Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs, Montecristo Finds!, Montecristo Models on Sep 26th, 2011 No Comments »
Everyone likes a good gangster movie whether its from the 40′s or present day, the dark side in our mental make-up wants the bad guy to get away with all kinds of crime and live happily ever after in the Caribbean, smoking cigars in tropical bliss. When I stop and think about it, I want [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs, Montecristo Models, Montecristo site reviews, Personal, Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
The phrase in the medallion is, “Honi Soit Mal Pense” which translated means, “Shamed be he who thinks evil of it”… This is a great phrase to keep in mind when you run into those who look down on and berate someone who is smoking a cigar outdoors, out of the way of anyone and [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs on Aug 30th, 2011 No Comments »
The Reinheitsgebot, or the Bavarian Purity Law that Germans adhered to since 1497, when making beer, is a law that requires beer be made from only hops, water and barley, which gives it a classic taste that leaves any North American beer drinker dazed and enchanted with it’s pure, simple and clean taste. The creaminess [...]
Posted in Favourites, Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2011 No Comments »
I wanted to give a bit of attention to the sad news about two of the Arturo Fuente Warehouses going up in flames a few days ago.. By the sounds of it, a lot of aged and aging tobacco was destroyed and it must be a terrible loss to the company which produces some of [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs, Montecristo Finds!, Montecristo Models, Montecristo site reviews, Personal on Aug 24th, 2011 No Comments »
It comes every second year, doesn’t last too long and provides you with some of the best entertainment in the Pacific Northwest.. That is, if you are a fly fisher… The Pink Salmon are here again and with some of the simplest pink flies you can tie, like the ones in the picture I tied [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs, Montecristo Finds!, Personal, Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2011 No Comments »
In Canada we have a club for Armed forces people and veterans that are located in every city and small center across the country… These are the places to go, drink very affordable alcohol, listen to music from another era and maybe dance a bit, buy tickets on the “Meat Draw”, and enjoy a cigar [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo Models on Aug 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Here is a pic of yours truly fishing at a lake in central British Columbia called Decca Lake… At the time the picture was taken I had a green dragon fly on my sinking line and I’m pulling in about a five pound Lake trout… These fish will tear after a fly and hit it [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo Models, Personal on Aug 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Seeing the slight amount of plume on my Montecristo Tubos lets me know that, although I won’t be smoking this cigar today, I know that my humidor that I have the Montes in is doing just fine… I can’t over-stress how important it is to monitor your digital hygrometer with due diligence and your efforts [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo Models, Montecristo site reviews, Personal on Jul 30th, 2011 No Comments »
An few years back, I was fortunate enough to go on a two different train tours… The first was a few weeks on an old refurbished steam train pulled by an engine that is the only surviving H 1 B Hudson, built in Montreal in 1930… This engine acts as a roving ambassador for CP [...]
Posted in Favourites, Montecristo FAQs, Montecristo Models on Jul 25th, 2011 No Comments »
All of the wealth in the world without the odd cigar after a great meal is not worth quite as much as it could be with, yes still the wealth, and a humidor or two with some wonderful hard to find Cubans and a full stock of many sizes of cigars from all of the [...]
