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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
Transportation
Speed Warhouse DeathKart

Somewhere between full blown drift car and functional Mad Max vehicle you’ll find the Speed Warhouse 1991 Nissan 240SX DeathKart. The DeathKart lives up to its name, with its blown out frame and body, but it started as a full drift car straight out of Super Street or the Fast…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Food
Fire Dept Booze-Infused Coffee

If you haven't already tried the easy-drinking, powerful and delicious coffee from Fire Dept Coffee, now is the perfect time. Fire Dept Coffee is now infusing their coffee with booze. The Spirit Infused Coffee line consists of three separate options that pair Fire Dept's caffeinated morning water with an infusion of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
What to Watch This Weekend: American Playboy

With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or…

By Mike Newman
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Features
Test Drive-Thru: Audi S8 Plus

“Test Drive-Thru” is a series where we review new cars and new fast food items Are you in the market for insane power, a deafening growl, and high-class niceties like massaging seats? Then continue reading this review of the Audi S8 Plus.  Are you in the market for fire-roasted red…

By Mike Newman
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Home
A House Designed for a Photographer

The French firm Studio Razavi Architecture, founded by registered architect Alireza Razavi, recently completed work on a studio and house for a photographer in the seaside resort town of Loctudy, France. Built for a photographer looking for a space that could pull double duty as a summer home and a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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