The Lodge at Sea Island, Georgia

Guests sip sundowners as a lone bagpiper plays off the day while strolling around the waterfront putting green at The Lodge at Sea Island.

The Year of the Chronographs

Second only to the ubiquitous date display, the chronograph, or stopwatch function, is the most common watch complication. This year was a particularly significant vintage for chronographs, including three that stand apart for technical milestones and sheer design audacity.

Pure Bred Lamb

Ingredients are either exceptional or they’re not. That’s the maxim of Michelin-starred chef Thomas Keller, and we happen to agree, especially when it comes to sourcing something as spiritually symbolic as lamb for spring consumption.

McIntosh 75th Anniversary Power Amplifier

Last year, in an interview with CIGAR AFICIONADO, the cigar-smoking president of McIntosh Labs, Charlie Randall, hinted that something immense was coming in 2024 for the audio company's 75th anniversary.

2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray

“There's no replacement for displacement,\" or so goes the classic sports car rule.

Sartorial Cigar Cases

For 131 years, London’s Alfred Dunhill has been a leading purveyor in masculine wares: bespoke clothing, fine leather goods and, of course, tobacco.

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD

WITH CHANGING CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND GLOBAL SHORTAGES OF CUBAN CIGARS, EUROPEAN SMOKERS ARE TURNING TO TOBACCO FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

For Peat's Sake

The smoky whiskies that arise from Scotland's island of Islay are fan favorites

GREAT From The Gate

Some of the world's most famous athletes were impressive from the start, excelling in their debuts on the big stage

The Side Action The other gambling empires strike back

Las Vegas and Atlantic City are not exactly sitting back on their comfy gaming-table chairs while potential competition brews in New York. After all, the Big Apple already attracts three times as many visitors as Vegas, even without full-service casinos, and the three-hour trip to Atlantic City is looking less attractive if all you want to do is place a wager. Both cities have moved quickly to hedge their bets with bolstered attractions.

BORN TO RIDE

Golf carts have changed the very game of golf

Betting on the Big Apple

Major gambling interests are jockeying to slice up the take when New York City issues three casino licenses

Winter Dude Ranches

It’s ranching’s secret season. Travelers fill the boutique guest ranches of the Rocky Mountains in the high season—spring, fall and especially summer, when they can live out their “Yellowstone” inspired fantasies in high style on horseback.

Navy-Inspired Dive Watches

While military personnel are no longer issued wristwatches as essential gear, a number of brands continue to celebrate their historic legacies in supplying armed forces with high-precision timekeepers.

The Smoking Jacket

Next time you bridle at stuffing yourself into a tuxedo to meet a formal dress code, remember that that monkey suit you're dreading is the spawn of the smoking jacket.

Ineos Grenadier

When you’re blasting up a steep and muddy hill with nary the slip of a tire and all you see through the windshield is the sky above, it’s hard to hang on to the notion that most of the vehicles that try to pass themselves off as off-road-capable would struggle to navigate anything rougher than gravel.

Carl Auböck Brass Ashtrays

To cigar smokers, ashtrays are much more than receptacles to discard ash. They express taste and reflect cigar persona. One way to shine is with brass. As well as being a critical part of an orchestra, the metal alloy is a base for two eccentrically shaped, handmade ashtrays with roots reaching back almost eight decades in Austria.

The Cuban Sandwich

What’s a true Cuban sandwich? Depends where you are—and it’s likely not in Cuba.

Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono, Japan

Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido, gets more snow than any ski destination in the world.

The Perfect Manhattan

Amateur mixologists will argue forever about how to perfect a Martini—and it usually has something to do with using as little vermouth as possible.

THE INTERVIEW Arnold Schwarzenegger

Marvin R. Shanken Goes One-On-One With The Former Governor

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection's Evrima

With last fall’s launch of its first “yacht,” Evrima, RitzCarlton sailed into the luxury cruising sector, mixing the intimacy and elegance of a superyacht with the service and amenities of a Ritz-Carlton resort. It’s tailor-made for the brand’s loyalists looking for a new adventure.

Peter James Lighters

The old adage that says “use the right tool for the job,” applies just as well to cigars as it does to nails and screws. While you can ignite a cigar with many things, choosing the right lighter for your situation is key.

Summer Linens

Warm weather is a great excuse to dress down with short pants and short sleeves, but when your social life is also heating up it is no time to let your sense of style go to Hades.

Bronze Pilot Watches

Pilot watches long ago transcended tool-watch status to become popular everyday sport models for the earthbound admirers of their rugged good looks.

The Blender Margarita

Most summer drinks are very good at being sweet and cooling refreshers. But when it comes to showcasing the spirits they’re made with, many fall short. Not so for the Margarita.

Mazda CX-90

Gone are the days when Mazda billed itself as the “Zoom, Zoom” brand. While it still sells the little Miata roadster, it’s effectively abandoned sporty passenger cars in favor of sport-utility vehicles like the CX-5 and CX-9.

Upping Your Ice Cream Game

If you love coconut ice cream, there’s never enough coconut— until you make your own. Toasted coconut, dark chocolate and almonds. Call it an amped-up Almond Joy.

Hot-Air Ballooning

Africa’s Serengeti has the largest animal migration on earth, with over two million wildebeests, gazelles and zebras on the move. The scope is too much for the eye to take in—unless you go by balloon.