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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
Boston Harbor Distillery Makes Whiskey From Sam Adams Beer

If you're a whiskey fan who also enjoys a pint of Sam Adams, your new favorite hooch has just been concocted. Boston Harbor Distillery, which was started by Rhonda Kallman, one of the cofounders of Boston Beer Co.,  has just released three new whiskies, each of which were distilled from a…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Ducati Introduces Three New Bikes

Some might say that Ducati is somewhat of a one-trick pony. Sure it goes fast, but not every bike owner is necessarily interested in that. In an effort to make their bikes appealing to a larger audience, Ducati has just introduced three distinctly different new models. For those eager to…

By Kevin McCauley
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Food
Shard Gives You Cocktail Bar Quality Ice at Home

If you like fancy cocktails—the kinds that include lighters to extract oil, near impossible to pronounce liqueurs or crazy hardware—you've probably enjoyed a libation or two that was perfectly chilled with an absurdly clear block, sphere or brick of ice. As any cocktail aficionado would, you tried to recreate it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Rare 1959 BMW 507 Roadster Up for Auction

Originally designed to fill the underserved void between inexpensive MGs and Triumphs and the expensive Mercedes 300 SL, the BMW 507 was made from 1956 through 1959. However, due to higher than expected costs, the project was shelved with a scant 251 models actually made. Rarer still are the Series…

By Kevin McCauley
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Home
Best Made Sliding Match Safe

A military inspired footlocker. A front-loading toolbox. A ditty bag. Multiple strongboxes. Best Made has a reputation for producing products that live up to their name, and that's especially true when it comes to smaller, clever storage devices. Their latest creation, the Sliding Match Safe, is no different. Crafted out…

By Cooper Fleishman
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