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I found a recipe for Ernest Hemingway's Hamburger online a while back, and finally fixed it up.  It was pretty labor intensive, but I ended up with a very different, and very delicious result:   http://bonvivantva.com/?p=4056

I tried to write the most comprehensive and informative post on the mint julep ever.  Let me know what y'all think.  Cheers!   http://bonvivantva.com/?p=3578

http://bonvivantva.com/?p=2167   What do you make sure you bring when you visit Cuba, or travel to a cigar destination?

I just got back last week, and threw some blog posts up.  I thought you guys might be interested in the P2P trips.  More to come.  Later in the week I visited a cigar factory, and tobacco farm.  I should get those days posted soon.  Since I was on an educational tour, I did a lot that the normal...

Is anybody breaking out a candela for St. Patrick's Day?  I bought a box of Don Thomas a few years back for a St. P's Party, and still have a few left.  Some of my friends compare green cigars to green beer though (gimicky).  I, personally, think they're an interesting change of pace.  I...

I got into some El Dorado 15 today.  I'm not really a regular rum drinker, but I'm going to have to throw this into the rotation.  Its dry for a rum, and its got a lot of the traditional flavors one usually associates with bourbon.  You certainly know its rum while drinking it though.  I wrote...

I had a good day at work the other day, and decided to celebrate with a cigar.  I went to my humidor (coolidor), and found a stick at the bottom labeled,  "grateful1 2008."  When I first joined CP, I labeled the cigars I got from the newbie sampler trades, and then a few subsequent trades.  That...

When I first joined CP, I was intimated by all the fancy smoking rooms, and ideas about hepa filtration, high cfm fans, etc. It took me a long time, but I finally just tried smoking my house. I lit up in my office. It wasn't the end of the world. I've since created a system that gets rid of the...

Anybody like to play dominoes while they smoke?  I was just on vacation in Cancun, and David at La Casa Del Habano introduced me to the pastime.  If you haven't tried it, but have a set and some friends, I'd give it a try.

I have a lot of friends that can drink a lot of booze. When I have larger parties, I like to get decent, but cheaper stuff since its often wasted, sometimes mixed, and not always appreciated. For bourbon, I love the price and quality of Evan Williams 1783, and Virginia Gentleman (I think this...

I received a spirits aging barrel as present a while back. I tried some rum finished scotch recently, and since I had a bunch of rum on hand, I decided I'd try to put a rum finish on a scotch myself. I already have some rum aging in the barrel. Since its a small volume barrel with a lot more...

The best I came up with via search was this: http://www.cigarpass.com/forumsipb/index.php?showtopic=58090&st=0&p=873514&hl=vegas&fromsearch=1&#entry873514 I'm headed to Vegas in September. We're staying off the strip (friend's timeshare), and most of us have never been (8 in our group). What...

http://business.scotsman.com/fooddrinkagriculture/The--value-of-the.5472851.jp It will be interesting to see what happens.

A friend of mine has caused an issue while trying to register. I looked for the moderating team link I found out about while reading the help section, but it may be outdated. In any event, a friend of mine registered as rpchandler. Later he wanted to change his name, but instead of doing so...

Lately I've been drinking a lot of old fashions. When its been a bit nicer outside, or when I just have a craving, I've made a few juleps. Every once in a while, I'll try to make this tiki drink a local restaurant has called the Suffering Bastard. What is your favorite, or current favorite...

The other night I felt like making a mint julep since I had some mint. I realize its not exactly julep weather in the mid-atlantic, plus it was pretty late in the day, but I had a craving. I couldn't find any makers mark (my go to) so I used some Virginia gentleman 90. It worked out pretty...

I have a smaller lock and lock herf size humidor I was using for long term storage (ran out of space). I had some beads, but no containers for the, so I saw an altoids tin, poked some holes in it, and used that as a humidifier case. This was a while ago, so I'm not sure if I was thinking it...

I'm looking for Belikin beer in the Miami area. I went to Belize a while back, and took quite a fancy to their cheap island beer. I can't find it anywhere, but I remember seeing a few bars that advertised it near the Miami airport. If you live in Miami and know where I can find it, I would be...

I have some friends coming over and I'm footing the bill. Some of my friends are really only special occasion cigar smokers, and also some friends of friends that I don't know well will be coming. I was thinking about the padron 1000 series, but then I realized its probably too strong for...

A friend just emailed me a list of cocktails from the show Mad Men. It got me thinking about the good old days (which I never experienced first-hand). Do you thinking drinking in the office will ever come back into style? My office is not so different than the Sterling Cooper office. Most...