tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post1477807143638377150..comments2024-03-15T07:36:42.852-04:00Comments on Maxminimus: Cigars—Smokin’ and Wearin’ADGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-74029537600512376412011-01-12T15:14:58.340-05:002011-01-12T15:14:58.340-05:00Like most things, cigar culture was most appealin...Like most things, cigar culture was most appealing when it was a bit disreputable. A bit tainted, despite any esoterica or any aristocratic contrivances at its higher end.<br /><br />It's sad that in our era we'll relate it as once being the equivalent of a bougie boy rite-of-passage. A sort of frat boy bra-burning.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-86545271348434471372011-01-12T14:41:13.755-05:002011-01-12T14:41:13.755-05:00I have to say that I enjoy the smell of pipe tobac...I have to say that I enjoy the smell of pipe tobacco and cigars (yep, I said it, cigars too). There's something classic about it. Not so sure I would want to be kissing someone after they smoked a stogie though.<br />I still think there's a certain classic style about a man smoking a cigar or pipe. I suppose I don't move in the highest of society because I don't see it very often. There is, however, nothing classic or attrative about seeing a woman smoking a cigar. I have to assume when a woman is smoking a cigar that it is for humor purposes only and I'm sure it is promptly extinguished after some photo is taken.Susan Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387510304089583710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-64905839134944226852011-01-12T14:22:26.130-05:002011-01-12T14:22:26.130-05:00Okay, since I cant respond in comments, I'll f...Okay, since I cant respond in comments, I'll find your email and go there on the ACO issue. As for shoes, erm, I own WAY too many but have struggled to find loafers for years, hence my thought I should explore men's shoes in teeny sizes. The only thing I have in common w Carrie Bradshaw is having blown my wad on shoes (and other embellishments) instead of solid investments. May be poor, but I look dang fine!Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924951632694536923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-36763725515657787952011-01-12T14:15:15.250-05:002011-01-12T14:15:15.250-05:00Congratulations on the shoes. The hue is magnific...Congratulations on the shoes. The hue is magnificent. I'm jonesing for a pair of the straps myself now.<br /><br />My preferred smoke was the Montecristo #4. A weekly ritual overlooking the Med with my Int'l Herlad Tribune in hand, Mrs. E. and a glass of bubble beside me. I have seen the promised land.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-44121015487359921032011-01-12T13:53:04.625-05:002011-01-12T13:53:04.625-05:00This post just caused me to go out and buy those C...This post just caused me to go out and buy those Cigar Chukkas. You, sir, are officially a Bad Influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-71882905581735486622011-01-12T13:30:43.189-05:002011-01-12T13:30:43.189-05:00Pretty adorable. You do look rather...refreshed.....Pretty adorable. You do look rather...refreshed...by your traveling companions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-59713943624309089092011-01-12T13:22:23.809-05:002011-01-12T13:22:23.809-05:00I'm sure your momma said you should take that ...I'm sure your momma said you should take that bath every Saturday night whether you needed it or not, right? DaveIn The Littoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952049990351902187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-25157586926834909152011-01-12T08:59:23.878-05:002011-01-12T08:59:23.878-05:00Gretchen...Don't let me be a hero yet till you...Gretchen...Don't let me be a hero yet till you actually get and enjoy a pair of shoes. Editing...I'd never subject my blog writing to editorial rigor...all of the life would be sucked out of this boondoggle. As for health policy...just explain to me what provider segment will be most poised to actually "be" an Accountable Care Organization. But don't do it in a comment here!ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-80001382579296113992011-01-12T07:14:27.005-05:002011-01-12T07:14:27.005-05:00Anon, you're my hero (or heroine??)! ADG, any...Anon, you're my hero (or heroine??)! ADG, any time you wanna talk editing, call me...as an editor and health policy analyst, I may be of some moderate use...Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924951632694536923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-14742781839517190182011-01-12T04:42:33.594-05:002011-01-12T04:42:33.594-05:00AnonTexan...done ditched it long ago. That photo w...AnonTexan...done ditched it long ago. That photo was taken 17 years ago. I'm cool with the criticism my man. I don't have trouble with Alden's code if you mean the confusing plethora of lasts. I only buy the Aberdeen.It's proven ground with me. Never enuff said!<br /><br />Scale...yep...tobacco use of any kind has, and for fair reasons I think, been vilified amongst our wee kids. Yet, caffeine is cool. LFG would have loved my paternal grandfather but she'd been appalled at his use of sometimes two tobacco products at a time. Dipping and smoking.<br /><br />SouthernProle...I hear you. What I need is an editor. I can't help it though...I'm just one big ole verbose run on sentence. You should hear me talk. It's tiring. For all involved.<br /><br />Gerard...thanks man. There are worse Freudian fixations I'd reckon.<br /><br />Yogress...I never considered cigar butts as burgular deterrents but it makes sense. Coincedentally, my gal in the photo, Cindarella Fuentes, teaches yoga in Cuba three days a week.<br /><br />Anon...thanks for the shoe tips for Gretchen.<br /><br />Richard...I've never tried a pipe and my tobacco days are now over.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-91784616915043091652011-01-12T01:44:14.856-05:002011-01-12T01:44:14.856-05:00Ditch the scarf, looks like Eurotrash or a J. Crew...Ditch the scarf, looks like Eurotrash or a J. Crew-Abercrombie Fitch Metrosexual Hybrid. Worked in Mexico & had a steady supply of burros from Cuba...hand rolled on a virgin's thigh.Too much trouble to crack the code on Alden's...own 3 pair & no gusta. Not drinkin their koolaid. Enuff said.Anonymous Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981903044417463294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-62468425781482906162011-01-12T01:15:45.682-05:002011-01-12T01:15:45.682-05:00I have a few of the crispy leafy Latin American sm...I have a few of the crispy leafy Latin American smoke makers in a humidor, but get maybe to 3 a year, between rain drops, in the yard with a fire and a dram or two of aged liquid tannin massaged malted barley groomed by S. cerevisiae.<br /><br />It was a D'oh moment last summer when my 9 year old baby girl asked it the stogie I Was enjoying was poison, and if it would make me have cancer?<br />Sheesh, talk about a public education buzz kill. Oh well, it hurts to be educated... sometimes.<br /> Great post (as always), and I LOVED "irregular epithelial cell growth in your pie hole."<br />Bea u tee full!! Thanks!Scale Wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583891708651272779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-69849707289504399182011-01-12T00:07:14.358-05:002011-01-12T00:07:14.358-05:00ADG, dear, I mean this in the kindest way possible...ADG, dear, I mean this in the kindest way possible but the amount of words that you can produce in a simple sentance sometimes makes my left-brained head spin. Safe travels...SouthernProletariathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344920720212526014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-77053948477816111042011-01-11T22:40:38.238-05:002011-01-11T22:40:38.238-05:00I got hooked on cigars in the late 80s when, on a ...I got hooked on cigars in the late 80s when, on a whim in college, we insituted a weekly poker and cigar night. I used to smoke Licenciados Excellentes. You could get them for less than a dollar a cigar. Then the craze hit and they were over $3.00 per. It was time to stop. I miss them and wish I still smoked them. I have 4 pairs of cigar shell shoes--maybe I am engaging in a bit of freudian fixation. Great post, ADG.Gerardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692011034565570564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-70684582751795768902011-01-11T22:22:25.154-05:002011-01-11T22:22:25.154-05:00I was in Cuba, legally, in 2003 because I was on t...I was in Cuba, legally, in 2003 because I was on the board of a non-profit. I bought the few Cohibas we were told that we were allowed to bring back, only to see people with whole boxes full breezing through customs at Miami Int'l. My Wasband said the same thing you did: they weren't all they were cracked up to be.<br />He still smokes the occasional cigar, usually on my front porch. I make him leave the butt because I think it makes a good burglar deterrent.yoga teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551998007150554947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-13812441920223408302011-01-11T20:48:30.763-05:002011-01-11T20:48:30.763-05:00Gretchen. Check out Silvia Fiorentina
