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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
Transportation
Yota Imports Toyota Adventure Ace 4WD Van

We love us a good vintage Toyota minivan because they're so iconic and don't resemble the bulky versions of today. Yota Imports out of Oregon takes them and customizes them without losing the awesome old-school flavor of the originals. The Toyota Adventure Ace with all-wheel drive is one of the…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
MÄNNKITCHEN Pepper Cannon: The Pepper Mill for Pepper Lovers

Whether you're following the instructions in a cookbook, the steps in an online recipe or just winging it, you're going to need to season whatever it is you're cooking with salt and pepper. When it comes to pepper, all the average grinders suck. It doesn't matter if you bought a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Mahmoud Sherif’s ‘The Director’ Is a Brutalist Housing Concept Perched on the Edge of a Cliff

While there are certainly no shortage of brutalist, conceptual architecture pieces we long to visit, few of them call to us like Mahmoud Sherif's design that's appropriately titled 'The Director Will Be Here Shortly." Visually situated in the volcanic remains of Reyinsfijara, Iceland, this brutalist style weekend retreat doubles as cliffside dwelling…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Waffle House “Bacon and Kegs” Beer

In addition to being arguably the greatest late-night restaurant chain in the nation, serving as an informal barometer for FEMA and having one of the most potentially infuriating menus out there because of all the options, the Waffle House is a goddamned American treasure. While the correct order is open…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
This NASA Motorcycle Concept is Designed for the Moon

Believe it or not, the last time we set foot on the Moon was almost half a century ago. The NASA Space Program might not be what it once was, but with an increased focus on travel to the Red Planet, there's also renewed interest in using the Moon as…

By Cooper Fleishman
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