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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
Transportation
Steve McQueen’s Indian Sport Scout Is for Sale

In 1934, as a response to the negative reaction to the Standard Scout and the failure of the Motoplane, Indian created a bike with a lighter frame, girder forks, improved carburation and alloy cylinder heads. It's called the Sport Scout, and it's an absolutely gorgeous bike. One of the best…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Customized LEGO Minifig Portraits of You

It’s probably been a long time since you set foot in a portrait studio, but things like that happen when you have photographer friends and a camera in your pocket. What you probably can’t do is get a custom LEGO mini fig portrait from anywhere other than Two Three Bricks.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Home Moonshine Kit

This isn't some boxed drink making kit your aunt would give you for the holidays. No, with a 10-gallon, onion-shaped copper still, this home moonshine kit is designed for the budding Popcorn Sutton. Each is handcrafted from gauge 20 copper with brass wire welds and tin-silver solder, and the set includes the…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Gunpowder Finishing Salt

Gunshow is a restaurant in Atlanta with a rotating weekly menu that includes everything from BBQ spiced pork belly and pan-seared flounder to a dish with duck three ways called "Duck, Duck, Duck." After years of experience in the Gunshow kitchen, chefs Kevin Gillespie and Joey Ward poured their knowledge…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Wake and Bake With Cannabis-Infused Coffee

If you're looking to change up your cannabis routine from edibles to drinkables, look no further than California-based House of Jane. Built on a 30+ year interest in the medicinal benefits of marijuana, House of Jane makes cannabis-infused beverages for your drinking pleasure. Medium, light and dark roast options, along with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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