Lunch Break Smoke: Cain F 550

July 20, 2010
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A spicy full flavored smoke that easily took my mind off what I’ve been dealing with today. My favorite of the Cain line by far. Not something I’d typically smoke this early in the day, but I wanted something that was bold that demanded you focus on it.

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Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata Maduro

July 19, 2010
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You’ve probably already seen a few reviews of this cigar, but I met with Jon Huber at a local event recently and he sent me a few samples. He mentioned the misplaced band since it came off easy enough I made a quick alteration to repair it. I’m a big fan of the original CAO [...]

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Cigar Swag Contest Winners

July 19, 2010

This has to be the longest and badly run contest I ever did. Anyways here are your winners picked partially at random and partially on ideas I liked. Each winner gets a 1 Black and 1 White La Traviata Baseball cap. Grand Prize is a Torano Travel Humidor along with the two hats. Hat winners: [...]

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What Do You Consider Expensive?

July 19, 2010
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I stopped by my local shop and the guys that work in the humidor were busy and a couple of guys in their 50′s were looking for cigars and they asked what I liked. I pointed out a few in the $4 to $7 range I liked and they complained they were too expensive so [...]

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Join Us on Facebook

July 18, 2010

Please take a moment to join our Facebook Page if you haven’t already. Share photos of your favorite smokes along with updates and rants from myself.

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Updating Cigar Links

July 17, 2010

I’m in the process of updating cigar links so if you have a cigar blog or other cigar related site please use the Contact Form to send it to me. If you are a retailer you can use them same form to contact me about having your link added to the Retailers List.

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Whoops

July 15, 2010

Well I upgraded the site tonight and apparently some of the new “features” in WordPress didn’t agree with the customizations I’d done. So… I know what I’ll be done this weekend. I wanted to go with a new simple and clean layout, just not quite like this. Site is somewhat functional now, but not all [...]

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Mojito Recipe

July 14, 2010

A few people on Twitter and Facebook asked me for the recipe I was using for my mojitos. I tend to like them a bit lighter and refreshing so I try not to go too heavy on the lime or sugar. 2 tsp Sugar 6 Mint Leaves 1.5 oz Lime Juice (About 1 Lime) 3 [...]

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Cigar Review: Perdomo Nick’s Stick Sun Grown

July 12, 2010

I’m finally getting back to writing a review. These cigars recently showed up at my local shop and were recently featured in one of the weekly cigar events.  The Nick’s Sticks is a Nicaraguan Puro that is a revival of a cigar made in Nick Perdomo’s first cigar factory in Miami, FL during the mid [...]

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New Reviews Coming Soon

July 11, 2010

Got a couple new reviews in the works, but I haven’t had as much down time this summer as I’d like. So at the moment I’m taking a moment to smell the mint, lime and cigar smoke.

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