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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
Infiniti Prototype 10

There's never a shortage of fantastic and valuable examples of what's possible in the world of motoring at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Among the almost $400 million worth of the world's finest cars that were auctioned (thanks for doing the math, Bloomberg) was a new electric concept from Infiniti…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
The Last Blockbuster in Existence Now Has Its Own Beer

Gone are the days when renting a movie for the night meant hitting Blockbuster and hoping whatever you wanted to see was in stock. When it invariably wasn't, you'd proceed on to see what other new releases had a full tape behind the display box. You'd then settle on Dumb &…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
The Most Relaxing Video Games We’ve Ever Played

We don’t always want to go fast, we don’t always want to shoot lots of zombies, and we certainly don’t always want to find ourselves stranded in space. Sometimes all we want is a video game that’ll help us chill out after a long day. A game that doesn’t play…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Transportation
1956 Austin Healey 100M ‘Le Mans’ Roadster

According to records discovered in the '80s, only 640 of the original Austin Healey 100M "Le Mans" "factory-built" sports cars were made during 1955 and 1956. This is one of those cars, and Bonhams is auctioning it off during The Zoute Sale in October. In addition to being an iconic,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
This Is the Winner of Indian Motorcycle’s ‘The Wrench’ Competition

In partnership with Hot Bike, Indian Motorcycle staged The Wrench, a Scout Bobber build-off where three finalists were each given a donor bike and ten grand to make their dreams reality. Top honors, a spread in Hot Bike, and a grand prize of $10,000 went to Alfredo "Fred" Juarez. From…

By Cooper Fleishman
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