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As promised in my James Upshall thread, I did make it to NYC for the pipe club meeting last night. I travel and work in Secaucus NJ occasionally and I have been trying to coordinate with a meeting of the New York City Pipe Club. Last night, I was finally able to attend a meeting. Wow, what a great night. I've never been to any pipe club, let alone one with the history of the NYC club. The meeting/dinnner is held monthly at "Florios" on Grand Street. I rode the train into the city, than grabbed the D-line to the restaurant, not too bad travel-wise for this rusty NYC traveler.
Dinner was downstairs, than the group went upstairs to the wonderful cigar bar. The room itself was full of collectibles, a lot from the city, but it was so crowded and busy, I didn't have much of a chance to take in any of the display cases. I will do that on a future visit.
I'm terrible with names, but everyone was incrediby hospitable towards me. It didn't hurt that I brought a big bag of tobacco and blends from Boswells. A tin of the new Sobranie and FVF were big hits and I gather hard to come by. One member bought the rest of the Sobranie tin from me, smoke it well! Member Romeowood was in attendance, but I was never able to work my way around to that part of the room for very long. If a member is in the pictures, let us know.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I stayed well past my deadline and missed my shuttle back to the hotel but fortunately I was able to hail a cab. You don't want to walk a few miles back to the hotel in Secaucus!
I saw some wonderful pipes. One member had quite a few Russian artisan pipes and a J Allan creation. To this point, I've never seen much less held a pipe of this stature. The doctor seated beside me (Martin) had two wonderful Chartans and is apparently quite a collector of that brand.
Pictures:
Dinner was downstairs, than the group went upstairs to the wonderful cigar bar. The room itself was full of collectibles, a lot from the city, but it was so crowded and busy, I didn't have much of a chance to take in any of the display cases. I will do that on a future visit.
I'm terrible with names, but everyone was incrediby hospitable towards me. It didn't hurt that I brought a big bag of tobacco and blends from Boswells. A tin of the new Sobranie and FVF were big hits and I gather hard to come by. One member bought the rest of the Sobranie tin from me, smoke it well! Member Romeowood was in attendance, but I was never able to work my way around to that part of the room for very long. If a member is in the pictures, let us know.
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I stayed well past my deadline and missed my shuttle back to the hotel but fortunately I was able to hail a cab. You don't want to walk a few miles back to the hotel in Secaucus!
I saw some wonderful pipes. One member had quite a few Russian artisan pipes and a J Allan creation. To this point, I've never seen much less held a pipe of this stature. The doctor seated beside me (Martin) had two wonderful Chartans and is apparently quite a collector of that brand.
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