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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
Jimmy Dean Sausage-Scented Wrapping Paper

Santa won't have much of an appetite for milk and cookies this year, as he'll probably spend his sleigh ride chowing down on your presents. That's not because St. Nick got you 10 pounds of bacon—as fantastic as that sounds; it's because he can now clad your gifts in sausage-scented…

By Mike Newman
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Features
What It’s Like to Drive a Formula Race Car

The opportunity to get behind the wheel of a race car has been a dream of ours for as long as we can remember. There’s something about the smell of gasoline and burnt rubber that has always enamored our senses and gotten our hearts racing. So, when we were given…

By Maxwell Barna
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Transportation
ECD Automotive Design Project “The Force” Defender

ECD Automotive Design--aka the people formerly known as East Coast Defender--need no introduction around these parts because they've been transforming vintage Land Rovers into modern pieces of functional art for almost as long as we've been cool ass cars and trucks. From Project Hard Drive and Project DiVA, to Project…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Unagi Electric Scooter Makes Quick Commutes Easier Than Ever

When we first heard about all of those metropolitan scooter sharing services that promised quick, efficient and fast rides, we weren't quite sure how we were supposed to feel. Sure, having the option is great--and the experience is definitely a fun if you get a good one--but it's also a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
This Geometric Wallpaper Celebrates 100 Years of Bauhaus

Next year, Walter Gropius' iconic Bauhaus art school that would go on to create an entirely new approach to design will be celebrating it's 100 year anniversary. In honor of everything the Bauhaus achieved over the last century, MuralsWallpaper has created an entirely new signature collection that references all things…

By Cooper Fleishman
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