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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
The Best Drone Photography of the Year

Drones will one day deliver our packages and even transport us short distances. Until then, the coolest thing they can do is take unique pictures and videos. Some drone pilots have gotten pretty good at the whole photography thing, and Dronestagram is honoring them with their collection of the 20 best…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Whiskey and Brandy Barrel Aged Teas

Started in Portland in 2009 by Steven Smith, a co-founder of Stash and tea shaman of Tazo renowned for his deep understanding of tea, Steven Smith Teamaker has always produced interesting flavors you’re not going to find anywhere else. Case in point: their limited edition teas that include a variant aged in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Shower Beer

Yeah, yeah, we know any beer can “technically” be a shower beer, but that beer you’re about to enjoy wasn’t designed specifically for the bathroom like Shower Beer. The collaboration between renowned design firm Snask and Sweden’s #1 micro brewery PangPang is a sweet but strong pale ale in an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
Jose Cuervo Reveals Their 2016 Reserva De La Familia Box

Jose Cuervo isn’t exactly a tequila you think of as refined and elegant. It’s more in tune with regrettable nights spent praying to the porcelain god in your friend’s upstairs bathroom, or likened more to cheap margaritas served at your favorite “Tex-Mex” restaurant chain. While we won’t say those predispositions…

By Maxwell Barna
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LEGO Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Concept

The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is one of the most iconic off-road vehicles that Jeep has ever produced, which is one of the many reasons that LEGO Ideas creator Chiho Kim came up with this LEGO Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Concept. The end result of Kim’s countless hours of effort—he spent weeks…

By Cooper Fleishman
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