Features
The World According to Arnold
The call comes at 4:33 p.m. on a Monday. "Arnold's cigar dinner is tonight, at his restaurant. I know it's last minute, but if you can come, I can get you a seat at his …
The Forge, Miami, Florida
There are usually some clear signs when a restaurant is on a roll. Lots of busy signals for the reservations phone number. A crowd around the maître d'. An overwhelmed valet …
Doing It His Way
He always knew. Even when he was 13 years old, an ugly ducking adolescent, too short and too chubby for the girls to pay him any mind, Paul Anka knew that some day things …
British Style
We're just coming out of our slow season--traditionally, January through March--when business isn't overly vibrant," muses Ken Austin of Benson & Clegg Ltd., the renowned …
Straight Shooting
With an angry roar, the fighter bursts through the clouds. Banking steeply, it dives toward the runway, as if ready to start strafing. At the last minute, the pilot levels …
Fatale Attraction: Anne Archer
Featured in Women of CA gallery Anne Archer has no liking for Hollywood flash or glitz. She and her husband, businessman/TV producer Terry Jastrow, live in a quiet, rustic …
Light it Up
Like many cigar smokers, you're relegated out of doors whenever you want to savor your smoke. But lighting cigars outside can be tricky. Although cedar strips and matches are …
Playing with Mallets
The good life is being lived on the grounds of the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club. HRH Prince Charles, known to stop by when in the neighborhood, is not in attendance today, but …
Raquet University
The moment Dr. Doom strutted onto the court and began "chicken walking" to flex his linebacker-sized thighs, I knew I was in deep trouble. I got to thinking that, instead of …
Right On: Capitol Hill Republicans
Forget the Cigar Bar. Stop trying to get into the Grand Havana Room. Keep your patronage of the Cuba Club to yourself. The most exclusive cigar room in the country is the outer …
Smokin' in L.A.
Last October's Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke in Los Angeles took place under the stern governance of California's new law that bans smoking in most places of employment. From the …
The Winner's Circle
Thoroughbred trainer Anthony Bizelia stood smiling last summer in the winner's circle of the Daryl's Joy Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. He was holding the reins of Pride of …
Remembering George Burns
George Burns' final wish isn't hard for cigar lovers to understand. He was buried with three of his favorite cigars. He simply didn't want to be without his constant companions of …
War Games: Chess
Hunched over a group of concrete tables, a dozen or so men peer intently at chess boards, completely engrossed. Small time clocks tick away precious moments, moments in which the …
Tall Tower, Full Power
Dan Rather is in his fifth decade as a journalist, and on a rainy day in New York he sits in his comfortable office on Manhattan's West Side, one floor above the newsroom, …
Warrior Birds: Hawking
Imagine standing on a freeway overpass, high above the traffic rushing past. Imagine spotting an enormous motorcyclist in the distance, a 350-pound Hell's Angel looking ominous on …
Mauna Lani, Hawaii
Life doesn't get much sweeter than lying in a hammock, basking in the warm breezes under bright blue skies by the azure waters of Makaiwa Bay in front of the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel …
The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
The Gilded Age of the Great Gatsby--rich, carefree and more than a little ostentatious--is still alive at The Breakers hotel in Palm Beach. For at this twin-towered grande dame of …
The Men at the Mike
The air is four-o'clock crisp. World Series crisp. Shadows from the three tiers of Yankee Stadium have crept past the mound and soon will envelop second base. It is Oct. 10, …
Cigars
Harvest Time in Cuba
Cuba's 1996 Crop Has Been Hit Hard by Bad Weather, but Production May Still Be the Highest in Years
Richard L. DiMeola
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Consolidated Cigar Corporation
The Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor and Pianist Extraordinaire, Has Two Passions in Life: His Music and His Cigars
Tobacco Man
Henke Kelner, the maker of Davidoff cigars, is a true lover of the leaf and a demanding connoisseur of a good smoke.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
JFK: America's Legendary Cigar Aficionado
I had no intention of spending $575,000 Tuesday night, April 23, at the Sotheby's auction of the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The only thing I knew was that I wanted …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, Not too long ago, I found myself smoking a Cohiba Lancero atop a beautiful hotel in Quito, Ecuador, wondering if it was the thin air at 10,000 feet that was …