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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
Features
The 9 Hops That Every IPA Lover Should Know

You don’t have to be a scientist or a horticulturalist or a brewer to appreciate beer. You just have to have a lively palate and a sense of adventure. You don’t need an advanced degree to grasp the role hops play in shaping beer, either, but beer education is fun,…

By Andy Crump
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Entertainment
The 12 Best ’80s Movies Every Guy Should See

The 1980s seem like a long time ago. There’s a likelihood that you weren’t even born in time to enjoy the decade that brought the world The Walkman, MTV, snap bracelets, and disposable cameras. Even still, you’ve probably enjoyed your fair share of '80s movies. Because, let’s be honest, it…

By Christopher Osburn
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The 6 Best Italian Motorcycles That Combine Style and Performance

I remember the day I saw a Ducati motorcycle for the first time. It was a late '90s Ducati Monster M900 (I had to look it up at the time). The red hulking beast of a bike looked like no other motorcycle I'd ever seen before, and its rider was…

By Amos Kwon
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Stuck In a Beer Rut? Try These Offbeat Beer Styles Instead of Your Go-to

The Cicerone Beer Style Profiles flipbook and its expansion pack, both of which I used to help me put this guide together, list 60 different beer styles between the two of them and those 60 are by no means exhaustive. By contrast, almost every brewery I’ve visited in the past…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Most Affordable Harleys You Can Buy, From the ’70s to Today

When it comes to motocycles, so long as your knees are in the breeze and what you’re riding keeps you smiling, I don’t care if it’s an old Harley Knucklehead chopper that does it or a Vespa scooter. You should ride whatever calls out to your soul, and that’s really…

By Maxwell Barna
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