Leisure
BIG VIEWS AND CHALLENGING GREENS MAKE B.C.’S SANDPIPER A HIDDEN GOLF GEM
Golf trips to the B.C. Interior have been all the rage for years, particularly to the Okanagan and Kamloops. I was lucky enough a few years ago to have a surprise stop included on a weekend trip, at a place few Vancouverites have ever heard about. And I revisited this...
THE BLEND: HABANOS ROLLS OUT THREE NEW COHIBA CIGARS AT VIRTUAL FESTIVAL
No one is saying it's the ideal, but at least Habanos S.A., the Cuban cigar manufacturing company that controls the promotion and distribution of Cuba's premium brands, is trying something different. Normally cigar enthusiasts would flock to Havana for the annual...
OUT-OF-THE-BOX SUPERYACHT TRAVEL IN A MAD MAX, POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
As Wikipedia defines it, a "superyacht" is a large and luxurious pleasure vehicle. And "pleasure" is the operative word here, especially these days. In Canada, we're ears deep in lockdowns and Covid-19. Most of us are really pining for travel again. With yachting, you...
CUBAN CIGARS | WHAT MAKES CUBAN CIGARS SO SPECIAL
There are cigars and then there are Cuban cigars. They are world famous for a very good reason. Tobacco grown on that 109,000 square kilometre island just south of Florida is the best in the world, so the quality starts there. Are Cuban cigars worth it? Manufacturers...
THE BLEND: CHANGES TO CUBA’S ECONOMY, A RARE COHIBA SIGLO VI, THE BEAUTY OF A MONTECRISTO NO. 4
Cohiba and Montecristo rank among the top Cuban cigar brands in the world. So it's appropriate they also top off our news and notes for this week:Montecristo No. 4Arguably the best-known brand of Habanos throughout the world. The Montecristo No. 4 is medium-to-full...
DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON: WRESTLER, TV AND MOVIE ACTOR, NOW TEQUILA MOGUL
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is all over popular culture these days. HBO's Ballers just wrapped. There's a new sitcom series that gets into Johnson's younger years. He regularly stars in movies. Now he's the latest celebrity attaching his name to an alcoholic drink, in...
