Jack Straw
Active Member
The SC Sitdown VII, held Saturday 4/12/08, was attended by 124 B/SOTL's and, again, raised a great deal of amount of money for the charities, Sister Care and The Fuente Family Charity, as well as providing a lot of fun for those in attendance.
Fellow CP'ers Brewmeister, khari, Lou Tam, Kingantz, Cheeze, and I made off with several of the door prizes, and made a good sized dent in The Wild Hare's alcohol selection.
Our weekend began with Brewmeister and his lovely wife, Stephanie, joining my wife, Kathy and I for dinner and drinks at Icy's Sports Bar and Restaurant, another cigar friendly bar here in Columbia. It was a beautiful evening, so we dined, drank and smoked on their deck enjoying the great food and comaraderie. Khari and Lou Tam arrived later in the evening, and caught up with us for the serious drinking and smoking pre-herf herf at my house. I had planned on writing down what everyone smoked, and devote time to talking about the great cigars we smoked, eveyone's impressions of said cigars, etc., but, sadly, a bottle of Tomatin 12 year old scotch whisky, (thanks for the recommendation, Ray!!) and a case or so of Heineken doomed any attempt at writing! Suffice it to say, we all smoked quite a few cigars during the evening, and it seemed that everyone enjoyed them. :whistling:
Saturday morning, after trying to shake off the self-induced cobwebs, we headed over to the SC Sitdown, where the four of us caught up with Kingantz and Cheeze, one of The Sitdown's organizers, and registered and recommenced smoking and imbibing!
SC Sitdown attendees
Sondra from Miami Cigar was there representing La Aurora Cigars. This girl knows how to work a room!
Cheeze - keeping everyone in line!!
"Tiny Tim" Rollins - organizer extraordinaire!
khari with the Oliva swag he won!
Brewmeister learning he just won a Stinky Ashtray. He, also, won some "great" cigars, and was last heard muttering about "bombing" some poor unsuspecting soul, so be prepared!
Kingantz with his Dale, Jr. lighter, courtesy of another CP'er, Heartfelt Industries. As Greg only lives a couple of miles from The Darlington Speedway, it seemed appropriate that he would win this lighter!
Lou Tam and khari. Lou was the only one of us that didn't win a door prize
! But spent most of the afternoon smoking a Padron 80th maduro, and I am sure, from hearing his comments, is now an "official" Padron 'Ho!!
One of the several "Cigar Girls" in attendance!!
After loading cigars, swag, and people into the car, we headed back home for some dinner. Sadly, Kingantz had to head home, and couldn't hang around for the post-herf herf.
After a great dinner, we headed outside armed with a Monte #2, some more Heinekens, and a bottle of Sazerac 18 year old rye whiskey that khari kindly provided. Frankly, the Monte's, from '07, were a bit young and could use some more down time, but the Sazerac, and more importantly, the company, made them taste much better than they probably were.
What a great weekend!
It never fails to amaze me how, basically, total strangers with the shared interest in smoking cigars, can get together, begin by talking about cigars, and in just a few short hours find other areas of commonality, and/or total disagreement, but can have lively conversations, agree or disagree vehemently, but still respect that person's opinion.
I would just like to thank Brewmeister, khari, Lou Tam, Kingantz, and Cheeze for making this year's SC Sitdown very memorable for me, and especially thank CP for providing the opportunity to meet such a great group!
Fellow CP'ers Brewmeister, khari, Lou Tam, Kingantz, Cheeze, and I made off with several of the door prizes, and made a good sized dent in The Wild Hare's alcohol selection.
Our weekend began with Brewmeister and his lovely wife, Stephanie, joining my wife, Kathy and I for dinner and drinks at Icy's Sports Bar and Restaurant, another cigar friendly bar here in Columbia. It was a beautiful evening, so we dined, drank and smoked on their deck enjoying the great food and comaraderie. Khari and Lou Tam arrived later in the evening, and caught up with us for the serious drinking and smoking pre-herf herf at my house. I had planned on writing down what everyone smoked, and devote time to talking about the great cigars we smoked, eveyone's impressions of said cigars, etc., but, sadly, a bottle of Tomatin 12 year old scotch whisky, (thanks for the recommendation, Ray!!) and a case or so of Heineken doomed any attempt at writing! Suffice it to say, we all smoked quite a few cigars during the evening, and it seemed that everyone enjoyed them. :whistling:
Saturday morning, after trying to shake off the self-induced cobwebs, we headed over to the SC Sitdown, where the four of us caught up with Kingantz and Cheeze, one of The Sitdown's organizers, and registered and recommenced smoking and imbibing!
SC Sitdown attendees
Sondra from Miami Cigar was there representing La Aurora Cigars. This girl knows how to work a room!
Cheeze - keeping everyone in line!!
"Tiny Tim" Rollins - organizer extraordinaire!
khari with the Oliva swag he won!
Brewmeister learning he just won a Stinky Ashtray. He, also, won some "great" cigars, and was last heard muttering about "bombing" some poor unsuspecting soul, so be prepared!
Kingantz with his Dale, Jr. lighter, courtesy of another CP'er, Heartfelt Industries. As Greg only lives a couple of miles from The Darlington Speedway, it seemed appropriate that he would win this lighter!
Lou Tam and khari. Lou was the only one of us that didn't win a door prize
! But spent most of the afternoon smoking a Padron 80th maduro, and I am sure, from hearing his comments, is now an "official" Padron 'Ho!!
One of the several "Cigar Girls" in attendance!!
After loading cigars, swag, and people into the car, we headed back home for some dinner. Sadly, Kingantz had to head home, and couldn't hang around for the post-herf herf.
After a great dinner, we headed outside armed with a Monte #2, some more Heinekens, and a bottle of Sazerac 18 year old rye whiskey that khari kindly provided. Frankly, the Monte's, from '07, were a bit young and could use some more down time, but the Sazerac, and more importantly, the company, made them taste much better than they probably were.
What a great weekend!
It never fails to amaze me how, basically, total strangers with the shared interest in smoking cigars, can get together, begin by talking about cigars, and in just a few short hours find other areas of commonality, and/or total disagreement, but can have lively conversations, agree or disagree vehemently, but still respect that person's opinion.
I would just like to thank Brewmeister, khari, Lou Tam, Kingantz, and Cheeze for making this year's SC Sitdown very memorable for me, and especially thank CP for providing the opportunity to meet such a great group!
