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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
Food
Poor Man’s Kitchen Kilpatrick Fine Strainer

It should come as no surprise that we love a good cocktail. There are plenty of easy cocktails that don't suck. But when you want to recreate something super fancy from your favorite cocktail bar, you're going to need to step up your ingredients and, just as importantly, your hardware.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Land Rover Defender Works V8 70th Edition

Any day now, we'll see what the new Land Rover Defender will look like, but we're still utterly smitten with the old one. The mountain goat of an SUV has been an icon in the off-roading world. No-nonsense, tough as nails, and about as aerodynamic as a window air-conditioning unit,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
1979 Volvo C202 Laplander 4×4

If you lament the disappearance of boxy Volvos, have we got the vehicle for you. The Volvo Laplander is so rectangular, it looks like an ammo can on wheels. The little beast began its life as a military vehicle in the ‘50s but was adapted for civilian use in the…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
LUME Coffee Grinder & Camp Light

If you've ever been camping on a chilly morning with Taster's Choice freeze-dried coffee, you know what it's like to weep like a child. Fresh coffee makes everything better, and that much more when it's in the woods. LUME has created a portable burr grinder for just such occasions, but…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Coca-Cola Is Launching Limited Edition ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Cans

In less a month, Avengers: Endgame will finally hit theaters and put to bed all the rumors about a tiny Ant-Man flying into Thanos and blowing him up from the inside (seriously). What will happen to the remaining heroes? Is everyone really dead? Is Thanos going to win? We have…

By Cooper Fleishman
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