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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 Best Irish Stouts (Other Than Guinness)

Guinness’s centuries-long dominance of Irish stouts is no accident. It’s the result of highly persuasive marketing, a romanticized drinking culture, extensive product refinement, and longstanding tradition. It’s also a really good beer and Arthur Guinness knows I’ve spent more than my share of nights in a pub exclusively drinking his…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
6 Podcasts To Better Understand All Things Style and Menswear

If you think about it, there is a lot of blank space in a day to learn something new. While I know that we all need some mental downtime, there’s something to be said about keeping your mind busy while you’re doing something mundane, like, say, washing the dishes or…

By Brett Braley
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Features
10 Flavored Whiskeys Actually Worth Drinking, According To Bartenders

You can say what you will about flavored whiskeys, but there’s definitely a market for them. Take a stroll down the aisle at your local liquor store or peruse an online retailer and you’ll find seemingly countless bottles. That being said, it feels like drinkers either love them or hate…

By Christopher Osburn
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Misc
Tamarit Motorcycles 109 Helios Project

Spanish moto workshop Tamarit Motorcycles is at it again. This time, it's a bike called the 109 Helios Project, and it's oozing vintage cafe racer ethos in the best of ways. The bike begins as a Triumph Thruxton 900, but very little of the original bike remains. The original engine…

By Amos Kwon
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Features
The Best Irish Whiskey For St. Patrick’s Day, According To Bartenders

In the pantheon of party holidays, it’s tough to beat St. Patrick’s Day. Regardless of whether your ancestors were from Cork or from nowhere near the Emerald Isle, it's hard to deny the shenanigans and revelry that occurs every year on March 17th. It’s a day of parades, corned beef…

By Christopher Osburn
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