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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
The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging

We'll always be big fans of desk mats. While our previous favorites were standard cutting mats, those were quickly replaced once we found out about the ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat. The ALTI features a premium vegan leather surface on one side and plush felt on the other, with a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
What to Drink This Weekend: Call Me Old Fashioned

Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. It's always Old Fashioned season. The boozy, refined classic cocktail is one of my favorite drinks, regardless of the weather.…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
Why You Should Own a Blu-ray Collection (Really)

Last year, the Motion Picture Association tallied the number of consumers worldwide with subscriptions to streaming services as of 2020. The final count stopped at a cool 1.1 billion. That, to use a brainy technical term, is a lot of consumers. That MPA report isn’t exactly surprising. There’s a good…

By Andy Crump
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Transportation
Genesis X Convertible Concept

Anybody who thought they'd never see Genesis create one of the world's most beautiful cars hasn't looked at the South Korean brand recently. It just completed its X concept trilogy in the grandest of ways with the X Convertible concept in Los Angeles. The X Convertible concept takes the svelte…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
Spacruzzi Is a Floating Hot Tub Boat With a Built-in Fireplace and Cooler

What happens when you want to get from place to place while still relaxing in the lap of luxury--without shelling out six figures for what most of us would call a yacht? Enter Spacruzzi, the "electric propulsion, self-heating, self-cleaning hot tub boat that comes complete with a gas powered fireplace…

By Cooper Fleishman
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