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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
The Soy Sauce Cruet

Traditionally used for liquid condiments like olive oil or balsamic vinegar, a cruet is essentially a small carafe with a stopper. THE, a Japanese brand known for re-imagining products, teamed up with designer Keita Suzuki to create THE Soy Sauce Cruet. Made with hygienic, non-lead crystal, this cruet uses a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
You Can Buy Tony Soprano’s Escalade

When Tony Soprano had some business to take care of, he left his house, the Bada Bing club, or Satriale's in his pearly white Cadillac Escalade. You might not have similar business to attend to, but you can ride around just like Tony if you win the auction for one…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Turn Any Skateboard Into an Electric With Mellow

Mellow was started by two guys who met while surfing in Morocco. One had an idea for a way to completely revamp the riding experience. The other just happened to be an electric engineer for BMW in Munich. They combined forces, made some prototypes and Mellow was successfully Kickstarted earlier…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Topographic Ski and Snowboard Mountain Maps

A few years ago, we introduced you to Muir Way, a company that was producing printed maps of national parks ranging from Arcadia to Zion. Now they're back with a new series of maps that showcase ski and snowboard mountains based off the topographic quadrants made by the USGS. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Prison Ramen: Recipes and Stories from Behind Bars

We've always been of the opinion that you could make friends over a bowl of ramen, but the experience was definitely not as profound as the one Gustavo "Goose" Alvarez had while he was an inmate at Chino. During the race riots, Alvarez and his crew fed ramen to their…

By Cooper Fleishman
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