Sunday Morning Smoke

good morning , it is Sunday 6/10/12 a very warm day here in da Burgh looking for a high in the low 90's today , THANK GOD FOR A/C.... I am still full from lunch yesterday ...... a buddys birthday party at a Japaneese style bar, the food was fantastic, the wait staff was on the spot all day & I havent eaten as much as I did since the bypass ,,,,, wonderfull yellow tail , salmon, shrimp, blue fin ,, the decorations of the plates was just grand ,,, here we are the next day & I am still FULL, , one slice of toast was breakfast, , I havent looked at the coffee pot yet , I think I need a nap !

I will be serving BBQ ribs some time today , they went on early , LOW & SLOW is the key , I just hope I am hungry by 4 !!!!!
We had a great week at the shop with DADS & GRADS season ....... worked my butt off helping wives pick out a " Pretty" cigar & getting the celebration grads a first time cigar that didnt come in a 5 pack flavored with cherry or grape..... ahhhh to be young again !
the grandsons are chilling out in the summer heat , school is out for the summer & I plan on taking advantage of the "free" labor ,,,, free , yes thats right, ,,,, pick them up taking them to McD's , then to the drug store for gum & sunblock, , stop at the hardware store for gloves & hats , fill the gas can , ,get line for the trimmers , 20 minutes to clean the weeds from the fence line, , back to Mc D's , & back home spent about 40 bucks total, could have done the job my self for 4 bucks & saved a 25 miles trip in the car & saved 36 bucks in cash ,,,,, but then I would have missed a few hours with the grandsons .... & it made them feel like they were helping out the old folks hahaha ,,, yes thats right Free labor hahahaha
Enjoy, Vince

Happy Fathers Day , it is Sunday 6/17/12 a humid day here in da Burgh a bit on the warm side but it is almost Summer ,looks like we will get some rain soon , that might make me change plans for the late lunch or early supperI have planned for today , I have a pair of bacon wrapped tenderloins cut about 1 inch thick , Corn on the cob & peppers with onions & garlic for the sides , Peach pie for desert, , but if it is raining & blowing in under the roof of the back deck I will be forced to cook in the rain or do it in the house, ,,,,, this will be played by ear ! , we did have a nice breakfast, of sausage & eggs , Tanzanian Peaberry coffee ,With a visit from Don Carlos #3, & a press pot of kona after. No word from my daughter yet today, dont know if she is up to it this morning , my wife talked to her last night & she was sick, running at both ends , must have been some thing she cooked .... no cant be that she Dosent cook ! ,,,, The daughter of a chef, she hates to cook..... thats ok I hate to , to , to, to , dammmm right now I cant think of anything to hate other than the wall street thieves & the wellfair cheats , from the high end to the low end, a lack of morals in people, so If I have to hate anything it would be a lack of self discipline, no matter what end of the income bracket you belong to a a cheat is a cheat .
The grandsons are doing fine, schools out for the summer & they both elected to take soe summer classes at the local comunity collage, an art class of some sort for the 14 year old & a spanish program for the 16 year old, who should be taking a drivers ed course instead , but still hasent got his learners permit, he has no desire to learn to drive ,,, to busy with his phone to put it down & watch the road, so he is happy to let some one else take him where he needs to go ,,,, spoiled rotten he is hahahaha
fathers day sales at the shop were kind of slow , the numbers were just not up to expatations , maybe we thought to high , but a lot of loose cigars were sold but the "specials" are just sitting there waiting , & waiting , I put together 8 cigars a small humidor , cutter & lighter, retail of 101.00 plus the governers 6% all for 75 bucks out the door ,,,,,, sold ONE , had 6 sitting on display ready to go ,,,,, wo knows ?????
well I have a date with an Opus X Forbidden city , a Padron 1964 anniv. & a bottle of 18 YO Glenlivette ,,,,,,,, so to all you fathers out there happy Fathers day ,,, BTW you all know that fathers day should be 9 months before Mothers day , not a month after hahaha Enjoy, Vince

vince said:

feb22 04 was the first utterings in this thread, .... here we are jan 2012 .... 8 years almost by now you should know me well...... 8 years 3 computers later & it is still going , not as strong ,,, not as regular,,,,,, rehashing the same old BS over & over but I enjoy telling you about my life & enjoy hearing back , but we do need a little give & take , I need some one to play off of , I need a comment here & there .... this shoulnt be a monolog it should be a running commantary ,,,,,, I need your input......
help me by commenting or giving me some thing to talk about,,,, hey if you can make a pot roast that my wife will like tell me how you do it ,,,, have a cigar you want me to try .... tell me about it, got a new coffee to try ,,,,,, I want to know about it .......lets keep this BS going for an other 8 years !
Enjoy, Vince

