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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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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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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
The 8 Best Movies You May Have Missed This Year

We're fast approaching the end of the year. And that means studios are flooding theaters (and, if they bother, streaming services) with movies that they want to convince you are must-sees. Some of them probably are. If you’re any kind of moviegoer, you’ll probably check them out. But as studios…

By Andy Crump
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The Best Film Noir for Noirvember

November is a time for turkey and growing facial hair. It’s a time for gratitude. It’s a time for sitting in the shadows with a handful of film noirs. You know those shadowy, cynical, effortlessly cool crime thrillers that proliferated throughout the 1940s and were fundamental to the movies’ development…

By Andy Crump
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Roborock’s Revolutionary Vacuums and Mops Are Available Now at Their Best Prices Ever

Keeping the floors in your home or office clean is the one chore that never quite seems to be done. As soon as you get done with the broom or the mop, there's something else that needs to be cleaned up. We say no more! Enter Roborock and their expansive…

By Pat McLaughlin
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How Many Kitchen Knives Do I Actually Need?

Three. The short answer is: you really only need three kitchen knives. Many of us started our adult lives with an all-in-one knife block/set that included a variety of knives. But how many of those knives did you actually use? If you're planning to regularly serve Thanksgiving-sized meals, sure all…

By John A. Paradiso
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Entertainment
2021 Holiday Gift Guides

2021 is flying by and the holiday season is right around the corner. Between the upcoming Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals and the strains placed on the supply chain, now's the perfect time to get your holiday shopping done. Need a bit of help? That's where we come in. Maybe you're…

By John A. Paradiso
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