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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
Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet Concept

If you read through the Mercedes page for this Cabriolet concept, one word you'll see on the regular is "sensual." Normally such a description would deliver a series of uncomfortable shivers, like when an old dude in a Speedo offers to apply some coeds sunscreen for her, but, after perusing…

By Mike Newman
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Features
What We Know So Far About the 2020 Ford Bronco

The 2020 Ford Bronco is one of the most sought after SUVs that will ever be produced, and yet, no one really knows all that much about it. We know what we want it to look like–thanks Bronco6G–but we have no idea if Ford will actually deliver a modern version…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Shanghai Customs Honda Cub Electric Conversion

The Honda Cub and Super Cub are some of the most produced motor vehicles in history, and they've been the focus of quite a few interesting conversions over the years. The Shanghai Customs Honda Cub Electric Conversion is a beautiful machine, but this build was about the brand trying to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Volkswagen’s Electric Microbus Is Coming in 2022

In 5 years, the past and the future will meet, as Volkswagen's I.D. Buzz, the company's long-teased electric bus hits showrooms. Originally unveiled at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year, the adventure-ready vehicle blends the old school charm of the iconic VW bus with modern tech. Electric motors…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Whiskey from the Guy Who Taught Jack Daniels to Make Whiskey

Jack Daniels wasn't born knowing how to make whiskey.  Someone had to teach him and that someone isn't who you'd expect.  Uncle Nearest, born Nathan Green, was a slave in Tennessee who first taught a young Jack Daniels how to distill.  The two worked together when Green was rented to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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