Month: May 2017

How much is enough?

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Cigar Talk, Cigar Commentary, I have 3 humidors of cigars with a pretty full stash. Each holds about 50 smokes

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Loser, Dead and Company, 5/27/16

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            Keep smoking

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Fire on the Mountain

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Life Style , Commentary  Be Prepared is the Boy Scouts motto.  I was an Eagle Scout so I have no

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Dead and Company, for true believers

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 Report from the Vegas show will be forthcoming from one of my Dead head buddies. Keep smoking ARTICLE Dead &

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It could be worse

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Memorial weekend at the Lone Wolf Cigar  Lounge, no traffic on the LA streets and smoking a very good Cuban

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It’s N.R.B.Q. Baby

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Here is a tale of musical connections. The string starts in 1972 when I was an Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop

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Follow up photos on new Xikar lighter

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Cigar Talk , Cigar products, Cigar commentary Here are two photos of the retooled Xikar Stratosphere 2 Lighter. It’s clearly

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True to their word, Xikar products

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Cigar talk, cigar commentary , product review I previously commented on the design flaw concerning Xikar’s Stratosphere 1 lighter. I enjoyed the

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It’s a good day to smoke in Los Angeles

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Cigar review, cigar talk A great way to spend my Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles. The weather was in the

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A Tale of two cigar events

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Cigar Talk , Cigar News, Cigar Events Cigar events are always a big kick to me.  You meet a wide

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Cigar bundles, love them or ?

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Cigar Talk, Cigar Commentary  While many a cigar “expert” disdains bundled cigars for their inferior quality and look, you cannot

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Todd Rundgren I saw the light , 1973

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                          The immortal Todd performing one of his

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Todd Rundgren , A rock wizard

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                    A Rock Music Story I was a true Todd Rundgren

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New Riders of the Purple Sage

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One of the many subsets of the Grateful Dead, NRPS were a great compliment to the Dead Family. They could

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The Grateful Dead and Cigars

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For those who know my history , I am a Dead Head. Not the extreme Dead Head who travels all

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New La Palina Cigar Release and Event

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LA Palina is now producing  dynamic new blends with a moderate price point. I reviewed two and have had good

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New Cigar Stash

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                           Cigar Talk, Cigar Discovery Just received this great

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Cigar Event at Lone Wolf Cigar Lounge, 5/18/17,

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  You are cordially invited to The Lone Wolf Cigar Lounge For an evening of good times and for a special cigar

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He would be banned by the FDA

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         Wonder what he would have thought in today’s  anti cigar mind set?        

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My dad’s favorite cigar

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  White Owls were  considered a step up from the usual machine made smoke. “First produced in 1887, are manufactured

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Design flaw?

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 Cigar Talk, Cigar Commentary I own 4 Xikar lighters which have provided mostly reliable service. I also possess two cutters

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You bet your life, real world

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Cigar humor and history Groucho Marx’s son Arthur remembers, fondly, that he was the recipient of his famous father’s second

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JFK with his Upmann

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 Cigar Commentary  This is a great photo of JFK relaxing with his brand. Now that smoking a cigar is considered

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Second Time Around

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Cigar Review After the wonderful time I had with the Brick House Churchill , I had high expectations for the

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Cigar shape and size chart

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Cigar Talk Here is a very good tool for understanding the many different variations of cigar shapes and sizes available

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