We all have our daily internet tours, maybe weekly, where we catch up on what’s going on out there in the ever changing world. There are all the favourite sites on wine, spirits, cigars, or whatever.  The casual browser will quickly become overwhelmed by useless information overload, or in many cases a complete lack of information. You could conceivably google a wine from a restaurant list and it wouldn’t even come up. It happens to me often. Perhaps because of the sheer volume of information, or because of variations in shipping …

While smoking a cigar in your own back yard is one of the best ways to unwind after a long day, the enjoyment of a cigar can increase immensely when enjoyed on a vacation.  Whether you’re going camping for a weekend or spending 10 days on the French Riviera, the fundamental practicalities of traveling with cigars remain the same. Traveling is notoriously hard on cigars:  Tightly packed suitcases crush and crack delicate wrappers, overzealous TSA staff seize your precious cutter, and cheap corner-store matches fail to light in the strong …

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1970-1989, the years of Life Archive’s reduction from a weekly to a monthly magazine.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1960-1969, including JFK.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

Continuing along our  Whisky in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1960 onwards.  In 1972, Life become a monthly rather than a weekly publication, hence the reduced number of images.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1950-1959 — the Cuban Revolution.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them