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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
Transportation
A Range Rover Sport Takes the Inferno Downhill Challenge

Founded in 1928, the Inferno Downhill race was designed for skiers--insane skiers--to go down really, really fast. It was not designed for cars. It's fifteen kilometers of completely hostile territory that many said couldn't be done by a car. This is all according to Ben Collins (aka The Stig) and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Ever Tires are Bike Tires That Won’t Go Flat

Ryan, Jake and Dave are three friends that own a bike shop where they've changed thousands of tires, but that's all about to change because Ever Tires won't go flat. The tires the guys are offering through their new Kickstarter campaign are free of foam, gooey solutions and even air.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
2016 Whisky Advent Calendar

As they did in 2013, 2014 and 2015, Drinks by the Dram is doing a 2016 Whisky Advent Calendar. The idea remains the same: open one of 24 windows each day in December to find a wax-sealed 3cl Drinks by the Dram sample of a delicious whisky to count down…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Vespa Elettrica Electric Scooter Concept

The Vespa Elettrica Electric Scooter Concept, recently unveiled at Eicma 2016, is true to the form, function and style that put Vespa on the map while still being an electric vehicle. On the surface, the Elettrica concept looks like a standard Vespa. Underneath that iconic profile you'll find the "very…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
The Bike Hanger 2.0

Built out of a desire to store their bicycles in style, Copenhagen-based KP Cyclery created The Bike Hanger 2.0 bike storage system. The idea is simple: use a wooden, trophy-mount style backboard paired with bicycle handlebars to give you a way to easily and stylishly store and hang your bike…

By Cooper Fleishman
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