Esquire articles from October 2003

Esquire archives from October 2003

Tanqueray ten and Esquire host the launch party for fresh.(By invitation only: a special promotion for Esquire readers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... On March 15th in New York City, Tanqueray TEN and Esquire hosted the launch party for the men's grooming product line from Fresh, makers of luxury lifestyle products. The event featured a variety of sumptuous Tanqueray TEN cocktails (made from...

Esquire's 2nd annual cocktail party celebrating JCK.(By invitation only: a special promotion for Esquire readers; watch and jewelry tradeshow )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... On May 31st, Esquire hosted its 2nd Annual cocktail soiree in Las Vegas to celebrate JCK; the leading watch and jewelry tradeshow in the US. Over 150 guests enjoyed cocktails in the always-stylish V-Bar within the Venetian Hotel.

Lubiam & Esquire celebrate made-to-measure style.(By invitation only: a special promotion for Esquire readers; Lubiam U.S.A. Inc. launches service)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... On July 21st in New York City, Lubiam and Esquire held a cocktail party at Ava Lounge to celebrate the launch of Lubiam's Made-to-Measure service. Members of the Benedini family were on hand to celebrate their 92-year-old Italian luxury...

857 issues later ...(editor's letter)
October 1, 2003... During a short break in our cover shoot for this issue, Muhammad Ali whispered into photographer Neil Leifer's ear. Neil turned to me and said, "Muhammad wants to know why you want him on the cover of the magazine." I started to talk,...

Born handcrafted footwear--"Works of Art".(Style agenda: a special promotion for Esquire readers; Born footwear)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... BORN FOOTWEAR is handcrafted using the world's finest leather and shoemaking materials. In every pair of Born shoes, you will find a rare combination of style and unsurpassed comfort that no other shoe can provide. For a retailer near you and...

Exceptional taste, distinctive style.(Style agenda: a special promotion for Esquire readers; Knob Creek Bourbon )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... KNOB CREEK[R] looks nothing like the other bottles of bourbon on the shelf--and it doesn't taste like them either. Handcrafted in limited quantities, Knob Creek Bourbon is aged nine years for an exceptionally rich and bold taste you just won't...

WatchFest 2003.(Style agenda: a special promotion for Esquire readers; offer from Tourneau Direct Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... TOURNEAU, the world's largest watch store, celebrates WatchFest 2003, featuring timepieces from the world's most prestigious watch brands, including many one-of-a-kind pieces. Visit any Tourneau or Tourneau Watch Gear store during the entire...

Beyond AM. Beyond FM. XM satellite radio.(Style agenda: a special promotion for Esquire readers)
October 1, 2003... XM SATELLITE RADIO is 100 amazing digital channels of music, comedy, sports, news, and talk, many commercial-free. The new Delphi XM Ready displays song title and artist and can be customized with seven color displays. The complete kit is easy...

The sound & the fury.
October 1, 2003... IN AUGUST, readers were most grateful for neopinup extraordinaire Jennifer Lopez. Also, the pairing of photographer Michael Edwards's photo essay of presidential hopefuls ("Democrats in Their Natural Habitats") with Tom Junod's profile of...

War and peacekeeping.(the sound & the fury)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Also in August, veteran combat reporter John Laurence reported from the battlefields of Iraq, where he was embedded with the 101st Airborne's elite 3rd Battalion ("Rakkasan!"). Laurence chronicled the dangers, trials, and adrenaline of war from...

The vision of Ray Charles.(the sound & the fury)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Ray Charles's advice in What I've Learned (August) drew numerous responses from readers inspired by his unique perspective and hard-won wisdom. And then, of course, there was the bicycle he was riding. Your Ray Charles piece made me laugh...

Neil Young's Canadian?(the sound & the fury)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2003... Our guide to "American Music 2003" (July) continues to generate strong reactions, while many readers complimented Esquire for its musical taste, others berated the magazine for being internationally tone-deaf. Trying to speak for a billion...

5 things you should know about the bigger, bolder, better Esquire.com.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... 1) Access to Esquire Premium, an archive of virtually every article--the facts, the fiction, and the funny stuff in between--we've published since September 1997. 2) Access to the full contents of the current issue in digital form. 3)...

Advice through the decades.(Man at His Best)
October 1, 2003... For 70 years, Esquire has been telling men how to live. We've told them what to wear, what to eat, what to drink, what to sleep with. Sometimes we've been right.(that hangover cure from 1938). Sometimes we've been very, very wrong (anything...

