Alec Baldwin • May/June 2004
Features
Back On Track
Alec Baldwin is excited. The handsome 46-year-old actor can't wait to deliver a line from Twentieth Century, the Broadway revival he's starring in with Anne Heche. In the play, …
A Splash of Brande
Brande Roderick is having a ball. She is on the beach in Malibu, preening for the camera. First in a white bikini, then a blue bikini, now with a surfboard, next a cigar. Jack …
America's Golf Gateway
In a June afternoon in 1972, two teenage house painters arrived at the 18th tee. They had said little to each other for most of the round, unusual for two kids who generally …
Virtual Poker Gets Real
Inside a cramped, windowless office near downtown Nashville, Tennessee, a thickly built, squinty-eyed CPA with a small goatee encircling his mouth fires up his computer and heads …
Asian Deluxe
Were it not for the impossibly blue ocean lapping the distant shore, you might imagine yourself driving on the moon. This desolate, cratered landscape certainly doesn't resemble …
Breaking the Sound Barrier
The first time I listened to high-resollution surround-sound music was literally a religious experience. It was at an electronics-industry trade show, in a listening room set up …
Majesty of the High Seas
The largest passenger ship ever built sits alongside the dock in Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades. Security is tight amid unsubstantiated rumors that this brazen ocean liner …
Cigars
Dominican Dominance
Not so long ago, the Dominican Republic was a small player in the world cigar market. Now it leads the way.
An Interview With Manuel Quesada
The head of Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. (Matasa), makers of Fonseca, Cubita and other cigars.
An End and a Beginning
Emilia Tamayo, the Cohiba factory manager, steps down as a flood of new cigars hits the market
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Cigar Sales Defy Smoking Bans and Rise in 2003
Doesn't it feel as if cigar smokers have been beaten up in the last five years? After the exciting days of the cigar boom in the mid-1990s, we probably took our successes a bit …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I am a Dutch reader of your fine magazine and I'd like to share a good-life cigar experience that I had while visiting Mexico. I purchased a Cuban Punch Punch …
The Good Life
Delphi XM Satellite Radio SkyFi Receiver
Not too long ago, listening to the radio while driving created a bit of a conundrum. With one eye on the road and a hand on the radio dial, getting proper reception was a feat …
Tommy Bahama Camp Shirt
If your camp shirt were your friend, what kind of friend would he be? In the fantasyland of Tony Margolis, Bob Emfield and Lucio Dalla Gasperina, creators of the Tommy Bahama line …
Walker Zabriskie Cigar Ashtray
Take a solid block of wood, set it in front of you, and what do you see? Walker Zabriskie Design sees the makings for a fine cigar ashtray. Whether it's artistic inspiration …
Four Seasons Maui
My favorite corner table tells me everything I want to know about the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, in Hawaii. Outdoors, on the lanai of the Spago restaurant, there is a …
Lobel's of New York
Lobel's of New York has sold premium meats at its Madison Avenue location for 50 years. The family has been in the business for five generations, first as cattlemen in Austria and …
American Traders Wooden Canoe
On the Connecticut River near the Canadian border in early June, the water is crisp and high on its banks. Packed with fishing gear, tents and other camping supplies, our cedar …
Hublot Classic
For today's man, following horological trends is similar to following the stock market. A keen eye must be fixed on the latest styles and fashions in order to keep up to date. …
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
It has two seats, eight cylinders and 617 horsepower. It will hit 125 miles an hour in 10.6 seconds and top out at just over 200. Did we mention that it also costs $450,000? Then …
Pawleys Island Rope Hammocks
Backyards and beachfronts across America owe a debt of gratitude to a young, ingenuous South Carolina cargo boat captain who envisioned a better way to lounge. As the story …