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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
Drinks
8 New Beers You Should Try

With so many breweries releasing so many beers, a beer lover can feel overwhelmed. Paralysis by analysis is real, so it can never hurt for a thirsty traveler to know what to look for. After you’ve made headway on the classics on this list, this list, this list, and this list, reach…

By Mike Newman
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Home
This Writer’s Cabin Has Folding Walls

If you're looking for a secluded cabin to finish the next great American novel or just relax over a long weekend, you won't find much better than the False Bay Writer's Cabin. Designed by internationally renowned firm Olson Kundig—the same firm responsible for the Cabin at Longbranch—this minimal space is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
How to Make all the Food from ‘Seinfeld’

Food comes up in Seinfeld pretty frequently, so it was only a matter of time before someone on YouTube cashed in. Lucky for the world, it was the series Binging with Babish, which seems to have the explicit objective of making us very fat. As part of his Seinfeld special, Andrew Rea, host…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Features
8 Maple Syrups for Next Level Pancakes

If we could, we’d use real maple syrup as currency. We wouldn’t just slather it on pancakes; we’d put it on everything. If you’ve tasted Vermont liquid gold, you understand our enthusiasm. The stuff is the nectar of the gods. But if you’ve spent your days covering your waffles in the high…

By Maxwell Barna
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Entertainment
11 Good Books to Read If You Need a Laugh

We're all for binge-watching the latest Netflix or network television hit, sometimes you need to conserve some much needed battery power and save the great stand-up specials in favor of some good old fashioned written comedy. Penned by some of the best comedians out there, these books include hilarious stories that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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