The Big Smoke, Foxwoods

I went to Foxwoods in Connecticut this weekend for the Big Smoke. I had a blast. The venue at Foxwoods was a huge ball room and there were nearly 30 cigar makers represented as well as at least another dozen (if not more) liquor vendors. They had every kind of cigar you could imagine and a variety of beverages -- vodka, whiskey, tequilla, rum and brandy. Needless to say, I drank too much but I didn't have to drive anywhere (thanks to my wife!) and so it was all good. There were probably about 800 people and the nice thing about a show like this is the built in camaraderie --  everyone there is a cigar smoker and so you now you have something to talk about while you are waiting online for a cigar or sitting at a table enjoying some food. And of course, on top of the common ground of cigars you usually find other things in common to talk about.

The show is a little pricey -- $240 -- but I came home with 24 cigars (including the 3 I smoked on that night) and those cigars are probably worth something between $100 - $120 and I drank a lot of the "free" liquor so I feel confident I enjoyed another $100 worth of alcohol.

As I smoke the cigars from the show I will post to the blog about the cigar and my thoughts on how it tasted, smoked, etc.

Great Cigar Deal

I recently got an e-mail from Cigars International with a great promotional offer - a box of 20 Pioneer Valley maduros for $24.99 plus $5.00 S & H. According to the website this box of 20 usually sells for $110 plus shipping so the offer was 20 cigars for $1.50 a stick including shipping as opposed to $5.50 a stick plus shipping.

I'm usually a little hesitant to buy "cheap" cigars because I figure they are cheap for a reason -- either they just aren't very good cigars and / or they have defects and won't draft well, etc. However, this deal literally was too good to pass up and so I took the plunge.

I received the cigars yesterday and smoked one last night. I was quite pleasantly surprised at what a nice smooth cigar I had bought! The cigars same in a beautiful wooden box that I will use for something else after the cigars are gone. They cigars also came wrapped in a thin cedar wrapper as well as the more typical plastic wrap. They smelled great out of the box and when I lit the first one it drafted nicely and lit quite easily. I smoked the cigar slowly while enjoying a movie and a good glass of red wine. The taste of the cigar was smooth and consistent throughout enabling me to smoke it down to a nub.

I highly recommend these cigars -- even at $5.50 a stick! 

Welcome to My Blog

Hi! Thanks for tuning in. I have stopped and started various blogs over the past few years but this time I hope to finally post regularly. The thing is, however, WHAT to post about. A friend suggested that I pick a topic I really enjoy talking and learning about and write about that. But there are many topics that could apply -- sports would be the top of the list, but I feel as though there are tons of sports blogs out there. Computers -- and computer programming -- is another topic of interest as that is what I do for a living. However, again, that is a topic of which there seems to be a million blogs about. Then there is photography, but I haven't been as much into that as I once was; writing, which is partly why I've decided to once again start a blog; cooking, wine and cigars are also topics of interest. So what I've decided to do instead is just write about ALL the stuff that interests me and I'll tag my posts appropriately.