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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
Give Dad a Gift from Fuego Box and his Taste Buds Will Thank You

It’s no coincidence that Father’s Day falls smack-dab in the middle of grilling season. Help elevate everything coming off of your old man’s grill this summer with a gift from Fuego Box. Fuego Box finds small-batch hot sauces from all over the planet and makes them accessible to you. These…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Pirate Joe’s, an Unlicensed Trader Joe’s Retailer, Has Closed

For the last 5 years, residents of Vancouver, British Columbia, who wanted to get their hands on items from Trader Joe's had two options: cross the border into the U.S. and visit a Trader Joe's store, or make a quick stop into Pirate Joe's, a renegade shop run by Mike Hallatt.…

By Mike Newman
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Grill
Cook in an Ammo Box with the C4 Portable Grill

Making dinner in an ammo can isn't an experience most people have had, as it's generally something that's reserved for soldiers making stew on the front lines. Cooking in a metal box makes sense from a practical standpoint, so M Grills built a portable grill inspired by those repurposed stew…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Home
Sound Heroes are the Least Boxy Bluetooth Speakers You’ve Seen

Not every Bluetooth speaker has to be a box or a pill. Some of them can be futuristic robot superheroes. The Kalium Sound Hero is exactly that, a polygonal statue standing tall on its bass pumping base, spewing sound of the highest quality from its chest. The statues come in…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Home
Tentrr Is Airbnb for Camping

Want to spend some time in the woods without having to lug your favorite tent or camping gear with you? Enter Tentrr, which is basically Airbnb for camping. Each of the more than 50 Tentrr camping sites scattered throughout New York is fully-equipped for an entire weekend of fun without the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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