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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
Food
Hot Pie from ‘Game of Thrones’ Has a Bakery and Sells Direwolf Bread

Hot off his reappearance and reunion with Arya Stark in the latest episode of Game of Thrones, everyone's favorite TV baker, Hot Pie, is serving up delicious eats throughout the UK. Yes, that's correct. You can have Direwolf bread delivered in London right to your doorstep. Ben Hawkey, the actor…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Classified Moto ‘Frank’ Motorcycle

Richmond-based bike shop Classified Moto knows a thing or two about creating some off the wall bikes that are as interesting and functional as they are unique and fun to ride. Exhibit A) Daryl's bike from The Walking Dead. Exhibit B) The Big Wheel Motorcycle. And now, the 2007 Triumph Speed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain 4×4² Concept

Leave it to the madmen at Mercedes to take an E-Class wagon and turn it into a badass all-terrain 4x4 beast. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain 4x4² Concept started as a standard E-Class All-Terrain that evolved into what you see here when one particular engineer, Jürgen Eberle, decided to upgrade the existing wagon…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Our 7 Favorite Fitness Models on Instagram

While we're all for ladies looking good, on Instagram, we enjoy women who value the fitness aspect over the model aspect. There are way too many "fitness models" that would rather post lifestyle pictures and selfies of themselves looking sexy than the workouts that help them maintain their bodies. Pay attention…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The 8 Best Beard Trimmers To Keep Your Facial Hair in Check

Grooming and maintaining a beard is no easy feat. It takes time, patience, and the right tools to keep your facial hair in check. One of the most important tools for any bearded – or stubbled – man is a beard trimmer. But with so many options available in the…

By Maxwell Barna
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