Drinking: the best hangover cure.(1930s: advice through the decades)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * DRINKING: THE BEST HANGOVER CURE The Prairie Oyster; consists of Worcestershire sauce, a drop of Tabasco, a raw egg, and a bit of salt and pepper. How It Holds Up: Oddly effective.

Talk like a '30s man.(How To)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Talk Like A '30s Man 1930s 2003 Now you're I agree shouting Leaping Movies shadows Cop a mope Leave the premises Put a crepe Please on your nose, shut...

The mustache.(no longer trendy)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... 1. The Futuristic Mustache 2. The Stock Yards Twirl 3. The Mule's Shoe 4. The Forty-Niner. How It Holds Up: No mustaches are acceptable nowadays, unless you are Wilford Brimley or Muhammad Ali. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

How to break and train a woman.(Sex Advice)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Feeding: If she seems dull and lacks ambition, try putting a little gin in her drinking water. Exercise: Take her for a romp every evening. If you don't someone else will, Grooming: Give her some clothes. She'll look dressier if she has some...

Jiggling.(The Endorsement; characteristic of women's moving bodies admired)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Spring is here. The girls have emerged from their winter cocoons and the jiggle is once more abroad in the land. All winter long the jiggle, that champagne of movement, has been obscured from the public gaze by heavy fabrics. Everybody sees...

Grooming: fern scented cologne.(1940s: advice through the decades)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * GROOMING: FERN-SCENTED COLOGNE "It's a dandy odor, brisk, fern-like. Dames like it." How It Holds Up: Today's update is the Greenhouse scent at demeteronline.com Crunchy dames like it.

Branding women.(The Endorsement)
October 1, 2003... "Whether brands brag, joke, tell a story, or just look pretty, they mark a man's property--livestock or women--as his very own." How It Holds Up: Aside from James Guiler, a surgeon accused in January of branding his patients' uteruses with the...

The colony four-day diet.(Food)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * Breakfast (every day): Half a grapefruit. * Lunch (Day 1): Two lamb chops; one raw tomato. * Dinner (Day 1): Minute steak; lettuce salad with mineral-oil dressing. * Lunch (Day 2): Two broiled lamb chops; two raw tomatoes; one...

Polygamy.(Sex Advice)
October 1, 2003... Polygamy "What to do with our bumper crop of females is a harrowing problem. From where I sit, it looks as if there might be less T.N.T. in polygamy than in the pent-up fury of six or seven million unwilling virgins loose in the land." How It...

Abbott and Costello.(classic routine deemed "howlingly unfunny")(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "I heard Abbott and Costello go through a howlingly unfunny routine: the infield of a baseball team includes three men named Hoo, Watt, and Idunno. Now matter how thick you pronounce it, each name is still a pretty weak gag; taken altogether,...

Clothes to match your deep, dark tan.(Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Go out in the sun, man. Go out and sop up your share of those violet rays. They make things grow; they'll make you blossom. And your doctor will tell you all about the absolute necessity of getting a certain amount of sun. Hide Brown is the...

Gadget: wrist camera.(1950s: advice through the decades)
October 1, 2003... * GADGET: WRIST CAMERA "This nifty fellow takes eight pictures. $150." How It Holds Up: JCPenney now has one with 125 digital photos. Only $70. The bad news: Even 50 years later, only losers have wrist cameras.

Smoke a hookah.(How to)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "For the really mild smoke try the hookah. Take Turkish leaf and wash it in running water to remove some of its taste. Wad the damp mass into the bowl and place on it a lump of charcoal. Breathe deeply. Some sybarites pour good cognac into the...

Gifts for every occasion.(Sex Advice)
October 1, 2003... Gifts for Every Occasion First Date: Camellias. "They're leas usual than gardenias." First Surprise: "Sewing machine or a wash tub. If she's bright she'll catch on." First Fight: "Hit her with a vegetable corsage, That'll put her in her...

Let's secede from Texas.(The Indefensible Position)
October 1, 2003... "It is high time we get wise to the geographical hemorrhoid that is the state of Texas and cut the damn thing out of the union." How It Holds Up; Had we dropped these jokers when Esquire advised it, we might have had one less Yalie as...

