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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
12 Life Lessons from ‘Seinfeld’

For a show that was mostly about stifling character growth and empathy, Seinfeld sure taught us a lot about being a better person. Almost every episode has some kind of lesson on how to improve your life, but it’s more on the audience to decipher the moral. It’s also probably…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
The Best Opening Lines in Movie History

We love when films take us and pull us in the minute the cameras start rolling, and there’s no better way to do that with some mind bendingly good opening lines. It’s the filmmakers first opportunity to establish everything about the movie. It will define the character, world, and situation,…

By Maxwell Barna
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Food
Lagunitas Made a Drink With Hops and Cannabis

You don't have to look hard to see that the gang at Lagunitas Brewing Company celebrates 420. We mean, the original name for Censored Rich Copper Ale, before it was censored, was The Kronik. So maybe the new beverage they're rolling out isn't that much of a surprise. Lagunitas Hi-Fi…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
This ProCharged 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Has over 1,000 Horsepower

For more than a decade, Classic Car Studio in St. Louis has been creating one-off custom classics that are as performance focused as they are drop dead gorgeous. This ProCharged 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle is the perfect example of everything the shop excels at, and if we're being completely honest, when…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The 12 Best Hotel Bars in America

One of the best perks of staying in a fancy hotel is having a bar on the premises. You can stroll down from your room and grab a Manhattan or sidecar. You don’t even need to leave the building to enjoy a well-made cocktail, glass of wine or local craft…

By Christopher Osburn
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