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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 1965 Aston Martin DB5 from ‘GoldenEye’ Is Going to Auction

James Bond is meant to drive an Aston Martin, and there's no Aston model more associated with everyone's favorite fictional spy than the DB5 that first appeared in Goldfinger.  Up for auction by Bonhams during their Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale is a DB5 that is not the car from…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Royal Enfield’s New Motorcycle Is Inspired by Bikes from WWII

In the early 1940s, as the Second World War raged across Europe, Royal Enfield, a motorcycle production outfit, was tapped to create a bike that could be deployed via parachute behind enemy lines. That bike, the RE/WD 125, or, as it is more commonly known, The Flying Flea, went on…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
This 1969 Ford Bronco Is Powered by a V8 Mustang Engine

We love the Ford Bronco. You love the Ford Bronco. If you just can't wait any longer for Ford to officially bring it back in 2020, there's a powerful option up for grabs on Bring a Trailer that can be yours sooner rather than later. This particular vintage SUV is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
8 Magazines that Prove Print’s Not Dead

It seems like everywhere we look, someone is writing some kind of article about how print media is going the way of the dinosaur. They have a point, but we’re a little more optimistic. Digital publishing may be convenient and lightning quick in a world traveling faster than ever, but…

By Maxwell Barna
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Features
The 10 Best Bourbons Not From Kentucky

It might seem like blasphemy, but technically bourbon can be made in other states besides Kentucky. There’s even a well-known dispute as to whether the name comes from Bourbon Street in New Orleans or Bourbon County in Kentucky. Obviously, most of the best bourbons come from Kentucky—this is where Jim…

By Christopher Osburn
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