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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
1974 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45 Pickup Truck

Buying an old pickup usually means having to get your hands dirty so you can actually drive it. Not the case here. This stunning 1974 Toyota FJ45, which is on ebay for a cool $87,000, has been completely restored and given a fresh paint job so you don't have to…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Timber’s Hands-Free Bike Bell

If you're riding your bike on a crowded trail or path, you're familiar with constantly have to activate your horn or yell "on your left" to everyone else on the trail. Timber's Mountain Bike Bell makes that entire ordeal less hazardous and annoying because the cowbell design is activated automatically…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
LuftAuto

While the German word luftgekhult literally translates to “air-cooled,” to two-time LeMans winner Patrick Long and Howie Idelson it means much more. Specifically, a brand that combines historically important (and air-cooled) cars as well as like-minded individuals in events creatively designed for the greater good. For example, their latest project—the…

By Kevin McCauley
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De Jong & Co. Wooden 45 Record Case

If you're going to spend close to a grand on a case for your seven inch records, you won't do much better than the De Jong & Co. Wooden 45 Record Case. Designed with three custom, solid wood 45 adapters in a drop-down compartment, two spaces for records and a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Godfather Notebook

The Godfather is, unquestionably, one of the greatest films of all time. Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece has been dissected more times, by more people than we can count, but The Godfather Notebook goes one step further by publishing Coppola's notes and annotations on Mario Puzo's original novel. Written before filming…

By Cooper Fleishman
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