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Lifestyle

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

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Lifestyle
Our Go-to Albums for Hosting
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Lifestyle
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
Lifestyle
The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico

From jungle-lined fairways to greens hanging over the Sea of Cortez, consider this our fantasy nine-hole round through Mexico.

By Cool Material
10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
Lifestyle
10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

By Cool Material
Home
Shipping Container Pools

We've seen everything from houses and hotels to workshops and offices built out those gigantic shipping containers that we all know and love, but never anything like what Modpools is doing. Modpools makes pools out of shipping containers. The idea doesn't even seem all that crazy when you actually think…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The World Is Your Burger

A great burger can solve all your problems. Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but when done right, a burger can at least make you forget about the worries of the world for a little while. We're not the only ones who feel that way, The World Is Your Burger is a…

By Mike Newman
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Home
This Croatian Lodge Lights up Like a Lantern

Situated in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in Croatia you'll find a lodge with sweeping views of the surroundings that lights up like a lantern at night. Designed by Croatian architect Tomislav Soldo, the Gorski Kotar lodge was built with only three functional elements of design required: pitched roof,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Gangster Business Cards from the 1970s

Despite the rise of smartphones and digital ways to swap info, the humble business card remains the calling card of the professional. In the '70s and '80s, however, it wasn't just the salesmen who carried them around. Chicago gangs used to carry business cards that informed recipients of their name, territory, and…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Barbara Custom Motorcyle Concepts

From a Yamaha cafe racer concept dubbed "Miss Grey" to a futuristic B-25 bomber meets Akira concept dubbed "Daryl," Barbara Custom Motorcycle Concepts are out of this world. Whether they're tackling an original based on something from BMW, Triumph, Honda, Kawasaki or Yamaha in styles ranging from hyper futuristic to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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