Puros Y Vino Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Received a few texts from Keith last night as he was attending the opening dinner of the Partagas Festival. Which was somewhat rained out. He reports the following: Launch of Partagas Clubs and Mini's in 10 and 20 packs. The packs sport the Partagas red and black color motifs and look like cigarette flip top packages. They're in limited international release. They are calling these packs "Serie Club" On a more sombre note. Noted Italian aficionado, Massimo Di Giovanni, had reportedly passed away suddenly on Sunday. There was an "In Memorium" done at the opening dinner. Very classy. Fellow visitors to Havana may have seen or met him in the Partagas VIP lounge. He was affiliated with the Italian cigar site. Cigar Club Association. To those that knew him well; our condolences. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjohn7 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Sounds like a great time. I'm so jealous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkay Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Sad news about Massimo. He will be missed. Condolences to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPORTER Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Sad news indeed. Thanks for the report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikek Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 RIP Massimo! Never meet him but we conversed on line! We were planning on seeing him when we went to Italy to visit family! He will be missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bartolomeo Posted November 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2014 Just a pic of Robs party on Monday night, will post more later His house was the official Australian embassy as there is not one there, pic of party being set up w flag in background Pic of his view overlooking the water Rob and Hamlet Keith and others before he fell ill later that day, poor fella 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaStyle Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing the pics Bart... And good to see Rob is still renting out the ultimate bachelor pad in Havana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Great pictures! Thanks for putting those up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Just a pic of Robs party on Monday night, will post more later His house was the official Australian embassy as there is not one there, pic of party being set up w flag in background Pic of his view overlooking the water Rob and Hamlet Keith and others before he fell ill later that day, poor fella Rad! Enjoy! Sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Great photos! Thanks for sharing. It's the next best thing to being there...well, I can try and convince myself thusly. Wilkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottierm Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing. How is Keith today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 Oh no. Did Rob order from that pizza place again? Just the look of it was enough to convince me not to partake. I hope Keith is doing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franko Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Jealous and jealous... Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordAnubis Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Glad you're all having a great time!!! Enjoy a hell of a lot on my behalf folks and someone take care if rob Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subport Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks for sharing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Great pic guys glad ypur all having a great time keep them coming cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AbuAmelia Posted November 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2014 Meanwhile while other people are working. Rob is doing.... Well what Rob does. I think Rob wanted to hire her to run operations. Lol Just a few of 700 pictures taken. It was a trip I will always remember. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherBear Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Oh no. Did Rob order from that pizza place again? Just the look of it was enough to convince me not to partake. I hope Keith is doing better. No, not Cuban pizza. LOL. It was actually from a 5am Cubano sandwich at Nacional from early that morning after a Sunday night of drinking (and no, I didn't get too crazy overall, not that night anyways). I was still on those massive dose antibiotics from my injury in early September, and something just might have been slightly "off" with that sandwich, and with no beneficial / good bacteria left in me, my digestive system was doomed. Twas a brutal day. Tried to calm it with some crackers and 1/2 a bottle of Heineken, but no luck. Snoozed for a 3-hr nap on Rob's couch (kindly offered me his bed, though I tastefully declined, as I had no protection on me ), and then just cabbed it back to the Nacional for a 13-hr sleep since I wasn't improving any at Rob's. Great party, great crowd, and great camraderie, for what little I was able to partake of it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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