the rest of our lives…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Own this 1970 International Harvester Scout 800

There are a lot of good looking modern trucks on the market, but few of them will age as beautifully as the 1970 International Harvester Scout 800 you see here. Up for auction on Bring a Trailer, this particular Scout is powered by a 304ci V8 mated to a four-speed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Abimelec Design Hellscout

This is one of those renderings that make us pine for the real deal and damn the safety. Abimelec Design has taken an old-school International Harvester Scout 4x4 and visually modified it by removing the roll cage and the doors for true open-air goodness. The doors have been replaced by…

By Amos Kwon
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