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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
Grovemade Catch-All

Early in the creation of the Catch-All, Grovemade decided that the standard shelf was too limited in functionality. Tinkering and fine-tuning led the team to the Catch-All, an entryway wall piece ideal for holding keys, a wallet, a phone, and an assortment of loose items. For the design, the Grovemade…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
The FJ Company 1964 Land Cruiser Surf Wagon

Leave it to The FJ Company to take a half-century old vehicle that's already one of the coolest vintage SUVs out there and make it even better. The build started as a derelict FJ45LV with more rust than original paint. The client wanted a "modded-out 1960s FJ45LV" that they could…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Business Cards of Famous Horror Movie Characters

Any movie buff with a love for great design will enjoy the latest product from Dorothy, a UK-based product design shop we've featured a handful of times. Titled "Business as Unusual," the collection includes 31 different business cards mocked up like they belong to well-known characters from horror movies. Yes,…

By Mike Newman
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Articles
Web’s Best: Steak Sandwiches

You don't need to take sides in the Pat's vs. Geno's war or know what "wiz wit" means to appreciate a good steak sandwich. In fact, you don't even have to make anything remotely similar to what you'd get on the streets of Philly. A great steak sandwich is easy…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Bollinger B2 Pickup Truck

The Bollinger B1, which was unveiled around this time last year, looked a lot like a Land Rover with harder edges. Now the company is doing to the pickup what it did to the off-road SUV. Meet the Bollinger B2, an all-electric pickup truck with the same DNA as its…

By Mike Newman
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