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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
Moto 2×2 Tarus Off-Road Motorcycle

Think about all the areas you'd never want to ride through on a motorcycle, and then throw them out the window because those are all the places the Moto 2x2 Tarus excels. The Tarus is essentially an off-road motorcycle, or a two-wheeled ATV, capable of tackling marshes, bogs, thick mud,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
How 10 of the Hottest Craft Breweries Got Their Names

The craft beer world is full of interesting and downright strange brewery names.  Some people have a tough time naming their brewery and others come up with theirs almost right away. So that got us wondering, how did well known breweries like Funky Buddha, Jester King and Lord Hobo get their names? We…

By Christopher Osburn
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Features
The 10 Best Lawnmower Beers

High octane was the status quo for craft brewers when the industry really began to boom. Massive amounts of hops and alcohol were the best way to differentiate their beer from those that taste like copulating in a canoe. Thankfully breweries have started to realize that they can pack a…

By Colin Joliat
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Home
Houses Made from Whisky Vats

Whisky has been responsible for plenty of questionable decisions over the years, but turning the vats it ages in into building materials seems like a great idea. Originally conceived of for the Findhorn Ecovillage in Scotland by an American, Roger Douda, with four decades of connections to the site, there…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Sea Dart Is a Canoe/Kayak Hybrid

Using CNC technology and highly skilled craftsman, Escobedo out of Buda, Texas, has created a canoe/kayak hybrid boat that you're absolutely going to want to take a ride in. Dubbed the Sea Dart, this 16' watercraft that weighs less than 55lbs is constructed with a combination of Vikings-era Lapstrake techniques…

By Cooper Fleishman
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