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We only brought back about a dozen or so. We did get to blend our own and they came out great. We will be able to order them by the box with our own custom bands. Yeah! Rocky knows how to party. Thursday night we had a band out by the pool and, all of a sudden, a whole bunch of senoritas...

Regarding the maduro rolling, I blew the shot up. You can see her sponge in the top left. There are two cups: one holds the stuff they use to seal the cap, etc and the other has water so she can wipe the metal plate with the sponge. You can see the accumulation of 'juice' on her hands...

That cute little chickita rolling the maduro has juice on her hands. I was told that the maduro wrapper is much more fragile than the standard wrappers. You see she is using a flat piece of metal to lay the leaf on and she uses water make it stick. The water mixing with the tobacco creates a...

I just got back Saturday from a tour of Rocky's place in Honduras. We visited every facet of the growing and manufacturing of cigars. It was truely an incredible experience. Here are some of the raw pics. Give me some time and I'll have them up on our website. We stayed at a villa supplied...

From what I understand, and fellows that made the trip can confirm, you just pay airfare. Ours was 513.00 round trip from Newark. They pick you up at the airport and take you to Danli where you stay in a hotel. All meals and transportation is covered. Roscoe

Rocky Patel invited 8 of our members (including me) to his tobacco facility in Danli, Honduras. We are leaving next Wednesday the 25th for 4 days. We just pay the airfare (513.00). Needless to say, we are all very excited. Has anyone here made this trip? Can you give me some feedback on...

Last night was our monthly dinner meeting and we had Gary Korb from Famous Smoke Shop who gave us some new cigars to taste. We had 70 members and guests in attendance. He gave us a great writeup at http://www.cigaradvisor.com/blog_view.cfm?id=147 Also the rep from Rocky Patel was there and...

Wednesday 6 September Just about two years ago, the Metropolitan Society had a historic night. That's the night Mike Giannini of La Gloria Cubana joined us as our guest speaker. During the course of his presentation, silver platter after silver platter full of cigars made the rounds at our...

Gary, The first email sent from here got caught in my spam filter. Got the second one. Roscoe

Hmmmmm...Didn't get the email....try roscoe@priveye.com Thanks, Bob

If anyone would like a copy of our operating agreement, or advice on starting a club, you are welcome to it. Just email me. The one advantage we had in setting this up is we already had a 100 member base to call on for investment. Many of the members had talents we used in building the place...

Cigar Aficionado gave us a great writeup... http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Fe...44,1561,00.html http://www.metrocigar.com

These may be the lazy and hazy days of summer, but that doesn't apply to our August get together. Our next dinner is set for Wednesday, August 2 at 7:00 PM at the Club. And, this one should be fun. First, we have an old friend, formerly of Makers Mark and now with a Premium Tequila company...

We opened the cigar club offially today. We are still working on the kitchen (galley) area and building the walk-in humidor room and lockers. Plus a little more framing and sheetrock for a closet and coat room. Took photos this morning and put them up at http://www.metrocigar.com/photos.htm...

Fellow Cigar Lovers. As you can see by some of the pictures posted at www.metrocigar.com we are coming down the stretch in preparing The Metropolitan Society for our Grand Opening on the night of our June 7 dinner! We've come quite a distance since those very early rumblings about a real...

Now that the carpeting is in here are some new pics http://www.metrocigar.com/photos.htm Roscoe

I just got an email from Lew and he is coming as our special guest for the grand opening on Wed 7 June. Roscoe

Here are some pics I took of the new club yesterday: In the photos below you can see our progress as of yesterday. Carpet is being delivered on Tuesday and then the furniture will be put in place, the 42” plasmas mounted and the pool table will be installed. The blue line above the painted...

Well we had our meeting at the new digs. 60 in attendance. Took some pics of the place and, although it's not finished, you can see how it is progressing. http://www.metrocigar.com/photos.htm Roscoe

Our May 3rd meeting will be held at our new club. Although we are not finished with the remodeling, we are certainly getting there and should officially open by the end of May. It won't be anything fancy, just subs and stuff but will give many of you an opportunity to see the facility for the...