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 | What to Do With a Misbehaving Cigar | | | October 8, 2008, 6:57 pm | visits: 20 | | The best-laid plans of mice and men Even the most careful cigar smoker - the one who only buys premium cigars, keeps them stored in a humidor at around seventy percent relative humidity, and lights them slowly and carefully, turning the cigar in the open flame to achieve an all-over even burn - sometimes winds up with a dud | |
| The Proper Care and Feeding of Cigars | | | October 8, 2008, 6:50 pm | visits: 23 | | Picture this: You're going to have dinner at the home of a famous wine collector - somebody famous for the quality and discrimination of his or her palate, perhaps a wealthy person who can afford to buy those vintages the rest of us can only dream of savoring
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| Mixing it Up: Food and Drinks That Go Well With Cigars | | | October 8, 2008, 6:43 pm | visits: 19 | | Premium cigars are many peoples' idea of the ultimate inexpensive luxury item So with more and more Americans putting more thought into their meals - as the proliferation of magazines such as Food and Wine, Cook's Illustrated and Food, as well as the new popularity of cooking shows and books attests - it's natural enough to wonder how these two pleasures might combine | |
| A Rich Variety: How to Choose Your First Premium Cigar | | | October 8, 2008, 6:36 pm | visits: 17 | | The rebounding of the premium-cigar market is one of the oddest business success stories of the past fifteen years With an aging customer base, decades of competition from cigarettes and overall consumer trends indicating a decline in smoking in general, many observers had written off premium cigars as yesterday's luxury item—until 1992, when the industry showed significant fourth-quarter growth | |
| Festive Stocking Fillers For Fellas | | | October 6, 2008, 12:50 am | visits: 32 | | As Christmas edges slowly towards us, and the sound of those Jingle Bells ringing grows increasingly louder; a divide across the nation begins to widen On one side, those overly organised people who have already bought all their Christmas gifts, and on the other, a panic-stricken crowd who perhaps got a little bit distracted by the Santa's Grotto, and are desperately wondering what gifts they could buy for their loved ones this year | |
| How to Stay Sporty Once You Turn Forty | | | October 6, 2008, 12:43 am | visits: 22 | | Life, as they say, begins at forty; and let's face it, as people are living longer these days, we can all afford to step back a decade, and even though the 40th birthday gifts and cards might let slip your actual age, there's no reason to get depressed In fact, 40 year olds have a number of things to celebrate: you're already on the property ladder, you'll receive lots of nice 40th birthday gifts, and you've only got another thirty years of work to gookay, so maybe the last one isn't the most endearing of gifts, but you get the idea | |
| Hoe, Hoe Hoe With Christmas Gifts For Gardeners | | | October 6, 2008, 12:36 am | visits: 15 | | For most of us, the mere mention of the word 'gardener' tends to evoke thoughts of retirement, 'The Good Life', and Alan Titchmarsh Not that there's anything wrong with any of these, in fact, Mr Titchmarsh brought about a great revival of this horticultural hobby; and the greatest part is that you don't need to have a country estate to enjoy the gardening, in fact, when it comes to buying Christmas gifts for gardeners, they don't even need to have a garden at all | |
| I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus | | | October 6, 2008, 12:29 am | visits: 21 | | Imagine that I wonder what it must be like for any child to sneak downstairs during the night and see mummy kissing Santa Claus would they be upset, or would they simply be amazed to see Santa the 'real deal' standing in their own home | |
| Never Mind the 'Key to the Door' Here's Our Key to a Successful 21st Birthday | | | October 6, 2008, 12:22 am | visits: 18 | | Though turning 21 holds little significance in terms of legal rights these days; it is an age that has long been respected as the transition from 'youth' to adulthood In several parts of the world, this milestone age is celebrated with the gift of a key and in a more innocent time, this would have been the age when young men and women were given their own key to the front door as a symbol of respect and responsibility | |
| It's Christmas Time - Unwind and Rewind With Presents That Pamper | | | October 6, 2008, 12:15 am | visits: 13 | | Though we might all look forward to Christmas, very few of us can probably say that it is a stress-free time of the year In principal, the idea of your entire family in the same room for a whole day, swapping unwanted Christmas presents, drinking lots of alcohol and eating all the food you spent hours preparing sounds fine; but it's a good job there's a week to recover in time for New Year as December can be exhausting | |
| When a Happy 18th Would Suffice, Why do Parents Say... | | | October 6, 2008, 12:08 am | visits: 13 | | Turning eighteen is such a milestone in anyone's life When you're young you just want to get older faster, and when you're older, you wish you could just go back and learn to enjoy being young | |
| Reminisce With Christmas Gifts | | | October 6, 2008, 12:01 am | visits: 10 | | Christmas can be a truly magical time of year, a time for families to get together, a time for good food, and a time for getting some amazing Christmas gifts It doesn't seem to matter how old we get, getting presents now is just as much fun as when we were young, though the Christmas gifts themselves of course may have changed quite a bit | |
| The Science of Smoking: How Taste Works | | | October 5, 2008, 10:43 pm | visits: 15 | | For most smokers, the science of taste is like the innards of your cigar lighter - you don't care how it works as long as it does Still, it is - along with smell - the critical sense that allows you to enjoy the sensation of smoking, and learning more about how taste works may enable you to get more from your cigars | |
| Have a Small Cigar: Some Anthems For Cigar Smokers | | | October 5, 2008, 10:36 pm | visits: 12 | | igars are part of the world of music - or vice versa After all, a lot of great pop and jazz music has been created by people who cut their teeth playing in ultra-smoky bars, and Cuban folk music features an entire tradition of songs about cigars | |
| What Makes Self Defense Important? | | | October 2, 2008, 8:15 pm | visits: 26 | | Self defense is an act of defending oneself, one's property or the well being of others from physical harm It instills discipline and possesses rules to be assessed and followed | |
| Cigar Festivals Make Your Calendar Go Up in Smoke | | | October 2, 2008, 7:01 pm | visits: 15 | | Cigar smoking is the most social of pleasures And with bans on public smoking enacted in almost thirty states, covering half the United States population, cigar smokers must be feeling more and more like an embattled minority | |
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