Sunday Morning Smoke

JULY 1 2007, Good morning cigar world & fellow lovers of the leaf, it is a Beautiful day here in da Burgh I just got my lazy formerly fat @$$ out of bed & had some French toast with bacon for breakfast , I am a Bit tired this morning for some strange reason, all day yesterday I spent sitting around, sipping coffee & smoking cigars ( no different than any other day ) but this was my nephews Graduation party so I got to BS to a lot more people than normal & it just wore me out hahahahaha , I took 2 bundles of cigars with me (to pass out to the guests & recent graduates ) & a travel humidor full of good stuff for my self & a few other real cigar smokers , by the end of the night I ran out of even the dog rockets !
A few people ended up in the pool still dressed , lucky I was not one of them, I hate to ruin a fine cigar ! the local Vol. Fire dept was in attendance & a few were drinking some what heavy when a fire call came in, NO one left , if they have been drinking they dont go on a call, so everyone turned up the radios & listened to what was going on , some one coming home from an afternoon at the mall rammed her own garage & the roof fell in on the car & she was trapped ! YES she is BLOND !!!!
Friday night at the shop was jumping, not an empty seat in the house I got the doors locked just before 11 PM & was home before 20 after, , it was a GOOD night at the shop, but I had a lot to do Saturday morning , up early & cooking a lot of pasta , chicken & making a few different salads & a crock of Baked beans
Hey no wonder I have gas this morning hahahaha
15 Pounds of Rigatoni , 6 pounds of macaroni salad 10 pounds of potato salad , 40 pounds of chicken wings ,a roaster full of hot sausage onions & peppers , dammmm I thought I had retired , BUT it was FUN !
the grandsons were there & a lot of other relatives from all sides of the familys , No one was drunk enough to fight when I was there, but we left about 11 PM , & I havent had a chance to talk to anyone yet this morning to see what damage was done after I left , I just hope there is a few fire men still able to respond to any calls today , some of them wer realllllly smashed when we left last night
I get today off, no cooking for me other than breakfast , we are headed to the Ellwood City arts fest & will get some thing there ,what ever it is I am glad I dont have to cook today, dammmm I am out of practice , a few years ago I could have knocked yeasterday mess out in a few hours & had a great time doing it, put I am a lot slower , & dammmmm I am sore as I have been in a long time , that dammmm pasta pot full of water is one heavy SOB, my groin is telling me all about it this morning.
I did get some good news , My bike is ready to be picked up so I just might get it today , if we dont go to Ellwood, well maybe on the way home from Ellwood, hummmmm sounds like a plan to me
Thats about all I have from da Burgh this week, who knows I might remember some thing later to tell you about ! Enjoy, Vince