http://www....Gretchen. Check out Silvia Fiorentina<br /><br />http://www.berenshoes.com/Category.aspx?ss=&c=D_1001_5&sb=Born%20On%20Date&sd=DESC&pgnum=1&pgsize=all&filter=100000001095eq100000001130<br /><br />and the luscious Gravati<br /><br />http://www.berenshoes.com/Category.aspx?ss=&c=D_1001_5&sb=Born%20On%20Date&sd=DESC&pgnum=1&pgsize=all&filter=100000001095eq100000001112Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-5912930547020265562011-01-11T20:43:50.008-05:002011-01-11T20:43:50.008-05:00I'm definitely waiting for the chick shoe post...I'm definitely waiting for the chick shoe post. Make SURE you include where i can secure me some monkstraps, big guy...Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924951632694536923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-28406704701288518102011-01-11T19:50:17.044-05:002011-01-11T19:50:17.044-05:00Great post, but I prefer good pipe tobacco anyday!...Great post, but I prefer good pipe tobacco anyday!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918424936098694369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-18411212952346042792011-01-11T18:44:57.635-05:002011-01-11T18:44:57.635-05:00101Prepness...It's not planned. The idea gets ...101Prepness...It's not planned. The idea gets plotted a bit but then it just comes from wherever. Honestly, I don't have time for thoroughly planned, edited, redrafted, iterated stories. I just don't. The only one I've ever given that kind of attention to was the story I wrote about my dad. I'm just wired this way.<br /><br />Britt...I'm with you man. My sentiments to the 100th. I smoked one cigar in 2010. Enjoyed every pull on it but one is all I had.<br /><br />Turler...I agree.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-85574850415950784092011-01-11T18:27:22.166-05:002011-01-11T18:27:22.166-05:00Is it planned or magnificent stream of consciousne...Is it planned or magnificent stream of consciousness? xoxoSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173303399522862906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-71937858377685164042011-01-11T18:10:09.226-05:002011-01-11T18:10:09.226-05:00Cigar smoking was much cooler when everybody else ...Cigar smoking was much cooler when everybody else was NOT doing it! In the early 90's when you could get a very fine box for under a C note. But alas I have quit the habit as well, save for a few a year when the weather is just right and Mrs. S is not in the kissing mood. I sure like the shoe analysis as well! I'm thinking a cigar color may have to get on my list of wants! Thanks ADG!Britt Sudduthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161306431878539247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-74965708150623603482011-01-11T17:53:19.397-05:002011-01-11T17:53:19.397-05:00Agreed on the cigar pictures. Unless, of course, ...Agreed on the cigar pictures. Unless, of course, everyone in the back of Cigar Afficionado is trying to look like a douchebag. In which case, job well done.Turlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466952089423973036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-22369774525534974252011-01-11T16:44:31.307-05:002011-01-11T16:44:31.307-05:00Gretchen...yes...enabling...that's what I love...Gretchen...yes...enabling...that's what I love doing! I'm gonna do a post on shoes for girlies. Stay tuned.<br /><br />AllieVon2011...my feet have been RIGHT HERE...all along. You and Mr. Dr. Baby have just been too busy to check in on the little peepus.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-26061251483100345892011-01-11T16:08:06.954-05:002011-01-11T16:08:06.954-05:00ooooh, I've never been into cigars. Too much ...ooooh, I've never been into cigars. Too much symbolism and in true XX gender fashion, I hate the smell of cigars AND ciggies. But those shoes! Oh!! I've meant for ages to see if I could get Aldens small enough to fit girls feet, but this is the kicker. I love that colour more than the regular cordovans. You are SUCH an enabler...Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924951632694536923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-57812320658215361592011-01-11T13:32:16.257-05:002011-01-11T13:32:16.257-05:00Juuust when I was beginning to miss your feet...XX...<i>Juuust</i> when I was beginning to miss your feet...XXOOSummer is a Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122787755561566562noreply@blogger.com