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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 Non-Alcoholic Drinks for Dry January

Year after year, the month of January brings with it the hope and expectation for personal and societal improvements. Resolutions, new fitness habits, and a renewed sense of optimism are hallmarks of the first month of the year. And that may include turning to non-alcoholic beverages as a replacement for…

By John A. Paradiso
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Transportation
BMW i Vision Dee

Forget everything you know about BMW, both past and present. The i Vision Dee shows us one radical future, and it just debuted at CES 2023. The car stands for Digital Emotional Experience, and that's made apparent via the color-changing and mood-communicating grille, the talking virtual assistant, full-windshield head-up display,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Tamarit Motorcycles Triumph Scrambler 900 “Ongaku”

In the capable hands of Tamarit Motorcycles, an already handsome Triumph Scrambler 900 has been turned into a desert bike that's even more tantalizing. Dubbed "Ongaku" ("music" in Japanese), the bike gets a new subframe, a custom two-piece seat and covers, and a heat-shielded exhaust with hand-crafted grilles. Adding to…

By Amos Kwon
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Drinks
New England Is Home To Some of the Country’s Best Beer. These Were the 5 Best New Beers of 2022

Six states make up New England, but as those states all itty bitty, you’d be forgiven for putting the region on the small end of the scale. It's not, however, a small region in terms of its influence on beer. You might be surprised to hear that at dueling moments…

By Andy Crump
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Features
The 5 Coolest New Supercars That Deliver Unmatched Speed and Style

Even the most die-hard motorheads wont ever have a chance to drive the fastest and most stylish supercars on the market. But that doesn't make it any less satisfying to read about all that they can do. From one-of-a-kind models to boundary pushing technology, these are the coolest new supercars…

By Nickolaus Hines
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