Cigar Weekly

pelonegro · 11-16-2002, 01:39 PM

Thursday was our 21st anniversary and I took my wife out for drinks, dinner, then checked into a suite at the old Dallas hotel where we spent our wedding night 21 years ago. Now, the highlight of the evening was not cigars

, but I did have a couple of exceptional smokes for the occassion.

We started the evening in The Library, a nice little cigar-friendly piano bar in the Melrose Hotel. Ahh! Low-lighting, comfy wingback chairs, conversation with my lovely green-eyed wife and a PUNCH PUNCH. Smoked with a smidgen of sweet coffee, some leathery qualities and spice, perfect draw and burn which perfectly accompanied three glasses of Macallan. A great beginning.

On to Bob's Chophouse: great steaks and smashed potatoes, but not a place for conversation. The acoustics makes this a better venue for a rowdy party of guys than for an intimate dinner with a lady. No cigars here.

Checked into the hotel and got an amazing surprise. I had brought a Padron 64 Monarca for this portion of the evening, but when I got into the room, I found that the-best-neighbor-ever had snuck in before me and left a PADRON 1926 NO. 1 waiting for me!

My mate changed into a little gift from Victoria's Secret and we settled onto the sofa for a nightcap, smoke and conversation. The Pad'26 was a great cigar, no doubt, but maybe my expectations were too high.

It's a beautiful cigar and burns and draws like a dream. Great taste: woodsy flavor, subtle strength and agreeable spiciness, but it compares more closely to the Anniversary line rather than to the Millennium, which was what I was kind of hoping for. No sign of that darkly sweet finish I like in Pad 64s. Nice smoke and I thoroughly enjoyed trying it, but to be fair, perhaps I was a little distracted by my lovely wife.

A perfect night, though. To paraphrase the motto of a soft drink,
"things go better with smoke."

Edited by - pelonegro on 11/18/2002 7:23:45 PM

11-16-2002, 01:39 PM	#1
pelonegro Club Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dallas, TX USA Posts: 1,166	Thursday was our 21st anniversary and I took my wife out for drinks, dinner, then checked into a suite at the old Dallas hotel where we spent our wedding night 21 years ago. Now, the highlight of the evening was not cigars , but I did have a couple of exceptional smokes for the occassion. We started the evening in The Library, a nice little cigar-friendly piano bar in the Melrose Hotel. Ahh! Low-lighting, comfy wingback chairs, conversation with my lovely green-eyed wife and a PUNCH PUNCH. Smoked with a smidgen of sweet coffee, some leathery qualities and spice, perfect draw and burn which perfectly accompanied three glasses of Macallan. A great beginning. On to Bob's Chophouse: great steaks and smashed potatoes, but not a place for conversation. The acoustics makes this a better venue for a rowdy party of guys than for an intimate dinner with a lady. No cigars here. Checked into the hotel and got an amazing surprise. I had brought a Padron 64 Monarca for this portion of the evening, but when I got into the room, I found that the-best-neighbor-ever had snuck in before me and left a PADRON 1926 NO. 1 waiting for me! My mate changed into a little gift from Victoria's Secret and we settled onto the sofa for a nightcap, smoke and conversation. The Pad'26 was a great cigar, no doubt, but maybe my expectations were too high. It's a beautiful cigar and burns and draws like a dream. Great taste: woodsy flavor, subtle strength and agreeable spiciness, but it compares more closely to the Anniversary line rather than to the Millennium, which was what I was kind of hoping for. No sign of that darkly sweet finish I like in Pad 64s. Nice smoke and I thoroughly enjoyed trying it, but to be fair, perhaps I was a little distracted by my lovely wife. A perfect night, though. To paraphrase the motto of a soft drink, "things go better with smoke." Edited by - pelonegro on 11/18/2002 7:23:45 PM __________________ cultivo una rosa blanca...