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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
H Garage Honda Valkyrie

The Honda Valkyrie is a beefy bike the manufacturer has had a tumultuous relationship with, having shelved the cruiser for a decade before returning it and its six-cylinder 1832cc engine to glory. But the Valkyrie you're thinking of looks little like the one that rolled out of H Garage, a…

By Mike Newman
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Home
KFC Made a Firelog That Smells Like Fried Chicken

Few scents are as inviting as the ones that emanate from a crackling fire in the dead of winter. A scent that can give that aroma a run for its money is a bucket of fried chicken, at least in our book. KFC decided to make the curious leap of…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Perfect 10/10 Books, According to Reddit

This is going to sound strange, but a lot of those "Best Books of All Time" lists are filled with books many people wouldn't consider the "best." We don't think anyone would argue that Infinite Jest and War and Peace are important, but for many those reading experiences are less than pleasurable.…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
YouTube Channels We Love but Don’t Know Why

Twelve years after its founding, YouTube is still one of the most trafficked and widely used websites on the entire Internet—second only to Google, the company that owns it. It boasts more than 30 million unique visitors every day, and every minute, 300 hours of content gets posted to over…

By Maxwell Barna
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Food
This Meat Thermometer Will Turn You Into a Pitmaster

Precise temps are the key to next-level grilling. A bird, slab of ribs, or steak can go from perfect to overcooked in a jiffy, and when you have a lot cooking, it can be challenging to stay on top of all those different items. That's why there's the Signals .…

By Mike Newman
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