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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
Sariel Built a Working LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90

There have been plenty cool LEGO versions of real cars over the years, but Sariel built a working LEGO RC Land Rover Defender 90 that blows them all out of the water. Powered by two PF XL motors and featuring four-wheel drive, a four-speed transmission, locking differentials, front-mounted winch and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
Quiz: Can You Pick the Correct Craft Beer Label?

There are so many beers being brewed right now that breweries are literally running out of names. And with so many of those being bottled or canned, you'd think it would be impossible for the average drinker to recognize more than a handful of them. But what about the craft beer lover?…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Buy a Never Ridden 2014 LOTUS C-01

Every 2014 Lotus C-01 represents one percent of the model year, since there were only one hundred made. So any motorcycle you see in that model year is rare. Rarer still, it's believed to be the only C-01 in North America. Add on that this one's never been ridden and you…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Gear
Volcano 3 Fuel Collapsible Grill

We don't want to get into the argument about the differences between charcoal, propane and wood when it comes to grilling, because there's a time and place where each of them makes sense. Thankfully, with the Volcano 3 Fuel Collapsible Grill, you never have to decide between the three. This portable…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
BMW Restored Elvis’s 507

At first glance, this faded red BMW 507 looks to have the proverbial “one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.” The oxidized paint, rust, body corrosion, even the bent antenna—junkyard right? Wrong. Dead wrong. See this particular 507 belonged to none other than The King…

By Kevin McCauley
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