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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
Home
MB&F Balthazar Clock

We were blown away by the Melchior Robot Clock by MB&F, but Melchior's big brother, the MB&F Balthazar Clock, is even more ridiculous. The 618 beautifully finished, micro-engineered components that make up the Balthazar Robot Clock come together to create something that's over a foot tall and weighs in at…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Urban Motor “Easy Like Sunday Morning” Motorcycle

Urban Motor, a Berlin-based bike shop that produces some seriously excellent rides, is creating something completely unique for this year's Glemseck 101 race in Leonberg, Germany. The race already brings out some of the best and brightest in the world of custom bikes, but Urban Motor's "Easy Like Sunday Morning"…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

September is another great month for Netflix subscribers. The world’s preeminent streaming service is easing up on the original feature films and heavy-hitter series this month (you've got Luke Cage, but we're skeptical after the trailer), but there are some real classics, some solid original programming, and a few promising…

By Maxwell Barna
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Transportation
Pan Meka Motorcycle

Pan Speed Shop's new Meka motorcycle build might be based on a classic BMW K1200S, but you'd have a hard time figuring that out based on what it looks like now. Starting with that stripped away BMW, Pan created the apocalyptic behemoth Meka you see before you. Plastic was deleted…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Fuego Box Hot Sauces Come With Flavor, Not Crying

It's hard to be discerning about hot sauces, since they seem to come in two varieties. Generic mild and organ-destroying pepper volcano. But Fuego Boxes insists that you can discover new hot sauces without turning into a snot-spewing tear-hose.  They're a subscription service that delivers nuanced, flavorful hot sauces, showcasing flavor and…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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