26 Mar
A truly cigar and fun packed day, yesterday. And no, there’s no “hidden closet” in this post – just good old dirty fun … Drove up to Cologne for half a day of smoking fine cigars with my old Belgian buddy-“lover” Frank at Pitter Heinrich’s Casa. We started with 70/80’s vintage Cuban Davidoffs, Chateau Read more…
24 Mar
I was missing this Cuban Spanish back & forth banter now for almost 2 weeks and Didier Houvenaghel, the Belgian-Singaporean-Nicaraguan cigar-maker brought it back to me. He is a good socio and enjoys the Cuban language and humour just like me. Right here in the village, at Massimo’s, we had an evening of good Read more…
14 Mar
The first post after returning from Havana is to congratulate Urs Portmann on receiving the well deserved Habano Man of the year award 2014. I wish to congratulate him, his family and staff and share his joy after the many years of his valued friendship and many shared cigars. Urs is truly a dedicated Read more…
3 Jan
I received this final update on the II Edition yesterday from Hong Kong. It is posted here with the explicit permission of Mr Min Ron Nee to further elaborate on the progress of the II Edition and provide details of its production. Hello Nino, the new MRN book will be over double the size Read more…
8 Dec
What is the thing I need most after a trip to Cuba ? A nice and elegant china ashtray for all the cigars I brought along, of course. We received a package from Belgium at the pharmacy and it contained 3 of these beautiful ashtrays which went to Gabriel, Andreas and myself. I can only Read more…
17 Apr
He writes in the surprise package : What do you gift a friend who has cigars for the rest of his life ? A cooking book for his wife … LOL. Inge indeed loves to cook and experiment so she loved the book and wishes to also say : Merci beacoup Simon ( And A Read more…
