Features
Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan.
There is a hush on the set. Smoke and the smell of cordite billow through the dark, sinister interior of the enemy ship. Pierce Brosnan, clad in guerrilla black, a machine gun …
Mega Sports
Every night during football season, millions of devoted fans stay up well past their bedtimes to catch the final edition of ESPN's "Sports Center." Though some of these viewers …
Fourways, Paget, Bermuda
When John Harvey, of the Bristol Cream family, built Fourways in 1727, his Bermuda home quickly gained a reputation for extravagant dinner parties, after which guests were welcome …
City Wine & Cigar Co., New York City
Down a seemingly deserted street in Tribeca, a block from the Holland Tunnel, lies an oasis. The lower Manhattan building is large but inconspicuous. At first, you think someone …
Hotel Claris, Barcelona, Spain
In any other city, the neoclassic facade of this former royal palace would stop you like a heart attack. But this is Barcelona, where buildings by Antoni Gaudí seem to dot every …
Highlands Inn, Carmel, California
Just outside Monterey, that feeling sets in. Maybe it's the converging smells of sea and pine, or coming around a curve and seeing that long ribbon of spectacular coast, but there …
Food of the Gods
When Hernando Cortés marched into Mexico in search of gold, little did he know that the most valuable bounty today from his conquest of the Aztecs would literally grow on trees. …
Whose Life Is It?
(Editor's note: What follows is a reprint of an article that ran on the op-ed page of The New York Times on Aug. 14, 1997. © 1997, The New York Times. Reprinted with permission.…
Thriving Miss Daisy
"I would be either a rocket scientist or brain surgeon," Daisy Fuentes says with a laugh, tossing back her glossy brown mane. The MTV host, Revlon supermodel and former cable talk …
Radio Flyers
Looking through the video camera viewfinder, there's a clear shot of the 1940s vintage yellow Piper Cub ing leisurely over the center of the runway. Despite the stiff …
Platinum Blind
It's the late 1500s and the Spanish conquistadores are busily ransacking the cultures of Latin America, looking for gold and silver to take back to the mother country. Both metals …
Into Africa
"She's very hungry," whispered our guide. Less than 20 feet away crouched a lean lioness, her ribs clearly visible. She stood perfectly still, every muscle in her powerful body …
Hedging Stress
The Treasury bond pit at the Chicago Board of Trade is particularly active very early one Wednesday morning in February. Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, …
Goin' for Bones
From his narrow perch on the bow of a 17-foot skiff, Mel Magidson squints into the crystalline water, struggling to see the drifting shadows of translucent bonefish that lurk …
Fairways to Heaven
Close your eyes and try to imagine golf heaven. You do not need a tee time. There are no green fees. There is never a group in front of you when you are ready to hit. If you do …
Buttoned Up
Where now is the counterpart of Berry Wall, who once changed his attire at Saratoga Springs 40 times in a day to become known as the 'King of the Dudes,' or of Boston's Mrs. Jack …
Auto Hypnosis
Of all the deceased presidents, the picture of the 28th, Woodrow Wilson, on the United States $100,000 bill commands by far the most respect. Issued in 1934 and backed with gold, …
Art Underfoot
When former pro basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar converted to Islam, he became interested in Islamic culture and art. Such was the visual strength--the color and design--of …
The Man Who Lit Up the World
On a chilly December afternoon in 1877, a group of men working in a small laboratory located in the isolated countryside of Menlo Park, New Jersey, gathered around a table where …
Cigars
Dancing Free
Two decades after his great leap westward, Mikhail Baryshnikov is still footloose.
Talk with Falk
Versatile actor Peter Falk returns to his role as the legendary cigar smoking sleuth, Columbo.
Smoking with the Enemy
As One Cigar Aficionado Discovered, U.S.customs is playing hardball with smugglers of Cuban cigars
A Key to History
A New Museum Recalls a Time When Key West Was Cigar Central
Dominican Flowers
A Relative Newcomer to the Cigar Industry, La Flor Dominicana Is Taking Root and Blooming
Law and the Cigar
Cigars and lawyers have a long and close history
The Barn
Raised in a Family of Florida Shade Tobacco Farmers, the Author Fights To Save a Piece of That Past
Up Front
Five Years of Pleasure
It's been five years since we began our journey into the world of Cigar Aficionado . Five years filled with highlights: our first issue, the launch dinner at the St. Regis …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, My husband, Tim, and I were married after knowing each other only six days, and we come from two completely different worlds. He was born and raised on a farm …
