Hello All!
I have been a relatively silent member during 2012. I have been able to check in from time to time but teaching, and getting ready for my Graduate School auditions, took up most of my waking hours. However, the most exciting news is I was accepted into the Chicago College of Performing Arts Music Conservatory as a Percussion Performance Graduate Student and will begin this coming fall! (That is part of Roosevelt for those unaware.) I am very excited and celebrated w/ Trader Joe's Almond Champange w/ my family, then a Rocky Patel 2012 Winter Collection Cigar and the first glass of a new bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail.
In other news, still smoking mostly GL Pease blends. Currently only have Laurel Heights open though, as I have also been smoking my two Christmas tins (McClelland Nocturne, which I am still warming up to, and Dunhill Navy Rolls which I just opened last weekend and is all I smoked this past week - excellent stuff). I sadly was unable to get any Sextant before the internet sell out took hold.
I also purchased a Peterson Ebony Tankard since my last post. Love the pipe. Can send pics later.
Happy Smoking!
I have been a relatively silent member during 2012. I have been able to check in from time to time but teaching, and getting ready for my Graduate School auditions, took up most of my waking hours. However, the most exciting news is I was accepted into the Chicago College of Performing Arts Music Conservatory as a Percussion Performance Graduate Student and will begin this coming fall! (That is part of Roosevelt for those unaware.) I am very excited and celebrated w/ Trader Joe's Almond Champange w/ my family, then a Rocky Patel 2012 Winter Collection Cigar and the first glass of a new bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail.
In other news, still smoking mostly GL Pease blends. Currently only have Laurel Heights open though, as I have also been smoking my two Christmas tins (McClelland Nocturne, which I am still warming up to, and Dunhill Navy Rolls which I just opened last weekend and is all I smoked this past week - excellent stuff). I sadly was unable to get any Sextant before the internet sell out took hold.
I also purchased a Peterson Ebony Tankard since my last post. Love the pipe. Can send pics later.
Happy Smoking!