Good morning all , it is Sunday 8 July 07 & it is just past 10 am her in da Burgh with a high of 91 F predicted today I plan on staying close to the A/C , I didn't go for my usual morning walk with a Don Carlos #3 & I haven't gone since last Tuesday morning, last Tuesday I stopped after work to pick up a new MC helmet , as mine has seen better days & the dammmmm thing is to big to fit right anyhow so I ordered a new one a few weeks ago & am finally remembering to pick it up, so I get it & am walking out the door when I trip over the Shitzu "guard dog", dammmm little dog, , I must be accident prone due to balance related ( not good for being on a Motorcycle hahaha ) , seams like I am always falling down or tripping over some thing, , maybe its the trifocals , I might just not be able to see what the hell is right in front of me , I just dont know, well I am bruised , battered & embarrassed , my right ankle got twisted, & is the color of a storm cloud , both knees are swelled & bruised as are both elbows & I scratched my Brand new lid before I had a chance to put the face shield on it ! dammmmm little dog, & then the mutt comes over to play with me when I am spread all over the ground , maybe I should put back the 200 pounds I lost , then I would have SQUASHED that little mutt ! , OH well better day are coming, I rode to work Friday & it was FABULOUS, a great ride, home at 11 PM , slow & easy , never went over 45 MPH, just enjoying the night air , the only bad thing about the bike, NO coffee or cigars when I am riding , just dont have enough hands to do everything .
We had our 4th of JULY celebration last night since everyone had to work WED. & just after dark the police showed up for some reason , dammmm I woinder if it was the fire works that we had been shooting off for the past 25 minutes , my son in law got a permit signed by the president of city council ( I wonder what that cost ) , well the cops were bewildered, that was some thing they had never seen or heard of before , so we went back to shooting the rest of the stuff just after they left & it was all over by the time they got back hahahaha !!!!
sales at the shop are going UP & UP every month , stock is starting to run a little low & a lot of stuff we were ordering is on back order , all kinds of new brands for the shop & inventory is going through the roof but some of the old standbys seam to be lost in the madness for some thing new & exciting, , I have been smoking a lot of new brands & new expressions of old brands & still havent found anyting I like better with my morning coffee than Don Carlos #3 , size & taste are just what I want them to be , & it never gets boring, a Wonderful way to start the day.
I dont plan on cooking much of anything today with a high in the 90's I think I will just cut up a watermellon some peaches plums & apples maybe a banana & add a few grapes & some almonds a light sour cream or yogert dressing & that will be it for the day, I did make a hot pepper cheese omlet for the boss & myself this morning but that is the last time I will be firing up any heat in the kitchen today, next stop will be going out to the Qtr.Deck & turn on the A/C , time to make a pot of Sumatra , the Kona was just fine this morning but I want some thing a we bit bolder for the Sancho Panzo q-ban torp I have for my afternoon smoke .
thats about all I have for you this Sunday Morning, if some thing comes to mind that I forgot about I will try to get it posted before I forget , dammmm getting old is tuff on all of us , watching the fireworks last night with my Grandson sitting on my lap, ( yes I now have a lap for him to sit on ) I remember sitting with my grandfather watching firworks when I was 9 or 10 , dammmm I still feel 9 or 10 now , with all the band aids on my elbows & knees , all I need is a skateboard, hahaha, but dont worry about that , if I do you guys just might be reading my obituary, MY wife would kill me ! hahaha . Enjoy, Vince

Bloof old boy I had no idea that Aliquippa made the national news , dammm it is where I grew up , but down town Quip is nothing like it was, , when the steel mill was king in the area everything was busy , deportment stores , long before wally fart & K fart , I am taking about a big store with a guy running the elevator just like you see in the old Black & White movies,now that place is a High rise low income apt.building , the banks have moved from the glass & marble towers of splendor to small little office that used to be a dry cleaner , the delis are gone altogether , dammmm I miss the corned beef , , the funny thing about this flood is all the improvements made to the roads & paving of all the parking lots , all that rain just didn't have any soil to seep into , storm drains get plugged & soon all the rain falling on the hill is washing down the main street, it is still a real mess, , it was the towns Fire chiefs last day on the job, he was going to retire , But now he is staying on to go out with a day of rest under his belt ! , Aliquippa is about 10/12 miles from me , just a quick trip up the highway from the cigar shop in Monaca we drove by one day this week & the main street( Franklin Ave ) is still blocked off & there is a fine powder of dried mud on EVERYTHING , the Salvation Army HQ was damaged , so it looks like the Red Cross will be aiding the Salvation Army in this disaster.
I didn't think this was making national news but surprise , surprise it did !

