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I've got to be at a conference in Washington Thursday 'til Tuesday. Any of you Virginia or DC area folks know of a nice shop within walking distance of my hotel? Many thanks...

Just a cautionary note to those of my fellow BOTL who are as absent-minded as I am: When going back inside to get a refill on your beverage, do NOT place your cigar on a candle, no matter how convenient it might seem at the time. While enjoying an after-lunch Famous 3000 (this one was from the...

I won a bid on some sticks on Cigarauctioneer, second cousin to the Devil Site to the uninitiated. The item description is: Famous Torpedo Oscuros. Tucos Torpedos are hearty, tapered, 54-ring gauge cigars brimming with creamy, robust taste. Well-packed with dark, rich Nicaraguan tobaccos...

http://blog.al.com/afghanistan/2007/09/cigars_from_the_governor.html Seems my governor appreciates the value of a box of cigars for the troops.

Rumor or fact? Could a gossip columnist actually break a story this big?

I hope it isn't a trend, but I bought several Tats a month and a half ago from a reputable, authorized dealer. I don't know if it is just me, but two of the three of those that I have smoked thus far didn't have the same taste or nose going for them that I have come to expect. The first one...

My sister (who knows nothing about cigars) brought back some Don Mig cigars from a recent trip to Honduras. It is a small maker, from what I gather, catering basically to the Honduran market itself or perhaps the region, and was apparently favorable to someone she spoke to down there. I don't...

I just had a Famous 3000 torp that was from my first batch, I acquired when they first came out. This is not a full fledged review (there are plenty already), but I am very impressed on a regular basis with this affordable yet flavorful stick. These things age quite well. I noticed today...

Today was the perfect spring day here in central Alabama. Clear skies, mid-seventies, slight breeze. A couple of other guys and I coach my son's baseball team, and they won something like 16 to 6, and to top it off a young fellow on the team I have been working with pitched his first inning...

Another thread here mentioned that their beads had turned slightly tan. The thread tripped the thought in my mind about a mold outbreak I had in a small box a month or two back. I overdid my moisture in that box previously, and I thought I had nipped the mold in the bud when I first noticed...

With the winter and a lot of things going on in my life for a while now, I have had maybe two cigars in the last two or three months. The last one I had, I can't even say I enjoyed all that much, and it was a stick I normally love. The one before that was so-so. My humidors just sit there in...

If I have read one "Castro Critical" or "Castro Thought To Be Near Death" story I have read a thousand, seemingly going back months and months. I realize it is additional proof that only the good die young, but, gee whiz, is it going to take fifty years for this guy to leave this mortal coil...

Tonight, I fired up the gas grill and threw a honking $19.00 cut of fillet (bless my butcher, it was the prettiest piece of raw meat this side of the Gold Club) on with some Hickory chips. I figured as long as I was going to be hanging out on the back porch where I usually enjoy my smokes, I...

I had my breakfast of champions a short while ago: A Krispy Kreme glazed and a cream-filled along with a glass of milk. Then I lit up a Short Story maybe ten minutes after I ate, and I don't know if it had something to do with my taste buds this time of day but I suspect it has to do with what...

This is not really a review but more of a comment and I suppose a plug. I've only smoked a couple of Diamond Crown Maximus sticks. As I recalled, the last one was pretty good but I was smoking it while driving and probably didn't have the best setting to enjoy it. I've had a couple sitting...

Mine is right out my back door. Kind of foggy this morning, but it is peaceful and pleasant. Working on getting my IMG or HTML to refer to tinypic, but if not, the link works. http://i6.tinypic.com/27yo9ad.jpg

I noticed tonight that the popular Famous Nic 3000 is no longer in stock in any size at Famous-Smokes.com. Such a pity, being a really nice cigar cleverly disguised as an inexpensive bundle. I did notice they have another Famous Nic out, the Famous Nicaraguan Corojo. It is about twice as...

I figured this lacked sufficient detail to qualify as a review. Svillekid gifted me a Tatuaje a couple of weeks back. They are not widely stocked in Birmingham and still not having quite a year in the hobby, this was the first I had seen of the name. I'm not sure which variety this was, other...

I've got a little bit of Black Bushmill (it is actually a Fathers Day present for my Dad, but I figure he won't hold it against me if it is a little bit light), and I was wondering what might be a good companion: A little Short Story, a Padron 26 Torpedo, an R&J Exhibition #4 2001, or a Boli RC...

I don't know if this qualifies for a review, so I am putting this in the main lounge. A couple of nights ago I had a robusto Famous Nic 3000 I got from svillekid (I only bought a couple of bundles of the torpedoes, should have picked up at least a bundle of the robusto). It had maybe three or...