Hey defcon! Went to the Up 'n Down last night and dropped a quick buck fifty on cigars. They were out of PAMs, only PANs left so I passed on them but I did buy his last 4 Opus Xs and assorted others including some Hemingway Signatures. He wouldn't sell me the Opus box, said that they get theirs in bundles and re-use the same box,(that's been the subject of other posts so I just mention it FYI, if not true at least it's a common lie, LOL). BTW, tremendous selection, so so prices, but he gave me a free coffee mug.
So, I leave the store and head down N.Wells to meet some friends at Gino's East for the best pizza on the
planet. Once seated with my group I'm looking around checking out all the graffiti. What do I see? Right above the Miller Genuine Draft neon guitar on the facing wall in 6", blue letters: defcon. I kid you
not. Good omen? I thought so. Then we went to Blue Chicago and they wouldn't let me smoke a cigar. The doorman saw one in my pocket as we were going in and said, "Dude, you can't smoke that sh*t in here." Cigarettes seemed to be allowed, though. Guess they're afraid that the cigar smell would mask the aroma of puke and stale beer.