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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
Food
The Tree Branch Handles All Your Bloody Mary Garnishes

At some point over the last few years, the Bloody Mary evolved into a vehicle for serving an entire TGI Fridays sampler platter to your guests. If you want to create the ultimate Bloody Mary at home, the Tree Branch is the cocktail pick you need. Perfect for all your…

By Mike Newman
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Food
These are the Best Whiskies in the World, According to the World Whiskies Awards

Every year, a collection of whiskies are championed as the best in the world at the World Whiskies Awards. Then, subsequently, we go hunting for a bottle of each so we can stock our home bar with the best of the best. If you want to follow suit, below are…

By Mike Newman
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Home
Now’s Your Chance to Own Props and Furniture From ‘Mad Men’

We could spend a lifetime talking about the impact Mad Men has had on television, pop culture, design, and drinking glasses. Thanks to Lionsgate presumably clearing some space, you can now own a piece of TV history from their ongoing Mad Men Auction on Screenbid. Want to own Don and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
8 New Books to Read This Spring

Whether you read on a tablet, Kindle, or still prefer the smell of a freshly cracked paperback, finding your next book is never easy. You could never read all the new novels, biographies, or nonfiction tomes released each week, so we’re here to help. These are a handful of the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
The 10 Worst Video Games We’ve Ever Played

There are a lot of good video games. There are even more mediocre video games. There are so many more bad video games. There are even bad parts of good games. Obviously, today, we’re going to be talking about all the bad stuff. Remember, the only recommendations you’re going to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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