THE 45-MINUTE VACATION! | The Art of Livin'

So you have had a really bad day. Work is stressing you out, your In-Laws are driving you crazy and your children are getting on your nerves and you tell your spouse “I NEED A VACATION”. Your spouse agrees but its January and your vacation isn’t for six months. What do you do????

I take a 45-minute vacation. I go into my backyard and start a fire; I sit with a glass of Jack Daniels, but some Frank Sinatra on my iPad. Then I sit and listen to the steel blades slice through the end of my Cigar. The sound is like heaven. As I roll the Cigar in my mouth, I grab my Zippo Lighter (I know some cigar smokers say no to Zippo, but let me tells you this MY ZIPPO ALWAYS WORKS!) and begin to light my cigar. With every puff of my Cigar my cares seem to drift away just like the smoke from my Cigar. For the next 45 minutes I am where ever my imagination takes me. My cares of the day disappear and I am completely relaxed. This is the true beauty of smoking Cigars and I truly feel sorry for those who don’t smoke.

This 45-minute vacation is even better when you are with your Pally’s. Golf is a great sport to play with your Pally’s, but it is better with Cigars! Dinner with Pally’s is great, but it is better with Cigars! Cocktails are great with your Pally’s, but it is better with Cigars! Gambling with your Pally’s is great, but it is better with Cigars. Any thing you do with Pally’s is better with Cigars!

This 45-minute vacation can even be shared amongst strangers. Last May I was at a conference in Las Vegas, me and two of my Pally’s just finished a great meal at the Golden Steer Steak House on Sahara Blvd and went to the Tank at the Golden Nugget. I didn’t have any Cigars with me, because I thought I could buy one at the Tank. I was wrong so when my two Pally’s lit began their 45-minute vacation, I was left to just watch, when a stranger came up to me and asked why I wasn’t smoking? I replied, “I am all out”. The gentleman reached into his pocket and offered me of his and then he sat with us and we all enjoyed a 45-minute vacation. At that moment and asked, “Do you think a vegetarian would offer me a carrot”?

NOPE ONLY A CIGAR SMOKER WOULD GIVE AWAY A CIGAR TO A STRANGER WITH THE ONLY INTENT IS SO THE STRANGER COULD ENJOY A 45-MINUTE VACATION!

Cigar Smokers can only understand the Bond that you build with your Pally’s when you are smoking Cigars together. Those of you who don’t smoke will ever understand the joy we feel.

THIS IS WHY, I TRULY FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE WHO DON’T SMOKE CIGARS BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE A 45-MINUTE VACATION!