4 Apr
I have stopped posting about this “natural” and ritual cigar evening session at the local village pharmacy every 13 days. It is repetitive …. in a good way 🙂 What can I say – it’s 500 yards from me, I attend it and it is always the same … Good friends, good cigars, good drinks Read more…
24 Mar
The only “official” event besides the Partagas Cocktail reception that we attended during the Festival and a crowning farewell party to our week in Havana. So great to meet good friends there in an informal gathering and an excellent atmosphere at the rooftop terrace of this famed Paladar. Truly stellar custom rolled cigars passed by Read more…
18 Mar
I had taken Frank already twice to the tobacco farms, Viñales and Pinar del Rio so I thought I’d show him a different part of Cuba this time. Give Frank a good cigar, some rum and a nice cannon or machine gun and he is a happy camper. So what better place than Bay of Read more…
11 Mar
One of the high points of Patty’s & Ute’s visit to Cuba would be visiting Humidores Habana and meeting with Jose Ernesto, Pablo and Alex as well as getting a tour and in-depth details on the work done by this famed and dedicated workshop. Patty being a jewellery designer and manufacturer herself was immediately attracted Read more…
9 Mar
It’s not just the cigar enthusiasts flying in for the Festival and the 50-th Cohiba Anniversary that were in massive attendance this year – looks like everybody plus his grandmother and third cousins are invading Cuba and specially Havana these days fearing a sudden change that will take years or decades to come. I had Read more…
