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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
Dogfish Head Hoo Lawd Is the Hoppiest Beer Ever

Dogfish Head is known for (as their motto would suggest) off-centered ales. The latest Sam Calagione and crew concocted is Hoo Lawd, the hoppiest beer ever documented. As a little primer, the average IPA clocks in somewhere in the sub-100 IBU (International Bittering Units) range. Hoo Lawd is a tad higher, landing…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Homemade Hot Sauce Kit

First you buy this kit. Then you craft your own hot sauce. Then you come up with your own goofy name like Bill’s Flaming Cheeks or Blazing Quick Pipe Cleaner. The Hot Sauce Kit has everything you need to make some of your very own hot sauce right on your stovetop.…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Stanley Classic Vacuum Insulated Growler

Stanley is a company that has been demonstrating their knowledge about keeping hot things hot and cold things cold for more than a century. It's almost impossible to find any dad or grandpa in America that hasn't experienced, or currently owns, a Stanley thermos. That iconic green, pseudo-enamel color. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Ty Mattson’s Star Wars Prints

We've just about hit peak Star Wars. After being inundated with new toys, commercials, and odd AMA performances, we kinda just want this thing to get here so the marketing machine can stop. However, after seeing these prints from Ty Mattson, we'll make room for one more killer product. Taking cues…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Floyd DIY Platform Bed Frame

Here's a quick primer about Floyd: They create individual, easily transportable products that turn other things around your home into functional pieces of furniture with a bit of DIY gumption on your part. The Floyd Leg turned any flat surface into a table. The Floyd Utility Set took it one…

By Cooper Fleishman
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