Cigars with Friends

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Had Mike over this afternoon for cigars.

I met Mike way back in junior high school. I think it was in Spanish class. We were friendly acquaintances but not chummy. We reconnected on Facebook back in the late aughts when people our age were getting on Facebook. I invited him and his wife over for dinner and we've been hanging out ever since. 

I had an Oliva on hand. We lit up in the garage and them smoked the cigars in the yard. 

We listened to Oscar Peterson. 

It's good to be outside again. It was good to see Mike and I let him know it. It had been since New Year's Eve. 

Dale ordered Chinese for us and we watched Johnny Guitar. It's a camp classic and I think Mike quite liked it. 


And Mike brought over some seltzer. 



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