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A great, small cigar. Mild and flavorful. Makes my afternoon commute a pleasure. – Billy

Perfect cigar for guests and amatuers that dont finish larger cigars. Yet they get to smoke a premium, mild, smooth, hand made dominican beauty. I also smoke them on short car rides or when i want a quick 10-15 minute smoke. Pick up a tin or 2 for your humidor! – benny

I haven’t tried many “little cigars” or cigarillos yet but this is definitely my favorite. Mild, smooth, creamy almost buttery flavor w/the slightest hint of cedar and even slighter sweetness on the ocassional puff. Also a little peppery as it nears the band, but again, this is slight. Quite a nice treat for a such a little cigar, great to enjoy when you’re on the go or just don’t have time for a full size smoke. The Arturo Fuente Cubanitos used to be my favorite of the small sizes but these have replaced them. I get a better draw with more smoke and they are also slightly cheaper than the AF Cubanitos (and a bit milder as well). I will always keep a tin or two of these in my humidor. – Jay In Phoenix

Smoke these all the time,a real treat for something so small(love the maduro also)I always start with an ascot they are so good.A great all round smoke,you can inhale if you want they are that smooth. – aussie shaun

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I just finished a Baron De Rothschild. I thought the Prince Phillip was good…well this smoke was even better!!! Very smooth, great draw, excellent taste to the very end. Will definitely be buying more of these. – Jay

As always a superb smoke. Smooth flavourful and just the right size for relaxing with over a drink and conversation. – Rob

Rated 87. A firm cigar with a firm draw. It has notes of wood and sweet cream and a solid tobacco flavor. Mild to medium bodied. – Cigar Aficionado, August 2006

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Combining a Connecticut shade wrapper, Dominican fillers, and a unique binder grown in the San Andres Valley of Mexico, the Macanudo is fairly straight forward and light in flavor with a very short finish. Macanudo is the cigar that put General Cigar Co. on the map and has led to their unprecedented success. Still on top as the best seller, the name Macanudo is one of the most recognizable in world. No where else can such consistency be found in a cigar. This blend is ideal for those enthusiasts who are just getting started or those veterans who don’t like an overwhelming level of flavor or body in a cigar.

Decided to try some smaller smokes for the shop at work and found these at a decent price. Overall a nice mellow smoke with a woody taste. Pleasant flavor and smoke until the last 1/3 where it gets bitter. Overall it reminds me of the “White Owls” I smoked when I was younger. – Brad

As a new cigar smoker, have tried a wide variety of mostly medium to mild cigars and these are my curent favorites for a shorter smoke. – Billy

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Wonderfully smooth, great aroma. Even, slow burn. One of my favorites. – Willy

My favorite. Smooth taste, not too strong or too mild. I suggest over any other cigar. – B. Huynen

Very smooth cigar. Great aroma and a good aftertaste. I would recomend this to all cigar smokers. – John

I never had such a classy expierience in my life. A true delight for the most educated of cigar smokers. I never wanted it to end as I stunk from that smell of success all night! A nice little shot of scotch and one of these bad boys tells everyone in the room “Yea This Is My Lifestyle.” – Roger

An excellent cigar for one of those relaxing nights on the balcony. It has the perfect blend of smoothness, and the aroma is “delicious”. An A++ cigar! – Matt

Rated 87. Solidly constructed with a yellowish, veiny wrapper. The draw has wheaty, woody notes that are a touch dry. A medium bodied cigar. – Cigar Aficionado, August 2007

Whether its a wedding, fourth of July, Thanksgiving,or just a breezy saturday night, you simply cannot go wrong with this cigar. Not too strong, yet still has a distinctive taste. A++ – Matt- Marlyland

The Don Diego is the perfect cigar for those enthusiasts who don’t want a lot of body or an overbearing flavor. By all measures it is exactly what one would expect from a smooth Dominican cigar and it is fairly strait forward on the palate. The brand has a lot of history and is considered a classic. Taste the lighter side of the Dominican Republic with a Don Diego.

