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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
Home
Stereotank Turned a Skate Deck Into a Lap Guitar

Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente are two architects currently based out of NYC that have a passion for the relationships between space and sound. Their latest creation combines two of our favorite things, skate decks and guitars, as the Lap Skate Guitar. Billed as the "intersection between an electric guitar…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Customizable Robot Lamp With a Vintage Headlight

Radu had an idea for a lamp that stood like a superhero with a head made out of a motorcycle headlamp. He had worked on a previous Kickstarter project with a designer Andrew, so it seemed only natural the two would work together on a new project. The Lampster is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Star Wars Characters Reimagined as Cars

With all the hype surrounding the pending release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it shouldn't come as a surprise that all kinds of cool fan creations are coming out of the woodwork. The latest creation comes from UK-based online car dealership Carwow, which reimagined Star Wars characters as cars.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Raw Studio Portable Chess Set

Nick Rawcliffe is a London-based designer, inventor, engineer and general creative that creates unique products using innovative materials and processes. Operating as Raw Studio, he produces some of coolest, most creative furniture, lighting and accessories we've ever seen, but the Raw Studio Chess Set is easily our favorite. Each of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
OKA Charred Wood Tumbler Enhances a Whiskey’s Flavor

Whiskey is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash that is typically aged in wooden casks generally made of charred white oak. We're not going to waste time going into details about grain varieties, the distillation process or brands because we all know whiskey is delicious. OKA, created…

By Cooper Fleishman
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