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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
Barbara Custom Motorcycles Triumph E ‘Black Matter’

If you're not familiar with Barbara Custom Motorcycles, imagine a bike builder who traveled back in time to reimagine the bikes of today as the bikes of tomorrow. We've shared a few of these renderings before and we simply can't get enough of the company's work. That's why we're bringing…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
BMW i8 Roadster

The BMW i8 is one of those cars that turns heads. And when we say "turns heads," we don't just mean those attached to car guys; we mean all the heads. Its futuristic build, gull-wing doors, and zip draw lots of attention. We should know since we took one to…

By Mike Newman
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A ‘Tron: Legacy’ LEGO Light Cycle Is Coming in 2018

It took the better part of two years, but the Tron: Legacy Light Cycle LEGO model that BrickBros UK created for LEGO Ideas has finally been approved by the toy brick giant to get a full retail kit. Before you get too excited thinking you're going to be able to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Smartables Will Charge Your Phone, Play Music, and More

Chances are, your nightstand is good for holding a few books, a lamp, and your phone but little else. If that's the case, you could be getting so much more out of your bedside buddy if you swap it out for a Smartable. Smartables are clever nightstands that do more…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
10 Great Podcasts to Binge on Your Next Road Trip

Podcasts are the perfect road trip accompaniment. They keep you engaged, but can provide white noise to keep you focused on the road. We tried to cast as wide a net as possible to keep you entertained on your cross-country drive, so we have some straight up entertainment, comedy, history…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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