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Monday, August 6th, 2007One of the good things about the standard-sized smokes like coronas is they produce a lot of smoke.
One of the bad things about the standard-sized smokes like coronas is they produce a lot of smoke. For example, they’ll pretty much fill a hotel room wall to wall and floor to ceiling.
That’s exactly why I picked [...]
Smoke Blog: The End Draws Near
Friday, August 3rd, 2007The potential tobacco tax I mentioned previously is one step closer to reality as the Senate recently passed the bill that would expand health coverage for children. It passed with such a wide margin that it’s expected a veto would do no good.
I’m all for better health care for children (and adults for that matter), [...]
Smoke Blog: The War on Tobacco
Friday, July 27th, 2007John Roling is reporting the Senate is considering a new tobacco tax that will increase the tax cap on cigars to as high as $10 per cigar. Thus a good $5 cigar could cost as much as $15, effectively extinguishing the habit for folks like John and myself forever.
This is going to be insult to [...]
Smoke Blog: Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007A Smoke Before the Storm
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
I am sooo glad I bought a box of these babies. After a rare stressful day at work dealing with report card problems, I came home, grabbed one out of the box, and lit up.
Within minutes — possibly even seconds — I was calm and relaxed.
It didn’t take [...]
Smoke Blog: Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva
Thursday, May 31st, 2007I should be in bed, but Enter the Dragon is on AMC again and has sucked me in, so here I am blogging and taking care of some odds and ends. I also wanted to get this Smoke Blog post up while the taste is still fresh in my mouth.
Tonight I finally got around to [...]
Smoke Blog: Romeo y Julieta Reserve Maduro
Saturday, May 19th, 2007Romeo y Julieta, as a brand, has yet to steer me wrong. While the smoke shop I discovered in Peoria did not stock the Reserva Real line, she did have straight-up Romeo y Julietas and the Reserve Maduro. I hadn’t smoked a maduro in a bit, so I took a chance on it.
Once again I [...]
Smoke Blog: Bahia Gold
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007I’ve got a couple cigar rings sitting here from smokes I had over the past few weeks but never got around to reviewing. One of them is the Bahia Gold.
Unfortunately there’s only one thing I remember about this particular smoke: I was going to call it the Bahia Gymsock. Shortly after I lit it, a [...]
Smoke Blog: Punch Gran Puro
Monday, March 12th, 2007Is this really the first smoke of the year? It’s already March and I haven’t had a chance to enjoy a cigar. That’s just not right.
We hit the 60’s today, so I didn’t pass up the opportunity to get outside and smoke. The night had cooled, but not near enough to chase me inside. In [...]
Gutted Colibri
Saturday, February 10th, 2007Exploded View
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
John gave me this Colibri lighter a while back, and shortly thereafter I started having trouble with it. It would light off and on, but never consistently.
Since then I’ve tinkered with it off and on, trying to get it to work. I’d bleed the tank and refill it, blow out the [...]
Smoke Up, Mikey!
Thursday, February 8th, 2007Luxury
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
I wish I could.
The Punch Grand Puro you’re looking at is a mighty fine smoke, but it’s way too cold to go out and enjoy. I’d power through it in fifteen minutes and that would just be a waste.
It’s times like this I wish I could smoke in my office. I mean [...]