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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 20 Best Books from the Last Decade

Staying with the tomes can be intimidating. There are decades of backlogs people insist you need to read, with hundreds of new books being added every year. Add on the fact that they can get expensive pretty quickly, and it’s easier to just pull out of reading entirely instead of trying…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Skid Wooden Chef Knife

Lignum's Skid wooden chef knife, which is billed as the first wooden chef knife, is going to completely change the way you prepare a meal at home. Made with 97% wood for the handle and body and 3% alloyed carbon steel for the blade, Skid uses a unique design and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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LEGO Le Mans Ford GT Sets

Joining the likes of the Audi R8, Corvette Z06 and LaFerrari in LEGO's line of Speed Champion kits for 2107 are two new Ford GTs. Two separate model kits will be available soon, and each vehicle is based on a winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 1966…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Moskito Is a Smart Watch & Bike Speedometer

On the surface, Moskito is a good-looking analog Swiss chronograph available in a number of case, dial and strap options, but it's the functionality inside that truly makes this smart watch excel. Using a simple twist lock mechanism and a bike mount, the Moskito analog smart watch and bike speedometer…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sean Woolsey Studio Waterfall Desk

California-based designer Sean Woolsey continues in the tradition of the Agent Desk with a recent adaptation dubbed the Waterfall Desk. Originally designed for architect William Itzen, this minimal and asymmetrical version of the Agent Desk features a continuous grain flow of Black Walnut off one side with slim legs and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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