muh-muh-muh-my Corona!

Back in the early 90's, when I was a young smoking lad, I was partial to Arturo Fuente Hemingways. They used to cost $4 a piece and I could only buy five at a time. Now, they are $12 each. Bonkers.

Other cigars I enjoyed: Te Amo Torpedos, H. Uppman's (my everyday cigar), Macanudos, and Schimmelpennincks in the small tin. I bought a case of Punch Punches when I drove cross-country and I smoked them all through the southwest.

I've had a few Cuban cigars, a Romeo y Julieta (divine), a few snuck in without labels (varying quality), and I once had a Cuban Cohiba, right before they became overproduced. But the best cigar I ever had was a Partegas 150, to celebrate the 150th year of their cigar production. The cigars were $25 a piece, but were worth every cent. Later, we found out that cases of them sold for thousands of dollars and they are still spoken of in hushed tones.

I smoke a cigar about once a year or so now. In the late 90's when they became super-popular, they became mass-produced and more expensive (explain those economics to me). I turn my nose up now with all the "flavored" cigars and the poorly rolled, kept in the glove box dried out donkey turds that turn up now and then. But sometimes, I like to just go to a tobacconist and walk for a bit in their humidor, smelling the smells of my misspent youth.

I turn my nose up now with all the "flavored" cigars and the poorly rolled, kept in the glove box dried out donkey turds that turn up now and then.

I'm right there with you.