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Cigars have long been associated with the rich and powerful, with relaxation and rich flavor. Cigar aficionados have created a culture around the art of smoking, assembling various theories and accessories to debate and facilitate smoking. Much like wine tasting, cigar smoking has been seen as a diversion of the upper echelons of society.

It is believed that cigars were probably first produced in Spain, and then quickly caught on in other European countries. Although many different countries manufacture cigars, Cuban cigars have long been highly regarded as one of the most flavorful and rich of all cigars. This is due to regional microclimates that are said to produce the highest quality tobacco, as well as the skill of the country’s cigar makers. Other countries that produce significant amounts of tobacco and cigars include Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and the United States. Why have cigars long caught the attention of so many? Many speculate that the cigar’s main attraction is in the way it is manufactured. High quality cigars are always wrapped by hand. Unlike cigarettes, cigars undergo a lengthy process of fermentation and aging (much like wine), resulting in subtle flavors and textures. They are highly individual and the best cigars will provide no smoky aftertaste at all.

The taste of cigars is much more complex than cigarettes. The majority of all cigars are created by wrapping three different layers of tobacco leaves together. High quality cigars usually contain long leaves of nicotine as the filler, although they may also contain a combination of scraps. This results in subtle variations, different textures, and complex flavors. Cigarettes, on the other hand, are mass-produced and generally only contain one type of tobacco. Cigars also come in an incredible variety of flavors. The dedicated cigar aficionado can find chocolate, vanilla, apple, and even coffee-flavored cigars!

Although cigars have long been lauded for their smooth and complex flavors, they can also pose a great health risk. All tobacco contains nicotine. We’ve all heard about the negative health risks of nicotine, but what does it do exactly? Nicotine is a stimulant that produces a sense of euphoria. Even the casual smoker cannot escape the fact that nicotine is highly addictive and contains various toxins, carcinogens, and irritants. Although most connoisseurs of cigars will avoid inhaling the smoke, they are still at risk of developing various types of oral and larynx cancers.

I was wondering how many other people came from families in which smoking was common and accepted for all ages. My parents used to let me light me light their cigarettes and gave me puffs when I was 4 or 5. Sometimes my dad would smoke cigars, and he would pass it to my mom and me and we would help him smoke it.
My husband and I do this now with our girls. We let them smoke cigarettes as soon as they asked, and tonight we have been passing around a big Macanudo. The girls and I are still smoking our cigarettes, but passing the cigar with him too. It is a fun family activity that we all enjoy. And we have never told the girls that most people don’t inhale cigars, so they take big puffs and inhale them like it is no big deal.
Does anyone else do this?
I come from a smoking family, and have been smoking since I was a small child.
Is it abuse to be permissive? REALLY? We don’t force them to smoke!

Cigars were brought along during our first road trip through the American West. Our travel buddies were cigar smokers who, inspired by Clint Eastwood in “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” brought cigarillos along during our sojourn across the Mohave Desert. At night we camped out, and the cigars were companion accessories to the setting of cold nights out around the fire with the endless sky lit by a melee of diamond stars and surrounded by crisp, dry air delicately scented by the aroma of premium cigar smoke.

The American West has a great tradition of cigar consumption in the old saloons and on cattle drives. From the turn of the 19th century when cattle and railroad barons played poker and spun deals in St. Louis and San Francisco, to the turn of the 20th century when industrial giants like Henry Ford, J.P. Getty and Andrew Carnegie found themselves influencing the century that would see two world wars. The cigar was a companion in smoke-filled rooms and at secret poker tables. There was always a cigar-smoking gambler or two on stage coaches heading west, and after that aboard club cars on transcontinental trains from New York to Chicago to California. Cigars do indeed have a travel history in the American West.

“Cigar store Indians,” originally designed as plaques and statues representing Native Americans, became the symbol of tobacco and tobacco advertising during the early 19th and 20th centuries. These statues and plaques were most often used in stores, hotels and outside restaurants and bars to signal (often illiterate customers) the availability of tobacco, or that smoking was permitted inside the establishment. The complete, life-sized figures of “American Indians” were generally used by tobacco-shop owners, with smaller plaques used in general stores.

