Features
Bo Derek: "10" Into One
Saddling her horse for a morning ride through Southern California's Santa Ynez Valley, one fact is apparent: at 43, Bo Derek is luminous. She is one of those rare women who …
Two Seats to Paradise
The sun is slowly sinking into the Atlantic Ocean, a fire in the sky matching the color of Lanzarote's volcanic shores. My hair begins blowing in the brisk breeze, even before I …
The Belle Of Biarritz
It stands perched on a rocky promontory overlooking the ocean, a grand Belle Époque red-brick building topped by gray turrets and towers, strong waves beating at its massive base. …
Personal Best
Clammy palms clutch a Dunhill briefcase handle in one hand; in the other, a silver Nokia cellular rings incessantly. A vague, unpleasant tingling gnaws at your abdomen. Then, …
Down Mexico Way
At first light there is the chirp of birds, the whisper of wind and the crash of waves. The waves. Always the waves. The hum of outboard motors, pushing fishermen across …
Miami's War of Words
With the Miami spring warming into subtropical summer, Radio Mambí also turns up the heat several degrees. The dramatic, baritone announcer Armando Pérez-Roura proclaims that …
Rum Reconsidered
Another perfect day is wrapping up in paradise. A farmer is leading his horses to the seashore for a sunset dip after a sweaty day's work. A fisherman tosses his gear into the …
Volleys With the Pros
It is a warm autumn afternoon at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch, in New Braunfels, Texas, and at Court 7 some of the most renowned names in the history of the game have gathered …
In Yacht Pursuit
A woodworker is sitting in a shipyard, muttering profanities under his breath. "Damn, it just doesn't fit," he says disgustedly, as he bends over a piece of wood, …
Insights: Culture—The Trouble with Technology
I remember, not long ago, how when people left for vacation or even for the weekend, they seemed to disappear. Their personal lives had a certain mystique because I didn't …
Insights: Indulgences—Driving Passions
Oprah can talk all she wants about how women bond. Men bond too--over cars. Recently, while strolling down a residential street in San Francisco, I passed a private garage. On the …
Great Moments: A Cuban Portrait
It was 4:50 pm and the history department office was just about to close when I sprinted in with my term paper. The last four days had been filled with nonstop schoolwork for Mike …
Insights: Finance—Deals, Deals, Deals
In recent years, we have seen unprecedented merger and acquisition activity--what we have termed the Third Great Wave of Takeovers. In 1999, there was $3.4 trillion worth of …
Insights: Politics—Doing Right by the People
In forty-nine years I have seen and done a lot. Life from the jungles of Southeast Asia, from the center of a professional wrestling ring and from behind a talk …
Insights: Sports—Do the Olympics Still Matter?
Welcome to the "Complete" Olympics. For the past century, they were called the "Modern" Olympics, to distinguish them from the Games of ancient Greece. Now the "Modern" …
Divine Machinery
Start your engines! That familiar refrain from racing lore may set some hearts racing. For others it's the auctioneer's crisp phrasing of "Sold!" as a vintage racing machine …
Luxury: Timeless Tiffany
Royal-watching began long before Diana, Princess of Wales, stepped into the spotlight. In the eighteenth century, the most watched royal was Queen Marie Antoinette of France, who …
Man Hunter
It is a cold Friday afternoon, and John Walsh is talking gravely into the camera at the Fox television studios in northwest Washington, D.C. He is wearing a shiny, …
Cigars
Cigar Speakeasies
Banished from california bars, cigars are welcomed at a modern version of a prohibition-era fixture
Behind the Box
More than just a pretty face, great cigar boxes offer an extension of the cigarmaker's art
The Death of El Corojo
Cuba's premier wrapper tobacco has been sent to its grave
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Our Country Needs Leaders with Courage and a System that Respects Their Private Lives
Maybe it's time to accept a sad truth: fewer and fewer qualified men and women today are inclined to pursue government service because of the relentless public scrutiny of their …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, First of all, I welcome your new look. I have been a loyal reader since the initial stages of Cigar Aficionado, and have also been a fervent critic in that …