Monday was a bit of a rough day for me. I had just come off of a blogging streak that had lasted a couple of weeks and I was completely out of content. The desire to write just wasn’t there and I didn’t know what to talk about. I tried to force it by opening up a New Post window. I’d write a paragraph, hate it, then wipe it clean. I repeated the process a handful of times before reaching …
Category: Cigars
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending the 2012 Famous Smoke Shop Cigarnival. This event draws in fellow cigar smokers, from near and far, to hang out and turn perfectly good cigars into mounds of ash. Depending on the ticket that you purchase, you are on the premises for one or two days. The event is hosted in Eason, Pennsylvania, at Famous Smoke Shop. I was asked to attend the event as a member of the Press from …
Over the past couple of weeks I have found myself reaching for my camera more often. It started off with me simply wanting better than cell phone photos of cigars to feature in Week in Smoke posts on Stogie Review. What wound up happening was that as I took photos of the cigars that I smoked, I didn’t want duplicates. So, this lead to my digging around for new and obscure cigars for me to photograph. With all of this …
Last night I was deep in the editing process of a Herf’n Heads video that Mike and I recorded last week for Stogie Review. Somewhere between realizing that over half of the video had to be split into pieces and the audio increased/decreased and when I finally gave up on it for the evening, I completely forgot that I didn’t have a post put together for my blog. In a frantic, last minute idea kind of way, I decided to …
Jeremiah Cruz Jr. (Better known as JJ). Photo courtesy of Jerry Cruz On July 22nd, we set aside a little time and smoke a special cigar. While we enjoy that cigar, we allow our minds to drift and think of a special little someone who departed this world far too soon. We remember Jeremiah Cruz Jr., better known as JJ or Jerry’s Little Robusto. He passed away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at three and a half months old. …
After a truly good meal, an outstanding cigar is still the most satisfying after-dinner activity that doesn’t involve two human beings. Brad Shaw, Radio Announcer The quote above by Brad Shaw is one that instantly triggers memories. Having a cigar after your run of the mill dinner is secondary to what comes to mind. When I think about an after-dinner cigar it normally brings the holidays to mind. I suppose being able to smoke in the confines of my home …
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