By Marc Phillips As an agnostic progressive, I’ve learned to keep my own counsel when herfing with strangers or casual acquaintances. I don’t want to perpetuate any stereotypes about knuckle-dragging cigar smokers, but I also […]
By Marc Phillips “It looks like you’re smoking a big sausage!” For years I’ve been fond of the 6 x 60 cigar size, long before the nickname gordo became the acknowledged nomenclature. There’s something about […]
By Marc Phillips Back when I was still living in Colorado, I wrote a column for The Smoking Jacket concerning the influx of Cuban cigars into the US after the first steps were taken to […]
By Marc Phillips “Why, them cigars are fer Girl Scouts and Methodists!” In the world of serious cigar smokers, flavored and infused cigars don’t get a lot of respect. Go onto an online cigar forum […]
By Marc Phillips Since I started smoking premium cigars back in 1998, I’ve lived in several states: California, Washington, Texas, Colorado and now New York. That’s right, we just packed up and moved a […]
By Marc Phillips I’ve been reading a few articles on the cigar websites about lanceros, panatelas and other “skinny” cigars, and how they’re suddenly becoming more and more popular over the last couple of years. […]
by Marc Phillips Have I told you about my trip to Australia this summer? That’s kind of an in-joke around here, since I can’t seem to shut up about it and I’m really starting to […]
By Marc Phillips When I opened a cigar lounge in Kyle, Texas back in 2011, I took a rather didactic approach to my marketing efforts. At the outset of this venture, one of my cigar […]
By Marc Phillips “Way out west, a story is told About a bunch of cowboys, tiny and bold Riding tall, tall in the saddle Herding cows the size of schnauzers but they’re cattle…” Ah, mini […]
By Marc Phillips Have I told you about my constant struggles with smoking premium cigars in my isolated town on Colorado’s Western Slope? I’m sure that I have. In fact, I know that I have. […]
By Marc Phillips A few years ago, but more recently than I’m willing to admit, I visited my favorite cigar store in Austin and stocked up on a few Don Pepin Garcia Cuban Classics in […]
By Marc Phillips “How much longer are you going to be smoking that cigar?” I’ve been smoking high-quality premium cigars for about 17 years now, and not once has anyone approached me in public to […]
By Marc Phillips Colleen and I just returned from a dealer event in Phoenix a few days ago where we introduced our new Axis VoiceBox S monitors to the Arizona Audio Video Club, our second […]
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