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Glorious morning here. Medio Siglo.

PSD4 (2019) from our gracious host.

Yep, easiest thing to do is be upfront about your situation. If they are a good crew, they will understand. Nothing wrong with saying, "Look guys, I enjoy our get togethers, but I'm in a bit of a rough patch. Do you mind if I pay my own way for now?". The cigar community come from all different walks of life, and are a fairly generous bunch. Sure you get your tossers here and there, but overall its all good. Reasonable people will understand your situation. If they don't, then it shows their character, not yours. Not everyone is rolling in Cohibas and sipping on Cristal, while their chauffeur is out front polishing their Maybach. And the above suggestion of changing up the venue is also something worth exploring.

Rob Fox, Hamlet Paredes and myself will be in Charleston Monday the 29th of April to host a cigar dinner being put on by Scott Shor of Edmunds Oast Restaurant 4 brilliant courses and cigars. Details to follow this weekend with tickets available for the night online shortly after. This is Scott's show but apparently we are the talent I will be bringing the cigars including the new Bond Roberts Petit 109 Linea D Number 6 If you are in the area, circle the date and put it aside in your diary. It will be a great night

Absolute banger!

Maybe discuss changing up the venue now and then. Instead of a restaurant, meet at a park (assuming outdoor smoking is legal!). Or a friends patio, backyard, ect. Or really anywhere you all can gather and doesn’t cost money. Make it a “bring your own beverage.”

Been sampling some of these RP Hamlets

Short de Punch from 2019

Opus 20th Believe

Tatuaje T110 Tuxtla

Arturo Fuente Unnamed Reserve 2021.

I feel like I start every post like, “As you know in Canada we have green paper boxes.” My uncle is a monster when it comes to wood making. He made me a sample box and it’s absolutely wonderful. It’s made out of 100% Spanish cedar and we did the dimensions 4” W x 4” H and 6” L which fits most cigar sizes. Just a snug tight where the slide lid top is, so we’re increasing by 0.25” for comfort I purchased glassine paper from Amazon (the only work I did on this project). I put some of my RASS in there for showcase purpose but I plan on using these for my long term storage purchases. Would love to hear your thoughts! Edit: It smells f*kn amazing!

Cuban cigar boxes and most limited humidors out of Cuba these days are made of Okoume (as marine ply, in the case of the boxes). It has many of the same hygroscopic properties of Spanish Cedar with no odour to speak of. Not particularly common or cheap as far as woods go, but in Australia at least it is findable and not prohibitively expensive which is more than can be said for Spanish cedar.

Aromatic cedar is not cedar at all but a juniper. It is considered mildly toxic and does not belong with cigars. Mahogany is a great wood for cigar storage as well if you are into wood and cigar storage…I would prefer to work with mahogany than Spanish cedar myself but I don’t do much woodworking anymore. Controlled humidors work better with non-hygroscopic materials unless yo need the hygroscopicity to support your humidity control.

Enjoying a fresh but already very nice PE on a fresh but already very nice early spring Monday afternoon. First out of a new box, and a 75-min little treat.

Connie 1 from our gracious host! Young. '23. Enjoyable, but I should probably wait another year or so. So, should I fix the deck or buy a box of CC 's? You know the answer..

LEP NOV 16 PLPC Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lisa and Di sent this one through

Gabriela Sabatini is the only tennis player I have ever watched.

Anna Kournikova

Simply. Never. Gets. Old.

Been on both sides of this with different things...100% honesty is the best policy. Hopefully they understand and just chop more accurately. If any of them throw a fit, you probably don't want them as a buddy anyway. A great manager I had early in my career always said "it'll all even out" so there are times you're helped and times you help.

Churchills and N2 samples...

I attended one of the Cuban Sommelier parties during the festival. Actually one of the favourite things I did there, very few foreigners and a different vibe to all the other events. https://excelenciasgourmet.com/es/noticias-gourmet/havana-club-prestigia-aniversario-20-del-balcon-del-habano A journalist asked for my impressions. There may have been some communication barrier, but it seems that I told him it was "fantastic and seductive."

Lovely set of (expensive) cigars. Always wanted to try the Annivesario Double R and decided one rainy day to go out and grab em. It was a 95+ point cigar all day, and smoked for an astonshingly long time (I put it out after 2+ hours with still more to go). Ended up so good, I splurged on a box.

Johnny Mac was the greatest entertainer on the courts. Classic matches when he played Lendl and went on and on about Communists. Plus he did it with a wooden racket half the size of today's rackets. John

You folk provide good counsel. Thank you "....so in short friends don't care. Be upfront, explain the situation "guys, as you know, I am can only pay my own tally". When you are upfront, you don't need to apologise to anyone and you need only explain once and that will be to those who are closest to you in the group. A good group has your back and looks after their own. Don't overread the situation, enjoy."

Agree with what’s been said. Perhaps pull aside one of the group you are closest with and discuss. If it were me, I’d be happy (and honored) to help navigate a solution to keep a friend around.

Love Johnny Mack. Sampras is the goat…for many reasons.

I’ve been in this situation before, I get it. It can be embarrassing for lack of a better term. Just tell them your situation, if they do not accept find better friends. Do not let money define your life. If you are happy keep doing what you are doing and dont compare yourself to others.

Yep, same as everyone's mentioned, when it comes to the point of paying the bill just say sorry guys, do you mind if we just pay what we ordered ourselves, I'm going through a rough time financially and need to be budget conscious. I bet they'll let you pay what you ordered, and they will split the rest among themselves after you put in your part. Good luck and hope it works out.

Same as above. In their shoes, I’d just be honest and upfront. Decide what I’d like to do and then ask if that was ok (if I get on with these people, I’d assume the answer to be yes fyi). Very easy to get caught up in our own thoughts about how others perceive us - most of then time they don’t give a shite.

I say be upfront and honest. People are good, by and large. I find by sharing of myself it brings people closer. I'm willing to bet it bothers the guy far more than the other people.

I went thru the same thing in my 20's. My boys stepped up. Now I'm on the other side and I step up when it arises. Same answer, tell them. It will work out and no one ( who is a true friend ) will say a word or act differently. If they do?.................well there you go.

QDO No. 50 (2018) from our gracious host.

Blissful Sunday afternoon hanging out with family. Extremely grateful to be surrounded by such a wonderful group of people❤️

LGR Sep 19 from our host. This is smoking very well. Pairing well with the sundowner

It’s been awhile to restock these back into the humidor

I live in SA, TX. Hotel Emma is a good choice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It has been a long time since I have been to San Antonio but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Plenty going on. Riverwalk is great for a drink (if not the greatest of food). Backstreet BBQ is superb. Others will chime in. Enjoy!

Vegas Robaina Unicos

Can grab cigars and smoke outside with owner at 2000 Cigars.

Received these the other day from a BOTL. Love the tubos and have heard good things about the simones ER. Aged boli is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

The Churchills to follow...

These landed today. The Robusto Trinity smells like a chocolate prune. The Ninfas smell a bit hay like and barnyard sweetness.