Images of Native Americans became connected with the sale of tobacco after American Indians introduced the plant to the Europeans who explored and settled in the Americas. Cigar store Indian statues first appeared in Europe, once tobacco was available there. The wooden carvings were based on images created by artists who matched descriptions, rather than first-hand viewings of actual Native Americans. The figures, which most often ended up looking like Europeans in Native American dress, were clothed in fringed buckskins, were draped in blankets and wore feathered headdresses. They did not actually resemble the members of any particular tribe. The sculptors carved chiefs, braves, princesses and maidens, sometimes with papooses. Most of the figures grasped tobacco or cigars in their hands or displayed leaves on their clothing. There were several artists in the United States who specialized in carving ship figureheads, architectural details and portrait busts, then turned to creating figures of American Indians full-time as demand increased. Names of note in this genre of carving are John Cromwell, Thomas Brooks, the Skillin family, and Samuel Robb, who operated studios in Northeastern cities and put out product catalogues.

Modern times have called for the image of the cigar store Indian to all but disappear, but the Native American will always be remembered as the source of our fine tobacco. When the occasion calls for a fine cigar, enjoy one–especially if you’re under western skies.

Bingo has its roots originated from the Italian lottery games since sixteenth century and similar to all the family lotto games this is also entirely a game of luck and chance. The result of the game depend on the selection of the numbers that is chosen by the players, however the game does not include any skills or strategy. Once you start playing Bingo you can understand the fair play of the game and enjoy its rewards, particularly when you play online.

People prefers to play Bingo for the sake of pure fun, it lets you to have complete entertainment along with a chance to make good money. Websites have the options of real time chats so that players have the chance to interact with other players and make friends as well. Socialization has always remained a crucial aspect in the game of Bingo. There are several patterns for Bingo; some of them are of vertical variety while others may be horizontal or diagonal rows type. Person that attains a bingo patterns, says bingo after which the game is stopped and number of tickets are checked. If number on the tickets is marked according to the pattern the player wins. At the same time if there are more winners, the winning amount is distributed among them.

Bingo also had a wide presence in carnivals, in olden times, the wooden tokens took the place of with bingo balls, there were cloth bags and cigar boxes which were replaced by wire cage. The cage was then turned to mix the balls; the caller would open the cage door and draw balls to declare numbers. Players generally cover the numbers with cardboard chips or dried beans. With the changing times methods of playing Bingo evolved, shutter or slide cards games came into play. After which plastics came into use, players were able to see the numbers on board and check for the mistake as well. Then the electronic bingo machines were came into use that utilized balls in a mixing chamber.

For all the online Bingo arrangements there are games software’s which selects the card for the players. The game software automatically marks numbers appearing onto the screen of the computer. Moreover, there are plethora’s of free bingo games that are offered online bingo websites, players can participate in free chats along with other players. As of now players can also join Bingo sites and enjoy games on their mobiles. Select leading websites say Foxy Bingo, Mecca bingo, virgin bingo and begin playing now!

Many people wonder what is better, a glass top humidor or a solid wood humidor. While there are arguments for both, the answer depends mainly on your personal taste.

The main argument for purchasing a solid wood humidor rather than glass top is that wood lids are more reliable because they have a better seal. Since there are no extra seams, the humidors seal can’t be compromised and there are fewer places where humidity can leak from. This seems like a pretty reasonable argument. And to be fair, there are certainly cases where the glass has come loose in its frame and begins to wiggle. This is quite obviously not good for sealing in the humidity required for your cigars!

Having said that, thousands of glass top humidors are sold every year and are trusted to store millions of cigars. Also, if you think about the argument further, almost all commercial or display humidors use glass. They need to because vendors have to display their products. These are vendors that are storing hundreds or thousands of cigars for their clients to purchase! If they can trust storing thousands of dollars worth of cigars in glass display humidors, why shouldn’t you?

