newbie checkin in

[miller3624]

hi, i'm new too, and i was wondering how long you could keep a cigar without smoking it or putting it in a hummidor?? can i just put it in a ziplock bag or tupperware containter? also where in houston do you go? i recently went to a shop in the rice village called the briar shoppe.

[Drake]

hi, i'm new too, and i was wondering how long you could keep a cigar without smoking it or putting it in a hummidor?? can i just put it in a ziplock bag or tupperware containter? also where in houston do you go? i recently went to a shop in the rice village called the briar shoppe.

that place is nice. there are several in my part of town. (galleria area) there's cigar vault at 610 and post oak in post oak park. there's jeffery stone ltd. on westheimer and sage, near the grand lux restaurant. the best place to go IMO is serious cigars. they have the best prices and selection. if you're looking to get some opus x or padron 1926 or 1964, go to the downtown spec's liquor or smith st., i think. i'm not too sure about you're no humidification question. but i'd say not very long. a few days, max. if you're going to keep in in a tupperware, you can make a humidifier with the green foam that florist use to hold together arrangements. search the thread for info about how to make a cheap humidor.

[miller3624]

isn't serious cigars all the way out to like 1960 and the beltway or something? and i can't buy cigars in spec's because i am only 18, and you have to be 21 to buy ANYTHING there. thanks for the locations, live right in that area too so all of that is close to me.

[Drake]

yeah, it takes about 35/40 minutes to get there from the galleria area. i don't go too often, but when i'm in the mood for a drive, its worth it. maybe we'll meet up and have a smoke sometime.

there's also tobacco habana on westhiemer right past winrock on the left. real nice guys there.

[miller3624]

sounds good. oh by the way have any suggestions on some cigars? i prefer, so far, more full bodied cigars.