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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
Features
F*ck Pumpkin: 8 New Beers Actually Worth Drinking This Fall

We have a long-standing dislike for pumpkin beers. (Here's the proof.) Well, the good news for pumpkin haters is the majority of drinkers are starting to agree, as seen by a huge cut in production of the spiced mess of a drink. This free shelf space means more real estate for the beers…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
The Vuhl 05 Is Mexico’s First Supercar

Lotus, KTM and Caterham aren't the only ones making open cockpit rides you can slide into anymore. Mexico is getting in on the game with their first supercar, the Vuhl 05. The brainchild of two industrial designer brothers with a father who spent over three decades in the racing scene, Vuhl—the name…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Our 11 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall

August and September are affectionately known as "dump months" in the movie biz. These are months when films with little hope of winning any awards are released. The good news about these dump months, however, is that they lead to the best movie months on the calendar. As September comes…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Chicago Factory Wall Clock

If you were a Chicagoan looking for a job in the 1940s, the war provided many, as defense factories popped up all over the city seemingly overnight. While toiling away, you would have looked up at a clock just like this to see when it was time for lunch. This…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
10 Great NSFW Coffee Table Books

Tossing a stack of Hustlers on your coffee table will confuse and frighten guests. But if you happen to have an appreciation for the beauty of the female form, there are ways to show it without coming off like a horny teenager. Ditch the dirty mags and pick up a hardcover from…

By Mike Newman
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