As some may know, my mother passed this week at the age of 90, after a very difficult month or so.  I'm very fortunate to have a good support system, including friends who are willing to help me out maintaining consistency here.  I didn't even have to deputize an honorary Craig, I recruited an actual Craig, Craig Gilpin.  Thank you, Craig, for your help.  Without further ado: 

First off I feel the need to point something out. I received the press release for this year’s Punch Father’s Day release, Mr. Punch’s Weiners. I thought the Dad Bod was a terrible concept just about all around, some folks liked it.

I wasn't even really thinking that I only smoked Macanudo and Punch cigars for this week's post, it just sort of happened that way!  I was really impressed with the Macanudo Emissary España last year, it's really good, and on the stronger side for a Macanudo.  It has tobacco grown in Spain, and the new one, the Emissary France, believe it or not, has tobacco grown in France!

the expense of it all, and having to tend to my mother that made me decide to skip it. I'll try again next year. I have plenty of friends there now, watch for their content: CigarProp, Cigar Pulpit, Coop, Boston Jimmie, Developing Palates, etc.

I still have a few new-to-me cigars from the past few month's travels, one of which was a Platinum Nova Limited Series Torpedo. This is a 5½” x 55 torpedo with a Habano 2000 wrapper and Dominican binder and fillers.  My first experience with Leo at Nova was at the 2020 TPE show, where they introduced me to a dizzying array of cigars.

I watched the last Drew Estate Freestyle Live show a few weeks back and was a little intrigued.  I was curious about how exactly a Dominican cigar with a sweet cap could be a game changer, but I was interested in finding out.  Low and behold, a package shows up with the Freestyle Live pack inside from Drew Estate. 

Thursday night I went to a Flyers Game, their second meeting with the Tampa Lightning. You may recall that I went to Tampa last November to the game there, and they won in a shootout.  It was a fantastic experience with the Diamond Crown cigar lounge and all, Kevin and I had a great time!  This time I took my youngest son, and I smoked a Serenity Now from Asylum/CLE Cigars.