Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.
Glad you finished that last statement with CIGARS. :applause: I was worried that your priority wasn’t cigars.Can't believe it's next week!!!!!!!!!
I need to start packing cigars!
So what are you trying to get at?:wink:Are we still at 8 attendees? This is VERY important information to know.
I never really did get much feedback on this so I'll guess everyone is good with this. We will meet at Ybor on 7th Ave. I don't want to make it any more specific than that. Kevin, I have your cell number, let me know if you need mine. Eric, I sent you mine and have yours as well.Saturday. Kevin and Eric will be arriving around noon. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm not much of an early riser, so this might be the best time to get things rolling on Saturday (of course my mind can be changed). I'm afraid Golf is pretty much out as the only person that expressed any interest was Eric and he won't be arriving until after noon. Considering Eric and Kevin will be leaving between 8 and 9pm I need to fit in as much herfing as possible and splitting two of us off from the group for upwards of 4 hours just doesn't seem in the spirit of the whole get-together. There's been a goodly amount of interest in visiting Ybor City. There are upwards of 10 Cigar retailers and around 5 manufacturers in Ybor. Most everything is on or off of 7th Ave which is the main drag there. Ybor Square will be a definite stop and is just two streets up from 7th Ave. We should be able to grab lunch there as there are a BUNCH of restaurants. I'll need to know people's preferences on this: do you prefer to eat somewhere we can smoke, or is that not that big of an issue? If not, I would recommend The Columbia, they have excellent food and as it's Spanish/Cuban food it fits right in. I've been to Ybor exactly twice and it's been a long time, so this should be a good time. Eric and Kevin, it will probably be best to have you guys meet us here. The rest of us can coordinate arriving around noon.
I really don't know how much time we are going to need/want to spend here. Considering the time table, I think Dinner should be around 6pm. If everyone is good with that then I'll make a reservation at Grill Smith for that time. If we get out of Ybor with enough time we can head over to Famous Cigar Bar before dinner. And depending on how people feel we can head that way after dinner as well.