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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
‘The Negroni: A Love Affair with a Classic Cocktail’

While we love a Manhattan, Old-Fashioned, Margarita, Painkiller, Boulevardier or Martini, it's hard to deny the simplicity, ubiquity and sheer beloved nature of the Negroni. As the story goes, "a century ago, the cocktail achieved perfection when, according to legend, Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender in Florence to stiffen…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Yahtzee Cup Noodles Special Edition

If your college experience was anything like ours, your dining hall meal plan was frequently supplemented by the iconic Cup Noodles ramen experience. Not quite proper ramen, not quite soup but cheap as hell and easy to make in a pinch, it's a staple food we still occasionally go back…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Father's Day
Father’s Day Gift Guide 2021: Drink

Give dad the gift of high-class beverages this Father's Day. Whether his bar cart could use an upgrade or you just want to split an exciting new summer-ready wine, we've got you covered. Below are twelve of the best drink gifts to give dad for Father's Day 2021.

By John A. Paradiso
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Food
Lagavulin 11 Year Old Nick Offerman Guinness Cask Finish

Nick Offerman is many things: actor, writer, comedian, producer, professional woodworker, etc. But a teetotaler he is not. And that fact is further evidenced by Lagavulin's new 11-Year Whisky with his namesake. The Lagavulin 11 Year Old Nick Offerman Guinness Cask Finish brings Offerman's two adult beverage loves together by…

By Amos Kwon
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Casey Brown Architecture Permanent Camping MkII Structure

For almost four decades, Australia-based Casey Brown Architecture Studio has been collecting awards and building projects in direct response to climate, topography, and lifestyle perspectives that most other designers/brands/builders choose to ignore. The Permanent Camping MkII Structure--aka Permanent Camping 2--is the perfect example of the brand's commitment to sustainability and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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