The Cigar Life

 

  Flashback to Phoenix on August 1, 2025 Big Dipper

 Monday, December 15, 2025 Poured some gin and smoked a couple cigars in my upstairs cigar lounge. 

  Friday, February 14, 2025 Friday's finally here. I made it . !   It was a week of indoor recess every day for the kids, a full moon, a Valentine's day party, and conferences. Yep, they were pretty riled up this week but I managed as well as I could and it was all just fine.    The temp was up a little bit since I last smoked on Wednesday. Decided to go for a bigger cigar, an Oliva, since it was more pleasant out. I lasted about 40 minutes before I got a little too cold. Got a little shoveling in while I was outside.   Dale and I had stopped by Lunds after he picked me up from school. We just got some prepared foods from the deli and I picked up a pre-made Old Fashioned from Cork Dork.  Dale and I had drinks after my cigar and shoveling.  It was a quiet, low key, and pleasant Valentine's Day. 

Saturday, December. 14, 2024 Wednesday,  December 11 We've had the coldest weather so far this season during the past week.  On Wednesday the wind chills were below zero. Lit up a small Romeo y Julieta and stuck close  to the house which helped shield me from much of the wind.  Once inside I warmed up with some vodka.  Thursday, December 12 Chilly the next day too.  Sunny and not as windy.  Smaller cigars are better when short on time and when it's cold. Daylight is so much shorter at this time of year and there isn't much of it left when I get home from work.  We went out for dinner at The Howe for build your own mac & cheese night. I had an Old Fashioned to start and Dale had some red wine.  No school for kids tomorrow as it's a PD day for teachers. Supposed to be a little warmer this weekend. Hopefully the humidity will be low so it won't feel raw. Would be nice to light up a big Camacho or a Hoyo. 

 Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Dale and I went out to eat tonight to process what happened since yesterday. I had an Old Fashioned. When we got home I had a cigar.  It was actually very pleasant outside and the crescent moon was shining bright. 

 Sunday, October 20, 2024 What a fantastic 4-day weekend.  The weather's been great and especially so today, Got in a Romeo y Julieta after finishing up some more yard work.   So very pleasant out at 78 degrees.  Can't believe our good fortune with the weather these past 4 days. We were supposed to have gone to Phoenix but plans got cancelled at the last minute due to our host becoming quite ill (it turns out he'll be fine). The weather here turned out to be better than what we would've gotten there. Since this weekend began Wednesday afternoon I've gotten in 4 cigars. Not bad. 

Thursday, October 3, 2024 Had the day off for Rosh Hashanah. Coffee outside this morning with a Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur. I'm doing a sober-October and cigars with coffee work better for me in the morning. Afternoon cigars with coffee run me the risk of not being able to fall asleep at night.  Today's cigar was a Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur, on of my favorites.  Perfect leather jacket weather when I lit up shortly after 9 am.   Wore my Open Road leather biker jacket which is a bit less heavy than my Schott Perfecto. It worked well this morning as there was some humidity in the air.   Been a while since I've done a morning cigar. This was nice. 

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Lit up a brown label Romeo y Julieta and was impressed with it's very gentle taste.   This was more girthful than the red label I had the other day.   The smoke was mild and a number of different flavors came through over the course of smoking the cigar. Sometimes it was bitter and earthy but still soft and smooth.                                    Bold chocolatey flavors came through at other points.   And sometimes it tasted a little minty. I let the ash go longer than I usually do. Just as I was thinking about ashing it it broke broke of on its own all over my jacket. All in all a very enjoyable cigar.   

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