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My Christmas Present
I’ve been holding back, for almost an entire month. But I didn’t want to spoil the car section of the Good Life Guide in the Jan/Feb issue of...more
Posted: January 9, 2008 By Gordon Mott
Heading to the Dominican Republic
This is the time of year my cigar travels get into full swing. Winter in New York means tobacco season in the Caribbean and Central America, and a...more
Posted: January 7, 2008 By David Savona
An Old Favorite
I dined at an old favorite restaurant last night with my wife and daughter, on the occasion of our 27th wedding anniversary. The place? Chanterelle....more
Posted: January 4, 2008 By Gordon Mott
Day 1: Listen to the Streets
There’s something mystical, even spiritual, about Havana. I landed yesterday in the great city from Cancún, Mexico, and I immediately felt like I...more
Posted: January 4, 2008
2008
I spent New Year’s Eve with some of the same people that I celebrated with 30 years ago. Yeah, they are really great old friends, including my...more
Posted: January 2, 2008 By Gordon Mott
Happy New Year
There’s only a few hours left of 2007, so I’m taking a moment to reflect on the year gone by. First, this was as fast a year as any I remember....more
Posted: December 31, 2007 By David Savona
Miami—Day Three
I’m flying out of Miami early this afternoon, but I had time to fit one last meeting into my schedule before I left. This morning I had breakfast...more
Posted: December 22, 2007 By David Savona
Miami--Day Two
I’m back in my hotel room after a long, full day in Miami. I started in Hialeah, at a cigar factory/shop I had never visited before called Flor de...more
Posted: December 22, 2007 By David Savona
Miami---Day One
There’s clearly something wrong with me. I spent the other night standing in my driveway, swinging a 10-pound sledgehammer into the ground to break...more
Posted: December 21, 2007 By David Savona
Wrong Again on Cuba
I told you so. It is always a little dangerous for a journalist to openly pronounce, “I told you so.” But I had one of those moments today when I...more
Posted: December 19, 2007 By Gordon Mott
My First 80th
I’d been waiting for this moment since last year, when the Padrón family gave the world a tantalizing glimpse of its new cigar, the Padrón Serie...more
Posted: December 18, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Thoughts of Sir Winston
I’ve always admired Sir Winston Churchill. Half American, half British, a man of words and a man of action, he stood up to the Nazi threat, all...more
Posted: December 17, 2007 By David Savona
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