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New TV Night....?

We're thinking about a new TV Night once a week, featuring an entire TV Series, not airing anymore.

I would like some input from everyone as to a good night to do this...one night a week, on a normally boring night for everyone...we can have Pizza, or Wings and begin at the 1st Episode of the series and go until completion...

I am voting for the Critically Acclaimed FX Network Series "The Shield"

THE SHIELD is the groundbreaking, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning program that turned the conventional cop drama upside-down and established FX as a top-tier Cable Network. Now in syndication, THE SHIELD can be found on local affiliate stations on weekends beginning September 23, 2006.

THE SHIELD plays out in a tough, morally ambiguous world in which the line between right and wrong is crossed every day. The series focuses on the tension between a group of corrupt but effective cops and a captain torn between bringing them down and advancing his own political ambitions. THE SHIELD stars Michael Chiklis (The Commish) as rogue cop Det. Vic Mackey, leader of the elite Strike Team unit, who is effective at eliminating crime but operates under his own set of rules. Benito Martinez (Outbreak) plays Cpt. David Aceveda, the young precinct head who doesn’t like Mackey’s tactics and wants to bust him off the force. CCH Pounder (ER & Boycott) plays Det. Claudette Wyms, a veteran detective who understands Mackey and knows how to play both sides of the force.

THE SHIELD has garnered tremendous critical praise and recognition with 11 Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations since its premiere. Importantly, the show made history in 2003 by becoming the first ad-supported cable series to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series. Series star, Michael Chiklis also received the 2003 Golden Globe Award, 2002 Emmy Award and 2002 TCA Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, all basic cable firsts.

Most recently, Glenn Close was nominated for both Golden Globe and Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress for her special starring role in THE SHIELD’s fourth season. CCH Pounder was also recognized for her outstanding performance this year with an Emmy Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

THE SHIELD was created by Shawn Ryan and is produced by Fox Television Studios in association with Sony Pictures Television.

So What do you all Think? Do we wanna do this or What?

Lemme Know!

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Our Dear Friend and Customer "Big Mike" Guillen, died in a Motorcycle Accident, same day as our CAO Event and my Birthday, Dec. 6th. Mike will be in our Hearts and Prayers.

Ride in Peace my Brother.

CAO CIGAR EVENT

Saturday, Dec. 6th

Kyle, with CAo Cigars "Represent 'n"

                   The Mighty "Spike maduro"                  Big "B', da mailman, Perry and ZZ

Michelle, Stevie, Ken, Nick, Kyle, Perry, ZZ and Frankie

               Frankie and his beautiful bride Michelle

Captain cao "kyle"

Chef "boy-r-p"

"zz"

"The Gang"

More Pics to come...gotta download em.

Cigar Rollers

Have Cigar Experience provide a cigar roller and custom cigars at your next event.

The Making of the Mini Cigar Bar™

Last year I vacationed on a small private and somewhat secluded island in the Grenadines called Mustique. Of all my travels, this was by far the most tranquil and relaxing. There was no place to be, and no schedule required.

There was nothing but time to enjoy the breathtaking views, the smell of the ocean and the warmth of the sun (A great setting to sit down and enjoy a good smoke and a vintage whisky).

I love my scotch and cigars and I have learned that it isn't always easy to bring them with you. If you don't take them, you might not have a hell of a lot of choices of what you can drink or smoke. Which was unfortunately the case on this vacation. Don't get me wrong; I am somewhat resourceful and managed with the help of some of the local folks, to get my hands on some decent Cubans and some palatable whisky. It was then I realized I needed one case to hold those necessities.

I wanted to make a small portable case that would carry my good whisky and my cigars anywhere I went easily. Most importantly, it had to be made well, be extremely functional and most importantly, fashionable.

The Mini Cigar bar is made from fine leather and has three compartments inside the bag, each one large enough to hold a bottle of your favorite beverage. Included with the bag is a cedar lined leather cylindrical humidor, 4 stackable acrylic glasses, and a jet style cigar lighter. There is nothing like it on the market (yet), and its available to you right here!

Max Benjamin's Mini Cigar Bar (Patent Pending) will most certainly be the hottest gift idea for the cigar aficionado in 2007. Max has really hit the nail on the head with this portable travel bar! It is just one of Max's great ideas for fashion-centric entertaining being released for the upcoming year. The Mini Cigar Bar answers the needs of the discriminating cigar smoker by providing an extremely fashionable and functional travel bag that holds your favorite bottle of scotch or bourbon and includes an all leather cedar lined cylindrical humidor, lighter, and acrylic glasses. The bag is all leather and comes in black and brown. It retails for $295.00.

