Cuban Models • May/June 03
Features
The Supermodels of Cuba
Cuba is a land associated with music, sports, cinema, art, literature, architecture and, of course, cigars. Mention these subjects in the context of the Caribbean island and no …
Sport: Why Are We So Upset About LeBron James?
It was her time in skating, and when that happens for stars, everybody else has to get out of the way. As always, nine million hours of television coverage were just a warm-up act …
The Iron Man
Dana Quigley plays golf. He has played every single Champions Tour event he has been eligible for since he won his first tournament in 1997. When he isn't playing in a tournament, …
The Whale Hunter
Steve Cyr has 72 hours in which to make $300,000. If he succeeds, it will require many sessions of high altitude gambling, endless schmoozing, world-class coddling, a bit of …
The Sultans of Swing
For as long as hitters have dug into the batter's box and pitchers have wound up and delivered home, debates have raged over which baseball players clubbed the ball the best. In …
Bargain Basement Jets?
Vern Raburn swears up and down he'll sell you a new jet for $950,000. The dream is a good one. Close your eyes and see a future where closer-to-ordinary citizens can buy …
Cars: Caddy's Comeback
As the lights dim, silence sweeps across the old opera house. Rumors have been working their way through the automotive inner circle for weeks and now, everyone seems to be …
The World's Greatest Inns
When the Mobil Travel Guide recently announced its recipients of the coveted five-star awards for 2003, the list included members of the world's top hotel chains. Mandarin …
Get the Show on the Road
Catching the miles tick away as you cruise the highways and byways in your luxury automobileÖpeering at the towns and villages huddled beside the train tracks as the great iron …
The Hardest-Working Girl in Sports
When you're sleeping, Lisa Guerrero is working. When you're relaxing, Lisa Guerrero is working. When you're vacationing, Lisa Guerrero is working. When she's vacationing, Lisa …
Cigars
Hot Hybrids
Growers play the mating game to concoct new tobacco strains
Cigar Diary: Fighting Counterfeits
Habanos S.A., Cuba's global cigar distribution company, struggles to keep fake cigars off the market, both in Cuba and around the world
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
A Special Night to Remember
On this night, the war in Iraq took center stage. How ironic, with American troops putting themselves at risk, that the New York City smoking ban had taken effect less than 24 …
Letters: Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I am a subscriber to Cigar Aficionado and I very much enjoy cigars. As an employee in the much maligned tobacco industry, a former member of the United States …
The Good Life
Husqvarna Auto Mower
You settle into your hammock, a cigar in one hand, a highball in the other. Across the street, your neighbor is toiling away, sweat dripping down his brow. You're both performing …
Belstaff Motorcycle Jacket
Leave to the Brits to create essential gear for any activity. Leave it to the Italians to recognize its essential beauty and wear it as a style statement. It was the former who …
CT 500 Room Console
If you simply want to filter a room from a single cigar, open a window. If you've got a house full of avid aficionados, puffing on stogies, consult a nuclear engineer. At …
Crosskate 616 Backcountry Skates
Winter ends and you who have been serenely mobile on cross-country skis have to sit back and jealously watch the inline skaters as they whiz past you down the street in the …
Nissan 350Z
It's Friday on the FDR Drive, and the stockbrokers in the black Beamer keep staring. We zoom along in eighth-mile zips, then slow to stops as traffic clogs, all of us trying to …
The Patek Philippe Celestial
If you want a watch that will not only tell you when it is, but where you are -- in terms of the cosmos -- the Patek Philippe Celestial is the stargazer of choice. The …
The Poker Game
The kids are on sleep-overs and your wife has a girls' night out. In the fridge, bottles of ale and lager are getting frosty, and there's no shortage of spirits. Cigars are primed …
Distillers' Masterpiece
May's most exciting two minutes -- the Kentucky Derby -- bring two decisions each year: which horse to bet and which Bourbon to drink? While it's fine to slosh well-brand …