Thanks fellas, definitely good times.
No, you know, I was so overwhelmed by the massive quantities of cigars, singles, boxes, 5'ers, humidors, the damn impressive humidification system and also confused by the guy I apologized to for bringing my Davidoff bag into their store (who, when I asked what he'd recommend, said and I quote, "Oh, I've never smoked a cigar in my life.")
Why the heck would they hire a guy to work in a cigar store who's never had a cigar?
Adding Nat Sherman's to my list for next time! Never heard of it, thank you!
Great talking with you too Scott; absolutely going to herf with you on the next trip out.
You know, me too! Especially on the Oliva Special S which I believe is a discontinued line. If I recall, I nabbed 'em for $10 a stick. I was so excited I forgot to look to see if they charge tax in NY or not....
On a sidenote, I took out my Camacho Triple Maduro over this past weekend to smoke and put it and a 2nd cigar in my case should a buddy want or need. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to smoke it (but I did get to smoke the Fonseca this weekend - I really enjoyed it) but we were at a British bar/restaurant in Santa Monica on Saturday to wish a friend who is leaving town to go back home to New Orleans well and we were chatting with the bar/restaurant manager who happened to be British. Nice chap and it turns out he used to be in the cigar business.
I thought I'd show him the two sticks I had in my case (to see what he thought of them) and was freaking appalled at what he did next. He proceeded to shove one and then the next up into his nostril to 'smell the ammonia', whereby he was able to tell that my Fonseca Cubano Viso Fuerte Toro and my Gurkha G5 Avenger Toro were cheap (and therefore bad) cigars. WTF!!!
Now I have the boogered cigars still in the case and I'm considering throwing out the whole lot, case & all. Have you brothers & sisters ever heard of anybody doing this to somebody else's cigars? Talk about no freaking class.