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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
The 10 Best New Things on Netflix This Month

We’d be lying if we told you that May wasn’t going to be a bit of a slow month for Netflix, who’s in the midst of making it very clear they’re transitioning toward new and original content—and that’s not bad. May will see the arrival of some fun classics like…

By Maxwell Barna
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Transportation
ICON Defender D90

From their Dodge Power Wagon and VW Bus, to their Bronco and reimagined Chevrolet 3100 Thriftmaster, California-based ICON has a way of taking vehicles that were already iconic in their own right and turning them into even more incredible machines. Case in point, the ICON Defender D90. What started as…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
10 New Books You Should Read

Whether you read on a tablet, Kindle, or still prefer the smell of a freshly cracked paperback, finding your next book is never easy. You could never read all the new releases each week, so we’re here to help. These are a handful of the new titles we think deserve a space…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Know Thy Nuts Soap on a Rope 

Talking about your balls on the Internet isn’t generally something you want to do—especially when it relates to a product—but we’re going to make an exception for Know Thy Nuts Soap on a Rope. Yes, soap on a rope is funny. Yes, the fact that this looks kind of like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Classified Moto BW650 Big Wheel Motorcycle

When we saw Daryl’s custom motorcycle in The Walking Dead, we were fairly certain we’d never see the guys at Classified Moto outdo themselves. We’re man enough to admit we were wrong. The Classified Moto BW650 Big Wheel is a bike that was built as a statement to infuriate armchair…

By Cooper Fleishman
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