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this was a posting I did last year ,,,, still looking for feed back, I think no one is reading this BS , might as well move to a different forum?
any suggestions?,,, yes I know the regular answer to that is Go F your self, but at lest that wold be something !!! Enjoy, Vince

Good morning it is Sunday the 24th of June 2012 a nice cool morning here in da Burgh , just in the low 70's right now, looks like a great day to sit on the back deck smoke cigars sip coffee & listen to the radio....... Just like every Sunday , only difference is a change of location from the Qtr.Deck to the back deck, , I might as well enjoy the fresh air of outside rather the a/c air in the Qtr.Deck, might venture off the deck into the grass & might set in the sun for a short time ,but the shade under the tree's looks inviting......
I will be grilling pork chops this afternoon , corn on the cob & a tossed green salid ,the chop have been in a light marinade all night , crused garlic, parsley , basil & a pinch of orageno, a splash of olive oil & a few drops of Balasmic vinegar.
Big chops I was going to stuff but never got arround to it so its time to GRILL'EM
My wife has had a Bug of some kind all week, lost her voice a few days ago , I thought I had gone deff, hahahaha so quiet here , dammmm the birds do sing outside , never heard that before hahaha

checked my sugar this morning ,,,,, right on 105 , cant get any better than that , no meds of any kind, all diet controlled , but dammmmmm I want a hunk of chocolate ! , but chocolate whipped yogert, frozen will pass for a few more months. After loosing 202 pounds I have put back about 35 & thats GOT TO GO , but everything tasts so dammmmm good , I was born with a blessing & a curse, all in the same, the taste buds are hard wired to my brain , & dammmm they work OVERTIME ......breakfast was just one egg & a slice of toast, & I sliced an garden fresh tomato , (stolen from garden next door ) ,& the flavor of the juice from that sliced tomato absorbed into the crust of toast was nothing short of GREAT , it just popped with flavor , then to wash it down with a light roasted JBM ,,,,, the taste buds were doing a happppppy dance !

Friday was a big day for my daughter Kendra & her husband Ed, there 10th anniv. & they celebrated it in Vegas , getting re married & broadcasting it on the net, , they rode in on a full dress Harley they rented out there, , the groom was in a sleveless tux & the bride was in a one of a kind designer dress by Richard Solodky ...... I was working , but got to watch it when I got home , kind of makes you wonder WHY do people do some of the stuff they do ? , OH MAN WHAT A COUNTRY !!!
Then grandsons stayed home & I went down to "Baby sit " , but at 14 & 16 they are able to fend for them selves , & with a 200 pound Mastiff "guard dog " , nothing to worry about, you walk in he will dround you with drull & slobber , better not have anything to eat on your person , he will find it ! they got back late last night or early this morning, I have not talked to them yet today.
I have a timmer on the press pot of JBM ( pot number 2 of the day ) & it is TIME
Enjoy, Vince

Good morning , it is a HOT HUMID day here in the Burgh, the First day of July 2012 & it is middle of August hot , the grass has browned out & the humidity is Opressive, Thank GOD for a/c ,,,,,, today will be low key all the way, a few brats & corn on the cob done on the grill later today , a lot of iced coffee, tea ,water , staying away from the scotch today ,,, its just way to hot, How ever a piolet buddy of mine just came back from London with a nice package for me from the duty free shop , a liter of 16YO Ile of Jura & a liter of Brunidahabhainne ( yea I know thats not spelled correctly but I am to dammmmmm lazy to get up & see what the bottle has printed on it, what ever you get the idea, ) well we did crack open the brundahabhainne , yesterday at the shop ,,,,,,, GREAT STUFF , verry pale in color just a slight straw color, almost looks like 'shine'
but the aroma & taste are just fine, went well with the Partagas series D number 4 , but then what dosent go well with a D#4 ?
Time for me to head to the Qtr.deck , turn on the a/c & get moving on with the day , I would comment on the suprime corts rullings this week but I am discusted with all of them ,,,, were are you now Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson , George Washington, ,Hamilton, John Adams, (I do know where SAM Adams has hidden himself, behind the milk in the fridge) Revere,Monroe,, we need a leader to come out of the woodwork, some one who never saw the inside of a law school, a self made person , who didnt get his or her money from daddy, some one from a working family who made it on there own merrit, & still has the blue collar mentality, work had , & do it RIGHT the first time, instill a sns of pride in your work, be trying to better you position in life all the time, get out of public housing , & EARN your own place . There are members of own extended family , no job, not looking for work, living off the generosity of some of the family, ,,,, able boddied & to dammmmm lazy to get a job. that ticks me off.
now that my stomach acid is rising , I will retire to the Qtr.deck, relax & try to think about alkl the work that went into the cigar I am about to smoke , the starter today is NOT the don carlos #3 , I have a La Polinia, that I have been itching to spark a few weeks now ,the coffee is Kona but of course , & the whisky will be saved for a cooler day , but I realllllllly want a scotch with the la polinia, , , maybe just a weeeee dram hahahaha
Enjoy, Vince

good morning, it is Sunday the 8th of july 2012, a rather warm day here in da Burgh , but not as hot as it was all week, 97.98.99. buy only 88 today ..... dammmm its just Hot, I am in the Qtr.Deck today with a CAO Americia Bottle rocket clamped in my jaw , I have the Sunday Kona in the cup & have a brisket on the grill since 8am ,,,,,, low & slow should be ready about 4 pm, corn on the cob, grilled yams , peach pie just out of the oven last night

