Hello from Los Angeles

[Brew&Briar]

Hello fellow pipe smokers.

I have been a novice pipe smoker for the past ~10 years. Despite a slow burn, I still purchase more tobacco than I can consume in a reasonable period of time - and purchase more pipes than necessary.

Currently enjoying Warped Cloud hopper - and after trying my first bowl of Frog Morton Cellar, I am now cursed with trying to fill that void I never new existed.

I also just started a new alias instagram account for Pipe Smoking and other fine things @BrewandBriar

Cheers!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Welcome and best greets to LA, You are on the right path Sir,

 

[Elric]

Welcome aboard! Glad to see your TAD is in full flare!

 

[mso489]

Welcome aboard from central N.C.; I originated in Chicagoland. In the Navy I spend some time home-ported in Long Beach and bussed in to L.A. proper to see the Lakers play in the Wilt Chamberlin days and eat some non-Navy food and otherwise get away from military life for the weekend. Another business trip there much later in my working life, which I enjoyed quite a bit.

 

[maulragoth]

Welcome Urban! Love some Frog Morton Cellar, when you can get it. Nothing wrong with stocking up for the tobaccapocalypse.

 

[Brew&Briar]

Welcome aboard from central N.C.; I originated in Chicagoland. In the Navy I spend some time home-ported in Long Beach and bussed in to L.A. proper to see the Lakers play in the Wilt Chamberlin days and eat some non-Navy food and otherwise get away from military life for the weekend. Another business trip there much later in my working life, which I enjoyed quite a bit.

What arena did the Lakers play in those days? I reside in the Downtown LA area, and their presence at the Staples Center has been a key factor in the revitalization/gentrification of the city. Pretty amazing to watch over the last 12 years I have been here.

 

[cigrmaster]

Welcome from Florida. Here are a couple of readily available blends that I enjoy.
Capstan Blue Flake
Mac Baren Old Dark Fired

 

[spartacus]

Welcome from Arizona!

 

[Brew&Briar]

Welcome from Florida. Here are a couple of readily available blends that I enjoy.
Capstan Blue Flake
Mac Baren Old Dark Fired

I have a tin of Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired from 2013! Have not cracked it yet.. Looking forward to it.

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome!!!

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Colorado. I miss the frog!

 

[Brew&Briar]

Welcome from Colorado. I miss the frog!

I've only had it once, and miss it so. It was the last smoke in that pipe.. so the ghost still lingers..
I just got a few ounces of Boswell Northwoods.. I have heard they have some similar notes.
Also Sutliffs Eastfarthing... But I wont get my hopes up there as it has a light vanilla casing on it..

Oh well, Here's to new adventures.

 

[peregrinus]

Hello and welcome from Seattle, Washington.

 

[magicpiper]

Welcome from Florida. Your habits sound a lot like mine in that I purchase tobacco at a much higher rate than I could ever possibly consume. But why not...right?

 

[diamondback]

Hey hey howdy and a warm welcome from Middle Tennessee! Glad you’re here!

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Welcome from East Tennessee

 

[americaman]

Torrance here. You should come out to our pipe club meetings if you can. Welcome, and happy International Pipe Smoking Day!

 

[indoeuro]

Welcome! I like that you still consider yourself an amateur after ten years. There's always more to learn and enjoy!

 

[mso489]

Urban briar, I'm sure my Lakers experience pre-dated the Stables Center by eons, with Wilt Chamberlin playing. I can't remember the name of the venue. A shipmate and I caught a bus on Wilshire (and later back) and it wasn't a long ride, maybe thirty minutes including stops. It was a big indoor stadium with sloping floors for seating, no balconies that I recall. We were about midway back. I think we just asked for the Lakers, may not have even learned the name of the stadium. I was surprised that perhaps a third of the fans seemed to be groups of kids and age-mate friends with one or two parents. Comfortable and consoling experience for a couple of sailors during the Vietnam thing.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Welcome from Knik River, Alaska! It's just like LA.........