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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
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TVR Returns With the Brand New Griffith

Independent British car manufacturing icon TVR has been producing some of the most interesting rides we’ve ever seen for around 70 years. They’ve gone through their fair share of nightmare business scenarios over the years, but that’s all in the past now. TVR is returning with the brand new Griffith.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
‘Die Hard’ Is Now a Christmas Book

There are two schools of thought when it comes to Christmas movies: Die Hard or everything else. For those of you who feel McClane triumphing over Hans Gruber is the ultimate feel good holiday story there's finally an illustrated tome to go along with the moving picture. That's right, Die Hard…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Exodyne Electric Motorcycle

The Exodyne Electric Motorcycle looks like what would be built if MacGyver needed a ride on Monday and was trapped in a very well stocked garage over the weekend… which actually isn’t that far from the truth. In the case of the Exodyne garage build, MacGyver is Alan Cross, an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Perrin Malted Milk Ball Imperial Porter Tastes Like Whoppers

Whoppers are near the top of the list when it comes to our favorite chocolate candy. We used to tear through boxes of them when we were kids. The brewers at Perrin seem to have a similar love for them, and they're releasing a beer to prove it. Malted Milk…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
LEGO New York City

We've built many a LEGO city in our day. Often these cities consisted of little more than perfectly rectangular "skyscrapers" on a large green LEGO board. What artist and designer J.R. Schmidt did, however, is far more impressive. Schmidt imagined a LEGO New York City with Google Creative Lab. While…

By Mike Newman
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