I thought tonight was as good of an excuse as any to pick up a nice cigar. Monte Cristo has always been my favourite. The perfect size for me is not big, maybe the size of my index finger. But much like a beer, I’ll never complain about size or brand if one is offered.l to me. I never figured why people like the gigantic ones. The shop I was at today was a nice well-kept place, there were a couple college-aged guys in one of the store vaults picking out Churchills. My guess is they’re doing it more for the novelty than anything, and Cohiba is a fantastic cigar brand. But those fucking things are $100 and are the size of a nightstick. They are the Grey Goose og cigars: quality stuff, but obnoxiously trendy. And these guys didn’t strike me as two who smoked cigars on occasion, if ever. Cohiba is an expensive Instagram prop but hey it’s your cash.
Probably money better spent there than at most places/events tonight. Meanwhile I’ve been working in the shop all day adding t-tracks to my big workbench, and have a couple of nice steaks and some garlic potatoes in the sous vide. Will crack open some wine shortly and watch the Canada vs Russia World Junior hockey game and enjoy a nice night in. Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!
My brother called me earlier and told me that the bar he's at has Pappy van Winkle for $54 a shot. I strongly suspect that he had already paid for one before calling me.
A friend offered me a free ticket to go with her and see Maroon 5 tonight. On the strip. Hell. No. Nor even for a band I liked would I put myself through that circle of hell. Besides that, she had an extra Vince Neil ticket the other night....did I hear from her? Nope. I get offered Maroon 5. Screw that.
I feel like New Years on the strip, while a shit show, is a much better shit show than Time's Square, just because it can handle it better and you only have to stagger a few hundred yards back to your room. I can see not being a fan of either, but the strip sounds like it is what Time's Square pretends to be. At least I haven't seen any news stories about people wearing adult diapers to the strip because they'll be forced to stand in one place for twelve hours.
Well, Russia beat the Canadians 2-1, but it was an amazing game, even if the good guys didn't win. And a new Project Binky video just popped...
Happy new year idiots. Drinking, eating and poker at a neighbors, sliding into a rough new year. But tonight is fine.
The Alec Bradley Prensado is my favorite. A box pressed, oily wrapper with three caps. Delicious. I’ve seen sticks much, much bigger with a wider gauge than a Churchill. Think one of those hollow m&m candy canes but instead made of tobacco.
Do you guys do any traditional New Year meals? I usually have the pork / greens / black-eyed peas / cornbread thing. But, I'm not sure if that's just a Southern thing.
You know what’s worse than being hungover on Jan 1? Being hungover on Jan 1 and having your kid decide she wants to wake up screaming at 5 am.
That was something I heard of but I think was more of an older Southern tradition. I think a lot of older folks and maybe their families still do it at the new year. I am unaware of any other traditional New Year meals other than that one you described. My mom is actually not from the south so there are certain cultural things I'm aware of but that we didn't really participate in.
It actually snowed right after new years, which in south texas is something you see once every 10 years or so. Unfortunately that was when I was picking up shit from the fireworks, and I was not wearing appropriate clothing. At least I didn't burn myself as much as with past fireworks. Also got to do hookah with a dude who just got his US citizenship (is now a police officer) and was former turkish special forces under Edrogan.