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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
Home
Amin Moazzen Presents a Modern Waterfront Home Called the Cabin of Hope

Persian architect, designer, CG artist and self-described artist Amin Moazzen is a man that has been designing surreal, otherworldly and seemingly impossible living spaces for the past handful of years. While each one of his concepts is unique and most definitely stands out from the surroundings he chooses to superimpose…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
You Can Buy Steve McQueen’s Malibu Beach House For $12.2 Million

For a cool $12.2 million, you can own a piece of Hollywood history. Sotheby's has recently listed the late Steve McQueen's beachfront 5 bedroom, 5 bath Malibu home. Located on a private gated street, this sunwashed home is a surreal getaway just steps away from the Pacific. According to listing agent Shen…

By John A. Paradiso
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Home
This A-Frame Cabin Concept Literally Hangs Off a Cliff

If you've been a Cool Material for any amount of time, you know that we love A-Frame cabins whether they're the small, homebuilt operations on private property or larger, complex-style mass-production options for resorts. One thing that's still new to us is the suspended option imagine by Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Pin-Up Houses DIY Gaia Container House

Tiny houses can cost upwards of a couple of hundred thousand dollars, which seems like overkill for undersized. The folks at Pin-Up Houses have something else in mind. Build your own with some affordable full instructions and plans. Their Gaia Container house is actually a smart home that's self-sustaining with…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Truff Black Truffle Olive Oil

Forget what everyone who experimented with edible fungi during their college years told you about prices, the most expensive edible mushrooms in the world are not the ones that get you high, they're the culinary classic black truffles. With an average price per pound that ranges from insane to downright…

By Cooper Fleishman
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