SC Sit Down No. 3; part 3

Well, all good things must come to an end, right? Bright and early Sunday morning, we had to take Wacco to the airport for his flight back to Boston! Before we did, we managed this pic to remember their stay at Casa de Tiny:

Since Rob (BDO) had never been to South Carolina, we decided he should see Charleston! So, after dropping off Wacco at the airport, we headed to Charleston for the day. The weather was fantastic! We, of course, hit the cigar shops. Here we are standing outside Las Palmas Cigar Shop, where they handroll Dominican cigars right in the shop!!!

We also met up with Terry (Tel), who lives in Mt. Pleasant. We met up at the Smoking Lamp:

This was a fine way to end a great weekend! Bigdaddyopus flew off to Detroit the following day and everything sorta got back to normal! Everyone is already talking about the next Sit Down, sheduled for sometime in May, 2006!

SC Sit Down No. 3; part 2

More pics from the big weekend!

Rebel John and Phyllis joined us shortly after we got home.
After a quick "nap", we got up and started all over again early on Saturday morning. Pope Crisco arrived around 10:30. Here is BDO and Pope Crisco having a morning smoke:

Around 11:40 we packed up and headed to the Wild Hare. Bildo792 and Wolfman were already waiting for us:
We got started right away! Here's Wacco and Cheeze:

Cheeze and Tel:

Mark Lewis (r) and friend:Fireant, from the Red Neck Bastids!

Chris, Nate and Nutboy!

Nate, Chris, and Ernie

The legendary Pope Crisco:

Smalltownsmoker:

My daughter, Chelsea, with Wacco:

Wacco helping the waitresses with their cigars!

Angie giving cigars a try!

Cute Nicole!:

Charity looks like she knows what she's doing!

Yep, I'd say so!

Charlie, Connie, and Bill:

My gang; Chelsea, yours truely, and Connie:

The whole Sit Down gang; well...most of 'em anyway!:

Yes, that IS smoke in front of the camera lens. Sorta appropriate, don't you think?

People came and went all day, but a few of us remained until 10 pm! Long day, but a good day. We had a great time.!

More in part 3!

Report from SC Sit Down No. 3!

Part 1
Fantastic! That's all I can say about the Sit Down; fantastic! We had 28 people there from all over the eastern half of the country! Wacco flew in from Boston, and Bigdaddyopus flew in from Detroit! Rebel John and his wife drove down from Raleigh and Wolfman drove up from Florida. We even had Pope Crisco drive over from Atlanta.

All of the original Sit Down bunch were here, except for Casey. We had Stogiesandhoagies, Smalltownsmoker, Outfield Jack, Rebel John, Connie and I!

We got started earlier this year. The "pre" Sit Down started shortly after I picked up wacco and bigdaddyopus from the airport around noon. After a short tour of downtown Columbia I took them back to my house to get settled in. Since they were flying in for the event, I decided they should stay with Connie and I for the weekend. Around 5:30 we were joined at the house by Stogiesandhoagies. Jim Massengale showed up a little later and we had our first cigar of the night! Many more were to follow! Around 6:15 we left out and headed for Shealy's Bar-B-Q in Leesville, SC. They have some of the best southern cooking anywhere!!!! One of Bigdaddyopus's requests of me was to take him to a good southern cooking place! Well folks, it don't get any better than Shealy's!!!!

Shortly after getting our fill at Shealy's, we headed back to my house to sit outside on the cigar patio, around the chiminea, and smoke 'em up! At one point in the evening, I decided it was time for the annual "burning of the butts"! I accumulate a bunch of cigar butts over the spring and summer from all the yard work, and I toss them in the chiminea! It was getting pretty full, so I set them ablaze for all to see!

Bourbon was flowing freely, along with a little rum, while the smell of fine cigars filled the air. Rebel John and his wife, Phyllis, joined us shortly after we returned to the house. We had a nice mini-pre-Sit Down going!

It was getting late, and we knew we had a big day tomorrow, so we all called it a night around 11 or so.

Here's the pics from the Friday night get together:

Stogiesandhoagies (Charlie)

Pre-Shealy's smoke.

(L-R) Charlie (S&H), Me (Tiny Tim), Bill (Wacco), Rob (BDO), Jim Massengale

Part 2 to follow...

"The Ring Ceremony"

Wow! It's almost over! I can't believe it, but my son, Ty, will be graduating from college next May! Last Thursday night Newberry College had their Ring Ceremony, where the seniors have their class rings presented to them by their parents and/or sponsors.

It was a small, but proud group who received their new class rings. Below are some pics.

Dad putting the new ring on Ty's finger. (Look closely; mom is back there!)

Proud dad, mom and Ty!

Jared Locke, Ty, and Pat Egleston; Two other baseball players with Ty.

The entire group of ring recipients:

Congrat's Ty!!!