C.A.O. Rock n Rolled Tour Kicks Off
Friday, October 10th, 2008I’m a little behind on getting this up and due to a problem with my audio recorder I didn’t catch all of the conversation I had with Jon Huber. I’m scheduling a later time to get him on the phone and redo the interview. If you were in Cincinnati on Oct. 7th and you missed the CAO Rock n Rolled Tour stop, you better have a damn good excuse.
This event was the kick off of the C.A.O. Rock-n-Rolled Tour, and this was an awesome way to start. Last count before I left is over 120 boxes of cigars were sold due to some really great specials they had going on. Miguel our local C.A.O. Sales Rep and the guys from The Party Source never slowed down, the only pause in the frantic pace is when they stopped to do the drawing for the raffle prizes.
An Interview with Pete Johnson
Friday, August 8th, 2008
On 5/28/08 my daughter and I ventured up to Hollywood, CA to interview Pete Johnson, creator of the Tatuaje line of cigars. Located on the famous Sunset Strip, we joined Pete at his shop for an intriguing and entertaining 3 ½ hour interview!
Pete is definitely a class act! Very humble, very modest. During our time together, we smoked a Tatuaje Black Robusto, and the new Tatuaje La Riqueza Lonsdale (I was only the second person to smoke a banded one!!). He even walked out several times to keep our parking meter happy!
Here is our interview (note: we discussed his rock band days in length – to the extent that my daughter, also a bass player, wrote her own interview entitled, “Pete Johnson: The Rock Band before the Cigar Band”).
Interview with Eddie Ortega
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Eddie Ortega of EO Brands was nice enough to answer a few questions for us. I got a chance to meet him while at the RTDA in Houston and looking forward to meeting him and the rest of the guys from EO Brands again soon. EO 601 Series is one of the hottest blends [...]
Interview with Dion Giolito
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Dion Giolito opened F U M A R E in 2004 and eventually developed the Illusione line. Anyone that has smoked one of his cigars can attest to the fact that these cigars are produced with a passion you won’t find in many of the bigger companies.
