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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
Food
Barisieur Coffee Alarm Clock

If you're anything like us, you're one of those people that's best described by one of those "don't talk to us until we've had our coffee" mugs or ecards. British designer Josh Renouf has put the entire process, and the ritual of it, front and center with The Barisieur Coffee…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Honda’s Autonomous Vehicle Concepts

If you think autonomous vehicles will just make your commute more relaxing, Honda wants to show you otherwise. Honda Great Journey is a project from the automaker that showcases some of their ideas for autonomous rides of the future. From an expedition vehicle that tracks animals, to a desert train…

By Mike Newman
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Food
flatev is a Keurig for Fresh Tortillas

Every once in a while we’ll luck upon a friend—or, more likely, mom or grandma—making a batch of fresh tortillas we can eat, but the sad likelihood is every one of you reading this probably has a favorite grocery store tortilla brand you pick up when you're at the store. With…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
Award-Winning Chili Recipes You Can Easily Make at Home

You may or may not know this, but in some parts of the country, a good chili recipe is worth more than gold. But why? What about this southwestern stew, comprised of meat, beans, tomatoes, chili peppers, other spices, and pretty much anything else you can think off, makes people…

By Maxwell Barna
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Features
Inside: Beard – The Tokyo Restaurant that Looks Like a Brooklyn Apartment

Beard is a neighborhood bistro located in the leafy district of Meguro. A nondescript building on a quiet residential street, there isn’t much to set it apart beyond the chevron wood door. Unassuming  (but charming) is the word that came to mind once we entered the establishment. The warm industrial…

By Drew Haas
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