| The NFL season is just ramping up and I couldn’t | | | | year, we experimented with different regional and |
| be more excited. I have the misfortune of being a | | | | microbrew beers. Whatever two teams were |
| Detroit Lions fan, so it’s not like I’m | | | | scheduled to play on Monday night, we would pick up |
| expecting a trip to the Super Bowl or anything like | | | | a sampling of beers brewed in those cities. Both |
| that. Mind you, after a winless season and with the | | | | tasty and informative. This year, I’m going to |
| overall number one draft pick -a rookie from Georgia- | | | | take it up a notch. I had a new ventilation system |
| taking over as quarterback, the season has got to | | | | installed for the basement, as well as my new prized |
| be an improvement over last year. | | | | possession: a Don Salvatore Humidor my wife bought |
| What I’m really looking forward to is having the | | | | me for Christmas. |
| boys over for our traditional Monday night football | | | | I was really surprised when I unwrapped that |
| parties. Before I started up this tradition, I was the | | | | wooden beauty, but my wife said that so long as I |
| stereotypical Monday dreading kind of guy. A few | | | | took care of venting the smoke outside, it seemed |
| years ago, I renovated our unfinished basement, | | | | like enjoying a good cigar while lounging around and |
| creating my ultimate rec room. My wife was pretty | | | | watching our game was a reasonable choice for |
| good about it, but I also conceded the rest of the | | | | helping keep us out of trouble. Thank you, Michelle! |
| house to her decorating whims, so it seemed to be a | | | | She gave me the web site where she’d bought |
| fair arrangement. I put in a wet bar, slapped wood | | | | the humidor and I had them send me a catalog of |
| paneling over the drywall, installed a big plasma TV | | | | their products. Sixty-four pages of the finest cigars |
| and covered the walls with Detroit Lions | | | | and accessories. Every time I open that thing, |
| paraphernalia. It didn’t take long before my | | | | it’s like Christmas all over again. I ordered a |
| basement was the place to be for our football fix, | | | | variety of cigars, including some sampler bundles, and |
| replacing the downtown bar where we used to hang | | | | stocked up the Salvatore. |
| out. When I installed the keg cooler, that was it; | | | | Big screen TV, football, a row of leather recliners, a |
| Monday night football was no longer an occasional | | | | cold keg on tap and a good cigar. Monday night |
| pastime, it was a regularly scheduled event. Last | | | | couldn’t get much better. |