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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
PocketPiano One Modular Electronic Keyboard

While 2020 was a bit of a shitshow in almost every way, it did have the fringe benefit of giving all of us time to focus more on the hobbies we'd been neglecting when we weren't trapped inside. If you're anything like us, that meant brushing up on the musical…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Arcade1Up Is Remaking ‘The Simpsons’ Arcade Game

The 2021 iteration of E3--aka the Electronic Entertainment Experience--is set to kick off this Saturday, June 12th. Arcade1Up decided to start the party early by revealing that they're re-releasing a new version of a beloved arcade classic from the past--The Simpsons Arcade Game. If you grew up in any way…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Laws Whiskey House Releases Limited Edition Bonded Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey

Award-winning distillery Laws Whiskey House has just announced its latest, terroir-driven release: a Limited Edition Centennial Straight Wheat. Made from 100% soft white centennial wheat grown in Colorado's San Luis Valley, this whiskey is gentle in its approach but distinctively flavorful. Laws aged this whiskey for over four years in…

By John A. Paradiso
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Tech
LEGO Electric Hummer

We're sure the LEGO powers that be have already got their eyeballs on the video of this fan-built Electric Hummer Pickup. Based on its attention to detail, mad suspension skills, and its spot-on Hummer look, it's only a matter of time before the LEGO community upvotes this sucker to 10,000…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Bloomscape’s Tough Stuff Plants Are Guaranteed for a Month

If you're anything like us, you love plants and foliage but haven't quite grown into those green thumbs yet. Bloomscape has those of us that can't seem to keep plants alive covered with their Tough Stuff Collection. The collection includes three separate plants (Sansevieria, ZZ Plant, and Hoya variety) that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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