Monday, March 26, 2012

pilgrimage to the home of cricket


yes we were there again today, there's basically only one international game a year at the basin at the moment, and we've done well to land a perfect sunny wind-free day 2 years in a row. Scott was smoking one of his wedding cigars - Bolivar Petit Belicoso EL'09 - big flavour full of steak and cocoa and hints of chilli on top of the usual hay and capsicum bolivar profile. I had this old Bolivar Corona Extra, churchill sized bolivar that i'd never tried before, like most traditional cuban churchills nice and mild with said bolivar profile above including plenty of cedar ... went beautifully with a soft glenkinchie single malt smuggled up to body temperature. 

Thursday, March 22, 2012

El Shed de Scott




You've seen I am Bruce Lee, Pumping Iron and In Bed with Madonna... now it's time for another celebrity to let you into his world. [An Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story receives passing mention at the end]

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Cigar Heretics: The Next Generation


Just to let you know that Sam, previously known as "Uncle Sam", is now also "Father Sam".

No he has not taken up the priesthood - quite the contrary - on Friday night Hannah gave birth to a healthy 3.3kg boy.

Anyway I think we should make some uninvited name suggestions so vote for your name of choice in the poll (...ok there might be a slight theme to all the poll names) and/or invent something and add it in the comments.

Should Sam & Hannah snub all of our no-doubt-brilliant offerings, then at least the Boy has his ready made cigar heretic pseudonym...