The issue some have with solid wood humidors is that they like to see their cigars. In order to do this with a wood lid, they are forced to open their humidors and this releases a lot of humidity. For people who like to look at their cigars, glass top humidors are much better because humidity levels can remain stable.

Realistically, both glass top humidors and solid wood humidors will do the job you need them to do. In the end it comes down to what you’re comfortable with and what aesthetic you like more. I like the glass top myself. Firstly, because I think it looks good. Secondly, I don’t need to open the humidor to look at my cigars…and the less you open it, the less humidity fluctuations you will have inside the humidor.

I am a fairly new cigar smoker. Not cheap cigars, but a little on the more expensive side. Things like romeo y Juieta’s, macanudo’s, and such. Does anybody have any suggestions for someone like myself to try. I enjoy a little bit more bold of a cigar, but still enjoy those on the milder side.

Since a very long time cigars and humidors have been looked upon as luxury items and certainly made for people who love and live life king size. A number of pictures of some great men drawing a expensive cigars and holding a nice glass of aged wine and brandy have always been documented since a very long time in a number of movies, documentaries or even biographies. So you certainly need to follow little hind in case you want to enjoy a nice cigar with an aged wine or brandy at any special occasion or even after your dinner.

You have to keep in mind that a number of  Humidors and cigars brands have always been mated with some of the most expensive brands of liquor. Some of the most popular liquor types branded with cigars may include whiskey, rum and also brandy. There are people who like having cigars with a glass of red wine usually after having their dinner. A number of people have also been debating since a long time that good and expensive cigars should always be matched with potential drink that in fact has a nice touch of sweetness.

There are a number of  Cigars  smokers who have managed to create some of the most popular unions and for ages this process of match making has been in different traditions and cultures. A nice cigars from your favorite humidors certainly may also go very well with a mug of beer and it may always increment the fun of having draught in certain special occasions just like most of the people from rural areas in western culture have been doing for ages.

A trucker would usually prefer smoking a nice branded cigar when having a mug of draught and playing pool with his friends in a motel down town. There certainly is no other way better than trying to enjoy a nice pair of cigars from your humidors along with a mug of draught beer and cheer your favorite team playing base ball. Most of the times it certainly does sound that both have been mated for each other and so the taste matches perfectly as they simply tend to blend very well along with each other.

You certainly have to keep in mind that much of the pairing and mating is certainly based on all your personal expertise and so you don’t have to depend on any books or articles to get that perfect taste from your humidors cigars.

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari in Italian) – 4 Stars (Excellent)

Is it possible for an excellent, groundbreaking film in a specific genre to be overlooked at award ceremonies? Absolutely, and a perfect example is “A Fistful of Dollars” that gave rise to what we commonly identify today as “the spaghetti Western”.

A Fistful of Dollars was the first of Director Sergio Leone’s masterpiece trilogy that would be followed by “For A Few Dollars More” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”. It was Leone who realized that the American-made Westerns of the 1950s had become nothing more or less than housing developments designed with a cookie-cutter pattern of staleness.

Leone’s answer was to shoot the film as if he was orchestrating an opera. The result would become the model for many Westerns to come, featuring his trademark taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone.

All of this would give rise to “The Man With No Name” (Clint Eastwood), who was originally referred to as “Joe” in A Fistful of Dollars, but became The Man With No Name in the sequels.

I am very boffo on this film and for good reason. The combination of Leone’s direction is excellent given Morricone’s music, the cinematography by Massimo Dallamano and Federico Larraya, film editing by Roberto Cinquini and Alfonso Santacana, and sound by Elio Pacella. A Fistful of Dollars was shot in the Spanish province of Almeria.

Despite its credentials, A Fistful of Dollars would win only one awardthe Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists’ Silver Ribbon for the Best Score by Ennio Morricone. You could see this film for the musical score alone and come away very impressed.

