Another newbie

[cb25]

Where to start...

Been reading up for a while, decided to join the community at last. I'm a dental student in Boston MA, originally from the Phoenix AZ area, and missing it like crazy. Got about a year left out here, then I plan to move back to the desert, the sun, my fiancee, friends and family.

Started smoking "cigars" at around 16years old, while everyone else was trying to be cool smoking other things. I say "cigars" b/c clearly they should not be considered cigars...though it was enjoyable at the time. Had a good friend who was a pipe and cigar smoker introduce me to a more sophisticated and much more enjoyable world of smoking somewhere early in college.

While i'm definitely not an everyday smoker, I've definitely started to enjoy a more regular cigar or pipe. I'm still at the point where I can spend half a day in a cigar store humidor trying to pick out one cigar because I'm not familiar with many of them...but I'm past the point of smoking macanudo's and anything else that can be bought in a drug store. I've always enjoyed a good Romeo y Julieta or a Hoyo de Monterey...recently tried the CAO Cx2 and was fairly pleased -- nothing amazing, but thoroughly enjoyable (plus, you can't beat a free cigar...kudos to CAO for the giveaway earlier this year).

Anyways, looking forward to participating and learning quite a bit more...

chris

oh yea, and forgive the generic username..i'm on a few other message boards (bodybuilding, music, dental stuff) and I try to keep the same name so i don't forget my logins :)

[CgarDan]

Welcome to the board

[mauied1101]

Welcome to CS.

I loved Boston to visit. Not at all fond of it to stay. Wacko drivers, rats, the big dig, and how all of the floors wind up being a foot lower in the middle of the room then at the walls. That and how you shove the doors in to close them instead of turning knobs. Nope, not fond of it at all. Restaurants were good though...

[bigpoppapuff]

the fact that you admit to not liking macanudo's gets you a warm welcome........

........think of all the money you can make if you start a practice in boston....and all that affordable housing,too.....

[stjohnroe]

Welcome from the UK

[cb25]

thanks for the warm welcome guys...

boston is definitely a place to visit...a place to spend a year maybe. but the roses have wilted, at least for me...i'm sure it's tainted by my distaste for school, but it is what it is. and the restaurants are definitely a treat...if i wasn't a starving student, i might make better use of that one!

and about the mac's -- a lot of people like them, and they're certainly a step up from swisher sweets, etc (lol)...but i've never really enjoyed them. think i'm the only one of my friends who doesn't view them fondly...oh well.

again, appreciate the welcome...back to work for me!