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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
Bradley Cooper Displeases The Right People In “Nightmare Alley” Trailer

"Lots of remakes aren't good," you say? Well, lots of movies aren't good. So there. But Nightmare Alley is a good movie. And Guillermo del Toro only makes good movies. So that's two reasons for optimism about Searchlight's forthcoming remake of Edmund Goulding's ol' noir masterpiece. The other reasons - like…

By Andy Crump
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Drinks
What to Drink This Weekend: The Crimson

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. Not a whole lot of fall/winter seasonal cocktails call for vibrant fruit flavors but we wanted to try out something…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
Goodland Wood Burning Hot Tub

Ah, to lounge in my own personal hot tub secluded in the woods. Ain't that the dream? Well, it can become a reality thanks to Vancouver-based startup Goodland. The Wood Burning Hot Tub, Goodland's first product release, is a durable, sustainably made, hot tub. The design is minimalist, evocative of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Snow Peak x Pendleton Icon Blanket

Yep, it's warm blanket season if you hadn't noticed. Instead of grabbing a cheap fleece version from a discount store, get one with real personality, measured warmth, and resilience. Portland, OR-based Snow Peak has partnered with wool apparel and blanket company Pendleton to make the Icon Blanket. The wool and…

By Amos Kwon
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Peloton’s Latest Is a Smart Connected System That Helps You Strength Train

At-home workouts were a thing long before COVID. But all of the gym closures cemented their importance to most of our daily lives. Peloton was the end all, be all for plenty of fitness obsessives--for good reason!--but it lacked the strength training component that most of us had to seek…

By Cooper Fleishman
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