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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
Features
8 Incense Burners that Don’t Look Like They’re from Spencer Gifts

We get burning incense popular among kale chip enthusiasts and hot yoga practitioners, and while we certainly try not to be too judge-y when it comes to the vocations of others, we also want to make sure people understand that burning incense is a practice that’s been around far longer…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
One-Season Wonders: Excellent Shows that were Cancelled Too Soon

Not every show that gets made is good. That’s understandable. There are a lot of hack writers willing to team up with money grubbing studios and some bad TV is destined to come from that. Mudding up art with greed is always bad. What’s worse is when every member of…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Transportation
One of Harley-Davidson’s First Purpose-Built Racers Is Going up for Auction

Harley-Davidson has been a household name for as long as we can remember. They've produced an incredible amount of bikes in the century plus they've been around, but few of them are as special as the 1915 Harley-Davidson 11K Board Track Racer you see here. The first example of a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
You Can Finally Own a Vincent Black Lightning Motorcycle

Bonhams never has a shortage of great vehicles in their auctions. When we saw they were auctioning off Steve McQueen's Husqvarna from On Any Sunday during their Collector's Motorcycles event at the Barber Vintage Festival we thought for sure it was going to be the coolest piece in the collection. We…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Microlino Is Building a Modern Electric Bubble Car

Originally produced during the 1950s and 1960s, the bubble car has developed a cult-like following over the years because of its quirky design and unique styling. The Isetta, particularly the BMW version, with it's front opening door and incredible gas mileage is one of the most memorable versions, and it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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