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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
Features
This St. Patrick’s Day, Drink Poitín, the Irish Moonshine

Before you can be famous for great whiskey, you have to invent whatever comes before it. For the Irish, that was poitín (puu-tcheen). It means “little pot” in Gaelic, named for what early Irish distillers used to make the spirit. It’s been the subject of poetry, music, stories, fairy tales,…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Transportation
Joey Ruiter Snowmobile

Designer, artist and transportation nut Joey Ruiter has come up with some pretty crazy pieces over the years. First, there was the Growler City Bike. Then there was the Tinnie 10 Vessel. Ruiter is back with another far out creation in Snoped Version 2, the single track snowmobile that looks like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Scrambler E-Bike V2.0

Electric bikes face the same major issue that smartwatches do. How do you blend functionality with style? While some smartwatches and a few e-bikes have succeeded in solving this conundrum, many more have failed. The Scrambler E-Bike V2.0 is one of the few electric bicycles that gets it all right,…

By Mike Newman
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Food
The Top 50 Craft Breweries by Sales Volume

As big breweries gobble up one-time craft breweries, the "craft" landscape continues to change. Who are the biggest craft—or "independent"—players? Well, every year the Brewers Association parses through the data to find the breweries with the most impressive sales numbers who also meet the criteria for the list, meaning they…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Woolsey Pool Table

We're big fans of Sean Woolsey's work. From a desk designed for Bond to a wall-mounted bar cart, he makes pieces that are fun yet refined. The latest is no different. The Woolsey Pool Table is the billiards table you'd find in Sean Connery's game room. Made from premium grade…

By Mike Newman
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