The Mini Cigar Bar answers the needs of the discriminating cigar smoker by providing an extremely fashionable and functional travel bag that holds your favorite bottle of scotch or bourbon and includes a cedar lined cylindrical humidor, lighter, and acrylic glasses. The bag is made from soft fine quality leather and comes in black and brown.

It retails for only $295.00

NEW CIGARS

Kristoff

Alec Bradley

Exile "Wired"

This Nicaraguan Handmade cigar by American Tobacco S.A. factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, is a new, well priced brand that is a mellow spin off the original Exile line that was introduced in 2006. This cigar features a combination of aged, flavorful Dominican dry tobacco, Honduran long filler tobaccos Nicaraguan ligero and Veso, a pronounced Connecticut broadleaf binder and an oily Criollo wrapper from Havana seeds. The result: a perfectly crafted cigar with smooth and rich flavor, medium body accompanied by a touch of spice sweetness. Every cigar is individually cellophaned and packed in a portable sized wire-bound crate  – hence the name

The CAO America is the first 'Pinstripe' style cigar in CAO's portfolio with two American-grown wrapper leaves: one Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro and one Connecticut Shade. Inside there is a Brazilian binder and 100% ligero filler tobaccos from Nicaragua, Italy, U.S.A., and the Dominican Republic. The CAO America will come in 20 count red, white and blue boxes and comes in three shapes: Potomac (5" x 56), the torpedo-shaped Monument (6 1/4" x 54), and Landmark (6" x 60).

Habano Wrapper
Wrapper: Habano
Filler: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Flavor: Rich, Full-Body
Habano
Habano Wrapper has always been the wrapper of choice for Cuban cigar makers. It delivers a robust, full-body flavor. It is the most complex of all wrappers. Our Habano wrapper is grown in Nicaragua as are all the long-fillers in this rich blend.

Connecticut Wrapper
Wrapper: Connecticut
Filler: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Flavor: Smooth, Medium
Connecticut
Grown under the natural cloud cover of Ecuador, this Connecticut seed is light, and creamy. It remains a favorite of aficionados all over the world. You will be surprised at the complexity this wrapper delivers in the large ring gauges.

Cameroon Wrapper
Wrapper: Cameroon
Filler: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Flavor: Medium-Body
Cameroon
Grown in Cameroon Africa, this wrapper has a distinct flavor and character. Cameroon Wrapper is thin and toothy, yet it delivers rich notes of cedar and coffee. This blend is complimented by a 4x66 box pressed torpedo.

Dunhill Signed Range

For years Dunhill has stood for uncompromising quality. Introduced in 1989, Dunhill was received with overwhelming popularity. Dunhill's master cigar rollers delve from a selection of tobaccos including spicy Piloto Cubano and Olor tobaccos from the Cibao Valley in the Dominican Republic. Dunhill cigars feature the finest Connecticut shade-grown wrapper, a tempting mix of fillers from Brazil and the Dominican Republic, and are complemented by a binder from the Dominican Republic. Each cigar is mild to medium bodied with the perfect flavor and balance one can expect from such a big name in cigars. Dunhill has quickly become a cigar with an outstanding reputation as one of the best super premiums available

The Signed Range line was introduced as Dunhill's "top-of-the-line" cigar in 2003. It offers a medium to full bodied flavor. Dunhill's Signed Range is crafted using an Ecuadorian wrapper, USA Binder, and Dominican/Colombian Filler and is only available at select retailers. You can find this new Signed Range treasure in elegantly-decorated boxes of 25.

The Long awaited Ashton E S G is Here!

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Gurkha's new

"Black Dragon" is HERE!

Beach Cigars adds Black Dragon for mere mortals to Gurkha portfolio

Late in 2006, Beach Cigar Group stunned the cigar world by introducing the most exclusive cigar in production, Black Dragon. With exquisite, 15-year aged tobaccos, presented in a 75-year-old hand-carved, camel-bone chest, it was available to only five epicures worldwide, at a price tag of $115,000 for 100 cigars. Who would expect to sell cigars for $1,100 each? “So far, we’ve sold three of the five boxes, but I can’t say who bought them, other than to say they went into the Middle East,” CEO Kaizad Hansotia said at press time.

The company is now introducing Black Dragon at a more earthly price of only $10 to $13 a cigar, depending on size. They come in three shapes: Robusto, 52 x 4 1/2, box of 40, $400 MSRP; Torpedo, 53 x 6 1/2, box of 20, $240 MSRP, Presidente, 52 x 8 1/2, box of 20, $260 MSRP. Like the elite version, the new line is handmade of long-filler tobacco, in the Toraño family’s Danli, Honduras, factory. Its wrapper is a five-year aged dark Cameroon, the binder is Dominican and the filler is Nicaraguan and Peruvian leaf. Presentation is opulent. Beach will have the new Black Dragon cigars available for sale at RTDA 2007.

