Eyes getting tired of reading blog after blog on your favourite topic?  Would you rather spend your time out and about, while still absorbing the latest cigar and whisky intel?  Podcasts are the answer.  Subscribe to a podcast and get the latest show each week synced to your iPod or MP3 player.  It’s the audio equivalent of an RSS feed, delivered to iTunes (or your preferred player) on a regular basis.  I thought I would take this opportunity to round up the whisky and cigar podcasts that I am aware …

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1990-1999, the years of the cigar boom.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1970-1989, the years of Life Archive’s reduction from a weekly to a monthly magazine.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

To Celebrate the life of little “JJ”, who passed away suddenly almost 3 years ago, I joined many others who follow Stogie Review and lit up a Don Pepin Garcia JJ yesterday. I had picked up the Maduro Sublime, which is a Toro at a full 6 inches and 54 ring guage. This cigar is wonderful to look at, touch and smell before smoking. The wrapper is shiny, dark and smells quite sweet and rich.  The cigar feels perfectly constructed all the way down it’s length, without any noticeable lumps …

As we recently posted, Cigars in Review magazine has recently premiered, for which The Aspiring Gentleman’s ad was created by Katie of Key Concept Designs. We were super happy with the results, as were the other clients for whom she designed ads. She sent along these ads (or proofs thereof) for my thoughts, and I’m posting them here for your enjoyment. If you run a cigar company or website, and want some quality ads or other materials designed, I highly recommend Key Concept for your design work.

If you follow the cigar blogging world, you’re probably aware that this Thursday, July 22nd, is the 3rd annual “Smoke a JJ for JJ” day.  Join Jerry Cruz (of StogieReview.com) in lighting up a Don Pepin Garcia JJ series in memory of Jerry’s son JJ, who passed away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 3 years ago.
I made a trip down to my local B&M last week to grab a DPG JJ (pictured), which I’ll be smoking on Thursday.  Also, Barry at acigarsmoker.com is generously donating $20 to the American SIDS …