Liev Schreiber • November/December 2013
Features
Hitting It Hard
The question is a simple one: What character traits does Liev Schreiber share with Ray Donovan, the eponymous central character of Schreiber’s critically lauded series on …
The Best Golf Resorts
Bandon Dunes. Pinehurst. Pebble Beach. Kiawah Island. Casa de Campo. For golfers, those names, some new, some old, aren’t just places, but the links versions of Mecca. They are …
The Dreamer
Mike Keiser went to the ends of the earth to satisfy his passion for links golf. He built the Bandon Dunes complex on the remote southwest coast of Oregon. He built Barnbougle …
The Darkest Day
On the morning of November 22, 1963, a CIA operative named Nestor Sanchez arrived in Paris carrying a Paper Mate pen that contained a hidden hypodermic needle—a Cold War weapon …
Poker's New Jet Setters
Ttired-looking 20-somethings amble through an array of international airports carrying little more than duffle bags and backpacks. Casual clothes and long hours on airplanes make …
Making the Cut
So you want to know how someone gets to play a pro sport? It’s like that old joke. You know the one: a wandering tourist asks a New Yorker, “Please—how do I get to Carnegie Hall?” …
Corvette's Challenge
The fields are the color of late summer straw, the dry grass and weeds thrashing wildly as we blow down the empty, two-lane blacktop winding through the back hills of Monterey …
The High Life
When the world’s best woman skier, superstar Lindsey Vonn, suffered a season-ending injury in Austria, her boyfriend quickly came to the rescue. That would be the world’s No. 1 …
Time Travelers
Whether they knew it or not, when the Wright Brothers took off at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, they were not only ushering in the age of flight, but new directions in …
Cigars
Talking Tobacco with Nestor Andrés Plasencia
There was never a doubt that Nestor Andrés Plasencia would grow cigar tobacco. The fifth-generation tobacco man—known to many in the cigar world as Nestor Jr.—graduated from …
Cuba’s Edición Limitadas: Quality Rising
As the year draws to a close, collectors of Havana cigars turn their focus to Edición Limitadas. The identity of these special cigars is revealed early each year at February’s …
Strange Leaves
Despite all the technological innovation in the world today, cigarmaking really hasn’t changed much in the last few decades. Premium, handmade cigars, for the most part, are …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Cigar Truths
Will the government and the media ever stop lumping premium handrolled cigars together with products like machine-made and flavored cigars? That seems to be their aim. There have …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I recently came back from a seven-day cruise from New York City to Bermuda on one of Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest beautiful ships—the Norwegian Breakaway. For …
The Good Life
Cross-Country Skate Skiing
When most people think of cross-country skiing, they picture the classic diagonal stride that resembles a running action mixed in with a bit of glide courtesy of long skis. If …
The Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland
Long popular with European aristocrats and other international royalty, Gstaad, with its four mountains is arguably the world’s most exclusive—and traditional—ski town. Meticulous…
Sweater Jackets
If we can credit any one force with driving recent men’s wear currents, it’s versatility. Denims dress up as easily as they dress down. Shirts that button down as business attire, …
Bacardi Facundo Rum Collection
It's always a treat when a friend known for his exquisite collection of spirits deigns to share a special bottle. When your friend is Bacardi and the company is breaking out not …
Fallon Cases
Like shoes and belts, many cigar accessories have traditionally been offered in two basic colors—brown and black. While this dichromatic existence has suited most cigar enthusiast…
Adventures in Pâté
If you imagine pâté to be a silky liver mousse, enriched by a lavish portion of foie gras, it might behoove you to know that not all pâtés fall under the umbrella of haute …
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
There’s been a lot of talk, lately, about autonomous cars and, by some estimates, we might soon be stumbling out in the morning, letting our sedans or SUVs handle the morning …
Retro Divers
For years, watch brands have been pushing technical limits with extreme divers that can go to previously unfathomable depths. Nevertheless, a dive watch is a wardrobe staple more …
PlayStation 4 vs. Xbox One
The next generation of video game consoles is nearly upon us, with Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One prepared to lock horns this holiday season in a battle for …
Sabering Champagne
The party had just begun, and our hosts Chris and Krissie produced a frigid bottle of Bollinger and a gleaming steel sword. “What’s that for?” I asked, while nodding at the …