OK, my Tampa brothers I'll be back in town again next month. I'll be arriving on Feb 21st and leaving on the 28th. Time to start planning.

Sounds good.

This time I won't be staying in Ybor City. We're staying at the Holiday Inn out on Fowler. I'm planning a conference for about 120 people. Some of them are cigar smokers too.

I'm going to turn our guest reception into a herf also. The hotel is setting us up out on their patio and cigar smoking is permitted. I've got a box of cigars to put on the bar for anyone who wants them.

Bring it! Uh, bring them...We can always "stumble" into Ybor!

The date is drawing near.
I don't know what I'm looking forward to more - the cigars or the weather.

Ain't gonna lie...today it's mid 80's. First REAL day in a month. Bring a light jacket/sweater/sweatshirt/hoodie, HockeyDad and I are looking forward to showing you our "local" shop. He just expanded and has a widescreen tv leather furniture, did I mention he has a great selection? Why its 2nd only to CI/CBid!

It's been friggin' cold up here. 60's would be a huge improvement, I'd probably explode in 80 degree weather. I also emailed John Spoden. Hopefully I can meet the Bucanero guys while I'm in town. My flight arrives on 21 Feb at 2:30 PM and I fly out on 28 Feb at 10:00 AM. I have a conference reception on Monday but every other night is wide open.

Hey, it's only a week away and guess what? I just found out that there's a Bucanero smoker scheduled for Friday the 27th at on of the local Tampa shops. How ya gonna beat that!

Won't be able to make it that night. I'll be a couple blocks north of Channelside with the family at a Clay Aiken concert.

Tell Johnny and Robert that I missed them again...drat!

The good thing is that there's a new bowling alley/pool hall on the backside of Antonio's! Ybor is a short trolley ride if you get bored.

Leaving tomorrow morning. Looking forward to the sunshine..

Bring a light jacket...it's been dipping into the 40's at night and it looks like 70's are coming back for the daily highs...today...cloudy with blue trying to poke through!

Will you have email? if not...email tonight or before you leave...

Where's the rest of the Tampa brothers? Is it gonna be just me and DMV?

Count me in, except Friday night. Monday and Thursday aren't great either but can be done.