The Ride the Coast benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana is one of my favorite rides every year, and it just keeps getting better. I’ve participated for the last three or four years, and the organizers really got it together this time.
Two years ago, the ride terminated at a shopping mall, [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Another great beer festival at Irvine Lake. The second annual (hopefully) Orange County Beer Festival was held on May 15 instead of August like the previous year, and that resulted in much cooler weather.
I went with a friend and two designated drivers (always good to have a backup at an event like this in [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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For the next 17 hours (until about 5:00 a.m. on May 13, 2010), you can buy tickets to the Orange County Beer Festival for just $20. Go here for the discount. Thanks to Dale Conjurski for the link.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Temperatures in Southern California are back in the 80s. The motorcycle is back on the road and the Lido Deck was singing its siren’s song. Time for a pairing of beer and cigar.
Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet, Magnum (6.0″ x 50)
I went to my humidor with no particular stick or style in mind, but was [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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The fine folks that brought us the Orange County Beer Festival last year were kind enough not to make us wait an entire year for a repeat. The event was both magnificent and munificent last year, and in my review I suggested that any self-respecting beer drinker west of the Mississippi should plan on attending [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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I have not yet persuaded the American Psychiatric Association to include this disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, better known as the DSM-IV, but I am pushing for inclusion of a disorder I have named Competitive Compassion Disorder, or CCD.
You see the classic example of CCD every time you go to [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Great minds think alike. Back in June, I wrote of the perfect convergence of beer and smoke when I teamed an Out of Bounds Stout, by Avery Brewing, with a God of Fire Robusto by Don Carlos. I rated the Out of Bounds Stout a 9.6 on The Morris Scale — the highest ranking ever for a stout. I [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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A Cuban government-owned tobacco company won its 12-year legal battle to stop a U.S. cigar producer from using the Cohiba name and trademark in the United States. A federal judge in Manhattan once again backed up Cubatabaco, which accused General Cigar of “exploiting the reputation and goodwill of the Cuban Cohiba.”
Cohibas are among the world’s [...]
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Thinking of going to one of the Big Smoke events sponsored by Cigar Aficionado? A few days ago I attended The Big Smoke in Las Vegas, and here are my impressions. I attended only the night portion of the event, not the day seminars or whatever it is they do, so keep that in mind. [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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Michael Jordan has been told to can his butt if he wants to continue to be part of the United States’ Presidents Cup team that will take on the Internationals at Harding Park Golf Course this week.
After seeing a picture of Jordan puffing on a cigar in Tuesday’s San Francisco Examiner, city officials asked the [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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