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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
Gear
AutoAdvance Hammer

Here's how the scenario goes. You want to hang something. You grab your hammer and handful of nails and climb the ladder you have propped near the wall. You then place one or two of those nails between your teeth, not because you love the taste of metal, but because…

By Mike Newman
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Home
The Grums Grounds Collector Takes the Mess out of French Press

If you’re anything like us, you’re one of those individuals who doesn’t really feel like a human being until you’ve had a cup of coffee in the morning. As much as we love the French press we use at home on a regular basis, cleaning it is a huge pain…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
12 Online Furniture Stores for Good-Looking, Affordable Furniture

When you're in the market for new furniture and you're not looking to break the bank, there are a few tried and true options that come to mind. But surely there have to be alternatives to IKEA, Overstock, Target and Wayfair, right? Yes. Absolutely. Here are the 12 online furniture…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Mandrill Garage ‘Power Street’ Triumph Racer

When it comes to custom motorcycles, most of the options we see are modern bikes that have been rebuilt to give them a more vintage style and feel. Luo Hao at China's Mandrill Garage—arguably one of the best bike builders in Beijing—chooses to go in a completely different direction by…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Best Movies You Have to Watch More than Once

Obviously there are movies you like you’d watch a million times. Those aren’t what we’re talking about here. What we’re talking about are those movies that can’t be fully appreciated in a single sitting. You might love them right away, but it could take you another handful of viewings before…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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