21 Apr
A very quiet ANS for a Sunday – we had a few cigar friends looking in from Frankfurt, but basically this ANS was devoted to the team Andreas loves and is a member of – Hertha BSC Berlin – and that today assured its upgrade to the Bundesliga. Congratulations Andreas – but knowing good Read more…
16 Apr
We were all supposed to have a nice outdoor Chile con Carne dinner in Josef’s garden, our resident Dutch cook. He fell ill and postponed the dinner for next Monday. OK, so after dinner at Massimo’s, our resident Italian, we took to the lab for some cigars, beer, spirits and the usual fun. We Read more…
14 Apr
It has been a very long and brutal winter here, landed back home in mid-March in a snow-storm and it has been cold and miserable since. Today was the first sunny and hot day and the first cigars were smoked out on the terrace. A Siglo I with an uncut foot with coffee after Read more…
10 Apr
Not bad for a Monday … What can be better than start the week enjoying some artisanal beer right from next town, natural and unfiltered, tasty and refreshing. You sure needed that – plus other plentiful beverages – to wash down the amount of food brought in by friends. Talk about a dull Monday. Read more…
27 Mar
Well, just a quick post of yesterday’s pharmacy cigar meeting, nothing fancy. Helmut and Elisabeth, my company colleagues dropped by and brought some fresh and tasty Sushi from the “Squaire”, one of Europe’s largest and newest airport buildings, hotels and conference centres, located right next to Frankfurt airport terminals and between the runways and Read more…
25 Mar
I was fortunate in getting both some banded Partagas Lusitanias Gran Reserva Cosecha 2007 released in 2013 ( that is : presented, it’s not out in the stores yet for a long time ) and some more un-banded from the first production release at this year’s XV Festival. I was also fortunate in smoking Read more…
21 Mar
We have a private dining spot in our village that is quite interesting – it changes menus as often as the chef likes to have a new one … I’m talking about our friend Josef, a Dutch chef living in the village who likes to invites us all over to his house for great Read more…
