Morgan Freeman • Mar/Apr 2005
Features
The Greatest
Every actor dreams of a moment like this. Clint Eastwood, accepting his Golden Globe in early 2005 for directing the heartbreaking boxing drama Million Dollar Baby, was speaking …
Smoker's Heavens
You know what it's like today to try to smoke a cigar in this world. As the law and political correctness circumscribe and tighten the circle where cigar smoking is acceptable, …
On the Fast Track
"We've been to Charlotte, we've been to Dover, to the Poconos, to Bristol," John Gaumond is saying. Sitting in shorts and a T-shirt outside a shiny Monaco Diplomat motor home on a …
Lady Luck
It's 11 p.m. at Caesars Palace on the Vegas Strip. During any given night a smattering of sketchy characters can cause concern for casino security. Cheats, pickpockets, confidence …
Auto Spies
Sitting just over the Nevada border, a gunshot from California's barren Mojave Desert, the Sourdough Tavern has the dank, seedy feel of a Wild West saloon. It's the sort of border …
Satellite Radio Blasts Off
When satellite radio was introduced in 2001, the naysayers were out in force. Who in his right mind was going to pay $10 or more every month to listen to radio? And judging from …
Cigars
Q&A: The Silent Legend
An Interview with Alfons Mayer, the globe-travelling tobacco buyer for General Cigar Co.
The Big O
With a cigar in hand, Oscar Robertson, one of the greatest guards in basketball history, looks back on his life, his Hall of Fame career and the NBA today.
A Cigar Icon
The Fuente Fuente OpusX's unique origins make it a truly sublime smoke
The 2004 Montecristo Cup
As the Caribbean sun rose over the gently swaying palm trees, a semi-organized army of golf carts rolled out from the first tee, spreading out across the Dorado Beach East golf …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
What's Happened to the Constitution?
The attacks on smokers, and the moves to restrict smoking areas, have begun to take away rights that the U.S. Constitution promised each and every American. Employers and local …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I am an American currently working in Pristina, Kosovo, as a civilian police officer for the United Nations. A little over a year ago, I was in Virginia going …
The Good Life
Sony LocationFree TV
From the product name, you'd expect some kind of TV that moves from room to room, and you'd be right—the LocationFree TV system does indeed let you watch wirelessly throughout …
Bills Khakis
So often when the sturdy classics of the age before things were created for instant disposability—the telephone built to last a lifetime, the automobile made more from steel than …
Irish Whiskey
Show your pride on St. Patrick's Day this year by avoiding the oceans of green beer that flow in pubs, and instead sip the Emerald Isle's venerable whiskey. With its five …
Dromoland Castle & Country Estate
Dromoland Castle Hotel, just west of Limerick, Ireland, is a short drive from Shannon Airport. But it can be a glorious leap back in time if you let your imagination take you. And …
Davidoff Marquetry Humidors
View the ornate images on the humidor from afar and you would swear they had been painted—impressive in itself. But look closer. Those are actually inlaid pieces of wood that make …
The Sam Bat
You see it all the time. The pitcher rears back and throws, the batter swings, and a bat snaps in a shower of splinters. One man finally did something about the rampant mortality …
Vacheron Constantin 250th Anniversary
When Jean-Marc Vacheron began designing and crafting watches in Geneva in 1755, the young and cultured entrepreneur may have wondered where the art and science of time would stand …
Infiniti M45
Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, BMW and Cadillac. The mere mention of these luxury brands summons a clear impression of what they stand for—and, quite likely, what their products look like. …
Oyster Terroir
Ever wonder why a Malaspina oyster from near Vancouver Island might offer a flavor of artichokes with undertones of metals and salt, while a Maine Pemaquid smacks of cucumber? …
Falconry
I'm standing hushed, arm outstretched. A giant hawk hurtles towards me, rocketing from the treetops, its wings spread wide as it dives at me in a 70-mile-an-hour burst of feathers …