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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
The Secret Bar in the Grand Central Terminal has Reopened

For years, the Campbell Apartment served great, old-fashioned cocktails in a setting to match without most commuters ever getting wise to its existence. Now, new owners have decided to bring the bar out of hiding, hoping to share the cocktail bar with the public in a way it hasn't been…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Home
Wikkelhouse Cardboard Prefab

Designed and developed by the Amsterdam-based collective of creatives known as Fiction Factory, the Wikkelhouse prefab is made with cardboard and other eco-friendly materials. The gorgeous and simple structure is built in modular sections made out of dozens of layers of cardboard covered with wood paneling inside and out that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Jim Beam Whiskey Coffee

With the current options available for booze and whiskey combinations it's almost surprising Jim Beam Whiskey Coffee took this long to come into being. Whiskey barrel coffee is a thing. Jim Beam Pancake Syrup is a thing. Jack Daniel's Coffee is a thing. Jim Beam even makes a Chicago Cubs Whiskey. Why did…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Paul Smith Teamed up With Anglepoise for New Lamps

Paul Smith is an iconic British fashion designer. Anglepoise is an iconic manufacturer of lamps and other industrial goods. Put the two iconic brands together and you get this new collection of lamps. Described as a "stunning interpretation of the Anglepoise Type 75 range" this new collection of lamps will…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Introducing ‘Hoppist’

At Cool Material, we have a thing for beer. You already know that if you've read some of these articles over the years. We're not the only ones. Being into beer is no longer a fringe thing. Breweries are popping up left and right, can releases are drawing massive crowds, and…

By Mike Newman
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