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Lifestyle

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

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation
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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

World-class spirits, classic cocktails, and no time spent shaking and stirring.

By Cool Material
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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
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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in August 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in August 2026.

By Cool Material
Transportation
Bell Air Taxi

While Elon Musk wants to alleviate traffic jams by pulling your car underground, Bell is looking to go in the other direction... literally. Bell just introduced its Air Taxi, a self-piloting "helicopter" that will take off and land vertically. The driving factor here is time, and saving you more of…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
The 9 Movies We’re Most Excited About in 2018

There are a lot of great movies coming out in 2018. While we're all for the spandex tights and superpowers that will ultimately be the backbone of 2018's greatest blockbusters, there are plenty of other movies being released this year that don't necessarily involve childhood fantasies about saving the world.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Insta Pot Is the Only Kitchen Gadget You Need to Buy in 2018

The hubbub over the Insta Pot started last year when The New York Times fell head over heals for the do-everything kitchen gadget. And when we say "head over heals," we mean the newspaper wrote many articles about it in the span of a few months that were too sappy to…

By Mike Newman
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Food
PicoStill Home Distiller

PicoBrew wants to do for home distilling what it did for homebrewing. The company that brought you the PicoBrew, a homebrewing setup that made brewing as easy as pressing a few buttons, has just introducing an add-on device that allows you to distill pilot batches of spirits in the comfort…

By Mike Newman
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Home
LEGO Ship in a Bottle

If you're not familiar with LEGO Ideas, do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes perusing the site. It's a forum where LEGO fanatics can submit design ideas that could, with enough fan support and a blessing from LEGO, get turned into real deal, purchasable sets. Last year, Jacob…

By Mike Newman
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