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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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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
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The Jean Hanger

By now, everyone knows that throwing your good pairs of denim into the dryer is a long-term recipe for disaster. Hanging them after a washing (yes, it's a good idea to wash your jeans) involves crappy clip hangers that they always fall off, getting wrinkles from trying to fit them…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Modern HiFi Stereo Console

Department Chicago is a small shop out of, you guessed it, Chicago, that’s designing and building vintage style furniture with a particular bent towards record storage. Their latest project is a Modern HiFi Stereo Console that’s designed and built to be the focal point of any room. The console will…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cannaseur One Is a Humidor for Your Weed

If you’re looking to add a bit of German precision engineering to your marijuana experience, you need to check out Cannaseur One. Handmade in Germany with sustainably grown walnut or mahogany, the Cannaseur One uses a patented two-way air humidifying system to make sure everything from OG Kush to Blue…

By Cooper Fleishman
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A Chart About Nothing: The Connected Characters of Seinfeld

Seinfeld might have been “a show about nothing,” but that didn’t stop the show that ran for almost a decade from permeating just about every facet of modern life. It should come as no surprise that a show with close to 200 episodes had quite a large cast of characters,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The Best Grocery Store Pickles

There was a reason he was referred to as "the uncle" among our group of friends. While part of the designation was thanks to his Selleck-like facial hair in his early teens he was an uncle for his random spitting of useless facts. "You know most of the world's diner…

By Evan Thomas
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