I have an oldies station on the radio , house of the rising sun is playing, havent heard it in a long time , a little Simon & Garfunkel , Niel Diamond, ..... as long as they dont play RAP I can listen to it ,,, My music taste is bent more to Jazz & some blues , some times it gets reallly old & Beethoven , brahms,or Valvaldi,,, depends on my mood, what I am smoking & drinking,,,, so today its classic ROCK. for now , but I feel Dave Brubeck on the horizon.

obummer was in da Burgh this week, had traffic all tied up..... but didnt stop at the shop for a cigar....... ,,,, we could use some of that bail out cash for a new roof... ,,,, the more I spend local the more people go back to work.... , I would rather spend a few bucks more to get somehing from a local guy than go to a national big box store & send the cash to the corperation out of town. .... to bad more cigars are not made here in the USA, Good cigars , not the machine rolled stuff you get at the gas station,,,,, more & more cigars are being rolled here in the USA & I approve of them all, ,,, the best ones are the ones I roll my self .... might not be the prettest in the humidor but I know whats in them,,,, to bad I get my tobacco from out of the country, gotta get a USA grown filler to go in my Conn.shade grown & Penna. Broadleaf wrappers,,,, ......
time to check the brisket....
Enjoy, Vince

good morning , it is Sunday 15th July2012, an other hazy hot & humid day here in da Burgh,,,, last weeks brisket on the grill was a little dry , must have had it too hot or on too long, what ever , it was not bad, not great , so it was eaten & enjoyed, the yams & corn on the cob all done on the grill were top shelf, today I have a chuck roast in the old standby cast iron pot all ready on the grill, with carots, celery,onion & garlic, the youkon gold potatos will go in later this afternoon ,, right now I am thinking about what to have for desert, ,,,, should I just open a pint of soft serve custard from the local shop, make some my self or just pass on the idea all together,,,,,,,, ,,,, flavor of the day is white chocolate with almonds, ,,, NOW thats the ticket, , all I need to do is go get it ..... yummmmy , maybe I should get 2 pints, just in case the first one dosent make it home hahaha.
I have been smoking a lot of Butique brands this past week, small operations & exclusive shop brands , stuff I have picked up over the years & tryed it , didnt ring my bell at the time so I set them down & retryed a few, ,,,,,, a dog rocket will always be a dog rocket even after 3 or 4 years in the humidor
Not much going on at the shop or the family, just to dammmm hot to do much of anything, I will be heading to the Qtr.deck soon I have 200 bands to apply to the cigars I made for my brothers golf outting this week, 75 Conn. Wrapped 75 maduro & 50 Cammeroon all churchills ,,,, looks like i will need both hands & will be busy till I get them done, looks like the sunday kona & don carlos #3 will be later today .
Enjoy, Vince

Good morning , it is Sunday 7/22/12 a warm sunny morning here is da Burgh, , it has been a busy week at the shop , Griday we had Don Gonzalezes cigars owner Pedro Gonzaleze in the shop with his master roller Pablo Romaly, & a banner day of sales I was Busy all day & didnt get mush time to sit & Today I am Beat, last night I rolled a bunch of cigars at a birthday party & made a few bucks , & my brothers company is having a golf outting Monday & he needed 200 cigars for that so I have been busy rolling all week to fill his order & a chance to make a few more $$$$, he just picked them up & told me he will have a check to me soon..... knowing my brother , I dont think I am going to get paid. hahahaha , & if I do the check will bounce , God love him .

I have a set of t-bones ready for the grill later today, corn on the cob, grilled onions & spinich salid , a nice St.Pauly Girl dark beer to top it off , the grandsons are on there way to South Carolina with there other grandparents for a week , I get a week off, of being the taxi, but the boss has a list of things she & I will be doing so I will be playing taxi for her instead....... I was hoping to spend the day in the Qtr.Deck, but that looks like a dream ........

Breakfast was a BLT with egg & cheese on a grilled english muffin, a pot of kona & a Santa Deminia #300 Corona , so far the day has been fine, But who knows what will be next...... Enjoy, Vince

Sunday 7/29/12
I guess no one is reading my BS , I havent had a commnet or reaction in Months ....