Thats right folks, Gurkha's newest Cigar the Mighty "Black Dragon" is here! NO ONE ELSE has these yet, but as usual, if its a "Gurkha", your ol pal Harry Smooth has come in under the Radar with an Exclusive debut of this newest and finest of all Gurkha's!

Stop in and see for yourself why Gurkha is indeed the Worlds Finest Cigar!

Just a few of our cigars in the Humidor...

Tatuaje

Pete Johnson, the cigar buyer for Grand Havana Room in Beverly Hills, California, has created his own line of cigars called Tatuaje. Named after the Spanish word for tattoos, Tatuaje refers to the sleeve of inked images that Johnson sports down the length of his arms.

Tatuaje cigars, which Johnson made in conjunction with Tabacalera Tropical, are completely Nicaraguan, but Johnson's ultimate goal was to create a Cuban taste. The cigars are rolled in Miami's El Rey de los Habanos factory, located in Little Havana. The head roller, Jose "Pepin" Garcia, is a veteran master roller from Cuba; he was on hand for the debut of the cigar, at the Grand Havana Room in New York City, where he showed off his skills. Churning out delicious cigars all evening, he even rolled a beautifully made cigar pipe, as well as a cigar shaped like a baseball bat.

"This is old world Cuba for a new generation," said Johnson. "What they are doing in Nicaragua is the closest right now to what they are doing in Cuba -- the sweetness of the wrapper and the aroma coming off the foot." He describes the cigar as medium to full bodied. "People find it mild because when they first light up, the corojo wrapper adds a sweetness, but [the cigar] builds up strength toward the end, and that's how Cuban cigars are to me."

In the Humidor NOW~!!!

Tatuaje 2006 COJONU

Country of origin: NICARAGUA

Tatuaje has taken the industry by storm! The Cojonu line represents the pinnacle of production coming out of the El Rey de los Habanos factory in Little Havana, Miami. Cojonu 2006, introduced in that year, features a unique shade-grown viso wrapper. Under the direction of Maestro Tobaquero Jose 'Don Pepin' Garcia, master rollers skillfully handcraft each cigar, resulting in an impeccable construction and smooth draw. Tatuaje’s creator, Pete Johnson, carefully selected 100% first generation Cuban seed Nicaraguan filler, giving the puros their impressive strength and complex aroma. Each Tatuaje cigar truly captures the spirit of old Havana, down to its Cuban-style triple cap.

Tatuaje 2003 COJONU

All the Tobacco used in the Tatuaje Cigars are 1st Generation Cuban Seed, Grown in Nicaragua. The Cigars are rolled in classic Cuban Tradition by Eight Master Rollers in Little Havana Miami, FL U.S.A. Headed by Maestro Tobaquero Jose Garcia the cigars are rolled with a beautiful Cuban Triple Cap and are Medium to Full in flavor. Tatuaje has been named one of Cigar Aficionado's Top 25 Cigars for 2005 & 2006.

Graycliff

Founded by Graycliff Resort owner, Enrico Garzaroli, The Graycliff Cigar Company has achieved fame worldwide for its handcrafted cigars, produced within the lush tropical setting of Graycliff's prestigious resort.

An enthusiastic cigar aficionado, Garzaroli dreamed of producing truly top-class cigars that would be perfectly compatible with the fine wine and cuisine that his restaurants were noted for.

To realize his dream he partnered with well-known cigar legend Cuban Avelino Lara to create Graycliff's high-end, limited production cigars.

The Graycliff Red Label, known as the original blend, combines a smooth-burning Indonesian wrapper with tobacco from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Brazil.

Avelino Lara's incredible consistency of construction allows these cigars to hit flavor peaks other brands can only hope to reach. The even burn and white ash keep going until there is only a smoke ring.

The Graycliff Blue Label Profesionale pays homage to the Red Label Original Blend with a smooth-burning Indonesian wrapper and tobacco from Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

The Blue Label wins the award for beauty, as the outer leaf tends toward a more classic cosmetic face. Cigar manufacturing aficionados know that each cigar has a face (front) and a rear (literally backside). Veins are virtually nonexistent within the range of Graycliff Profesionale. Additionally, there is a there is a much larger use of Brazilian tobacco, and therefore a smoother finish to these cigars.

The Graycliff Emerald has the difficult-to-produce, high-quality candela wrapper. This shade of wrapper was once referred to as American Market Selection, distinguished from the brown, English Market Selection. In the new millennium, Candela has been rediscovered.

