Category: Lounge Life
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Elite Cigar & Smoke – Rochester, NY There is a difference between walking into a cigar shop looking for something to smoke and walking into one after spending months thinking, writing, talking, and probably overthinking cigars. I’ve worked in the Rochester area for years and have visited Elite Cigar & Smoke before. This wasn’t some…
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How a collection slowly gets out of hand Nobody accidentally ends up with this many humidors. This hobby escalates slowly. One “great deal” at a time. First it’s: “I’ll just keep a few cigars around.” Then it becomes: “Well the five-pack was cheaper.” Eventually you’re reorganizing cedar trays at midnight while explaining to your bank…
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Is it worth it? A home cigar lounge is awesome. It’s also occasionally inconvenient, antisocial, expensive, hilariously enabling, and one small step away from becoming a part-time second job. But honestly? That’s part of the fun. Because once you build a space that’s truly yours, it changes the entire cigar experience. The Pros It’s Yours…
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To Lounge or not to Lounge; is that even a question? Everybody thinks a cigar lounge has to look like a billionaire’s bourbon bunker hidden behind a secret bookshelf somewhere in Manhattan. Mahogany walls. Leather everywhere. A guy named Sebastian softly explaining Nicaraguan fermentation while jazz plays in the background. And listen — if that’s…