Last week Benji Menendez was in town visiting both locations of W.Curtis Draper. Since I had to cancel my participation in the blogger trip with General Cigar down to the Dominican Republic I made plans with the folks at General to get time with Benji while he was visiting. I’ll be honest. I wasn’t sure […]
Benji Menendez Event Pictorial
Now that the site is back to normal its time to catchup on content. As you know, master blender Benji Menendez has been in my area this week. On Tuesday he was at W.Curtis Draper-Bethesda. Charlie was cool enough to make the drive down from Wilmington DE and my new friend Lanh joined me for […]
Benji Menendez in the DC/Baltimore Area
I’m not supposed to be here. I’m supposed to be in the Dominican Republic with other bloggers as guests of General Cigars, smoking poolside with Benji Menendez. I was all set to go and then this little thing called a disaster at work entered into the picture causing me to cancel my travel plans at […]
3rd Annual Little Puff Recovery Lunch Pictorial (2011)
For the third year, CAO Cigars has hosted the Little Puff Recovery Lunch. A couple firsts this year. This is the first Recovery Lunch for CAO Cigars as part of General Cigars and this is the first Recovery Lunch hosted at the new Bethesda MD location of W.Curtis Draper. Featuring a complete spread by Bill’s […]
12th Annual Little Puff – Random Footage
Random video footage is always the best. I had just finished up recording the Little Puff Auctions with my handy FlipVideo when Matt Booth of Room101 Cigars takes out his FlipVideo which was promptly taken by Stephen Boyajian of The Cigar Network. What ensued was a bit of random chaos. We two geeks thought it […]
12th Annual Little Puff Auction Footage
After the words “great friends” the next word that comes to my mind when I think of W.Curtis Draper is “charity”. I’m always amazed at their generosity when it comes to not only money, but their time. I’m always amazed the extra mile they are willing to go to raise money and awareness for a […]
CAO OSA Sol Tour featuring Rick Rodriguez (plus giveaway)
CAO master blender Rick Rodriguez has been traveling the country lately spreading the word about the newest cigar he’s created: the OSA Sol. I met up with Rick at a recent OSA Sol Tour event hosted by Davidus Cigars in Annapolis, MD. We talked about the genesis of the OSA Sol blend, the OSA Nation […]
12th Annual Little Puff Pictorial (2011)
What a great weekend! Here are some snapshots I took during the 12th Annual Little Puff by W.Curtis Draper September 30th. I have a bunch of video to go thru from both Little Puff as well as the Recovery Brunch the next day but I wanted to share a few pics with the promise of […]
Drew Estate & Joya de Nicaragua Event (plus giveaway)
I recently caught up with Kevin McCormack, sales rep for Drew Estate and Joya de Nicaragua, at a DE/JDN Double Shot Event hosted by Main Street Cigar in Bel Air, MD. Kevin and I talked about the latest releases from Drew Estate & Joya (including My Uzi Weighs A Ton, Undercrown, Dirty Rat, L40, and […]
Brad Mayo of Jameson Cigar Co at Cigar Expo 2011
During the Famous Cigar Expo 2011 (Cigarnival), Mike and I caught up with Brad Mayo from Jameson Cigar Co. We had to twist Brad’s arm a bit to get him to do a video but we managed to get our way. In the short video below, Brad talks about the Santos de Miami and makes […]