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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
Lodge Made a Mini Cast Iron Skillet for Your Tree

We've put our Lodge cast iron skillet through the wringer, cooking everything from homemade burgers to breakfast frittatas on it on regularly. Unsurprisingly, it's better now than it was when we first took it out of the box, which is why we have such an affinity for using. If you…

By Mike Newman
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Features
What to Drink this New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve is usually a night defined by shots and straight champagne, quickly followed by decisions that wouldn’t have been made on literally any other night of the year. We think it’s time to change a bit of that. Let’s class up the party with a few cocktail options…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Transportation
Dodge Demon Shooting Brake Concept

We're not going to get into the differences between estate cars, station wagons and shooting brakes because they're all essentially the same thing--except for the fact that shooting brake sounds way cooler and they generally tend to look better as well. Shooting brakes are a decidedly European thing, but all…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
2017 Raceworks Luxury Raptor Pre-Runner

If you're not familiar with pre-runners, they're essentially race trucks purpose built to "pre-run" a course before doing it in your actual truck so you can figure out problem areas and landmarks. Most of the ones we've seen over the years look more like Mad Max vehicles mated with spiders…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1964 Porsche 356 SC GT ‘Outlaw’

The sight of a Porsche 356 is a treat for the eyes, but an Outlaw build is something else entirely. Outlaw builds are tantamount to giving the finger to the purists. This SC GT 'Outlaw' is such a vehicle that uses a 1964 356 SC shell and is crafted to…

By Amos Kwon
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