Sunday Morning Smoke

Story gets better every time I read it.

Good for you. You really need to be less meek when dealing with people!

Glad to hear about the weight/health.

Today, at the dog park, I had the Hiskies, Wile E. and Coyote enjoying various scents of other dogs. I fired up a Monte #2, Jack Daniel's brand coffee, over ice and really strong. One thing about a dog park, with the aroma of poop barrels, nobody says anything about cigars!

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Always good to see The Colonel around. You have been missed, both on my screen and these boards. Hope all is well. Love those dog names, Wile E. AND Coyote.

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I'm here every day, several times a day, my friend. I just don't always have the wits about me for a "hunt & peck" approach to typing.

Vince, after your week, I would love to let ya use my cabin in Northern Michigan for a nice get away. Just promise me you won't eat all my trout in the river!!! hehehe

Sorry to The Colonel. I guess I should have worded it differently. I know you're around a lot, I guess I should dig a little deeper. I just haven't seen you on the usual forums or posts. I didn't mean to imply you weren't around or something like that.

I am looking for a new place in Frederic. On the Little Manistee River. We just sold our place up in Pelston, which is almost to the Mackinaw bridge. My buddy has a place on the Manistee river, (in Frederic) and i absoultely love the place. I am trying to by the place next to his. Fabulous trout fishing!!!

Vince, gotta say that is some kind of week! I’m a big believer in Karma, despite being raised Irish Catholic (or maybe because of it). When it goes bad, it usually gets better because it’s all up from down there. You and Bloofington have definitely had challenging years (so far). May that improve. Glad to hear the health of you and your wife is good.

Since I have relocated into that age neighborhood (forcibly), I too look at my so-called bad habits and take stock, from time to time. I haven’t done anything about them yet (I don’t think they’re bad; therein lies the conflict). George Burns said it best about getting older:

"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there."

My neighbor who lives down the hill from me smokes cigars. He left a message that he’d gotten hold of some interesting sticks. So, Sunday afternoon FuManChu and I dropped by. Fu is always interested in going to Charlie’s house. Charlie has a large green parrot named Sammy. Sammy doesn’t have a vocabulary that I’ve ever heard. I’ve asked Charlie several times why he didn’t teach him to say anything, but he’ll glance at his wife (who is from Dublin, Ireland ) and say that he just enjoys his company. ‘Nuff said.

He took out 2 Cohiba Double Corona LE 2003s. Just a delicious cigar. It had notes of almonds, coffee and rich wood. This stick is balanced, smooth, and full of flavor. IMO, There are similarities to the Siglo IV but the LE is more elegant and refined. IMO, this cigar can be smoked all the way down to the fingers without any harshness. With a glass of Cruzon rum (Big Tom: you are right. Pusser’s rum is what they serve in BVI, and a finer rum was never made. The British Navy included it in daily rations for many years). Cruzon rum is made here in the U.S. Virgin Islands, now over 200 years and flies our flag. Now, Charlie has a couple of bottles of Cruzon in his cellar that are more 50 years old. Spiced Caribbean rum with a huge Cohiba stick – a fine way to spend an afternoon.

While we were there, Charlie decided to give Sammy the parrot a bath. Admittedly, I’ve never thought about how a bird (this size and without a bird bath) bathes. My neighbor takes the bird outside, puts him on a perch in the backyard, gets out a flower watering can, fills it up and sprinkles it over him. Although Sammy doesn’t speak words, he has learned how to laugh. Very weird sound; like a recording heard out of a small, cheap speaker -- but he has been doing it, according to Charlie, for about a year.

So here we were, smoking a great Cohiba, drinking spiced Caribbean rum and watching a bird take a bath. Fu was taking this all in and just as he was about to make his move, I grabbed him and put him up next to me on the rattan settee. After that I just got “looks” from him (like when I took him to a private golf course in the Caymans. I never thought for a moment about why I had never seen any dawgs on golf courses – after that day, I didn’t wonder again). And here is this large fluffy green thing (laughing), flapping his wings, having all the fun and he, Fu was going to have to sit still and not do anything. Life’s not fair.

A squall came up while we were there, so we headed back home, since we couldn’t make it to the harbor. We settled into my office in the back. I put on some Tommy Dorsey Big Band era swing (Sentimental Journey) and pulled a Cohiba Siglo V from the cigar cabinet. The wrappers are dark chocolate colored and polished to a sheen. The burn was slow and notes of cocoa were outstanding, with the Cohiba signature spiciness kicking in after about the first third. I poured a glass of Rémy Martin's Louis XIII cognac (great cigars go with good booze, my father-in law frequently states: he’s right.)

My office faces out to the Caribbean and the squall was lashing the water into small foam flecked waves that broke onto our beach. I suppose we’ll both dream about green parrots tonight.

cian

Fantastic post Cian. I'm sure you are the envy of many a people on the board here, myself included. Sounds like a great time.

I'm with you bkelm18. Cian's posts, like his rum, spice up the forums here.

Hey Guys, You just gave me a nice memory.
Me and my wife were on St. Marten and we found a small cigar shoppe with flavored rum from a local still.
Sky blue coconut rum in a hand painted bottle!
I need to get back there for another bottle. I can never drink rum again without thinking of that island.
Thanks for taking me back there for a minute.

Vince,
He still hasn't said how many that boat will sleep. I wonder if he really wants us to visit, :twisted: Second; Do we have to bring Bloofington? :roll:

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Vince,

Where is the cigar shop you own part of? I'm in Pittsburgh too and always looking for a new place!