Recent content by Flinthills Tex

That's what I did. It's just about a 5 minute walk at a leisurely pace from the Madison & Wabash Station on the Loop. BTW, the round trip fare from O'Hare to downtown is $10. Just buy a day pass with unlimited rides (also $10), then you can move about as you please. Way cheaper and way less...

The wife and I are on a sort of a belated honeymoon (just 25 years after the fact). Chicago is a great town, but it can be tough on any smoker (smoking ban indoors EVERYWHERE as well as outdoors within 15 ft. of any doorway - making it really hard to light your pipe in the "windy" city!)...

Hi Hawker, I use Vauen Dr. Perl Junior 9 mm filters. I have tried others, but those are the easiest to find over here in Germany. The activated charcoal in the filter does a great job of absorbing tar without altering the taste of the smoke.

Paul Stanwell Jubilee has been my favorite tobacco for a few years now. It's my go-to tobacco, and I always have a tin of it around. If you want to know more, check out my review on Tobacco Reviews: http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/2224/stanwell-jubilee

Hi everybody! Just got back from our annual father-and-son 3-D archery outing in the Austrian Alps. We had a blast and enjoyed a perfect Indian Summer at 3,500 ft. Waiting for me when we got home was the Lion's head Meerschaum pipe I had ordered a few weeks back. I found an online dealer from...

Hi there, y'all! Well I'm originally from Texas, but I've lived most of my life here in Germany. As a kid I spent a lot of time with my grandparents. My grandpa was always smoking a pipe, and I just loved the smell. When my wife asked me whether or not I'd like to start smoking a pipe myself, I...