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Kentucky's Finest: Bourbon
Small-Batch and Single-Barrel Bourbons Revive the Good Old Days of Whiskey
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Mark Vaughan
Rolling Las Vegas
The table is blanketed with chips, nearly $50,000 worth of colorful tokens belonging to a huddle of 12 anxious bettors, thrown together by chance....more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Michael Konik
Music Man: Charles Koppelman
Charles A. Koppelman, chairman and CEO of EMI Records Group North America, rises from his mammoth, semicircular, blond wooden desk in his ultramodern...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Mervyn Rothstein
In Hand
Fountain Pens are Coming Back in Vogue
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Ettagale Blauer
The Desire for Daum
Who would have ever thought that a company which in the nineteenth century advertised its tavern glass as "very heavy for use in self-defense" would...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Nicholas M. Dawes
The Ashtrays of Limoges
Europe's top chefs, such as Fredy Girardet of Girardet in Crissier, Switzerland, certainly know what it takes to end a terrific meal: great desserts,...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By David L. Ross
The Cigar Dinner Boom
Huddled in a dark corner of a deserted public park, a man pulls a long, dark, thin object from his jacket pocket. He flicks the flint on his lighter,...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Gordon Mott
Fall Suits
He cuts a figure at once elegant and authoritative as he strides confidently into the boardroom. Some glance at the perfectly dimpled tie tucked...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Ralph DiGennaro
For Pipe Lovers
It's bad enough when uninformed individuals roll their eyes in disapproval upon discovering that we have just lit up a cigar costing anywhere from...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Richard Carleton Hacker
Great Moments: A Daughter Remembers
My father was a big man who smoked a big cigar. As a young girl, I wore the golden rings from his cigars with pride. As a grown woman, I still...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Carol Weston
The Art of Gallé
How much would you pay for a table lamp shaped like a mushroom? If you were the anonymous bidder at Sotheby's New York on December 2, 1989 who went...more
Posted: June 1, 1993 By Nicholas M. Dawes
Panama Hats are a Dying Tradition
In the town of Montecristi, Ecuador, the art of weaving Panama hats is slowly dying. Two generations ago, there were 2,000 weavers, but in the last...more
Posted: June 1, 1993 By Harry Rosenholtz
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