January 10, 2009

December 7, 2008

  • Writers (And Their Books!) For Cigar Lovers

    In his essay "Sifting the Ashes," the writer Jonathan Franzen has the following to say about the smoking habit he struggles to quit: "[W]hen you're smoking, you're acutely present to yourself: you step outside the unconscious forward rush of life."Beautiful words, with which many cigar smokers would agree. (…)

November 6, 2008

  • The Tobacco Beetle & Your Cigars

    Tobacco beetles can not only eat your cigars down to dust, they can cost you a pretty penny. While not a new pest for cigar lovers, it is the leading insect that threatens stored tobacco. (…)