Paisley bedroom slippers.(for men)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Paisley--that handsome and luxurious concept of design out of the ancient scrolls of India--now belongs to all the world of men." How It Holds Up: A man's shoe, like his assistant, should never be brighter than he is.

Fat women.(The Endorsement)
October 1, 2003... "The lady with an ample casing of blubber may he a strain on the furniture as well as a drain on the food budget, but she is likely to become less of an alimony risk than her sister whose ribs are near the surface." How It Holds Up: Although...

Gadget: radio specs.(1960s: advice through the decades)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * GADGET: RADIO SPECS Glasses with a built-in radio. HOW It Holds Up: unavailable, but Motorola is working on an updated version: phonescoop.com/articles/moto_wearables.

Where to hide during a nuclear war.(Travel)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Where to Hide During a Nuclear War The safest places--based on wind direction and how far they are from major targets--include: * Eureka, California * Southwest Ireland * Brazil * Madagascar * New Zealand *...

Jane Fonda.(A Woman To Watch)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Jane Fonda "Tiring of school in Paris, she came to New York and went to work on her career. Within a few months she was one of the top models in Manhattan." How It Holds Up: Not bad. Tiring of life with billionaire Ted Turner, she came to her...

The blood shot.(Drink recipe)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Blood Shot, "a new drink for new and dangerous times." "To one jigger of gin or vodka add 1 jigger of beef bouillon and one jigger of tomato juice. If the Cuban crisis recurs simultaneously with a showdown in Berlin, drink several." How It...

The graduate.(Movies)(Movie Review)
October 1, 2003... The Graduate "Seems just a little too cute and trivial.... It puts the ideas in one part and the pretty photography in the other. Everything interesting you're going to learn is over by the first reel, and after that we get lots of driving and...

The male bikini.(Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Male Bikini "The bikini is not for every man--it is not for the old man of the fat man, nor the conservative or timid man. It is for the lean young man who likes the least attire to gain the most sun." How It Holds Up: The bikini is not for...

Speak the new groovy lingo.(How To)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... 1960s 2003 Grind-'em-up A Party Tighten up Get drunk or get laid Golden Hit records gassers Warehouse Especially bad school ...

Drinks: Pancho Gonzales's prickly apricot.(1970s: advice through the decades; recipe)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * DRINKS: PANCHO GONZALES'S PRICKLY APRICOT "Over ice, in a twelve-ounce glass, pour jigger-and-a-half vodka, three jiggers apricot nectar (canned), and fill with ginger ale; stir well." How It Holds Up: Still soothing.

How to make nice with the Arabs.(Advice)
October 1, 2003... * "Appointments are rather approximate." * "Hands on the hips is considered an aggressive gesture and is recommended only for troublemakers." * "It is extremely rude to expose the soles of your feet." * "Adultery and promiscuity...

El Topo.(Movies)(Movie Review)
October 1, 2003... We recommended this cult western, directed by Alexandro Jodorowsky, that features the usual cult-western fare: midgets, lesbian whipping, and castration. "There's something awesome in Jodorowsky, [despite] those qualities we could handily label...

Biorhtyms.(Trend; use of to predict athletic performance)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Predict when your favorite athlete might be in the zone using a complex equation (among the factors: the remainder of the number of days since his birth divided by 23). Franco Harris was in a biorhythm up cycle during his immaculate reception....

Sauna belt trim-jeans.(Classic Ad)
October 1, 2003... The Amazing Space Age slenderizing inflatable pants. How It Holds Up: Very well, if you're the Michelin Man.

Gold medallions.(Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "There's a growing vogue for medallions, dog tags, chains, bracelets, belt buckles, and rings. On the whole, it is a salutary trend, for, done with taste and an accent on masculinity, it contributes a certain individuality." How It Holds Up: We...

Music: Mandy Patinkin's self-titled show-tunes album.(1980s: advice through the decades)(Sound Recording Review)
October 1, 2003... * MUSIC: MANDY PATINKIN'S SELF-TITLED SHOW-TUNES ALBUM "As sweet-sounding as the Vienna Boys Choir, as sentimental as a Whitman Sampler." How It Holds Up: As pleasant as ah embolism.

How to say no.(Sex Advice)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Woman, Calls Man is "a relatively new development in relations between the sexes." Here's how to rebuff the most aggressive lady: * "One friend deftly deflects suitors by casually mentioning enough allergies and eccentricities that the...

