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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
Entertainment
Meet ‘Purveyors of Packaging,’ the Team Salvaging Incredible Vintage Packaging

We're suckers for great packaging. Toss a product in something with a cool font and some nice colors and you'll have our attention. And while some items on the shelves these days make us stop and take notice, most pale in comparison to the products of yore. Don't believe us?…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Playing Card Notebooks Let You Draw Your Own Deck

If you're looking for a new pocket notebook that has some sort of utility other than being archived when you're done with it, you need to check out Suck UK's Playing Card Notebook. Printed on genuine playing card stock with red or blue backs and a blank face, the 52-page…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Nikola’s Hybrid Big Rig

Nikola Motor Company just released details and renderings of their hybrid semi-truck dubbed One that are both completely absurd and mind-blowing. The Nikola One is a hybrid big rig that uses a combination of electric engines and a fuel agnostic turbine to give you: 3,700 ft. lbs of torque, 1,200…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Articles
Inside the Studio that Makes the World’s Most Interesting Furniture

There's a small group of mad furniture scientists hard at work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It's a tiny group that form a company you've probably never heard of., and they're building the world's most interesting furniture. If there's one piece from RockPaperRobot you might be familiar with, it's the Float…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
NOMO Designs Auto Icon Prints

Whether you're staring at the front end in the rearview, or admiring it up close, there are iconic automobiles that you'll immediately recognize from only a quick glance; NOMO Designs has immortalized almost all of them in their Auto Icon Screen Print Series. Aston Martin. Audi. BMW. Ferrari. GM. Jaguar.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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