Cigar smoking like anything in our lives can become "part of the tapestry". Meaning we smoke as part of our "other activities" without sometimes stepping back to examine the conscious or unconscious actions we take in cigar choices.
I remember having "favorites" that I pretty much smoked all the time. Man I loved my Gurkha regent toros. Such a well made even burning cigar. Punch Rare corojo Pitas? Nummy lil suckers which were perfect for an hour drive. Today is different than a few years ago. Have a few more cigars to choose from and thought it might be interesting to get other folks read on "why this cigar"?
Lunchtime is my most frequent smoking event. Pretty much have a cigar every day on the way to and from. Choice of cigar is strongly influenced by how far lunch is on a given day. Party Shorts, Boli PC's, PLPC's etc on short run days. Going further .. RA or Party 898's maybe a robusto or CG. Long lunch missions = churchills or maybe even a cigar for each direction. Sometimes who is going also has an impact. Sam or I usually grab 2 so if he provided sumtin good the day before might dig into something more special than the usuals or visa versa. And usually once a week on New Hire to lunch day its a triple choice.
When I go alone for lunch typically will grab a cigar from my singles / gifted cigars as it's the time I think about these cigars to smoke. It helps break up the feeling of loneliness from lunching alone cuz I think nice things about the person I go the cigars from.
Usually once or twice a week I'll stay late and have a cigar in the office. Typically this is a cigar I'm going to type some words on here. Which cigar? More often than not it's influenced by something someone else has posted. A review, a question etc. Sometimes it's a new cigar/first time smoke that just came to mind. Occasionally "the day" may have influenced and dictated pulling a "special".
Evenings I usually don't smoke unless I'm going over to my bud's house for a lil TV in the smoke room. Usually try and bring a cigar for us to smoke that is outside of his "rut like habits" Could be old or unique or just off the beaten path. As Bill Murray said in Groundhog day.. anything different is good. Well at least once in case it sucks I guess.
Weekends are cool as there is time to smoke. Winter less so than summer. Winter it's usually a trip to the office or at Sams once for a game etc with the typical choices previously mentioned. Sometimes it's spur of the moment so it's just whatever happens to be in the Hali. This can lead to some interesting "out of cycle" cigar particularly if it follows a herf and I've left poo in the Halli. Trips to and from the Shack in the winter provide solitude for smoking stuff typically from the singles but sometimes a "treat or 2". Nothing like an hour drive with 70's and 80's rock and a fine cigar. Summer time is different in that lots of outside activities home and at the shack that I can smoke during. Tend to choose cigars that you might consider "boring" just smoking it at one time. As a compliment to doing a chore or the like you don't notice the flavor monotony as much and I think it's a great time to enjoy these flavorful but unchanging smokes. It's where I might sneak some NC's like Anejos etc into the rotation along with real fresh cigars or cigars I might categorize as good "puff puff" ones.
Herfs are cool. It is where you have the opportunity to share your best with others and smoke a few to boot. I tend to smoke much better cigars at herfs than on a normal daily basis. I assume others do the same but to each his own. It's almost as much fun "finding stuff" to pack as it is smoking at the herf. Every herf pack for me is like Christmas.. cool I forgot I had this. As I get older this might be a daily revelation.
Anyway, sorry for the rant I was just curious about what others did and ended up writing a book instead of asking the question.
I remember having "favorites" that I pretty much smoked all the time. Man I loved my Gurkha regent toros. Such a well made even burning cigar. Punch Rare corojo Pitas? Nummy lil suckers which were perfect for an hour drive. Today is different than a few years ago. Have a few more cigars to choose from and thought it might be interesting to get other folks read on "why this cigar"?
Lunchtime is my most frequent smoking event. Pretty much have a cigar every day on the way to and from. Choice of cigar is strongly influenced by how far lunch is on a given day. Party Shorts, Boli PC's, PLPC's etc on short run days. Going further .. RA or Party 898's maybe a robusto or CG. Long lunch missions = churchills or maybe even a cigar for each direction. Sometimes who is going also has an impact. Sam or I usually grab 2 so if he provided sumtin good the day before might dig into something more special than the usuals or visa versa. And usually once a week on New Hire to lunch day its a triple choice.
When I go alone for lunch typically will grab a cigar from my singles / gifted cigars as it's the time I think about these cigars to smoke. It helps break up the feeling of loneliness from lunching alone cuz I think nice things about the person I go the cigars from. Usually once or twice a week I'll stay late and have a cigar in the office. Typically this is a cigar I'm going to type some words on here. Which cigar? More often than not it's influenced by something someone else has posted. A review, a question etc. Sometimes it's a new cigar/first time smoke that just came to mind. Occasionally "the day" may have influenced and dictated pulling a "special".
Evenings I usually don't smoke unless I'm going over to my bud's house for a lil TV in the smoke room. Usually try and bring a cigar for us to smoke that is outside of his "rut like habits" Could be old or unique or just off the beaten path. As Bill Murray said in Groundhog day.. anything different is good. Well at least once in case it sucks I guess.
Weekends are cool as there is time to smoke. Winter less so than summer. Winter it's usually a trip to the office or at Sams once for a game etc with the typical choices previously mentioned. Sometimes it's spur of the moment so it's just whatever happens to be in the Hali. This can lead to some interesting "out of cycle" cigar particularly if it follows a herf and I've left poo in the Halli. Trips to and from the Shack in the winter provide solitude for smoking stuff typically from the singles but sometimes a "treat or 2". Nothing like an hour drive with 70's and 80's rock and a fine cigar. Summer time is different in that lots of outside activities home and at the shack that I can smoke during. Tend to choose cigars that you might consider "boring" just smoking it at one time. As a compliment to doing a chore or the like you don't notice the flavor monotony as much and I think it's a great time to enjoy these flavorful but unchanging smokes. It's where I might sneak some NC's like Anejos etc into the rotation along with real fresh cigars or cigars I might categorize as good "puff puff" ones.
Herfs are cool. It is where you have the opportunity to share your best with others and smoke a few to boot. I tend to smoke much better cigars at herfs than on a normal daily basis. I assume others do the same but to each his own. It's almost as much fun "finding stuff" to pack as it is smoking at the herf. Every herf pack for me is like Christmas.. cool I forgot I had this. As I get older this might be a daily revelation.
Anyway, sorry for the rant I was just curious about what others did and ended up writing a book instead of asking the question.