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One Satisfying Smoke in Los Angeles
I have become a pretty good friend to a super hipster wine bar owner in Los Angeles called David Haskell of Bin 8945. His small place in West...more
Posted: November 5, 2007
Sharing a Smoke with Jose Oliva
Jose Oliva was in town on Thursday, so I took a little drive after work to Club Perfecto in South Norwalk. Jose was hanging out with some of the...more
Posted: November 5, 2007 By David Savona
Red Sox Nation
Over the years as a Red Sox fan, I learned early on not to gloat. After all, there was that painful lesson in 1978 when I moved away from New York to...more
Posted: November 1, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Tasting the Very Best of 2007
This is a very serious and most rewarding time of year. I’m sitting down with my Cigar Aficionado team to select the best cigar of 2007. Yesterday...more
Posted: October 30, 2007 By Marvin R. Shanken
A Question of Cigar Etiquette
Saturday night I attended a pre-Halloween party with costumes optional. The host dressed as a very convincing Groucho Marx, complete with a pith...more
Posted: October 29, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
A Smoke With Carlos Fuente Jr.
On Friday night I dropped in on a local cigar shop and lounge, Club Perfecto in South Norwalk, Connecticut. Carlos Fuente Jr. was dropping by, so I...more
Posted: October 28, 2007 By David Savona
My New Place To Smoke
I have recently stepped out of a hell that every knowing homeowner has either experienced or dreads: home renovation. Two years have passed from the...more
Posted: October 25, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
A Pleasant Surprise in Milan
I spent a few days in Milan this week with my kids during their half-term break from school in England. I went to the fashion city to take them to my...more
Posted: October 24, 2007
A Classic Cigar
I had a classic cigar last week. It’s so rare that one of the best encyclopedias of Cuban cigars, written by Min Ron Nee and Adriano Martinez,...more
Posted: October 23, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Smoking a New Padrón
Got a call from Jorge Padrón the other day. He was coming to New York City for a dinner at the Grand Havana Room, and he asked me to come along. He...more
Posted: October 18, 2007 By David Savona
Cigar Lovers Are Everywhere
How many times have you started up a conversation with someone, only to discover that the other person is a cigar smoker? It happened to me...more
Posted: October 17, 2007 By Gordon Mott
A Taxing Situation
I’m back in the office after a few days in Charleston, South Carolina, at the annual Cigar Association of America meeting. This is a gathering...more
Posted: October 15, 2007 By David Savona
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