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- Valentines Day on a Budget Can Be Special
Feb 10, 2009
With the day of lovers quickly approaching, now is the time to start thinking about how to make it spectacular, even on a budget. Many people this...
Category: Holidays
- The Super Bowl For Premium Cigar Aficionados
Feb 6, 2009
For the athletes involved--which includes, this year, the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburg Steelers and, making their Bowl debut, the...
Category: Holidays
- What Happens To The Embargo Now?
Feb 5, 2009
Change: now that's a word we've all gotten used to hearing. From its use (ubiquitous, sometimes annoying, and ultimately very successful) in...
Category: Politics
- Make Valentine's Special with A Little Creativity and Planning
Feb 5, 2009
It's the day of lovers -- a time to reconnect and celebrate your relationship with a significant other. Perhaps you've done the flowers and...
Category: Jewelry
- How to Select A Pipe Tobacco
Feb 5, 2009
If you've smoked cigars for a while, you may have considered trying out pipe tobacco. After all, a pipe forms a nice supplement to the...
Category: Hobbies
- Cigar Aficionado On A Budget
Feb 3, 2009
Cigar aficionados are known for their choosiness. They're not the ones who are out there buying forty-five-cent cigar pawns, or smoking every inch...
Category: Society and Culture
- Celebrate Valentines with Unique Presents for Everyone
Feb 3, 2009
While the main focus of Valentine's Day is romantic love, the celebration can really extend to anyone who plays a significant role in your life....
Category: Jewelry
- Diamond's Key Players: The U.S. Elevates the Diamond to New Heights
Feb 3, 2009
The diamond's long journey as a commodity to be enjoyed and possessed by the average consumer begins many centuries ago in places like India,...
Category: Jewelry
- St. Valentine's Day: Uncovering the Saint Behind the Holiday
Feb 3, 2009
Valentine's Day is fast approaching. For many, it's time to consider what type of meaningful gift to present to their loved one. Every February,...
Category: Jewelry
- Cigars and Coffee: Why Not?
Feb 1, 2009
There's a whole discussion out there surrounding the topic, Should cigars ever be combined with food and drink?
Category: Society and Culture
- Myths You May Have Heard About Credit Scores
Feb 1, 2009
Created as a formula to determine the odds borrowers will repay loans on time, credit scores are a relatively new invention. Developed in 1988 by...
Category: Credit
- Smokin' Presidents For Presidents Day
Feb 1, 2009
This President's Day seems as good a time as any for asking the question: Which Presidents smoked cigars? In recent years, ever since the Starr...
Category: Society and Culture
- Antwerp, Brussels: Ancient Trade Routes Lead to the City of Diamonds
Feb 1, 2009
While we cannot know exactly when the first diamond was discovered, we do know one of the world's most precious gems was a traded commodity in...
Category: Society and Culture
- Flower Power and Colored Diamonds Accelerate New Trends in 2009
Feb 1, 2009
While not a brand new trend, flower power rings are sprouting up like tulips on a spring day. A fresh and whimsical approach to fine jewelry, this...
Category: Jewelry
- Celebrities Trend Toward Colorful Jewelry
Feb 1, 2009
The celebrity world is inundated with color - fancy colored diamonds that is. It's a trend that is making its way into the popular culture with...
Category: Jewelry
- New Years' Resolutions For A Cigar Aficionado
Jan 28, 2009
A new year is a time for new ideas--especially a new year like 2009, as we catch our breath before a new presidential administration, a (likely)...
Category: Hobbies
- Stories Of The Cigar Companies: Camacho
Jan 22, 2009
Famous literary critic Harold Bloom (you may've seen him on TV, elderly, wild-haired and wild-eyed, pounding some talk show's table on behalf of...
Category: Hobbies
- U.S. Dignitaries Receive Gem-Encrusted Baubles Worth Thousands
Jan 22, 2009
Tensions between the U.S. and Middle East may be high, but you wouldn't know it given the gifts lavished on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in...
Category: Society and Culture
- Childhood Obesity in Society Today
Jan 22, 2009
The media constantly bombards children with mixed messages on a daily basis. On one hand, children see advertisements that tell them to eat candy,...
Category: Diseases and Conditions
- Gold Makes Waves in the Economic and Fashion Worlds
Jan 22, 2009
It's a trend that's expected to keep making waves in the foreseeable future. Not only are gold values at an all-time high, it's experiencing a...
Category: Society and Culture
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