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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
Wasteland Weekend 2016

Wasteland Weekend 2016 just wrapped up, and the Mad Max festival we love everything about was just as awesome as previous years. There were costumes. There were vehicles. There were performances. There was a Thunderdome, a vehicle contest judged by the legendary Gene Winfield and an announcement of a Wasteland UK…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Best Whisky in the World, According to Jim Murray

There's no shortage of whiskey recommendations, but there aren't that many that come from as renowned a place as Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. Every year, Jim Murray compiles a list of his favorite international whiskeys, and his picks always end up surprising some people. Booker's Rye 13 Year Old is…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Food
Polygons Reinvented the Measuring Spoon

Throw out all of your measuring spoons, because Polygons reinvented the game. Made of FDA grade and BPA free PP and TPR materials, Polygons are flat, bookmark-sized devices that transform into one of four different sizes based on where you grab it. They work with liquids. They work with powders.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Government Is Selling Decommissioned Humvees

Want to own an actual military Humvee for a fraction of the $200k+ it cost the government to make one in the first place? You need to head over to surplus site GovPlanet because Uncle Sam Is liquidating decommissioned Humvees. Before you pull the trigger on that $4,000 AM General M998…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Win a Night at Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania

There are quite a few great things to do on Halloween, but nothing like being able to spend a night at Dracula's Castle in Transylvania. Bran Castle, the inspiration for the castle in Bram Stoker's Dracula, is available for a one night, two guest stay as part of a special…

By Cooper Fleishman
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