Catherine Zeta-Jones • September/October 2009
Features
The Woman from Wales
"Cougar? I've never heard that expression." Catherine Zeta-Jones looks perplexed—gorgeous, to be sure, but perplexed, nonetheless. "Cougar?" the actress says again in her native …
No Shots in the Dark
As Tiger Woods was winning the AT&T National in July, he was making hash of the 11th hole on Sunday. The long par 4 was his nemesis that week, the television commentators …
Living Legends
Maybe they appear once a century, legends of the sporting world, athletes who take their sports to levels of achievement never seen before. They stand tall, even among sporting …
Turnaround in Motor City?
When Bob Lutz climbed aboard his helicopter in February, fired up the engine, and lifted off the makeshift landing pad at the now weed-choked edge of the General Motors Technical …
Cigars
Generation Next
That cigar you're smoking may have been blended by a man—or woman—representing the industry's growing youth movement
Cuba's Best Market
When the U.S. embargo is lifted, Cuban officials expect America to be its biggest consumer
A Life By Design
Fashion czar Roberto Cavalli spreads his cult of personality into ever-widening spheres.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
What's Happening in America?
In early July, a report by the Institute of Medicine, a private non-governmental agency, urged the U.S. military to impose a smoking ban. We were dumbfounded. How can you ask a …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, A parallel from Adrian Greniers's quote from your article "Boys of Summer" of "Entourage." He mentions that he thought "Holy shit," Obama enjoys the show and "he …
The Good Life
Dell Adamo Laptop
Odds are you've never seen the words "sexy" and "Dell" in the same sentence before, but the company's slim and gorgeous Adamo laptop is the kind of tech that inspires hardcore …
Fine Fabrics
Remember not so many fiscal periods ago when the sartorial pinnacle was reached by raising specially bred sheep in temperature-controlled, chemical-free sheds, piping in music and …
The Hotel del Coronado San Diego
In the fall of 1958, a Hollywood film crew descended upon the charming beachside community of Coronado, located across a placid bay from downtown San Diego, to make a movie that …
Panerai P.9001 Calibre
I have long envied my friends who could afford a collection of Panerai watches that are equipped with the company's in-house movements. These Paneristi , as the watch world calls …
Cognac
The color is rich amber. The texture is almost viscous as the liquid coats the side of the glass and ever so slowly gives up its legs to gravity. You tip glass to nose and, …
Infiniti G37 Convertible
If you know which way to head, it takes less time than you might imagine to drive out of the Los Angeles sprawl. So as we turn off from the smog- and traffic-choked U.S. Route 101 …
Sonic Golf
Because what usually elicits the comment, "Great swing!" is an image—a smooth, on-plane motion that produces a great result— professional golf instructors concentrate on the …
Japanese Knives
When Japanese Imperial rule replaced the samurai-dominated Tokunaga Shogunate in the nineteenth century, the swordsmiths who turned out the famed samurai katana, discovered an …
Sailplaning
I'm 3,500 feet in the air in a plane with no engine. The cornfields below me have morphed into green and gold puzzle pieces, Houston's skyline shimmers in the horizon, and about …