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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
Home
Sense Energy Monitor Tracks Power Usage in Real-Time

At some point, we've all gotten a bill from the electricity company that was significantly higher than we anticipated. Most of those bills come with monthly or year-to-year usage estimates, but those graphs are generally based on overall usage, not the specific items in your house that are costing you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Porsche 917 ‘Le Mans Tribute’ Concept

When you think Porsche, the 911 stands out as the street and racing legend, but it’s the 917 race car that dominated at the most grueling endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The low-slung and sleek 917 took Le Mans in 1970 and ‘71, giving Porsche its first…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Classic Car Studio 1971 Land Rover Defender Series II

As excited as we are about all the upcoming variations of the new Ford Raptors, electric SUVs and supertrucks, it's the classic vintage SUVs like old school Land Rovers that really tickle our fancy. In case their restoration of a 1986 Chevy Silverado wasn't indication enough, Classic Car Studios knows…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Toyota and JAXA Collaborated to Create a Concept Pressurized Rover

Even if you never dreamed of being astronaut--which we highly doubt--there will always be something enthralling about the moon. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA - Japanese NASA) has teamed up with Toyota to create a concept lunar rover that will change lunar exploration the same way the space shuttle…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1960 Harley-Davidson Sportster XLCH Survivor Bike

While we're all for stripping a bike down to its component parts and rebuilding it from scratch, there's something to be said for the less is more mentality when it comes to barn finds. This 1960 Harley-Davidson Sportster XLCH Survivor Bike is the perfect example of that. Recently put up…

By Cooper Fleishman
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