Released in 1964, A Fistful of Dollars would not make its American debut until 1967. The film’s arrival here was delayed when “Yojimbo” screenwriters Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima sued for breach of copyright and won, receiving 15% of the film’s worldwide gross and exclusive distribution rights for Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Kurosawa said later he made more money off of this project than he did on Yojimbo, which was released 3 years earlier. The screenplay was written by A. Bonzzoni, Victor Andres Catena and Sergio Leone.

The story is about a gunfighter (Clint Eastwood) who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rival gangsthe Rojos and the Baxters.

The Rojos include the dangerous Ramon (Gian Maria Volonte), Esteban (Sieghardt Rupp) and Don Benito (Antonio Prieto), Ramon’s girlfriend Marisol (Marianne Koch), Rubio (Benito Stefanelli) and Chico (Mario Brega). The Baxters include John (Wolfgang Lukschy), his wife Consuelo (Margarita Lozano) and a bevy of additional lesser-light banditos on both sides.

The bell-ringer in the film, Juan De Dios (Raf Baldassarre) warns the gunfighter, “you’ll get rich here, or you’ll be killed.” The gunfighter later acknowledges that the “crazy bell-ringer was right, there’s money to be made in a place like this.”

Neither gang is aware of The Man With No Name’s ploy to play one against the other, each thinking they are using him against their rival, but the gunfighter will outwit them both.

Along the way he will personally kill at least 14 of them, get the Rojos to completely obliterate the rest of the Baxter gang, rescue the kidnapped wife and return her to her family so they can safely escape, rescue the innkeeper Silvanito (Jose Calvo), and eliminate Ramon Rojo in a classic showdown worthy of any Western movie every made and too good to share here.

Another actor to watch in this film is Piripero the undertaker (Joseph Egger), who provides the avenue for The Man With No Name’s escape when he is incapable of doing so on his own.

The genius of Sergio Leone is seen in one of the film’s earliest scenes. As the gunfighter rides slowly into town, 3 Baxter gang members fire shots to scare the mule he is riding. After some food and whiskey, the gunfighter confronts his tormentors with this dialog:

“I don’t think it’s nice, you laughin’. You see, my mule don’t like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you’re laughing at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you’re going to, I might convince him that you really didn’t mean it.”

Properly incensed and challenged, 4 key Baxter gang members draw to fire and are cut down in a blink of an eye by The Man With No Name.

While the dialog and action in this scene are excellent, Leone’s direction is even more so and here is why: In American films, when a cowboy was shot, one camera was ALWAYS focused on the shooter and a split second later, another camera cut to the victim. Leone captured the scene with the camera over Eastwood’s shoulder, so the moviegoer could vicariously witness the shooting as if he was doing the shooting.

Leone’s genius was as powerful today44 years lateras an interactive web site on the Internet, both of which did not exist in 1964. No wonder it is so easy for moviegoers today to experience his genius.

A Fistful of Dollars is too good not to experience. Like so many films that are expected to be nothing and become classics in movie history, the role of The Man With No Name is littered with big names who did not play the role when an unknown like Clint Eastwood did.

This list includes Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and Richard Harrison. Harrison would later acknowledge that “maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing A Fistful of Dollars and recommending Clint for the part.”

Eastwood had been in the television series “Rawhide” prior to being tapped for the role. He helped build the character of The Man With No Name by buying black jeans form a sport shop on Hollywood Boulevard, buying the hat he wore from a Santa Monica wardrobe firm, and buying his trademark black cigars from a Beverly Hills store. He cut the cigars into thirds to give them a more distinctive look.

Leone was reportedly taken with Eastwood’s distinctive style, commenting in Italian that “I like Clint Eastwood because he has only two facial expressions: one with the hat, and one without it.”

Like another tremendously successful actor Tom Hanks, Eastwood knew how to instinctively exude enormous charisma that was never evident in his low-key style. Any real man in America would be proud to strap on The Man With No Name’s gun belt and pistol. Is A Fistful of Dollars a guy film? Certainly.

Leone did not direct the first spaghetti western ever made, but his was the first one to receive a major international release, not to mention the fact that it launched Clint Eastwood on an incredibly successful career as one of Hollywood’s most popular, profitable and bankable actors and directors ever.

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