EDIT: Sorry this is pretty much the same thing Ric just posted..he beat me to it :sign:
Ric and I went on a scouting mission in Little Havana today. For those of you that don't know we're planning a herf in Miami for early Feb. We stopped by the Padron office (less than a mile from my house
) first. Ric and I talked to Rudy Padron and he said they would be more than happy to accomodate our group. Then to really make both our days, Jose Padron (the founder and owner) walked in. Being the white boy that I am I could only watch as Ric talked with Mr. Padron :lookup: Time to learn more Spanish. They ended up giving both of us free PAMs (actually I got a maduro and Ric got a natural). The sticks they gave us are actually the seconds they keep around for their personal supply while they're working but who gives a ****...they're still Padron Anniversaries! Needless to say we were both pretty excited to meet THE Jose Padron and get some free sticks. Although we could have gone home happy right then we sent to a few factories in the area. We visited La Goria Cubana/ El Credito and Titan cigars. We're going back when we have more time to get a tour of the LGC factory. I've never heard of Titan but the guy there was real nice and the cigars smelled great so we each bought one..can't wait to smoke it. We saw a couple other factories but they were closed O.K. so now that I've rambled like a little kid that just met Santa (Jose Padron in this case) I'll take a rest....this may have been my longest post ever.
Ric and I went on a scouting mission in Little Havana today. For those of you that don't know we're planning a herf in Miami for early Feb. We stopped by the Padron office (less than a mile from my house
) first. Ric and I talked to Rudy Padron and he said they would be more than happy to accomodate our group. Then to really make both our days, Jose Padron (the founder and owner) walked in. Being the white boy that I am I could only watch as Ric talked with Mr. Padron :lookup: Time to learn more Spanish. They ended up giving both of us free PAMs (actually I got a maduro and Ric got a natural). The sticks they gave us are actually the seconds they keep around for their personal supply while they're working but who gives a ****...they're still Padron Anniversaries! Needless to say we were both pretty excited to meet THE Jose Padron and get some free sticks. Although we could have gone home happy right then we sent to a few factories in the area. We visited La Goria Cubana/ El Credito and Titan cigars. We're going back when we have more time to get a tour of the LGC factory. I've never heard of Titan but the guy there was real nice and the cigars smelled great so we each bought one..can't wait to smoke it. We saw a couple other factories but they were closed O.K. so now that I've rambled like a little kid that just met Santa (Jose Padron in this case) I'll take a rest....this may have been my longest post ever.
