Cigars

When I smoke I usually do so outdoors. We have an 11 month old daughter and I do not like to subject her to the smoke. I smoke most afternoons with my father-in-law on his front porch. I do not normally smoke until the afternoon or early evening. I also enjoy smoking while barbecuing in the back yard. We get to barbecue a lot since we live in Southern California. My brother has an outdoor fire place in his backyard and we enjoy getting together and smoking out there near the roaring fire. In California it's getting pretty hard to find public establishment where you can smoke. The local tobacco shop allows smoking, but only in an always crowded area of their small shop.

We used to attend cigar dinners once a month a Taix French restaurant in Los Angeles. La Plata Cigars always sent a cigar roller so you could show up, light up a few freshly rolled smokes, and enjoy a great steak. That was one of our favorite monthly "smokers." We also used to atend the occasional smoker at the Dunhill shop in the South Coast Plaza shopping mall. I never did figure out how they got the smoke smell out of all those suits and ties afterwards.

Well, I hope the anti-smoking craze lessens up a bit soon. It sure would be nice to enjoy a fresh rolled La Plata with that steak!!