Well it's a miserable day here in New York so I figured I'd take the time to get you up to speed on the latest happenings in the cigar and pipe worlds. Since my last post I suffered an unfortunate mishap. Nothing too serious, if you don't consider a broken left elbow serious. It will require surgery to repair and at least a three month recovery, but other than that all else is operational since I'm a right handed person so I can still function.
On to better things, on January 18th we had our first pipe club meeting of 2011. It was both a happy and a sad occasion. More on the sad bit later. Our first 2011 meeting was delayed a week due to the inclement weather we've been having in New York this winter. We met, as usual, at Florio's in Little Italy where we had dinner and then went upstairs to smoke our pipes.
At this meeting we honored former president Vernon Vig with a one of a kind custom made Dunhill pipe for his hard work and dedication to the efforts of the club. We also had a custom certificate made to commemorate the occasion. Vernon was quite surprised by the generous tribute bestowed on him by the club. In honor of the occasion the club generously bought all in attendance a drink of their choosing.
We then retired upstairs to enjoy the newly reintroduced Dunhill pipe tobaccos, courtesy of Peter Guss and Liam O'Mally, which were a big hit with all in attendance. Meeting was a great success with all in attendance.
Our normal high energy meetings were made a bit somber when we were informed of the passing of our host, for many years, Larry Amoruso at 51 years young. He lost his battle with cancer on January 13th, 2011. Our condolences go out to his family and close friends.
Our next meeting is on February 8th, 2011. Hope to see you all in attendance where we may sample some unusual tobacco. Before I forget here's the link to the pictures of the evening Pipe Club First 2011 Meeting
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