In the Winter 94/95
Cigar Aficionado

George Burns

Up Front

Editors' Note : A Big Smoke in Our Nation's Capital

Letters : Out of the Humidor

Features Winning the Jackpot - I Won $8.5 Million at a Slot Machine in Atlantic City and I Owe It All to My Cigar

Profile : More Than a Cigar - Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, revered his cigars and defended his right to smoke above all else.

Hotels : The Mark Hotel, New York City

Hotel Bristol, Paris

Smoking : Cigarillos: Short and Small - In Europe, the Cigarillo, or Short, Dry-Cured Cigar, Sells. In America, it Has Never Caught On.

Cigars : Elegant Humidors - New and Innovative Handcrafted Humidors for the Holidays

Cover : The Ultimate Cigar Aficionado - Ninety-eight-year-old George Burns shares memories of his life.

Golf : High-Tech Golf Clubs - Can New Golf-Club Technology and Design Improve Your Game? Maybe Yes. Maybe No.

Gambling : Fun in Monte Carlo - The Casinos of the Principality by the Sea Combine Glitz with Old-World Money and Charm

Horse Racing at Saratoga - Two Professional Bettors Take Their Handicapping Expertise and Wallets to Saratoga

Cheatin' Man - A Notorious Cheater Reveals How He Beat the Casinos for a Living

Tech : Big Sounds: Home Entertainment Systems - Home-Entertainment Systems are Big-Ticket Items Designed to Produce the Best in Audio and Visual

Watches : Pocket Watches - Complicated and Elaborate, Pocket Watches Are Essential Accessories for Lovers of Nineteenth-Century Memorabilia

Style : Custom-Made Shoes - Custom-Made Shoes Pamper Your Feet in Style

Art : Antique Austrian Glass - Nineteenth-Century Artisan Johann Loetz Established a Factory in Austria that Defined a Genre of Glass Art

Jewelry : Sleeve Jewelry - Stylish Jewelry Adds a Touch of Class to Shirt Sleeves

Drink : Port Stars - Vintage Port's Highest-Rated Wines Come From Fonseca, Graham, Quinta do Noval and Taylor Fladgate & Yeatman Vinnos SA

Dining : Remi, New York, Santa Monica, Mexico City, Tel Aviv

Tour d'Argent, Paris

Wine : Smoking Winemakers - Dedicated Cigar Smokers Puff Away in California's Vineyards

Cigars

Profile : Catching It All - Ahmad Rashad has gone from all-pro receiver to all-network announcer.

Manuel Quesada: The Gentleman of Cigars

Venues : Travel to the Dominican Republic, Cigar Country - Visiting the Dominican Republic

Industry : South-of-the-Border Smokes - Under Towering Volcanoes, the San Andrés Region Produces Richly Flavored Tobacco That Creates Unique Cigars

Culture : Rings Around Cigars: The Cigar Band - The Band The History and the Romance of Cigar's Paper Ring