For this blog I thought it would be nice to take a little break from the traditional food based blogs and venture towards to another passion of mine that can be linked.
For those of you who know me, it is a common fact that I am an avid smoker. However, smoking, in the eyes of our society has been associated to cigarettes. There are smokers, like myself that despise cigarettes and choose to smoke cigars. Our smoking is not for buzz or an addiction; it is for the pure enjoyment that comes along with a good cigar. Like a great meal, a great cigar is packed with different flavors and layers that only a well trained palate can detect but everyone can enjoy. I have always been open about my belief that food can bridge gaps between groups of people, and recently I have found that cigars do the same. Take for example the local cigar shop that I frequent. The shop has its group of regulars that I am now proud to be a part of. We have men from every walk of life; a former pro baseball player turned entrepreneur, a retired Master Stgt from the Amy who has been in every major conflict since Vietnam, doctors, Air force pilots, and college students. When we all sit down there is no titles just a group of guys that would do everything in power to help the others out. Our passion for the finer things life is what bonds us. A well rolled Connecticut broadleaf wrapper around Colombian long stem filler is the perfect response to a long week, whether it was a week of multimillion dollar accounts or a history test. Together we sit, smoke, and talk. All the world’s problems could be solved sitting down smoking a Padron 1964 Anniversary. While we sit and enjoy our sticks, tobacco activists across the country are in a constant fight to ban smoking of all kinds from this planet.
We search for the few locations that will allow us to smoke on their patio while smoking. And while we could all by cheaper cigars online, we still support our local cigar shops in order to preserve what scantily we have left. We fight for our right to enjoy our right to smoke cigars. Many will try and ban our pleasure but we will always have our passion and enjoyment in cigars.
I ask those of you who read this that don’t smoke, to not judge our passion, and maybe open your mind to it. You never know what you might discover. To those who do smoke cigars, thank you, pass your passion on to those around you, share a stick with a friend, and support your local shop as much as you can.
For those of you who know me, it is a common fact that I am an avid smoker. However, smoking, in the eyes of our society has been associated to cigarettes. There are smokers, like myself that despise cigarettes and choose to smoke cigars. Our smoking is not for buzz or an addiction; it is for the pure enjoyment that comes along with a good cigar. Like a great meal, a great cigar is packed with different flavors and layers that only a well trained palate can detect but everyone can enjoy. I have always been open about my belief that food can bridge gaps between groups of people, and recently I have found that cigars do the same. Take for example the local cigar shop that I frequent. The shop has its group of regulars that I am now proud to be a part of. We have men from every walk of life; a former pro baseball player turned entrepreneur, a retired Master Stgt from the Amy who has been in every major conflict since Vietnam, doctors, Air force pilots, and college students. When we all sit down there is no titles just a group of guys that would do everything in power to help the others out. Our passion for the finer things life is what bonds us. A well rolled Connecticut broadleaf wrapper around Colombian long stem filler is the perfect response to a long week, whether it was a week of multimillion dollar accounts or a history test. Together we sit, smoke, and talk. All the world’s problems could be solved sitting down smoking a Padron 1964 Anniversary. While we sit and enjoy our sticks, tobacco activists across the country are in a constant fight to ban smoking of all kinds from this planet.
We search for the few locations that will allow us to smoke on their patio while smoking. And while we could all by cheaper cigars online, we still support our local cigar shops in order to preserve what scantily we have left. We fight for our right to enjoy our right to smoke cigars. Many will try and ban our pleasure but we will always have our passion and enjoyment in cigars.
I ask those of you who read this that don’t smoke, to not judge our passion, and maybe open your mind to it. You never know what you might discover. To those who do smoke cigars, thank you, pass your passion on to those around you, share a stick with a friend, and support your local shop as much as you can.
1 comment:
Nicely written and very well put! An awesome display of what is right and wrong about this country...men like your Sgt. Major have fought and lost their lives for our freedom of choice...smoking is just one of those choices that we have at our hands. Very well put...two thumbs up my friend!
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