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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
Black Forest Westfalias Camper Van Rentals

It seems like the only way to stay sane these days is to get out of the city for some nature and exploration. There's perhaps no better way to do that than with car-camping, Camper Vans or the #vanlife. If you don't want to shell out the cash to outfit…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
“Strength in Numbers” Is the World’s Strongest Beer

More than a decade ago, BrewDog and Schorschbräu entered into an international "Strongest Beer" ABV arm's race to determine who could brew the world's strongest beer. Sam Adams Utopias, Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout and plenty of other competitors came to collect the title, but none could compete with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Pegasus Land Rover Series III Defender Overlanding Truck

Here's another mouthwatering rendering of a vehicle that should absolutely exist beyond the web and our dreams. Mocked up by designer Doruk Erdem, this beast of burden is named the Pegasus. It uses the Land Rover Series III Defender as its base, adding a huge fire engine-inspired truck cab, a…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Aston Martin X Sylvan Rock Home

Who says great automotive design can't translate to other genres? Watches, boats, planes, and this time around, it's a home worked up by Aston Martin designers and S3 Architecture. Located in New York's Hudson Valley, Sylvan Rock is the British carmaker's first private residential home design. It uses beautiful copious…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Bicycle Ballet

Viola Brand does acrobatics on a bicycle that we can't even manage on solid ground. She's a skilled gymnast and freestyle bike rider who just happens to make balancing, spinning, and standing on a fixie bike look easy. She uses virtually every part of the bicycle to display her tremendous…

By Amos Kwon
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