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Purchased: Box of 20 Toro (6 X 52)Store: CigarPagePrice: $119Buy Again: YesBox Worthy: ObviouslyExperience Rating: 94 I’ve recently become a fan of Don Pepin Garcia cigars, having been introduced to the Blue Label earlier this year. I’ve known about the brand for a long time, as the My Father factory, where these are manufactured, isContinue reading “Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classic 1950 (Black Label)”

Purchased: Single Regios (5.5 X 50)Price: $16.99Store: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Absolutely If someone asked me what my favorite brand was, without hesitation I’d say it was Tatuaje. I’ve smoked many of the blends and vitolas and I haven’t had a bad smoke yet. But out of all of them, the brown labelsContinue reading “Tatuaje Selección de Cazador Regios”

Having spent the previous week in the DR, one thing stuck in my mind when I returned home: I feel as if I had been gone for a month! It’s as if something happens in the space-time continuum where the world just slows down. You may not feel or act any different from your normalContinue reading “The Magic of the Dominican Republic”

I’m in the Dominican Republic for the next week and a half for my son’s wedding and thus far, it has been an incredible trip! We’re on the north side of the island in the Puerto Plata region in a town called Cabarete. Though it is mildly touristy, it has much more of a localContinue reading “Vacationing in a Cigar-Producing Culture”

Purchased: 3 Toro (6 X 52)Price: $16.95 eaStore: West Coast CigarsBuy Again: YesBox Worthy: Yes, but only onlineExperience Rating: 92 Yes, I overpaid for these. But I bought them from my local B&M in San Jose, CA and we all know shop prices are at least 40% higher than online prices. But I was roundingContinue reading “Drew Estate Blackened M81 Toro”

As I sat smoking this gorgeous Undercrown Maduro Corona Viva and reading a great men’s adventure novel by Brad Thor, I came upon a passage that summed up how I feel when I smoke a cigar. “…but people took vacations. They left the office behind, physically, mentally, emotionally. You didn’t feel constantly tethered – norContinue reading “Disconnecting and Regenerating”