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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
InkDot Embeds Your Photos Into Wood

You know that picture you took that received a crazy amount of Instagram "likes"? How about the one that no one believes you actually shot? Yeah, that photo deserves more than a tiny phone screen. InkDot will take your prized photographs and turn them into displayable pieces of art for your home…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Darth Vader Silicone Oven Mitt

We're pretty sure that Darth Vader has someone else to make his cookies, cakes and casseroles, but maybe baking is his way of winding down after a long day of trying to conquer the galaxy. When he takes things out of the oven to test for consistency or completion does…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
MiniBrew All-In-One Homebrewer

Home brewing isn't the most difficult thing in the world to do, but the combination of art, science and luck that's ultimately so satisfying can also be a huge pain in the ass. Once you figure out all your buckets, carboys, tubing, hydrometers, bungs and any other hardware, you're cleaning…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Ben & Jerry’s and New Belgium Craft Beer Ice Cream

Earlier this year, New Belgium and Ben & Jerry's teamed up to bring the best of the beer and ice cream worlds together with Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale. As many of you probably expected, they're now making an ice cream, too. Salted Caramel Brown-ie Ale will be a limited…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide

Learning a new skill on a regular basis is something that we should all be doing, but there are only so many real life applications for awesome Excel spreadsheets, animated gifs and knitting. Retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson has put together a survival guide that is hands-on and practical. 100…

By Cooper Fleishman
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