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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
Petersen Hollywood Dream Machines Exhibition

Sometimes we can’t discern between our love for a movie or the iconic car that can sometimes steal center stage. The Tumbler from “Batman Begins” comes to mind, as well as Doc’s DeLorean DMC-12 time machine from “Back to the Future”. Now, Petersen’s Automotive Museum is bringing 40 truly iconic…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
53rd Annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari

This Easter celebration has nothing to do with bunnies, eggs, bonnets, or brunches, thank goodness. The Easter Jeep Safari is an off-roader’s delight and takes place over the course of nine days in Moab, Utah with some of the most impressive 4x4s to ever roam the earth, most of them…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
This Building Has a Tri-Level Bookcase Mural on the Side

We've seen more than our fair share of impressive pieces of street art displayed prominently on the sides of buildings. Dutch artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed took things to the next level with a new multi-level trompe l’oeil mural on the side of an apartment building in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll’ Museum Exhibition

Life just wouldn't be as great if music wasn't a thing. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of classical, trip hop, punk, smooth jazz or rock & roll, the instruments that artists use to bring their visions to life are just as iconic as the artists and the creations.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Halfbike 3

We love when innovation creeps its way into gear that’s essentially remained unchanged forever. Case in point, the new Halfbike 3, which looks like a truly entertaining blend of bike, scooter, and tricycle wrapped in a recreational and fitness-oriented human-powered vehicle of the best kind. The handmade Halfbike 3 is…

By Amos Kwon
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