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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
Leather Six Pack Holder

The "Make Your Own 6 Pack" revolution that happened at stores all over the nation made it incredibly easy for you to make one trip to the store and pick up a night (or two) worth of beer in a number of different styles. Mix and match stouts, IPAs, porters,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Homemade Sausage Teaches You to Make Sausage at Home

We live in an age where it’s not all that difficult, regardless of where you live, to head to the local butcher to pick up awesome meats that you probably wouldn’t have access to otherwise. The handmade sausages you can get are some of the best you’ll eat, but what…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Dave Pollot’s Pop Culture Thrift Store Art

Dave Pollot is a NY-based artist that, like most of us, grew up painting on everything he could find. Unlike us, Pollot is actually really talented, so we doubt his parents yelled at him for his creations (ours were really just scribbles on the walls). Fast forward a bunch of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
The Retro Arcade of the Future

There's just something about the experience of finishing an opponent with a well-placed hadouken or dragon punch in person, at an arcade console that can never be matched by winning a match of the latest first-person shooter while people scream in your ears and call you an idiot. The Polycade…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Serious Pig Snackingham Meats Prevent Hangovers

If you're like us, you have a drink of choice. If you have a drink of choice, you've also had a hangover. The guys at London-based charcuterie Serious Pig had a revelation (the next day, at the pub, obviously) that they could create a hangover-preventing meat snack. Hangover Cured uses…

By Cooper Fleishman
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