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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
Steve McQueen’s ‘Bullitt’ Mustang Was Just Found

When The King of Cool bombed through the streets of San Francisco in Bullitt, it unearthed in us a passion for the American muscle car. More specifically, it made us want a '60s era Mustang in the worst way. That car, the '68 Mustang Steve McQueen piloted in the film, was…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Bentley’s New Bentayga Luxury SUV

Freshly unveiled ahead of an official release at the North America International Auto Show in Detroit, Bentley has added an all new version of the Bentayga luxury SUV powered by a V8 engine. The heart of this gorgeous beast is an innovative new Bentley V8 delivering 542 horsepower, 568 lb-ft…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Vestaboard Is a Connected Split-Flap Display For Your Home

There's something charming about the split-flap train displays throughout Europe and parts of the U.S. The clacking shuffle of tiles is a bizarre pleasure to the ears. Now you can bring a little of that into your home with Vestaboard, a mobile device-connected display that you can use for messages…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Ford Bronco Dallas

The Ford Bronco has slowly usurped the Land Rover Defender as the vintage SUV du jour. Few builders are doing nicer things with these old school rides than Classic Ford Broncos, proof of which can be seen here. This is the Ford Bronco Dallas, a build based on a 1977…

By Mike Newman
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Murals Concrete Wallpaper

We'll start by saying that wallpaper is a thing best left in the '70s and '80s. If there is one company making us rethink that proclamation, it's Murals Wallpaper, a Liverpool-based company offering some of the most unique, attractive wallpaper we've ever seen. The company's Concrete Effect Wallpaper turns your…

By Mike Newman
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