The Emerald's tobacco is the same as Graycliff Crystal's - a blend of Nicaraguan, Dominican and Brazilian tobaccos - but what a difference in taste the candela wrapper makes. The Emerald cigar is softer but somewhat vegetal on the palate.

Rocky Patel

Decade

 "The Edge"

The Edge Lite &

 The Edge Missiles

The Edge is for professional smokers only. This unrivaled experience fills the acclimatized palate with spicy constituents accenting it¹s full flavor. It will leave the seasoned smoker weak in the knees without a harsh finish.Very Very Smooooooth Cigars!

Also Rocky Patel Vintage 1990

Mild to medium bodied, this blend of rare aged tobacco has a perfect balance of flavor, complexity, and richness. A very smooth earthy smoke with notes of cedar and a light espresso flavor. In pursuit of the finest tobacco's the world has to offer, Rocky Patel uses this 12 year old Honduran Broadleaf wrapper along with a 5 year filler and binder that will satisfy every smoker from novices to the most discriminating of aficionados.

And.. Rocky Patel Sungrown

GURKHA

Gurkha Cigars are hand made from the finest tobaccos grown in the fertile Cibao Valley of the Dominican Republic. The premium Connecticut shade wrapper gives these Dominican made cigars a rich, creamy flavor with a hint of spice and promises a pleasantly light finish.

The Master Select line of Gurkha Cigars features wrappers made from extra-select six year-old vintage Cameroon tobacco. These are powerful and very complex cigars.

Gurkha has become known as the preeminent crafter of the world's most rare and expensive cigars. With only 10 boxes of 20 cigars released each year, a box of the famous "His Majesty's Reserve" sells for between $9,000 and $10,000! That's of course if you are lucky enough to find one.

Gurkha Cigars were named "World's Best Cigar" by Opulence Magazine. Gurkha enjoys a worldwide reputation as a top quality cigar, popular with the most affluent and discriminating smokers, especially in Asia and Europe.

Hand Made in Honduras,  Binder: Cameroon or Indonesia, Filler: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua ,Wrapper: Honduras or Dominican Republic Rated 88 to 90 by Cigar Aficionado

The "WARLORD"

Warlord - With a name like Warlord, you would expect something robust and satisfying. Well, Gurkha delivers with this massive, 7" x 55 vitola. To create this eye-popping cigar, Kaizad Hansotia combines a juicy Nicaraguan wrapper that's dark and durable with a complex mixture of Nicaraguan long-fillers. To tame this beast, a smooth Connecticut binder is added to complete a medium to full-bodied smoke. Expect an array of rich, meaty flavors with a subtle hint of coffee. To package the Warlord, considered to be Gurkha's finest blend yet, Kaizad created a beautiful, antique-style mahogany chest with bronze accents. 30 cigars per chest.
 

Gurkha Special Edition Black Beauty 6.5 X 60 Thats Right Folks, K. Hansotias "Flagship" Cigar is finally out, and You wont find them anywhere else right now. We are the First to get these Beautys! You know Gurkha. You know this is a cigar for the connoisseur. Never produced in large quantities, Gurkha limits itself to being a boutique brand. That’s because the tobaccos that make up the Gurkha can never be found in large quantities. But this is Gurkha’s niche, and no one does it better. Witness the Gurkha Beauty, each cigar magnificently enclosed in its own individual heavy, opaque glass tube. This is Gurkha Beauty, the newest entrant in the list of outstanding boutiques from the limited edition manufacturer. The tobaccos that comprise Beauty have been patiently housed in Nestor Plasencia’s tobacco barns in Danli, Honduras, for five long years. During this time, they have been subjected to the most meticulous care as they cure, age, ferment, and then ferment again. With each slowly passing year, these tobaccos keep getting more mature as every vestige of harshness is aged away.

It’s been five long years since the bales were chosen and sequestered in a special barn. But 2006 is the year for these tobaccos now to make their debut. Only now does Plasencia deem them worthy of inclusion in a Gurkha.

The Gurkha Beauty is very limited, very rare, but we have them.

THE "BEAST" 6.5 X 60padThe Beast has an extremely rich and dark looking wrapper. This aged Costa Rican Maduro wrapper lends the cigar its unique flavor. Medium to full-bodied, Beast is masterfully blended with a Nicaraguan binder, and an intriguing mix of Honduran, Dominican, and Colombian tobaccos for the filler. The Beast is, well . . . a beast, a large cigar which is perfect for the blend. This large format has a perfect draw a great burn and allows for a multitude of flavors to enjoy at every puff. Full flavored, it is rich, hearty, but never over-powering, and has a complex earthy taste with a subtle hint of coffee. It’s definitely a man’s cigar and rare, so if you want a chance to tame this Beast, now is the time.

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