Shadow
That's DON Shadow to you!
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My 19 year old son left yesterday for Europe with his college jazz band to participate in the Montrose Jazz Festival in Switzerland next week. Thursday night as he was making sure he had everything that he needed packed he turned to me and asked if I could give him the name of some cigar shops in the cities they would be going to while over there (Geneva, Florence and Rome). He wanted to buy some cubans to enjoy during his trip.
I brought up the LCDH website and copied addresses for him and also told him to check with the concierge at the hotels he would be staying at for other suggestions. I started to tell him about watching out for fakes and what to look for when he said, "Dad I know what to look for. I've been paying attention when you talk about cuban cigars." I then asked him what he was going to try over there and he rattled off several cigars and as he was doing this I thought to myself that over the last few months he had been asking me questions and listened to me talk about cuban cigars for just this reason so he would know what to look for when he was on this trip! It was nice to know that he still pays attention to things I say.
This past year he has changed so much. He went from barely keeping a C average while in high school to making the Dean's List his first year in college with a 3.95 average. His mother and I were worried when he was high school if he was even going to make it in college! What a change in just a year.
I brought up the LCDH website and copied addresses for him and also told him to check with the concierge at the hotels he would be staying at for other suggestions. I started to tell him about watching out for fakes and what to look for when he said, "Dad I know what to look for. I've been paying attention when you talk about cuban cigars." I then asked him what he was going to try over there and he rattled off several cigars and as he was doing this I thought to myself that over the last few months he had been asking me questions and listened to me talk about cuban cigars for just this reason so he would know what to look for when he was on this trip! It was nice to know that he still pays attention to things I say.
This past year he has changed so much. He went from barely keeping a C average while in high school to making the Dean's List his first year in college with a 3.95 average. His mother and I were worried when he was high school if he was even going to make it in college! What a change in just a year.
Give your wife a hug and take out your favorite smoke. This has been well deserved. :thumbs: Congrats to all of you.