Features
Breaking the Mold
Michael Douglas creates real men. Flawed. Good. Human. Conflicted. Passionate. Smart, decent men who occasionally have moral lapses. And immoral men who are dazzlingly desirable. …
Setting Sail with the Big Boys
It's just after dawn in early August, and the fog along Nantucket Harbor slowly begins to dissolve into a pure azure sky. Already the docks are a flurry of activity as the crews …
Smoking Rooms of the Gilded Age
Grandeur was not the standard in American homes when Ruggles Sylvester Morse planned his Portland, Maine, show house in the late 1850s. Still Morse, a successful hotelier in New …
Tennis for Two
It is almost noon on a cement tennis court in Scottsdale, Arizona, and my biggest concern is, did my partner signal that he'd poach on my first serve or my second? I care about …
West 63rd Street Steakhouse
The name doesn't quite say it all. Yes, the West 63rd Street Steakhouse does serve steaks and it is on West 63rd Street. But is the White House merely an abode with a colorless …
Booming Burgundy Wine
It has been an incredible run--and it's not over yet. Never in living memory have we seen such a remarkable string of good Burgundy vintages. "It's really something," exults Becky …
Collectible Casino Chips
It was December 31, 1958. New Year's Eve in Cuba. Thousands of partiers were gambling in the island's famous Havana casinos--among them the Flamingo, Riviera, Tropicana, Hilton …
Hotel Danieli, Venice, Italy
The best thing about your room at the Hotel Danieli may not be the silken coverlet on the antique bed, or the ornate desk, or the rich Oriental carpeting on the parquet floors. …
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
As was true centuries ago, when the Spanish conquistadores were lured to Southern California's magical climate and landscape, it is still easy to be seduced by La Costa's coastal …
Long Tall Salley
The Women's NBA Finals game blares out of the bar television at the Havana Club in Los Angeles, but no one's watching. Pictures of the stars and the humidors of the stars dominate …
Master of the Met
It is a quintessentially glamorous New York moment. The lights in the huge gold-and-red auditorium begin to dim. The hum from the many-splendored crowd diminishes to an expectant …
Cool Threads For Summer
"There are cloths today, the super 100s and 120s, that weigh as little as seven ounces, and are incredibly wrinkle-resistant. And they tailor well." The speaker is …
Gambling to Pay the Bills
"Professional gambler." It's a contradiction in terms on the magnitude of "civil war." There's no such thing, right? In the long run, according to conventional wisdom, …
Golfing in Jamaica
The young man was 20, but his eyes were older. Much older. They were dark, dark brown, pupils and iris merged into deep, mysterious pools. There seemed to be history in those …
Cigars
Havana Club, Baltimore
More than a year after the remodeling and opening of the third floor, patrons of Ruth's Chris Steak House in Baltimore can still go up the small elevator and be greeted by a …
CAO--A Family Affair
CAO Offers Pipes, Humidors and Cigars. But Founder Cano A. Ozgener's Most Important Product is His Children
Cuba Quandary
As Cubans Increase Cigar Production, the Quality is Starting to Suffer
Great Moments
It was 1957. As was our annual habit, my grandparents, two uncles and their families and my family had been in Miami Beach, away from the chill and gray of Cleveland since …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
The Golden Age Is Now
You would think the end was near. Financial writers are suggesting that the cigar boom is over and cigar stocks are overpriced. The critics are kibitzing about the report by the …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, On Christmas Eve 1997, my girlfriend of 2 1/2 years and I agreed to open our gifts from one another. I had picked out a stunning business suit for her and knew …