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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
The Complete Guide to Making Your Own Cold Brew

Cold brew coffee is the newest coffee craze sweeping the nation, and quite frankly, we’re glad. It’s about damn time. Cold brew is smoother and naturally sweeter on the palate than regular coffee, which makes it more enjoyable to consume without high-calorie additives. Because of the brewing process, it’s more…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
‘Seeking Dawn’ Is Hoping to Make VR Gaming Relevant Again

We’ve probably said it before, but VR is in a weird place right now, at least for gaming. Everyone’s pretty sure they want it, but no one really knows what they want. It feels like 90 percent of the releases are those stupid gimmicky games that plagued the Wii’s entire…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
Bad Movies That Aren’t: What Rotten Tomatoes Got Wrong

While Rotten Tomatoes puts a nice succinct rating on a movie, it’s really just a conglomeration of people’s opinions. That might sound like we’re stating the obvious, but we’re always surprised at how often people forget critics are just people with opinions. So while it might seem like a pure,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia

Every time a fantasy world is well-realized, people clamor to know more about it. Think about the obsessive devotion fans have to understanding the history of Middle-Earth, Westeros, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. They spend years dissecting every little thing that promises even a hint of information about…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Transportation
Ducati Is Celebrating the Monster 25th Anniversary with a Limited Bike

The Ducati Monster is one of the most iconic motorcycles ever created. It's almost hard to believe, but this year it's celebrating its 25th birthday. For the 25th anniversary of the Monster, Ducati is celebrating in style with the limited Monster 1200 25° Anniversario bike. Each Monster 1200 25° Anniversario…

By Cooper Fleishman
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