How often have you gone out to a nice establishment and had someone tell you, Please, feel free to light up that cigar and enjoy yourself?. If your experiences are like mine, you probably haven’t heard it much at all. With new smoking bans popping up all over the country it gets difficult to smoke […]
Things that make you go huh….
When I first started smoking cigars I spent the majority of my cigar budget ordering from online retailers. I was very happy with the cost and quality of my cigars but I was missing out on something. It wasn’t until I attended a few gatherings (Herfs) that I realized how much I enjoyed interacting with […]
Stogie Review On Cigar Aficionado’s 2007 Picks
In case you haven’t heard already, Cigar Aficionado put out their official list of the top cigars for 2007 in the most recent edition of the magazine. If you don’t get the magazine, have no fear, you can still get the full scoop on their website. And once you’ve had a look, why not check […]
What was your holiday cigar?
This year I had some grand plans for a nice smoke on Christmas Day, but when it came time to light one up I just didn’t feel much like a cigar. I planned on smoking something later that evening, but by the time the day was over I realized that I skipped my Christmas smoke […]
A Stogie Experiment
To freeze or not to freeze, that is the question…Awhile ago…well sometime ago way back towards the end of May we received the following e-mail from one of SR’s biggest fans: I had an idea pertaining to the debate of “To freeze or not to freeze your smokes.” Personally, I freeze all my smokes before […]
Cigar Purchases: Cigars from the Philippines
It took a combined 70 hours of traveling door-to-door and back to get them but my trip to the Philippines was a fruitful one. It was wonderful to go home and enjoy a slower, more relaxed pace of life in a place where the US dollar is strong and cost of living cheap. Here is […]
Samplers
As I mentioned before, I was in the market for a box of cigars. After much deliberating I opted to go a different route. I ordered two samplers from Cigars International so that I had multiple cigars to try and review. Here is a list of cigars ill be recieving in the mail shortly. 5 […]
Subscription to Cigar Magazine
About two weeks ago I was driving to all the local cigar shops in my area to try and find the latest issue of Cigar Magazine. I didn’t have any luck finding it and ended up borrowing a friends copy. After all the hassle I decided that I should just go ahead and order a […]
Cigar Purchases: Don Tomas Cameroon & Bolivar Fuerte-Cofradia
My buddy Ghosty and I took our usual Friday trip to JR Cigars. He actually smoked the Ashton VSG that was part of the Traveling Humidor. Hopefully he will bless us with a review of that smoke. I picked up and smoked a lovely Don Tomas Cameroon, Perfecto #3. I think I’m in love. Lately […]
Cigar Purchases: Cigar Insider & Perelman’s Cyclopedia of Cigars
Not actually cigars that I’ve purchased but the purchases are cigar related. Cigar Insider Cigar Insider is an online, bi-weekly publication from Cigar Aficionado. It gives you cigar ratings, news and preview articles in upcoming issues of their print magazine. The coolest thing about the subscription is you get an online Humidor locker. Its more […]