Features
Stallone II
"I did ["Saturday Night Live"] because it will do more to change my image than anything else," Sylvester Stallone said after viewing his Sepetmber 27, 1997, TV appearance for the …
Last of the Line
Resembling a hip-hopping teenager in ultra-baggy blue jeans and a torso-hugging polo shirt, his head crowned with spiky straw-colored hair, Stephen Baldwin turns a key and pops …
Stage Struck
He has won four Tony Awards as the best director on Broadway. The New York Times has called him the outstanding director of comedy in the American theater today. He is Jerry Zaks, …
Hamiltons, New York-New York Hotel And Casino, Las Vegas
If, for some reason, you have to be in Las Vegas, be glad that George Hamilton had the foresight to create a getaway. He could have called it "Escape from New York, New York," …
All That Glitters: Coin Collecting
It was billed as the "Rendezvous with Destiny" sale, and as the world's preeminent coin collectors streamed into the St. Moritz Hotel in New York City last spring, euphoria …
Father Time: Swiss Watches
Tucked away in a vault at Vacheron Constantin's Geneva headquarters is a $9 million watch. Snug in its safe, it ticks, appreciating in value $4,000 each day. The one-of-a-kind …
Golfing in Puerto Rico
If Christopher Columbus had been a Scotsman instead of an Italian, Puerto Rico would have had golf a lot sooner. If he had been say, a MacColumbus, then on his initial discovery …
Havana's Auto Heaven
Stepping into the Havana airport parking lot is like stepping out of a time machine. Amid tinny Soviet Ladas and occasional Volkswagen Beetles in the glaring sun, nosed to the …
Pop Goes The Easel: Pop Art
In the mid-1960s, Pop Artist Tom Wesselmann made one painting after another of a woman's painted lips. In each one, a cigarette was wedged in the corner of the mouth, with smoke …
Stuck In The Middle: Darts
With a smoky haze shimmering in the spotlights, Birmingham, England's Aston Villa Leisure Centre resembles Madison Square Garden in an old fight film. The master of ceremonies …
Tasseled Loafers
The first few years after the end of the Second World War had all the tumult that transitions tend to evince. Perhaps 1948, with its joyous beginnings and sad endings, was the …
The Art Of Wine And Cigars
Chuck Wagner drives a vintage 1967 turquoise Chevy pickup alongside his Napa Valley vineyard, its wheels kicking up rust-colored Rutherford dust--a fine powder assigned mythical …
The World Series of Poker
I will spare you the suspense. I did not win the main event at the World Series of Poker this year. I am not the reigning world champion of poker. I am not $1 million …
Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens
After spending the better part of a week on an ancient Greek peninsula where the architecture and the service are equally antiquated, the uniformed bellhops outside of Hotel …
The Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Today, Mizner's Dream is a ferryboat, shuttling seemingly blessed hotel guests over the IntraCoastal Waterway to a pure white beach, shaded by majestic palms on the Atlantic Ocean …
Palace Court, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas
Render unto Cae....oops, it's easy to forget that you're not walking alongside the Parthenon in Rome, in white robes, as you stroll into Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. The fantasy …
Cigars
Tabacalera's American Gambit
A Madrid-based cigar giant buys a foothold in the U.S. market.
Shelley's Back Room, Washington, D.C.
If Sheldon Jacobs has his way, the "civilized cigar parlor" he created will soon undergo a metamorphosis. Jacobs, a world-renowned cigar connoisseur, will reposition Shelly's Back …
After The Gold Rush: Dominican Giants Roar Back
Leading Dominican Cigar Companies Take Back The Retail Shelves as Newcomers Struggle
Storing Cigars
In the two previous installments of Cigar Aficionado's cigar education series -- excerpted from editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken's Shanken's Cigar Handbook -- we examined …
Great Moments
Winning Over A Father-In-Law To Be
The CA Interview: Austin McNamara
President, General Cigar Co.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Cigar Industry Launches An Agressive Campaign
The Cigar Association of America's new campaign, Banding Together, is a welcome step toward further limiting underage cigar smoking. While the underage problem is a small one for …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, After reading the article on cigar smuggling in the December issue of Cigar Aficionado, I was quite understandably disturbed. Along with the unavailability of …
