Baby on the way!
Ken Light
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I dropped a hint here and there and told one or two in PM, but I wanted to officially announce that my wife and I are expecting a baby!! I kept it under wraps a long time, so the due date is soon, January 8th. As we approach I'll do a due date contest in the TP&B thread, but it's a bit early to start that now. Anyway, it will be our first baby and we're both excited and nervous to welcome a new addition. To the typical questions, it's a boy, name will be James Royce (JR) Light. Oh, and yes, I'm trying to log some extra sleep now to have a store of it for later. ;D
I also need a couple suggestions for cigars. Have some ideas of my own, but thought I'd ask around here as well:
1) A box to age to celebrate for birthdays. Needs to be a box of 20+ so I can have 2 left when he's 18 so we can each have one.
2) Something to share on/around the night of his birth with people who might be smoking their first and only. Something other than "It's a boy!" Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not my style!
I also need a couple suggestions for cigars. Have some ideas of my own, but thought I'd ask around here as well:
1) A box to age to celebrate for birthdays. Needs to be a box of 20+ so I can have 2 left when he's 18 so we can each have one.
2) Something to share on/around the night of his birth with people who might be smoking their first and only. Something other than "It's a boy!" Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just not my style!
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Aside from that CONGRATS! Kids are great.....a real pain in the rear, but great. I couldnt get through life without mine.
Get a box of AKA cigars to hand out, that seems more your style.
To buy and store?? Padron, FDLA, MF... Your favorite!
Never known a father to be that did not go through varying stages of awe, fear and a total loss of his mental focus. Down right bumbling mass of jitters and incoherency at times.
My wife and I both send our congrats, and the very best wishes for the new life you are about to bring into the world.
Shizz, I think AKA's would be too much kick@ss for these peeps, unfortunately. Though maybe the connie...any idea if it's got a kick like the MoW Virtue "new age connie" type deal or if it's mild strength?
For sharing, maybe something in a slightly larger than cigarillo format, but shorter than a robusto. I guess petite-corona? It'll make you less likely to strangle the non-smokers after they puff a few times and then declare that they're done.
I too would suggest a connie for your celebratory box of smokes --- something mild, should suit all palettes and smaller format is probably best too. I'd vote robusto that everyone should be able to enjoy those.
Maybe Cabaiguan by Tat, or something EPC???
Or just pick something you enjoy....after all, it is your celebration
And as far as aging a box ---- My Father, good cigar and the name just seems right for the occasion.
If not, how about a box of CCs? I always hear how they age well --- but I'd have no idea on what brand to go with.
To celebrate a Gold Medal winning accomplishment, you could go with either the CAO Gold or 5 Vegas Gold. The CAO comes in a corona and 5V in a robusto. Both also come in more cigarillo type sizes as well. If you want to celebrate a little more generously, AVO or Oliva CT Reserve would be good for the neversmokeds and non-smokers.
I really can't speak about it much from experience, but aging opens up so many possibilities-get something classic and well established or try to age something that might be amazing in 20 years?. Padron, Hemingway, Ashton Heritage, splurge on Davidoff Millennium, TatBlack. These are cigars I would consider starting an aging humi with, anyway, and some of them, like the Heritage, sound pretty to the point of what you want to do.