The pogo stick.(Fitness)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Bounding over the border from plaything to potential adult knee-rehab tool, the Jetstar pogo stick scored well with trainers and exercise physiologists." How It Holds Up: The border patrol apparently stopped the pogo stick from further...

Knickers.(Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The knickers revival was just around the corner, though it would be "limited to those who have the legs for it." How It Holds Up: The revival appears to have stalled--at least until Nike makes some customized knickers for Tiger.

Saul Bellow's meat-sauce recipe.(Food)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "1/2 pound chopped beef; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cups chopped onion; 3 cloves garlic; 3 1/2 cups canned Italian-style plum tomatoes, undrained; 1 small can tomato paste; 1 cup dry red wine; 2 cups water or beef broth; 1 bay leaf; soy sauce...

Food: adzuki beans.(1990s: advice through the decades)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... * FOOD: ADZUKI BEANS These sweet, dried beans were the trendy legume of 1995. How It Holds Up: Still big in Japan.

Maggie Simpson condoms.(Merchandise)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Think of the merriment when, at some tender moment, you produce a lively impersonation of a dinosaur, of a teddy bear, or even Maggie Simpson." How It Holds Up: The hand-painted condoms are still available from condomerie.com (though the...

The accordion.(Music)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Once "the uncoolest musical instrument in the universe," accordions were ubiquitous. "In San Francisco, a roving horde of amateur players are agitating to have the accordion named the city's official musical device." The L. A. punk band Polka...

Bolo ties.(Style)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Since its invention in the late 1940s, the "bolo has been freighted with associations of the old-rancher type, retired actor, or Orange County right winger." But Esquire assured its readers that unlike the urban Cowboy look, cowboy cravats are...

Heather Locklear on men.(Sex Advice)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... "Basketball shorts that are a little wet in the rear after a bard game took good on a man.... Don't shower. Sweat from head to toe is yummy.... When bathing together, there should be a bottle of Cristal on ice next to the tub. Share one glass....

The covers.
October 1, 2003... A GALLARY OF FIFTY-ONE LASTING IMAGES including the champ, the tomato can, and the caviar-covered woman. A cover is often more than just the face of a magazine. In December 1963 it cost Esquire nearly $1 million in pulled advertising......

The awards.(dubious achievements)
October 1, 2003... OVER THE PAST SEVEN DECADES, Esquire's had its share of shining moments--and some seriously dubious achievements RISKIEST JOKE "Looking to break the ice, I said to the translator, 'Tell Mr. bin Laden that for a guy who comes from a...

Five-minute guide to 1933.
October 1, 2003... TURNS OUT FEAR WASN'T THE ONLY THING WE HAD TO FEAR IN 1933. THE DEPRESSION WAS SMOTHERING AMERICA, HITLER WAS GRABBING POWER IN GERMANY, AND JOAN RIVERS CAME INTO THE WORLD. BUT AT LEAST WE COULD DROWN OUR MISERIES IN BOOZE AND BASEBALL AND...

The greatest ...(70th anniversary survey )
October 1, 2003... ... MAN Your vote **: 1. Martin Luther King Jr. (6%) 2. "My dad" (6%) 3. Gandhi (5%) 4. Winston Churchill (5%) 5. Jimmy Carter (4%) Ours: JFK (see page 119) WOMAN Your vote: 1. Marilyn Monroe (9%)...

The Esquire timeline 1932-2003.(70th anniversary)(Chronology)
October 1, 2003... NOVEMBER 1932. Chicago publisher David Smart, 40, and editor Arnold Gingrich (below), 28, begin planning new men's magazine for "leisurely" pursuits. Names under consideration: Stag, Trim, Beau. MARCH 1933. Visiting New York, Gingrich runs...

Esquire's 70 greatest sentences.(70th anniversary; and magazine's timeline)(Chronology)
October 1, 2003... So deeply imbedded was she in my consciousness that for the first few years of school I believed that each of my teachers was actually my mother in disguise.--Philip Roth, "A Jewish Patient Begins His Analysis," 1967 It satisfies every...

Our longest subscriber (or close to it): Ed Kaufman, 83, retired and living on the Jersey Shore reader, subscriber, clotheshore.(the seventy-year reader)
October 1, 2003... WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING Esquire, it was for only one reason: the Petty Girl. It was the 1930s, we were in high school, and we were horny. The Petty Girl really didn't show anything, but it didn't matter to us. It was a different time....

