Yesterday I met a close friend of mine to have a cigar. You never know during life’s journey who will be close to you. My wife’s brother and I grew close and became good friends over the years. We are lucky that we also almost live next door. In the same way that my sister’s husband showed me the way with the cohiba esplendido cigar that piqued my interest years ago, I piqued his interest in cigars a few years ago. We sat in our yard with each a cigar while my daughter ran around and the wife after her. The conversations were about everything and the vacation we were going to take together. We smoked Oliva Serie G cigar. At this point I hadn’t smoked an Oliva Serie G cigar in a month or so, even thou it is one of my go to cigars and always used to have one at home.
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