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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
Suzuki E-Survivor Concept

Blending the style of an old Suzuki Samurai or Jimny with something out of a sci-fi film, Suzuki is set to show off their e-Survivor concept at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show next month. The all-electric vehicle shares similar stylistic traits to past Suzuki off-road vehicles, including the rounded headlights…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Ballpoint Pen Portraits on Vintage Maps and Stationary

You'd never know by looking at his ballpoint pen portraits on vintage maps and stationary, but London-based artist Mark Powell originally enrolled in art school purely by accident. After years of everything from having nowhere to live to a course tutor telling him he was a terrible artist, he graduated…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Ferrari 488 GTB Is Motor Trend’s Car of the Year

Motor Trend pulls out all the stops when it comes to their annual Best Driver’s Car Week, and this year was no different. After testing almost $2 million dollars worth of cars from Italy, Japan, America, Germany, and England on closed highways, race tracks and runways the Ferrari 488 GTB emerged…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Arnold Schwarzenegger Has an All Electric Hummer H1

Everyone knows that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a big fan of large trucks capable of making a meal out of smaller cars. Well, he’s also a huge proponent of the environment, which is why he teamed up with Kreisel Electric to convert his Mercedes G-Wagon to full electric. They worked together…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Hope Electric Bike Concept

With 65nm of torque, a top speed of 75 mph and a maximum range just under 175 miles, the Vectrix VX-1 scooter is certainly a capable electric vehicle, but we find the design to be a little humdrum. When French designer and builder Samuel Aguiar got his hands on one…

By Cooper Fleishman
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