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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 Ethec Electric Motorcycle Can Go 250 Miles on a Single Charge

Designed and built by a team of 16 Swiss University students, Ethec is an electric motorcycle that can go 250 miles on a single charge. The enormous battery that's impossible to miss has a total of 1260 cells and is definitely a huge factor in the range, but the front…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1998 McLaren F1 LM-Specification

Despite taking home top honors at Le Mans in '95 and hitting over 240 mph at the Ehra-Lessien Proving Ground in Germany, the F1, believe it or not, was designed as a road car. This F1 is chassis 073, a vehicle built in 1998 that comes with the desirable "LM…

By Mike Newman
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Gear
This Rotring Rapid Pro Mechanical Pencil Is a Steal at $19

We're huge fans of everything that Rotring makes, but pencils will always be the first things we think of when we hear their name. That's why we were so excited to find out that one of the best mechanical pencils out there, the Rotring Rapid PRO, was on sale for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Chop Shop Wine Is Made to Pair with BBQ

There's nothing like pairing a cold one with a slab of meat fresh off the grill, but this summer you have another option: Chop Shop Cabernet Sauvignon. Made by Ryan Zotovich for Winc, Chop Shop is a juicy, complex, full-bodied Cab made to pair with barbecue dishes and the umami…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Woolsey Pool Wall Rack

As you're probably already well aware, we're big fans of designer Sean Woolsey and his stylish creations. Whether it's his wall-mounted bar, Agent desk or the recently released Woolsey Pool Table, each one of the products that comes out of his studio has a unique style, material combination and attention…

By Cooper Fleishman
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