The Cigar Life

July 2023 During our time in Arizona I made a lot of rum cocktails.  They'd always include rum, simple syrup, lime juice, and a little orange juice.  Sometimes I'd add some pineapple chunks as a garnish and also a little pineapple juice.  And sometimes I'd top it all off with a little Bubly water. Very refreshing. A couple times I picked up a pre-made Mai Tai at the supermarket. These were quite good.  I love having cocktails with cigars. 

July 2023 Dale and I were called to Phoenix for a couple of weeks in July to help care for some older family members.  We were there when Phoenix passed the record number of days above 110 degrees. I believe July 31 was the only day that month it hit a high of less than 110.  John and Dianne recommended a cigar shop in Peoria called Gravitate. It had a decent sized humidor. I picked out some tubed Macanudo and Montecristo cigars.  One night I had an Oliva.  They were all great.  I'd usually light up sometime after 8 pm or so. The temps were usually above 100 in 100-105 degree range so that it was still quite hot out. 

Roger Moore was my favorite James Bond. He had the role from when I was a young kid all the way through to my teens. I think his Bond movies were, if not the the best of them, the most campy and fun. I remember watching them on the ABC Sunday Night Movie. This was before home video and streaming so if you wanted to watch something you had to see it when first released to the movie theaters or wait until it was on TV. Mr. Moore looks great with a cigar.  Roger Moore was a cigar enthusiast in real life. Prior to Moore taking over the role of James Bond the character of the spy was played by Sean Connery. In the Connery films Bond was portrayed as a light cigarette smoker in contrast to the heavy smoker of the novels. It's said Moore did this to differentiate his version of the character from Connery's. It is said Moore asked for unlimited access to cigars on the set of the Bond movies. In the above photo Moore is shown as Bond lighting up a Montecristo No. 1.