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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
Home
This Croatian Lodge Lights up Like a Lantern

Situated in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in Croatia you'll find a lodge with sweeping views of the surroundings that lights up like a lantern at night. Designed by Croatian architect Tomislav Soldo, the Gorski Kotar lodge was built with only three functional elements of design required: pitched roof,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Gangster Business Cards from the 1970s

Despite the rise of smartphones and digital ways to swap info, the humble business card remains the calling card of the professional. In the '70s and '80s, however, it wasn't just the salesmen who carried them around. Chicago gangs used to carry business cards that informed recipients of their name, territory, and…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
Barbara Custom Motorcyle Concepts

From a Yamaha cafe racer concept dubbed "Miss Grey" to a futuristic B-25 bomber meets Akira concept dubbed "Daryl," Barbara Custom Motorcycle Concepts are out of this world. Whether they're tackling an original based on something from BMW, Triumph, Honda, Kawasaki or Yamaha in styles ranging from hyper futuristic to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Features
The Best Root Beers from Breweries

In recent years, breweries have transformed from places that only produce beer to tourist destinations. Most breweries now have tasting rooms, tours and some even have on-site pubs and restaurants. But, not everyone who visits a brewery is there to sample the suds. Families take trips to visit well-known breweries…

By Christopher Osburn
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Marlboro Music School and Festival Cedar Cottages

For seven weeks a year, on a campus in the scenic Green Mountains, the Marlboro Music School and Festival plays host to world-renowned and budding classical musicians. In order to have proper accommodations for artists like Yo Yo Ma, Jonathan Biss and Murray Perahia, the festival contacted HGA Architects and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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