I find myself writing about the 8Eightyeight lounge a lot more recently because they have really stepped up the presentation of special events. The latest such event hosted by the cigar lounge in Fullerton was a Jagermeister tasting on Saturday. Now, to call this a Jagermeister tasting was a bit of a stretch. When they [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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A great night of whiskey and cigars at the 8Eightyeight Diamond Crown Lounge in Fullerton, California. Joined Danny, Dale and Mike for a Glenrothes whiskey tasting. The three whiskeys provided for tasting were the Select Reserve (about $45 a bottle), Vintage 1985 ($125) and Vintage 1991 ($78). Based on the prices I suppose the 1985 [...]
Posted on July 30th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Feel free to skip the following self-congratulatory paragraph. Crazy but successful couple of weeks. Two defendants failed to appreciate the skill set. My favorite was a guy my client was suing, who filed a cross-complaint thinking that would give him some leverage. The judge conducted one final settlement conference before trial, and my client, knowing [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Busy day at work, but when I finally get to retire to the Lido deck, fire up the cigar and turn on Slacker.com, I’m greeted with The Alan Parsons Project: Just what you need to make you feel better Just what you need to make you feel Just what you need to make you feel [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Had a great motorcycle ride today, and had planned to have a beer at the ending point, Irvine Lake. Unfortunately the 500 other riders had the same idea, and the line for beer stretched most of the way to Arizona. I don’t do lines, so I contented myself with a brew at home. He’Brew Genesis [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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I have never experienced such a perfect convergence of cigar smoke, beer, music and weather. Allow me to set the scene. It’s a gorgeous Friday evening in Southern California. The kids are off somewhere with the wife, and I exit my convertible in the garage and grab a beer from my beer fridge as I [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Had a great workout just before retiring to the Lido deck, so I decided to skip the beer. I didn’t want to pollute my healthy body with alcohol, so I went with just water and a cigar, which provides only carbon monoxide, nicotine, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, volatile aldehydes, benzene, aromatic amines, vinyl chloride, ethylene oxide, [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Last night’s tasting was sponsored by the fine people that make Oliva (oh-lee-va) cigars. A bunch of door prizes were given out, but I didn’t win a thing. I think the fix was in. I love the draft beer at this place. I generally switch between the Stella Artois and the Alaskan Amber. Full size pints [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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5 Vegas Cask-Strength Toro (6″ x 52 box-pressed) Unless I’m missing something, referring to a cigar as “cask-strength” really doesn’t mean anything in the context of tobacco, unless, I suppose, it was soaked in whiskey. No whiskey here, but 5 Vegas promotes this as the company’s strongest cigar, so that is the connotation that is [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Ah, the power of the press. No doubt because of my stated displeasure with the March selection, the April Cigar of the Month Club shipment from Cigars International is much better and provides an interesting selection. First comes the Partagas Black Label Clasico (5.25″ x 54), which received a nice review and a 90 rating [...]
Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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