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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
Project Neptune

We've taken a few hot air balloon rides in our lives, and they have always been a great experience. But even with the heights they elevate you to, you won't get to space--the final frontier. Unless, of course, you're riding in the PriestmanGoode x Space Perspective 'Project Neptune' balloon. This…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1978 Datsun 280Z

Although Nissan plans to bring a new Z-Car to the masses later this year, we're always stirred by the original. This 1978 Pearl Black Metallic Datsun 280Z is just such an example. Fewer than 1,500 of the 280Zs were produced with this paint color were ever built and only in…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
“Royal” House

To "live among the trees" doesn't mean you have to carve out a monastic experience and sleep in a self-made shelter. William Kaven Architecture just built a "Royal" domicile spanning 4,352 square feet in the rich Oregonian forest. Located in Forest Park, close to downtown Portland, the two stacked structures…

By Amos Kwon
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Home
Iceland’s Sky Lagoon

It's only been a few months of quarantine, but these days, it feels like we've been trapped inside for a lifetime. To say we're looking forward to getting out and exploring the world at large like we used to do would be the understatement of the year. That's where Iceland's…

By Cooper Fleishman
Sky-Lagoon
Transportation
Triumph Electric Bicycle

The British motorcycle manufacturing titan Triumph was originally founded almost a century and a half ago. Since then, the brand went defunct, was revitalized and produced everything from a 1,000hp motorcycle aimed at breaking the land speed record to a Steve McQueen Special Edition bike. And now, for the first…

By Cooper Fleishman
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