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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
Duo Is a Mirror and a Personal Assistant

There are plenty of home automation devices based on powerful AI systems that run in the background, but Duo is something different. Duo is a digital AI butler in a mirror. Need a recipe for a special meal? Ask Albert. Need help tying a tie? Ask Albert. Local restaurant recommendations…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Best Movies Available on Amazon Prime Right Now

Amazon Prime Video has quietly been expanding and improving the quality of their movie and television streaming selection for quite some time, swallowing up what Netflix either can’t get or drops completely. It’s a tactic that’s been working for them too. They went from a service that almost exclusively offered…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
‘S-Town’ Is the Podcast You Need to Be Listening To Right Now

S-Town, the latest podcast from the team behind Serial and This American Life, does not go the way you think it will. Now, in the interest of keeping this post relatively spoiler-free, we won't tell you what that exactly means, but we will say it's the reason you need to listen. Hosted by Brian…

By Mike Newman
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Transportation
The Dodge Demon Is the Fastest Production Car

Just unveiled at the New York Auto Show, the Dodge Demon is so fast it's banned from racing. 0-60mph in 2.3 seconds. 0-100mph in just over five seconds. Sub ten second quarter mile time. 6.2-liter engine with a brain-rattling 840 horsepower. The new Dodge Demon is so fast that, after…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Tesla’s Solar Panels Don’t Look Like Other Solar Panels

If you've every talked with someone about switching to solar power, inevitably the aesthetics of the panels come up, and rightfully so. Traditional solar panels are ugly, obtrusive blemishes on an otherwise normal house. It's a pity that such a superficial flaw is keeping us from adopting renewable energy, and…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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