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The other day I was out with a friend of mine at Sushi Samba in the city and we began to talk about of all things, fireflies aka lightening bugs. While I am more than 10 years older then her we both remember there being an abundance of them around when we were little. We [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Cigar Review: Carlos Torano Noventa
Posted by Barry on August 31st, 2008
Posted in Cigar Reviews 
Tags: carlos toranao, Cigar Review, habano, nicaragua, noventa, robusto 
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Posted by Barry on August 30th, 2008
Well the teams have been set in the political arena for the upcoming presidential elections and according to the polls it will be a race down to the wire. While Sen. Biden was the obvious choice for Obama, the choice made by McCain was one that caught a lot of people off guard. In my [...]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Cojonu 2003
Posted by Barry on August 28th, 2008
Can you believe that summer is over? Granted there are still 25 days or so at the time of this posting, but with Labor Day a few days away the end is here. All in all it hasn’t been a horrible summer, although with Hurricane Gustav threatening New Orleans it could get bad again in [...]
Cigar News: CAO IPCPR
Posted by Barry on August 25th, 2008
This video comes direct from CAO and features behind the scenes footage of CAO at the IPCPR which was previously known as the RTDA.
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Cigar Review: Padilla Miami
Posted by Barry on August 23rd, 2008
I was first introduced to a Padilla cigar from The World According to Stew who sent me one for a joint review we did on his site a while ago. It was a good cigar, but none of my local B&Ms carried Padilla. That is until now. As I walked into Barrister Cigars the other [...]
Cigar Review: Los Blancos Maduro
Posted by Barry on August 21st, 2008
I recently took part in a cigar pass on one of my favorite websites, cigarlive.com. A cigar pass is when a group of people get together and pass around some sticks. The pass starts with someone sending out a batch, and the next person takes what he wants and puts in others at equal or [...]
Cigar Review: Cuvee Blanc
Posted by Barry on August 20th, 2008
When it comes to doing reviews I am not your typical cigar reviewer. I smoke on average 2 cigars on a good day. So while I was not smoking for reviews I was smoking for the relaxation aspect after work. Last night while smoking I noticed my taste was back and for the most part [...]
Greetings New Viewers!
Posted by Barry on August 19th, 2008
I just wanted to take the time to welcome everyone from stogiereview.com and tomscigars.com both of whom were nice enough to promote my website. Unfortunately the promotion came from 2 of my favorite sites when I am in the midst of some allergies and have not been able to taste anything. So please, take the [...]
Cigar Store Review: The Cigar Vault
Posted by Barry on August 18th, 2008
I am dealing with some allergies this morning so with my taste buds not being up to speed I decided to write a review for my favorite place to purchase cigars in my neighborhood.
The Cigar Vault is located in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, NY on Avenue Z between East 17th and East 18th [...]
Review: Cubao #6
Posted by Barry on August 15th, 2008
I noticed an early buzz about Cubao on the cigarlive.com website and I had to get my hands on them to see if the smoke matched the buzz. For those who do not know Cubao Cigars are made by EO Bands which is behind the 601 line of cigar. , These cigars come from [...]
