cigar
A good smoke ought to be long and leisurely—you want to take an hour, and you don’t necessarily want to hold on to your stogie the whole time. That’s why cigar ashtrays are massive and have thick fingers. Of course, all the places we like to smoke (like the lake, … Read More
The return of frost on Toronto’s leaves marks the separation of the pretenders from true tobacco enthusiasts. As the temperature drops, cackling frat boys and label-flying philistines douse their cigars and call it a winter, while true aficionados simply bundle up while they smoke out of doors, banished by cautious … Read More
It’s funny to think of cigars as having a particular season, but the smoking ban reality of life in Calgary means that warm summer evenings are a godsend for cigar lovers. In celebration of the cigar season, then, we present our favourite stogie shops in town. Zigarren Canada’s largest walk-in … Read More
I was never a smoker, although I do enjoy the odd cigar now and then, together with a nice glass of Lagavulin. Aside from that, there is really nothing that I eat, inhale or ingest that can truly be classified as a vice…except for espresso, which I drink wherever and … Read More
Let’s call a spade a spade. You’ll be smoking by January 15, among other things. Because of that, XYYC has decided to substitute the usual New Year’s resolutions with a new tradition: Resolve to indulge. Examples: swap tobacco for cigars, daily Big Macs for premium red meat, women on the … Read More
