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Nice pics Jere! Looks like you saw a lot of stuff that never gets a mention here or elsewhere.
 

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And thank you for the comments. I am glad to help show you guys what is going to be coming up. It seems like we have some great cigars coming....I hope that everyone has a chance to get a hold of a couple of them!

And I will try to get some reviews out soon on some of the things that you might not know about, or that are coming out that may be of interest to everyone.
 
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Thanks for the pics Jere! I'm sad that I wasn't able to make it down this year. It's going to be a great fall for everyone! :thumbsup:
 

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Great photos, thanks for sharing.
You go to any after parties?
Anything crazy happen?
How many stix did you walk out of there with?
Let us know how those stix are as you smoke em. Ive hear a couple of good things about a couple stix.
 

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Yeah, I did. I made it to the La Aurora cocktail party on Tuesday night. They launched their newest cigar "Guillermo Leon". It is a medium strength cigar (at best), but had a lot of flavor. I really enjoyed the corona size, and have a couple of other sizes to try. Aaron (gibbleguts) said he liked the corona, but the corona gorda was better.

Wednesday night, Craig (kurtdesign1) got me into the ECJ Awards party. Now, he told me I would be good coming straight from the convention floor, dressed in what I had on...shorts and a polo. Man did I feel out of place!!!! So many suits and ties and chicks with dresses. Didn't matter, the event was very cool. The magazine gave out awards for best cigars for various regions, for best value out of each region, and best over cigars. Each winner also provided a couple of boxes of cigars from their line for the attendees to smoke. No...not a couple of boxes for each person.

Thursday night I was invited to the Ashton dinner. Aaron, Dave (uncelnino) and Tim (podman28) were also there. They did a dinner Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night...serving drinks, food and cigars to 800 people!!!! It was an amazing dinner...actually you should see at least a pic of the dessert in my photos, if not also a pic of the menu. Carlito Fuente and the Garcia family were guests of Ashton at the event.

There were a number of other events as well. Perhaps those that went to them will jump in here and share. I know Tim and Aaron went to the Joya de Nicaragua dinner and Davidoff cocktail party. Tim also went to the CAO dinner. Matt (Cyrann) was also there. I have no doubt he went to some events too....oh wait, no one knows who he is.

Also, the first night I was there (Monday), a bunch of people got together at an out of the way cigar bar called Dos Jefes. Marvin (MC808) was there with a bunch of his buddies. They found the place last year. Dion from Illusione also came out to smoke as well. Was a great night.
 
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Awesome stuff Jere. Thanks for letting us in.
I was that menu. Pretty impressive spread. You guys know me I love the food end. It gave me some good ideas for a cigar dinner I'm doing this fall at the club.
 
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a group of us drove up to this from Tulsa...Man it was a blast!...so many new and old fav's to try out... the Generals party on Tuesday night was totaly out of control..we had a great time...it was nice to see New Orleans back on its feet for the most part...My bud and I were deplyed there for 44 days after Katrina....
Jere... did you make it by the WB booth?.. he launched this year with his new line of smokes. On Thursday he had party at the cigar factory in the french quarter.
 

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Jere... did you make it by the WB booth?.. he launched this year with his new line of smokes. On Thursday he had party at the cigar factory in the french quarter.
You know, I had a chance to talk with Warren at Don Leoncio on Tuesday night. Real great guy. I actually never had a chance to stop by there. I kept thinking about it, but would get side-tracked. You try one of his cigars?
 

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Great pics man. I was there last year and missed it this year due to a family situation but your pics gave me the feeling of being there. This has made my week a little better so thank you.
 
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You know, I had a chance to talk with Warren at Don Leoncio on Tuesday night. Real great guy. I actually never had a chance to stop by there. I kept thinking about it, but would get side-tracked. You try one of his cigars?
Walter is nuts!...we had a great time hanging out at Harrahs casino as well as his after party... and yes he has some great cigars.. most of his stock is coming from the Camacho factories but I think he had one of the better blends for one of the "new Guys" that were at the show...loved the pairing with the Cognac that he was intorducing from his partnership with Ludacris...He said he would be intorducing a cigar to match the cognac as well.
 
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