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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party
By Cool Material
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Lifestyle
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

Come for the mountains, ocean, and adventure. Stay for the martinis, massages, and freshly cleaned sunglasses.

By Lanny Fuller
What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger
Lifestyle
What To Watch If You Loved (Or Hated) Digger

8 picks for the Digger faithful and the Digger deniers.

By Andy Vasoyan
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Lifestyle
The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

The perfect balance of polished and undone, without the crunch, grease, or obvious effort.

By Cool Material
Entertainment
‘Restricted Areas’ Chronicles a Technological Future That Never Happened

Danila Tkachenko is a Russian visual artist and photographer who focuses on the unconventional. His project "Restricted Areas" zeroes in on abandoned Soviet buildings and installations. As he told Fast Company, "One day I went to visit my grandmother who lives in a closed and previously secret city near Chelybinsk,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
ECD Automotive Design Project Hard Drive Defender

The name might have changed from East Coast Defender to ECD Automotive Design, but the quality of the rides has not. Whether it's the Project DiVA D90 or the Project Viper D130, there's no shortage of jaw-dropping vehicles that have rolled out of the ECD shop. The latest is a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
IHOPS Is a Pancake Beer From IHOP

If you love IHOP pancakes but have always questioned why you can't get drunk on them, now you're in luck. It's time to guzzle some IHOPS. IHOPS is a new beer from IHOP and Keegan Ales inspired by the chain's popular pumpkin pancakes that hit menus this time of year.…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Ford F-Vision Self-Driving Truck

The day of roadways filled with autonomous vehicles is inching closer. That doesn't just mean personal vehicles, mind you; it also means things like tractor-trailers. Meet the Ford F-Vision, the automaker's attempt at a self-driving, all-electric big rig. Unveiled at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover, Germany, the truck was…

By Mike Newman
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Food
This 92-Year-Old Whisky Could Sell For Over $1,000,000

The crowning jewel of a massive whisky auction at Bonhams is this uber-rare bottle of The Macallan. Expected to fetch somewhere between $920,000–$1,200,000, the prized hooch is 92 year's old. That's right, this whisky began its life when roads were filled with Model Ts and Babe Ruth was hitting dingers…

By Mike Newman
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