Last Friday, December 16, 2011, was the last date on Matt Booth’s Cigarmageddon Tour, ending where it began: Burns Tobacconist in Chattanooga, TN. The start was at the Chattanooga Tweet Up in August when Booth introduced this year’s limited edition cigar in the Room 101 collection, the Namakubi. Hopes were high that we would be able to be the first shop to get our hands on the official release of the OSOK (One Shot One Kill) for this event, but delays happen when you are dealing with shipments to foreign countries. The OSOK is now expected to debut in January.
We did have the namesake for OSOK, Mr. Edgar Hoill, in the house for this event, though. Edgar has been working with Matt Booth from the start as his official photographer. The West Coast half of the Tiki Bar, Keith Hollar, has also been in talks with Edgar for a story that will focus on his photography; there might be a contest and a print given away in conjunction with that story, so that’s something to look forward to in the New Year.
I had the opportunity to sit down and chat a bit with both Matt Booth and Edgar Hoill on Friday night. Here’s that conversation…
My local cigar store received the Papi Chulo (which I’m reviewing today), Roxxo and Monstro. Garrett Calhoun, the infamous,of Davidoff, gave myself and Shawn a sample on his visit to the shop when the shop ordered. I was blown away. Since then I’ve probably smoked at least half a box of the Papi Chulos.
A little clip from my recent eventing action at The Smoke Ring in Webster, Texas. Celluloids, smoking hot cigar chicks, tattooed people, McLovin and shitloads of Room101 cigars, cheeyah!
After a brief overnight stop in Detroit for an event at La Casa, we stop over in Ann Arbor to pay my man, Nook “Lachey”, a visit at Smoky’s. Shout out to Mr. Dale Fuller of the CRA, thanks for stopping by.
During the event at The Tobacco Shoppe in Midland, MI, some fine gentleman’s curiosity clearly gets the best of them. The conversation ends with my speaking about future endeavors as a evangelical minister.
