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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
Entertainment
Book a Night in The Grinch’s Cave

Apparently, 'tis the season of booking destinations from movies. Don't worry, we won't get grumpy about it. Because this cave-turned-winter-escape is modeled after the abode of the infamous storybook villain The Grinch. Spend the evening atop Mt. Crumpit overlooking Whoville (Boulder, Utah) in this Dr. Seuss-inspired 2 bedroom, 2 bath…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
You Can Stay in the Lake Como Villa from House of Gucci

Ridley Scott's family crime drama House of Gucci has been the talk of Hollywood since the trailer revealed the over-the-top style of its cast. And now you too can embody that sense of fashion royalty by staying in the Villa Balbiano, where Scott filmed many of the scenes in House…

By John A. Paradiso
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Features
The Best Wine Glasses

Today's young wine industry takes things much less seriously than in years past. The colorful world of natural wine has hit the mainstream and, while many of the wines can look and taste just like traditional, commercial wine, there's a fun-first approach to drinking and enjoying wine. As such, the…

By John A. Paradiso
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Microsoft’s Flowspace Pod Brings At-Home Privacy to the Workplace

Despite what you may think, Microsoft is brand that's truly way more about everything but the Windows operating system you trust them for. Case in point--the Microsoft Flowspace Pod you see here. Designed by a Microsoft Office Envisioning Team led by Anton Andrews--and winner of a 2021 'Best of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The United States of Cocktails

Looking to up your cocktail game? Want to learn about the history of mixed drinks in the United States? Well, publisher Graphic Image has you covered with their leather-bound coffee table book The United States of Cocktails. This nearly 300-page tome features regional cocktails from coast to coast with beautiful…

By John A. Paradiso
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