Choice Places to Smoke a Cigar, II
1,127 Words. 5 Minute Read.
The Masters, Newport, San Antonio, Pebble Beach, Sea Island.
Par 3’s in Atlanta
2,023 Words. 8 Minute Read.
Atlanta Athletic Club, Hawks Ridge Golf Club, Chateau Elan, Charles Yates, Candler Park.
Bear Attack & Bimini Islands
2,524 Words. 10 Minute Read.
We didn’t even know how to get the damn thing out of the harbor, but cigars were lit, Barometer Soup by Jimmy Buffett was playing, and come hell or high water we’d be chasing Hemingway’s ghost in the Bimini’s. We had several gallons of rum, sundries for two weeks (or so we thought), and two pistols with ammunition.
A Lesson in Racquet Sports
2,256 Words. 9 Minute Read.
I was at a Christmas party at the Racquet & Tennis Club in New York where I befriended an older gentleman. We found ourselves sitting fireside in the library chatting about squash. We got along famously and ended up enjoying steaks and bourbon at the Harvard Club – one of those quintessential New York nights.
24 Hours in Mississippi
1,365 Words. 5 Minute Read.
I’ve visited Hemingway’s grave in Sun Valley and Hunter Thompson’s fortified compound in Aspen, but Rowan Oak is in a league of its own.