The Cigar Life

 Pictures taken June 24, 2025 It's been nice sitting out in the yard with cigars and coffee. I'm looking forward to NOT going back to work in the fall.

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. 

 July 2022 The Arizona heat was intense. If you wanted to be outside it was either early morning or after dark. I'd take my coffee outside everyday in the morning. Cigars were after dinner and after dark.  Mornings were usually in the upper 80s/low 90s with low humidity. In other words, VERY comfortable.  Dale was usually outside by about 5:15 am and I'd make it out around 5:30. We'd usually get to see the sunrise as it was coming up around 5:45.  I tried the hot tub a few times but I'd never last that long since it was pretty warm out already. I'd usually end up just soaking my feet for my sprained ankle.  It got very hot during the day. The highest reading I saw on my weather app was 116.  The highest reading at the house was 117.  However, the highest official temperature as reported by the evening news was 119!! Now, evenings were hotter than mornings. I'd usually light up after 8 or 9 pm and it would be in the 100 - 105 degree range.  My unif...

Saturday, April 29, 2023 Smoking two cigars in a day is something I haven't done in a while and I believe it last occurred sometime this past fall. I lit it up a Macanudo in the garage at about 10:30 a.m. after Dale left for the gym.  Can't remember the last time I smoked a cigar before noon. Heated up some left-over coffee  from this morning  in the microwave. The complimentary flavors of these two agricultural products allow them to pair together nicely.   I lit up my second cigar, an Oliva, at about 4 p.m. This one was a tad bitter as it's been in my mini-humidor most of the winter and I think I may have gone too long at one point without changing the humidity gel pack. In other words it may have dried out at one point. Oh well. It was passable probably due to the orange seltzer I had with it. A bit chilly without the sun and a little raw on top of that but my Schott Perfecto kept me warm enough. 

Friday, October 21, 2022 Gorgeous day today. Couldn't pass up a cigar. Down to my last little stogie. I'll be picking some up tomorrow at Stogies on Grand.  So far the weather has been absolutely perfect this weekend. Drank some cold coffee. Coffee, like booze, goes well with cigars.