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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
The Mustang Mach 40 Is Part ’69 Mach 1 and Part GT 40

There's little wrong with the Mach 1 of the late '60s—unless you're trying to save money on gas—but the mad auto scientists at Eckert's Rod & Custom wanted to play around a bit with one to see what they could pull off. Namely, they wanted to take a '69 Mustang…

By Mike Newman
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The 7 Best Bikes You Can Buy on Amazon

From smart home devices of their own making, to coffee makers, cables, and toilet paper, Amazon will sell you almost everything worth buying. It should come as no surprise then that Amazon will also also sell you two-wheeled transportation to use on a regular basis. At the end of the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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It’s Time to Start Making Cocktails With Scotch Again

Three Scotch Cocktails Invented by Great Bartenders A long time ago, a bunch of stuffy old men started making everyone feel bad for drinking “contaminated” scotch. Their scorn and guilt tripping turned scotch into the solemn, contemplative pursuit we know it as today. That kind of drinking is great if…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Food
The Creator Burger-Making Robot

Well, it seems it's high time we welcome our robot overlords. We, as humans, had a good run. There was the wheel, the move to slice bread, and Game of Thrones. Not too shabby, eh? Alas, the robots have won. If you need proof, just visit Creator, a restaurant in San…

By Mike Newman
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The Story of Anchor Liberty Ale: The Beer that Started the Craft Revolution

Liberty Ale was first brewed in 1975 to commemorate the start of a revolution—the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride—but, in the process, it ended up launching one. Walk into any taproom, bottle shop or local watering hole these days and you'll find an IPA-heavy assortment of sudsy offerings. And while the India Pale…

By Mike Newman
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