After watching the dramatic upset at the Rousey-Holm fight this week, I was in the mood for something that packed a punch. I generally save my bigger cigars for the Okanagan Pipe & Cigar Club since it’s a good time to fully enjoy a cigar in the context of a gathering during which I’m doing nothing…
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Leaf cigars have been getting a lot of attention. It’s largely due to the what is now unusual wrapper. As might be indicated by the name, Oscar lovingly wraps their cigars in a full tobacco leaf instead of a cellophane wrapper. Of course this is how cigars were originally transported, but we have this tendency…
It’s my flamekeeping night tonight! I’m part of a sisterhood that tends a sacred flame for Brighid — goddess, saint, and lwa — in the tradition of the priestesses, and then nuns, of Kildare. The cycle rotates every nineteen days. I am shift #4 in my cell; every nineteen days I light a sacred candle…
On our way home from my friend’s funeral. I had expected to drive home during the evening, but inclement weather and our hangovers required another overnight. Of the three cigars I’d brought for the occasion, including the Acid 1400 CC Robusto and the Perdomo Ltd. Reserve 10th Anniversary Champagne Churchill, I’d saved my exceptionally dark,…
I overslept on Saturday morning for a change, so it was definitely a call for a morning smoke to help jump-start my lagging brain. I knew I should try to finish off my Drew Estate sampler but I really wanted a lighter Connecticut. Finally I gave in to temptation and selected the 5 Vegas Gold…
As you know, a few days ago I had a misadventure with an Oliva Master Blend III. I am sorry to say that the taste of the acrid oils did not leave my mouth for several minutes. Finally I concluded that the only way I was going to get rid of it was to smoke…
Since I’m not much of a drinker, I thought I would honour my Irish ancestors on St. Patrick’s Day by engaging in the other major Irish vice – smoking! And I had just the stick for the job; the Erin Go Bragh Irish Whiskey Toro. This is a fine looking, golden cigar with a solid…
