In the May/Jun 00
Cigar Aficionado

Kevin Bacon

Up Front

Editors' Note : Your Passport to the Good Life

Letters : Out of the Humidor

Features Insights: Politics—Taboo Topics - Want to stop a presidential candidate in his tracks? Say "China," "drug abuse" or "government waste"

Insights: Culture—Women Behind the Throne - Today's female politicians can learn a lot from the women of the eighteenth-century French court

Insights: Sports—Tale of the Tennis Titans - Agassi and Sampras prepare for Grand Slam showdowns

Insights: Indulgences—A Cut Above - The Mecca for custom-made shirts is a small firm in New York City

Insights: Finance - Micro-cap stocks are proof that great investment gifts can come in small packages

Profile : Top Dog: Charles M. Schulz - Charles Schulz's ubiquitous beagle, is the world's preeminent pooch

Hotels : Super Spas - Resort spas offer luxury, pampering and realistic fitness approaches

Cover : Far Beyond Footloose - Kevin Bacon is making it outside Hollywood.

A Woman's Best Friend - A Woman's Best Friend Is Four-Legged, Furry--and thinks With Its Nose

Unconditional Love - Once hunters and protectors, today's dogs have been promoted to family members. here's how to choose, train and love a dog

Golf : The Ten Toughest Courses - Are tough courses, and then there are these ten monsters

Travel : Monterrey Magic - For sheer beauty and peace, look no further than Monterey, California

Sports : Sports Book Betting - A gambling theorist turns to sports betting to beat the odds--and the house

Cars : Ford's Top Driver - Ford CEO Jac Nasser's thinking escapes the confines of brick-and-mortar car making

Watches : The Sporting Time - Swiss sports watches are high-performance timepieces

Style : Dressing Down - Dressed-down dress codes can be confusing, but there are stylish solutions

Art : Painted Treasures - Investing in Oils Portrait paintings capture more than simple images, becoming family treasures and paying dividends as status symbols

Collecting : Buying Today's Hot Artists - A Contemporary Look Buying Contemporary Art Means Searching Beyond the Obvious

Planes : Straight Up, With A Twist - Vietnam Vets and Pro Golfers Agree: Helicopters Are the Way to Fly

Cigars

Cuba Report : Gift Wrapper - For a small-town farmer in the Vuelta Abajo, making quality cigar wrappers is all in the family

Culture : Great Moments - A Measure of Time