Not my purchase, but if anyone wants to order some of the new German Regional PL Coronas and have your vendor send them right to me, that would be just about the best way to handle it.

It just depends on the rules of the hall, but the groups in Kansas City, Kansas just seem to have a way higher number of smoking meetings. There's one closer to my house on the Missouri side, but there's zero ventilation, low ceiling, and people smoke like it's their job. Coffee stop, then...

Finishing up a Haut 10...it took me almost 9 years of sobriety before I realized last year if I crossed the river into Kansas there are a ton of my special "discussion group" meetings where smoking is still celebrated. Game changer!

As far as regular production humidor workhorses go, these are tough to beat. I don't begrudge RyJ for turning pretty much any size into a "Churchill"...I like all of them.

Kyle Gellis hit a home run with Moon Garden. Complexity and construction are next level. (Full disclosure- I am CEO of Warped Whores Inc. in Kansas City.)

Warped Moon Garden just landed...my pathetic little Warped nerd whore heart is content. Until I need to buy something else.

Warped Moon Garden- JR's just now posted them. Added: sold out in a half hour at JR's, I'll post as they pop up if there's any interest.

Warped Wednesday....all us Warped whores are patiently refreshing pages waiting for Moon Gardens to appear.

I'll do an actual review when I have time to sample the Julietas I bought, this is a little cartucho. Overall, stellar construction, deeper flavors that set it apart from the rest of Dion's stuff, a very good cigar but for me doesn't match the price point. For less money I could buy Epernay's...

Light breakfast this morning at one of my KC Top 5 REAL Mexican spots.... lengua tacos are sublime, but tripa done right is a religious experience. Ordered "crispy" it's like eating crisp chicken skin with a hint of gut to it.

I've got an old defunct humi full of cutters and lighters I've tried over the years, but my go-to for quite a while now has been the big 70RG Xikar guillotine. Around $19 to replace when I lose one, and while I never smoke mega-sized sticks I like the size of the cutter because it's easy to keep...

On a roll lately with EL's from John, they are just so damn reliable for flavor and construction.

These Petite Royales are really growing on me. Lots of flavor, closer to the Ex No4 than Churchill line. I'll buy more since I'm starting to see better prices, but no way I would shell out more than the short or petite Churchills cost...which is how they started out. These and the Upmann half...

RA coronas, the Punch Supers, Boli Lonsdales, for NC's- pre-late 90's boom El Creditos, El Rico Habanos and LGC Wavells. Oh, that very first run of Cupidos. (Corrected Boli lancero to lonsdale....though I would love to try a lancero if they ever existed)

EL Serie E No2... these are great.

You guys obviously haven't tried one of the "if Yukon Jack made deodorant" flavored cigars I sampled on July 4. I gave up Cubans immediately because I couldn't taste anything other than that Gurkha for the next 3 days.

I am very slow to follow cooking trends when it comes to the latest gadgets, but I have to admit this thing is pretty great. I cooked another Indian recipe tonight for a beef curry dish that made cubed chuck roast fork tender in 20 minutes and cooked a ton of the sauce's flavor into the meat...

Looonnng week, great weather means EL Vigia out on the deck...

2 firsts tonight...using an Instant Pot and making a from-scratch Indian dish. The chana masala from the Indian Instant Pot cookbook is a winner. You do end up buying some specific spices and putting together different spice mixes/masalas in order to do most dishes, but nothing is complicated...

I was generously gifted a couple of those and the Anejados a while back and smoked one of each, the No. 1's are definitely superior as far as performance and flavor. I'll try to remember to smoke the other one soon and do an actual review.