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Lifestyle

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

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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.

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The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico The 9 Most Beautiful Golf Holes in Mexico
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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.

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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
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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.

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Entertainment
The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

Netflix is usually a grab bag of bad and good. Some months we see an influx of excellent classic films we could watch over and over. Other months we’re bombarded with a wonderful array of their new original content. And of course, while we say hello to all the new…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
The 9 Best New Things on Amazon Prime Video This Month

The Amazon Prime Video catalog is growing by the month, and not only because a ton of old movies are jumping into the public domain. They’re getting their hands on Oscar and Emmy winners, along with an ever increasing selection of original programming. If you don’t have Amazon, now may…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
‘War Machine’ Puts Brad Pitt in Afghanistan

We're probably only just starting to delve into what US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan means for pop culture, but if War Machine is any indication, we're in for some great, weird movies. Brad Pitt is in top form, as he usually is when he gets to put on an unusual…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Food
How to Make the Cubanos from ‘Chef’

Cubanos were one of our top 3 sandwiches long before we saw Chef, so even we were surprised when the movie made them look better than any we'd seen. The problem was, the movie never lays out a recipe, so even though we know approximately what goes on them, we'd just…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
MUNCHIES: Late-Night Meals from the World’s Best Chefs

Chef's Night Out, from VICE Media's food site MUNCHIES, is a wildly popular web series that sends chefs out for a debaucherous night on the town. Episodes end with the chef cooking a late night meal for friends and coworkers at their base of operations. MUNCHIES: Late-Night Meals from the World's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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