Smoking Green for St Patrick’s Day
I had some leftover candela, or green, cigars from the video shoot I did with Jack Bettridge on 1. We didn't smoke the candelas on screen, but used them at the end as a little joke. In the video, I passed on Jack's offer of a candela. Today being St.
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Tatuaje Black Tubo (First Impression)
As the title says, this is a first impression review. I bought the last tubo that Ed had in stock. He strongly suggested I try it, so I did. The only thing I know about this cigar is that Don Pepin Garcia blended it, and that there will be no more tubo’s for Tatuaje. You [...]
Of Storms and Saws
The weekend forecast called for heavy rains and damaging winds. When the storm that has no name had finished pummeling southern Connecticut, more than 80,000 people in my state were without power, and an untold number of trees had fallen, the victim of wind gusts that peaked at near-hurricane speed, 70 miles per hour.
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I Rant, Therefore I Am
This past weekend, the northeastern part of the United States was unmercifully pummeled by a nasty nor easter causing damage and flooding that is mind boggling to say the least. A couple weeks before we got hit with several feet of snow. And before that we had snow on top of more snow. The potholes [...]
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Carlos Torano Exodus 50 years
I’m back once again for a Quick Smoke with Tom. The couple cigars that I smoked beforehand had a draw that was a bit too tight for my liking. This cigar was by no means bad, but in the end I wasn’t terribly impressed with the flavor profile. As with previous Quick Smoke with Tom reviews, [...]
Casa de Campo: The Hotel
What do you get when you carve out 7,000 acres of Caribbean coastline, build a hotel with 265 rooms and 100 private villa rental homes, construct four golf courses, a new marina, private beach and a residential community the size of a small city? Paradise? Pretty darn close.
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A Heartfelt Rumba
A Cuban musician friend of mine named Ernan Lopez-Nuzza, one of the island's best jazz pianists, and his wife, Wendy, reminded me the other day during lunch of a rumba called "La Muerte Me Llama Que Es Esto?" The song, loosely translated, means Death Calls Me But What Is That? I was thinking of that last week when I was hanging with the great tobacco man Alejandro Robaina at his farm in Pinar del Río.
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Don Pepin Garcia My Father Le Bijou 1922
I didn’t have a lot of info on this cigar, until my pal Barry wrote about it. Le Bijou is French for “The jewel” and 1922 refers to the year Jose “Don Pepin Garcia’s” father was born. The original My Father cigar was a tribute to Don Pepin Garcia from his son Jaime. The Le [...]
The Pebble Beach of the Caribbean
The rating of golf courses is subjective. Some players like old-style parkland courses, some like the links format, others only get excited over target golf. The debate over modern versus traditional designs can go on forever. There are very few perfect golf courses, although we all know the ones that get touted as such by name: Pine Valley, Augusta, Shinnecock, Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, Seminole and places like Pinehurst No.
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The Pebble Beach of the Caribbean
The rating of golf courses is subjective. Some players like old-style parkland courses, some like the links format, others only get excited over target golf. The debate over modern versus traditional designs can go on forever. There are very few perfect golf courses, although we all know the ones that get touted as such by name: Pine Valley, Augusta, Shinnecock, Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, Seminole and places like Pinehurst No.
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