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A Shot of Smoke
The drink bone is connected to the smoke bone is a sentiment that I am fond of saying, but sadly in the age of the nanny state getting the two key...more
Posted: February 23, 2009 By Jack Bettridge
Let the Festivities Begin
I went over to the Nacional Hotel this morning to pick up my registration for the XI Festival del Habano. José Antonio Candida from Habanos S.A.,...more
Posted: February 22, 2009
Off to the Dominican Fields
My shoes were dusted with a thin layer of reddish brown dirt. My bare arms were being baked by the tropical sun and the smell of curing tobacco was...more
Posted: February 20, 2009 By David Savona
Conference Calls and Regional Cigars
A friend just about had a heart attack this morning. He had what he called a “global conference call” connected to “eight countries” for a...more
Posted: February 20, 2009
Dancing, Dominican Style
Last night was opening night in Santiago at the ProCigar Festival. I was sitting in a gorgeous setting, a table in the middle of an old estate once...more
Posted: February 19, 2009 By David Savona
Thoughts on Cuba
I was in Aljibe, the famous chicken, rice and bean joint in Havana last night, and ran into a couple of Americans who were on a fact-finding mission....more
Posted: February 19, 2009
Back in the Dominican Republic
The Airbus swooped down from the clouds, revealing the lush, tropical landscape below. Fields of yucca, plantain and tobacco covered the land,...more
Posted: February 18, 2009 By David Savona
Cuban Trips
My back is still in pain. If I move the wrong way, I have a sharp pain spike through my lower back. Maybe I should try some Santiago 11-year-old rum?...more
Posted: February 18, 2009
The Cigar Brotherhood
I have been hanging tight in my friend’s apartment in La Habana thanks to a pinched nerve in my lower back. It happened on Sunday night. I will not...more
Posted: February 17, 2009
Cigars, Cigars Everywhere
A lot of important people are talking about changes in travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba. I have even heard that some...more
Posted: February 17, 2009
Chucho and La Bomba
I went to a Chucho Valdez concert last night with my son Jack, who is taking lessons with a jazz pianist who plays for Buena Vista Social Club. Jack...more
Posted: February 13, 2009
Just Another Winter Afternoon
Dave Savona and I hit the Davidoff Columbus Circle smoking lounge this week. It was a quiet Wednesday afternoon, and we were helping Jack Bettridge...more
Posted: February 12, 2009 By Gordon Mott
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