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Eating at Joe's
My phone rang, and the voice was a familiar one. “It’s Joe Bastianich,” he said. “I’d like you to come out to my house for a party. My mom...more
Posted: May 15, 2007 By David Savona
That Cigar Was Definitely More than Just A Cigar
In 1986, I was living in France, trying to earn a living as a freelance writer. Through some old contacts, I wrote a number of pieces for the New...more
Posted: May 14, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Smoking and Drinking
This is a response to Savona’s most recent blog: The bigger question is where to smoke and drink. Sure, it’s hard to find a place to smoke, but...more
Posted: May 11, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
Where Do You Smoke?
Yesterday I had lunch with cigarmaker Rocky Patel, Las Vegas cigar retailer Michael Frey and New York City retailer David Kitchens. We took an...more
Posted: May 8, 2007 By David Savona
My First Golf Course Cigar
Finally, the Northeast had a golf weekend to remember, the first of 2007 (if you don’t count January 6th when it was 70 degrees). Since I started...more
Posted: May 7, 2007 By Gordon Mott
A Smoky Derby Day
Yesterday was a picture-perfect Derby Day, and my wife and I attended a local party with about four dozen other couples, dressed in our derby finest....more
Posted: May 6, 2007 By David Savona
Global Warming and Cameroon Wrappers
My mobile phone rang early the other morning in Los Angeles, which woke me from dreams of sake and Trinidad Robusto Extras the night before. It was a...more
Posted: May 4, 2007
The End of an Era in New Hampshire
Due to a computer malfunction, this blog did not go live until May 3. Live Free or Die. That’s the motto on New Hampshire’s license plates. I was...more
Posted: May 3, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Cellaring Cigars
I saw this this morning over my coffee, and I thought I better chime in. The parameters for aging cigars is always slightly subjective, but I prefer...more
Posted: April 30, 2007
Living Up to the Hype
I just lit a La Gloria Cubana Reserva Figurado Selectos de Lujo, one of my favorite cigars. It’s a seven-inch long perfecto made from fourth...more
Posted: April 25, 2007 By David Savona
The Strength of Harmony
About a week ago I had a small dinner party at my house in Tuscany with Giacomo Neri of Casanova di Neri and Vicenzo Abbruzzese of Valdicava. These...more
Posted: April 25, 2007
Great Cigars I Have Smoked: A Lesson in Inconsistency
One of my first lessons in how cigars can be incredibly inconsistent came during the first few months after we had launched Cigar Aficionado. At the...more
Posted: April 24, 2007 By Gordon Mott
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