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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
Entertainment
Dorothy’s Latest Poster Reimagines Influential Electronic Albums as Postage Stamps

UK-based studio Dorothy has always impressed with their unique, information-heavy posters. But it's the musical ones that we've always found most interesting. Adding to the likes of the USA Song Map, History of Dance Music and Rave Culture, and the History of Hip-Hop Blueprint is this Stamp Albums: Electronic poster…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Kalamazoo Gourmet Shokunin Kamado Grill

The Shokunin is a serious grill for the serious outdoor cook. First of all, it’s a U.S. made, hand-welded and hand-assembled Kamado grill that generates insane temperatures thanks to its shape, insulation, and air circulation. Kamados use ancient Japanese cooking techniques that utilize wood or coal to fuel the burn,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Curb IGNITION DEFENDER Black Key

If you're one of the fortunate sons who owns a Land Rover Defender 90, 110, or 130, you have an iconic mountain goat of a 4x4 that looks as good parked in front of a Michelin Star restaurant as it does slathered in mud and grass on an isolated hillside…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Zero Motorcycles SR/F

If you think electrification is the future just for cars, you haven’t been paying attention to Zero Motorcycles. They’ve been around for thirteen years, having created daily usable bikes that run on quiet, torquey, plug-in power, and they’ve just debuted their next-gen motorcycle, the SR/F. The name isn’t especially thrilling,…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
LEGO Ford Mustang Fastback

It should come as absolutely no surprise that some of our favorite LEGO sets for adults are cars from the Creator collection. The collection that includes a Ferrari F40, Mini Cooper and VW Camper Van is growing with the addition of a Ford Mustang model. Not just any Mustang, an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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