Enjoy, Vince

correction its was not a shitzu , it was a lapso apso, so I guess you need to change all the jokes hahahaha

it has been a long time since I had a mac, I did have a mac robust a few months ago, but I havent had the orginal white box mac in a few years, hummmmm maybe monday at work, ...... Naaaa I think I will pass, hahahaha Enjoy, Vince

if my name was darel lamonicia AKA the mad bomber , I just might try that ! hahaha ( for all you young guys out there he was a Q Back for the Raiders back when Football was TUFF & no one made a million bucks a year

Dammmm you were that close & didnt call, I grew up in Aliquippa , worked in Ambridge & Midland , , My sister in law lives just off Chapel Road & its only a few miles from the cigar shop in Monaca , & Thursday night I was sitting in the Qtr.Deck smoking a contraband R&J that you gave me last time you were in town , well I smoked it during the Rain, didnt want it to get wet if we got flooded ! , if you brother is on Chappel road tell him to stop at the shop ! 1106 Penna Ave Monaca !
Enjoy, Vince

We are now at 1106 Penna Ave in Monaca, phone is 724-774-5166 , just accross the river from Rochester, new partner, new furniture, NO kids in the shop, no cartoons on the TV, no PBJ on the floor !

Right in the shop , the guy down the street delivers !

Goooooood Morning , it is Sunday 15 July 2007, we survived an another week on this rock 3 plants from the sun, & it is a Wonderful cool but humid morning here in da Burgh , a busy week at the shop & here at home , work ,work , work, its never done , I dont know how I can get through an other week hahahahaha, I was laying on my hammock out side the cigar shop, & I hear a voice, "Shouldn't you be selling cigars or some thing like that ?" , my reply was I am selling cigars & a life style !!!!, it was Gerry the owner of the shop hahahaha , dammmm caught taking a break , AGAIN !!!! hahahaha .
The Grandsons were here Thursday & Friday & NOTHING got broke, now thats a FIRST !!! 2 boys 9 & 11 , well they just have a knack of making a mess of some thing & these 2 are no exception, but this time, No spilled drinks,no broken cups , no crayons left on the kitchen floor to be stepped on , & no bucket of water sitting on top the door hahahaha ...
I did get my self to the doc , dammm I put on 7 pounds, looks like it is back to the tofu & fruit & passing on the cookies AGAIN !!!!

Last night was the second annual Slippery Rock Cigar & BBQ extravaganza , I won a box of cigars traded it for a second box, traded it for a third box & traded that for a Bottle of McCallen 12 YO , every one got what they wanted & I got a weeeee dram to sip, but the bottle never made it home, there was a leak in the bottle or it evaporated what ever happened to it I have no idea hahahahaha , BUT IT WAS GOOOOOOOD !, we did the POD cast with a LGC toro maduro, it was OK but not near as fine or as strong as I had hoped for comming off a Mag. 46 H.Upman contraband cigar I guess it was a let down , a good cigar but not good enough to stand up a real bueaty of a smoke like the upman
it has been a strange week weather wise, HOT & humid , rain one day cool & breezy the next , we did get a few drops last night at the BBQ but nothing that made anything wet .
I am still bruised & humbled by the little MUTT that I tripped over , dammmmm I still hurt when I move .... Just call me Grace hahaha
both knees & ankels are banged up, Purple is the new skin tone!

I havent been cooking all that much the past few weeks , but today I will be in the kitchen, the A/C is on & I will be looking for a Hunk of BEEF , yep thats whats for chow today, , I might just need to fire up the grill & singe a bit 'o beef today, can you say MOOOO boys & girls , Sure I know you can" M O,O,O,O,O,", it has been way to hot to cook the past few days but today I need a break from all the work at the shop & sipping a weee dram or 2 every day so Today I will relax with a Chefs Knife , some veggies & a nice big hunk of BEEF!

I havent been on the bike much this past week just to dammm wet & way to hot for a leather jacket & helmet , I might ride with out the jacket not never with out the lid ! Thas all my wife needs is taking care of a MORE brain damaged husband than I all ready am hahahaha , but think of all the money we would save, no single malt, no cigars no coffee, dammmmmm just shhooooot me

this gets me to a subject that came up on last nights pod cast,
BREASTS : real or "Enhanced" , well it makes no difference to ME all I want is ACCESS !
I will await you thoughts on this subject !!! Enjoy, Vince