Wassup guys. I just got back home from spending a great week in Vegas with Mark (SWAM), Marvin (MC808), Naomi (Marvin's wifey), Dan (Mark's brother) and Jon (Fia). Met a bunch of great BOTLs, vendors, manufacturers, bloggers... I didn't get to take much pictures at the IPCPR floor but here is a quick recap of my crazy crazy week and few cell phone shots.
Saturday
Arrived into Vegas around 7:45pm. After checking in at the hotel, we met up with Mark and Fia at Del Frisco's for dinner.
This is the 007 wine cellar that transforms from a table while playing theme songs from various James Bond movies.
Steak!
After dinner, the sommelier gave us a tour of the wine cellar. This was the biggest bottle I found in corner of the cellar.
Rows of nebuchadnezzers
Why are these so dang expensive?
After dinner, we headed to Alec Bradley hospitality room at the Palazzo. This is the new cigar for IPCPR, Black Market.
Black Market display. I think there were also a 60 ring gauge box pressed Prensado but I didn't get a picture of it.
After steak, cigars, booze, all we needed was some dessert before bed so we headed to Grand Lux Cafe in Venetian. You can't tell from the pic but these were the biggest pieces of cake and pies I ever seen.
Keylime Pie
Finally headed back to the hotel at around 4am.
Cigars smoked today in no particular order
- Alec Bradley Black Market Robusto
- Alec Bradley Prensado Corona Gorda
- CAO La Traviata Intrepido
- J. Fuego Sangre de Toro Original
Day 1
Sleep count - 0 hrs
Cigar count - 4 cigars
Sunday
This was my one and only free day before the show or events so rented a car to drive around. Dan and I went to the Premium Outlet Mall and Meade Shopping Center. Saw the biggest Bath and Bodyworks ever.
Got a double double animal style at In-N-Out Burger and checked out Pheasant Cigars that was located in the same parking lot. Very comfortable looking lounge but selections were less than par.
Picked up a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue for $149 at Total Wine. Humongous Costco of liquor had anything and everything except bacon flavored vodka and celery bitters lol (inside joke). We don't see these guys at home
Drove to Man Cave for a smoke and they were CLOSED!!! Who closes a cigar shop on a Sunday? Charles did explain why they close on Sunday on another visit. Thanks bro.
Headed to Binions for the Hawaii party. I didn't take a single picture of the party since we had so many bloggers there so I'll leave it up to them. Thanks all for coming down and making this a great party. We hope you all had a great time.
After our party ended at around 12pm, we headed up to the rooftop for Paul Vato's Pool Party. Had few drinks and watched his wife roll some cigars before calling it a day.
Finally called it a day at 3:30AM. Only got to smoke 2 cigars today. That BHK took almost 3hrs to smoke.
- Fonseca Special Series for TAA
- Cohiba BHK56
Day 2
Sleep count - 4 hrs
Cigar count - 6 cigars
Saturday
Arrived into Vegas around 7:45pm. After checking in at the hotel, we met up with Mark and Fia at Del Frisco's for dinner.
This is the 007 wine cellar that transforms from a table while playing theme songs from various James Bond movies.
Steak!
After dinner, the sommelier gave us a tour of the wine cellar. This was the biggest bottle I found in corner of the cellar.
Rows of nebuchadnezzers
Why are these so dang expensive?
After dinner, we headed to Alec Bradley hospitality room at the Palazzo. This is the new cigar for IPCPR, Black Market.
Black Market display. I think there were also a 60 ring gauge box pressed Prensado but I didn't get a picture of it.
After steak, cigars, booze, all we needed was some dessert before bed so we headed to Grand Lux Cafe in Venetian. You can't tell from the pic but these were the biggest pieces of cake and pies I ever seen.
Keylime Pie
Finally headed back to the hotel at around 4am.
Cigars smoked today in no particular order
- Alec Bradley Black Market Robusto
- Alec Bradley Prensado Corona Gorda
- CAO La Traviata Intrepido
- J. Fuego Sangre de Toro Original
Day 1
Sleep count - 0 hrs
Cigar count - 4 cigars
Sunday
This was my one and only free day before the show or events so rented a car to drive around. Dan and I went to the Premium Outlet Mall and Meade Shopping Center. Saw the biggest Bath and Bodyworks ever.
Got a double double animal style at In-N-Out Burger and checked out Pheasant Cigars that was located in the same parking lot. Very comfortable looking lounge but selections were less than par.
Picked up a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue for $149 at Total Wine. Humongous Costco of liquor had anything and everything except bacon flavored vodka and celery bitters lol (inside joke). We don't see these guys at home
Drove to Man Cave for a smoke and they were CLOSED!!! Who closes a cigar shop on a Sunday? Charles did explain why they close on Sunday on another visit. Thanks bro.
Headed to Binions for the Hawaii party. I didn't take a single picture of the party since we had so many bloggers there so I'll leave it up to them. Thanks all for coming down and making this a great party. We hope you all had a great time.
After our party ended at around 12pm, we headed up to the rooftop for Paul Vato's Pool Party. Had few drinks and watched his wife roll some cigars before calling it a day.
Finally called it a day at 3:30AM. Only got to smoke 2 cigars today. That BHK took almost 3hrs to smoke.
- Fonseca Special Series for TAA
- Cohiba BHK56
Day 2
Sleep count - 4 hrs
Cigar count - 6 cigars
