CHICAGO lurkers, come out!

[Demitri P]

Hello all,

I'm coming out of the closet. No, not that closet. This is my first post and I'm starting to get more into the hobby. I recently subscribed to Roy's newsletter (Thanks, Roy) which is providing me a valuable education. I'm 39 and an obsessive, hardcore smoker/collector/fetishist of cuban cigars.

Well, I think you can guess what I like to pair with cigars.....

Anyway, the purpose of my post was to round up the Chicago-area residents for:

1. Group Buys
2. Tastings, get togethers.

BTW, I live in the Loop across from Union Station.

Best regards,

Demitri

[Derek T.]

Hello all,

I'm 39 and an obsessive, hardcore smoker/collector/fetishist of cuban cigars.

Demitri,

Welcome to the world outside the closet (whichever closet you are coming out of today). From the quote above I think you will fit right in here. Obsessive, hardcore, collector fetishes are what we do here - some just do Port, others like you, Moses, Sean C and a few others also "do it" with cigars.


Derek

[Eric Ifune]

Dimitri,
Do you smoke only Cuban cigars?
We had a thread on the other discussions board last year on cigars.

[John Danza]

Hi Demitri,

Welcome to the board! Definitely keep an eye out here and on the Wine Berserkers board for offlines in the Chicago area. There's actually a small one tonight on Amarones, so no port at this one. But I'm definitely up for a port offline at some point.

[Roy Hersh]

Dimitri,

Please let me know if you do plan any Port tastings after mid-Oct. I'd love to come to Chicago (it has been years) meet some local Port enthusiasts and finally get to meet John, who I've known online for years. That would be a pleasure. Unfortunately, I know at least for me, I can't get out there for about five months. I hope you do get to meet some others from the area. If you plan something really good, I am sure people from other parts of the country might even be willing to join in the fun!

Best regards,

Roy