I spent the afternoon and evening at our monthly in-person Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club meeting at Arlington Pipe and Cigar Lounge. There was an in store Peterson and Savinelli trunk show, we celebrated club President Tim Garrity's birthday with cake and song, and had our business meeting.
As all this played out, I enjoyed a bowl of "Dino's Balkan Blend" (McClelland's 5100, Syrian Latakia, blending Oriental, and some D&R Yenidje), in a Peterson Sherlock Holmes Smooth Strand, purchased in 2002, at the Grafton Street store in Dublin.
A great time was had by all!
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