Dustinl said:

Holy ###t, even Vince has stopped posting here.

Make that holy $hit.

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Well a comment , Thanks Dustinl, well I havent given up posting, I am just looking for a little feedback on my BS ..... I have been looking for an answer to the age old question, what did you smoke , drink & eat this week, ,,,, what else is there?

I am sitting in the Qtr.deck, a Diamond crown torpedo clamped in my jaw , a big mug of Kona in the OLD Cuesta rey snap top travel cup , I love this mug, over the years I have picked up countless new travel mugs ,,,, I still go back to the old cuesta rey mug, , I bet its older than some of your cigar smoking years, , it is so old the logo is almost gone, BUT the coffee is better in this cup than any other cup I have ever had........ dont have any idea why, I just like the feel & balance of the mug, if that has any difference on taste ??

we are getting a good down pour from hurricane Issac & I left the sunroof tilted open, ,, needless to say the car is a weeee bit "damp"
the wife was pissed off as she had to sit in the back seat on our ride home from the mall as her seat was wet, as well as mine , but I had to drive so I got home with a wet @$$ .......

I will be getting out the wet/dry vac as soon as it stops raining, I am not a shopper I am a buyer, I know what I want & go get it, how ever she is a shopper & wants to look at everything. .... not good for me ! well 76 bucks later she has a pair of blue jeans & a few tops for fall, , but on the bright side everything was on sale & she picked up almost 150 bucks worth of of goods for almost half .... good for her.


I have a few pork chops in a light marinade & will be grilling them later, along with some yams & squash ,,,, all on the grill, a salid with fresh mootzerella& tomato no basil, so its almost a caprazi salid but as close as I can get ,

,,, I will be looking for feedback & comments , dont be afraid to say anything
or Some thing.
Enjoy, Vince

A little sad news from the shop today, Tim Tomko , my Tuesday night fill in passed away Saturday, riding his bike as he did every day for 30 miles, I guess he was not in the best of health but pushed himself to ride all the time, he will be missed , RIP Tim , the first cigar of the day is for you.

Good afternoon, I have a chicken in the frying pan, spuds in the oven & a Camacho 11/18 in the ashtray, a big mug of coffee & snifter of single malt waiting for Desert!
So whats new in your world?

DMMMMMM , I spent the past 20 minutes answering your question & lost it some how,
I havent been smoking my pipes much anymore, back when i was in the Navy that was my go to , but it was because of limited space, didnt have room for 8 or 10 boxes of cigars needed for a cruse....... I smoke lane ltd. balkin #2 at night , when I do smoke the pipe, but it dosent fit the taste buds with a cup of coffee & a scotch, so I stay with the cigars 99.9 % of the time.
this answer isnt as detailed as the one I lost Dammmm Computer !
Enjoy, Vince

Good moring , it is Sunday Oct,21,2012 a bright sunny cool morning here is Da Burgh, 48 F with a blue sky , a NW wind & a few clouds,the trees have started to go from Green to gold & red with just about every color in between, the yard is full of brown & gold droppings from the 2 maples & the one Locust ,looks like the gutters will be getting cleaned some time today, But I have a cigar in mind before I get to the gutters.A Conn. Comacho is one of the cigars on todays list , but I have a CLE to try also, sort of a before & after sampling for Christian Erolia, & it looks like it will be a CLE day , with a windwwod & asilium sme time this afternoon or evening.
I was a little busy for breakfast this morning , a few slices of bacon , chopped onions & red bell pepper in an omlet with Irish cheese & a pot of kona a ten grain bread made yesterday, at the local bakery, I got there as they were comming out of the oven, ,,,, made great toast.,
The family is doing fine the grandsons are busy with school, & keeping there mother happy, , some thing thats hard to do with teenagers & a daughter of mine, so is so much like her mother I feel sorry for the grandsons hahahaha ,But she will always be Daddys little girl, who is turning 40 in december ,,, & that is getting to her big time ,,,, I cant be 40 allready !
Nothing new going on at the shop, same old grind , sell sell sell, now all i need are a few hundred more regulars !!!!!
the pot of kona is finished, looks like a Columbian is next , maybe a Medium /Light roast to go with the Conn. Comacho.,the Pot roast will be ready about 4 & I am ready for a Sunday Morning Smoke

The Conn. Camacho was great, a bit mild & I missed having a don carlos #3 , the cle was better , a bit more taste, the aslium was the best of the 3 , later I did have an Opus #5 after the pot roast , washed it all down with a 16YO laugavulin single malt & a big mug of Italian roast 8 o'clock coffee, ...... just finished a Padron 64 anniv. maduro Princepee, & a cup of Columbian decafe , time for a shower & bed ! enjoy, Vince