The Cigar Life

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.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Been trying to do a little yard clean up every day that it's not raining.  Today I finished raking out the gardens. Some of the perennials are not coming back as fully as they usually do. I'm thinking a lot of it has to do with last year's drought.  Cigar for today: Romeo y Julieta

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. 

Sunday, April 23, 2023 I remember going to get my hair cut at The Professionals barber shop on 54th and Nicollet back in 1983. As I sat in the waiting area I looked through a copy of GQ magazine and found an article about fine cigars. I remember the article said that for a good cigar you had to pay 2 or 3 dollars. Times have changed but like the Instagram post from Cigar Aficionado says, they're still a rather affordable luxury and thankfully so. Click below for the link to the article referenced in the post.  https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/cigar-prices-then-and-now Me smoking a cigar in 1992. 

Thursday, April 20, 2022 A little chilly out but not too cold for a cigar in the garage and some seltzer.  Happy 4/20

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. 

Saturday, February 18, 2023 Thank God it's the weekend. What a week. It was Valentine's Day on Tuesday and some of the kids passed out Valentine's. I don't know why emotions run so high. They're only pieces of paper. Anyway, it's nice to have the time to relax and I have Monday off.  And Samara Joy helps makes things even better.