JFK at 86: he's still with us. Not in the way Elvis still lives, but in the way, his personality, his presidency, his looks, his scandals, his words, his celebrity, his failures, his assassination, and the suspicion it engendered still set the agenda for America.(the man of the last 70 years; John F. Kennedy)
October 1, 2003... EVERY FRONTIER IS A NEW FRONTIER. It's dreamscape and landscape, built from hope and danger. A frontier is a horizon, surely, dim and distant, but it's also an architecture of belief, a place where you need a muse as much as you need a...

Ali now.(Seventieth Anniversary; Muhammad Ali)(Interview)(Biography)
October 1, 2003... MUHAMMAD ALI came through the double doors into the living room of his hotel suite on slow, tender steps. [paragraph] I held out my hand. He opened his arms. [paragraph] Ali lowered himself into a wide, soft chair, and I sat on an adjacent...

The man of tomorrow goes to the prom: every man has to start somewhere. Usually it's around age seventeen. The life of one postadolescent American male, 2003.(The Future Of Men; life of California teen Jesse Epstein examined )(Interview)
October 1, 2003... SWEATY AND DEJECTED, as smelly as a man, Jesse is slumped in his regular chair at the kitchen table. It is late afternoon in the suburbs. The dishwasher churns, SportsCenter plays on the widescreen TV in the seating area adjacent. His elbows...

The Esquire 70: as in, the seventy things that make us very happy to be alive today.
October 1, 2003... 1. The affordable forty-two-inch plasma-display TV: $3,000 and falling fast. 2. Ancient art from the cradle of civilization on eBay. 3. Botox for migraines. 4. Google image search. 5. Fast cash. 6. E-ZPass. 7....

The search for isabella v. The story you are about to read is true. It involves a fugitive heiress, guns, money, and layers of Internet intimacy and deception. It is a mystery that takes place at the edge of technology. And it is unlike anything you've ever read before.(The Future Of Identity)
October 1, 2003... THIS IS HOW SHE ANNOUNCED HERSELF: On March 2, 2003 at 4:12 pm, I disappeared. My name is isabella v., but it's not. I'm twentysomething and I am an international fugitive. By that time, she said, she'd been on the run for a couple of...

Tomorrow's classics.(The Future Of Style; homage to seven decades of musical stylemakers)
October 1, 2003... To celebrate seven decades of covering pop culture, we picked major music moments from each one, then asked our favorite modern performers to gather at New York's famous Hit Factory studio and pay homage to their heroes by dressing the part ...

The passion of Tiger Woods: Tiger just wants to be left alone. If we're not careful, he just might get his wish.(The Future Of Fame)
October 1, 2003... Imagine. On the arenalike ninth hole at Olympia Fields, in a suburb near Chicago, with a few thousand people standing within shouting distance. Tiger Woods four-putted from the fringe. One of the people watching him most intently, a walking...

Five things I wish I was going to be around to see: in which the eminent physicist dreams of what has not yet been but will be.(The Future Of Innovation)
October 1, 2003... ESQUIRE ASKED ME to make a list describing five things that I wish to see happen before I die. Since I am approaching my eightieth birthday and the prospect of being put into the deep freeze for later resuscitation is not my list of wishes, I...

Hillary's last chance: and, as life and luck would have it, also her first chance. Behold the liberation of HRC.(The Future Of Women; Hillary Rodham Clinton)(Interview)
October 1, 2003... HERE, in the season of her great contentedness, she seems to get only happier. [paragraph] Here, today, Hillary Rodham Clinton is hiding behind a door at Laborers' Hall in Rochester, New York, rocking back and forth on the squat right heel of...

What I learned at the Jihad: an instruction manual on the war that could last for the rest of our lives.(Column)
October 1, 2003... EACH KILLER is a role player in a very different way, in part describing America's dilemma, in part describing America's future. A Central Asian guerrila who ran jihad camps in Afghanistan. A Palestinian nationalist in a safe house in the West...

Why is this man really laughing?(Esquire 70th Anniversary Quiz: this way out; explanation behind photo of Richard Nixon frequently featured in magazine)
October 1, 2003... For the past forty-one years, we have feature this photo of Richard Nixon in our Dubious Achievements accompanied by the headline Why Is This Man Laughing? On the occasion of our seventieth anniversary, we set out discover the real reason for...