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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
Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Collection of Vintage Neon Signs

We've never wanted to transform our office into something as bright as the Vegas Strip as much as we do right now. That's because RM Sotheby's is set to auction off a collection of classic neon signs that remind us of old highway motels, decaying gas stations, and dive bars…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Porsche 911 Carrera 996 Safari

Porsche 911s from the early 2000s, often referred to as 996s, with their odd, cracked egg-like headlights, have never garnered the interest other Porsches have. Yet there's something oddly captivating about the 996 Jalopnik discovered on Craigslist recently. The "Safari Rally Car" comes in a drab olive color and those fried…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Bob Dylan Launched a Whiskey Brand

We can think of few better ways to pass a lazy Sunday than with a dram of the good stuff and the needle on some classic Dylan. Now the legendary singer-songwriter is providing more than the soundtrack; he's providing the booze. Heaven's Door is a new distillery in Tennessee from…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
The ROD Cycles Model 2 Is Designed Like a Car

ROD Cycles out of Paraguay is an up-an-coming urban bike builder who's going to change the way you think about bicycles with a focus on design more common in the world of four wheelers. The latest creation to roll out of their shop is the Model 2, a sleek and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
How to Drink Coffee Like a Nicaraguan Pro

To some of us, coffee is just another liquid. It’s something we drink to help power through late-night meetings and long Monday afternoons. But to others, coffee is life. It’s part of the daily routine, as necessary as combing one’s hair or brushing one’s teeth. Café Las Flores is the…

By Maxwell Barna
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