After 45 years in the public eye, actor Kurt Russell is accustomed to being called many things by many people, but it seems that no term can raise his ire and one corner of his …
When Hale Irwin won his third U.S. Open at age 45, when Jack Nicklaus won his final Masters at age 46, when Ray Floyd won Doral at age 49, they made news. Surely, it was because …
(Editor's note. Three issues ago, I wrote about my experience of playing golf with Tiger Woods at the Buick Open, entitled "My Day with Tiger." The article struck a chord with …
It's early on a Friday afternoon and the Hyatt Lake Las Vegas crawls with card counters. Some of the smartest players in the business have swarmed this off-Strip hotel/casino, …
For all the numb-shouldered schleppers who can't bear to travel without electronics, 2006 is a milestone year—the 25th anniversary of the portable computer. Introduced in 1981, …
Hidden in the hills, not far from the crashing surf of California's Malibu coastline, a team of 23 Volkswagen designers, engineers and planners have quietly holed up in a rented …
A young bearded man wearing a motorcycle jacket, a fisherman's sweater and jeans saunters into a fine menswear store and announces he wants to buy a suit. He is welcomed and …
Anyone who spends time around Don Garber, the commissioner of Major League Soccer, soon sees why he's known as The Don. Garber has a hand in more business than a Sicilian on his …
If you love golf, you are going to travel to play it. The two pursuits are hopelessly intertwined, and with some 30,000-odd courses around the globe, from the Monterrey …
The creator of Felipe Gregorio has been making cigars since 1990.
A Geneva tobacconist acquires the first 40th anniversary Cohiba humidor at the VIII Festival del Habano in March
Tobacco men travel to the volcano-studded island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua for the next big thing
Dear Marvin, I have been a Cigar Aficionado subscriber from the beginning and have attended many Big Smokes. Although I live in North Carolina, I grew up in New York and …
You have a thousand CDs. You may even have a 500-disc CD player, a big home jukebox-style techno inferno that lets you select your favorite music with a remote from your …
The term itself is laden with misnomer—and it's not just that hardly anyone in a polo shirt is anywhere near a polo field. What we call polo shirts first gained currency on the …
Sprawling across nearly 30 acres, Roppongi Hills is massive even by Tokyo standards, a city-within-a-city that has become a modern new urban heart for the vast metropolis. The …
The reasoning goes that if it's good enough to battle airborne contaminants in hospitals and wage war on the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong, then the GC MultiGas air purifier from …
Boiled or baked? Hard shell or soft? Large or small? Male or female? Eaten with fingers or with a delicate seafood fork? There's not much consensus about Maine lobster except …
You've just finished a rousing game of volleyball at the company picnic and you're strolling toward the pool for a refreshing break from the hot summer rays. You strip down to …
It isn't very often you find a major Swiss watch-making company paying tribute to its American roots. That's because none of them have American roots. None, that is, except IWC, …
A morning chill nips the Napa Valley air, but it doesn't matter. We're going topless. With a touch of the start button, the F430's big engine comes to life. Another tap and the …
If a great cigar takes patience because it must be savored over a period of time, think of what can be said about great young vintage Port. It requires the patience of Job as …
Racehorse ownership may conjure an image of stallions cantering over acres of bluegrass to the delight of bluebloods,but Kentucky real estate holdings or high bids at the …
