Archive

September/October 1998

Departures 9/1998 Cover
Consuming Passions
Grape Expectations
Dreaming of owning your own winery? Read this first
Dress Code
Murray Pearlstein
An afternoon with the owner of Louis Boston.
That's Amore
Naples' five major apparel houses.
Food
Raw Talent
How a novice sushi chef rose to the top of Sydney's food chain.
Golf
Sure Bet
The new Snake Eyes MB-1 irons offer low-handicappers a big payoff—traditional forged blade design but with a larger sweet spot
Health
Masculine Case
American men have a one in five chance of getting prostate cancer. The good news: there are more treatment choices than ever. The bad: even doctors can't agree on which works best. Here's what you need to know
Travel
Sydney Travel Guide
Hotels, Restaurants, Shopping and Sights
Two Cheers for Sydney
She's this decade's miss popularity among major cities, the prom queen of the southern hemisphere. And now perhaps just a bit taken with her own image.
Worldly Goods
Carpet Diem
Why this is the best time to buy a Persian rug
Confirmed Cyclopaths
Motorcycling is on a roll, powered by an influx of wealthy, "gentleman" bikers. Here are five high-end machines, running the taste spectrum from easy rider to daredevil
Fire & Ice
Why colored diamonds are the hot rocks right now
Black Book
An Irish Eye
O'Sullivan antiques
Queen Bee
Handmade quilts by Denyse Schmidt.