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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
Kurt Cobain’s Personal Items

Geoff Moore is an LA-based photographer and director that's worked with everyone from GQ and Coach to MTV and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2007, he was commissioned by the Estate of Kurt Cobain to document the treasures of one of the most famous members of the 27 Club.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
The Strongest Dice on Earth

It doesn't matter if you're talking about losing all your friends playing Monopoly, Catan, or one of the other games in your collection, most board games require six-sided dice. Seeing as how you've already traded in the disposable BIC pens and department store wallets in favor of higher end, more…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Pandora Shipping Container Cabinets

Shipping containers have been repurposed into everything from housing to workshops, but there hasn't really been a way to integrate their signature styling into an existing home, because they're freaking enormous. Artist and designer Sander Mulder created a modular container cabinet dubbed Pandora that brings everything you love about the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Top Breweries In the World, According to RateBeer

It's time for Shaun Hill to invest in a larger mantel. The man behind Hill Farmstead has yet another award to put on display, as the Vermont brewery took home top honors in this year's RateBeer Best "Top Brewers In The World." Hill Farmstead nudged last year's winner, AleSmith, out…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Janis Joplin’s 1968 Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet

Janis Joplin is a name that should need no introduction, but you might not know that "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul" used to cruise up and down the West Coast back in the day in a decked out 1968 Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet. This one-of-a-kind Porsche was purchased by Joplin,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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