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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
‘Restricted Areas’ Chronicles a Technological Future That Never Happened

Danila Tkachenko is a Russian visual artist and photographer who focuses on the unconventional. His project "Restricted Areas" zeroes in on abandoned Soviet buildings and installations. As he told Fast Company, "One day I went to visit my grandmother who lives in a closed and previously secret city near Chelybinsk,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
ECD Automotive Design Project Hard Drive Defender

The name might have changed from East Coast Defender to ECD Automotive Design, but the quality of the rides has not. Whether it's the Project DiVA D90 or the Project Viper D130, there's no shortage of jaw-dropping vehicles that have rolled out of the ECD shop. The latest is a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
IHOPS Is a Pancake Beer From IHOP

If you love IHOP pancakes but have always questioned why you can't get drunk on them, now you're in luck. It's time to guzzle some IHOPS. IHOPS is a new beer from IHOP and Keegan Ales inspired by the chain's popular pumpkin pancakes that hit menus this time of year.…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Ford F-Vision Self-Driving Truck

The day of roadways filled with autonomous vehicles is inching closer. That doesn't just mean personal vehicles, mind you; it also means things like tractor-trailers. Meet the Ford F-Vision, the automaker's attempt at a self-driving, all-electric big rig. Unveiled at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover, Germany, the truck was…

By Mike Newman
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Food
This 92-Year-Old Whisky Could Sell For Over $1,000,000

The crowning jewel of a massive whisky auction at Bonhams is this uber-rare bottle of The Macallan. Expected to fetch somewhere between $920,000–$1,200,000, the prized hooch is 92 year's old. That's right, this whisky began its life when roads were filled with Model Ts and Babe Ruth was hitting dingers…

By Mike Newman
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