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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
Features
The Best Pens You Can Buy at the Convenience Store

From Mini EDC pens and Kickstarter pens, to Tactical Pens and Space Pens, the pen has evolved to become more than a simple instrument capable of recording your thoughts. The packaging might have changed, but that same primary purpose of putting ideas to paper remains the same. Availability is going to depend…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Biersafe Stores Your Beer Underground

We're all for secret bars and speakeasies, but there's something to be said for a truly secure hideout for all of your booze. If you want some bunker level security for your favorite bottles of beer, look no further than the Biersafe. The underground beer bunker uses a plastic tube…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Try Dollar Shave Club with Their $5 Starter Box

You’ve seen Dollar Shave Club’s excellent introduction video, so we don’t have to give you the history of the company. But if you haven’t tried it yet and have 5 dollars, you should give it a shot. That'll get you four stainless steel razor cartridges, the Executive handle and Dr.…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Pluspluu Log Houses

There are quite a few things that come from the Finns that we're in love with, but few compare to these Pluspluu Log Houses. Available in multiple different models with a number of unique log style construction methods, each one of the houses built by Ollikaisen Hirsirakenne Oy out of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Deus Ex Sea Sider Bike Holds Your Surfboard

If you're more interested in getting your gear to the beach than you are in a survival bike for the zombie apocalypse, Deus Ex Machina has you covered with the Sea Sider. Just rolled out on the showroom floor at their Temple of Enthusiasm in Canggu, Bali, Indonesia, the Deus…

By Cooper Fleishman
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