Ryan Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I spoke with Prez this morning and he agrees that it would be a great idea to have a gathering for any FoH members who will be in Havana for the Habanos Festival next month. The Habanos Festival is from Monday Feb 27 - Friday March 3. The event will be in the restaurant VIPHavana in Vedado from 4pm to 7pm on Wednesday March 1st. A fairly new restaurant, it's a really nice space and great tapas. Not stuffy at all, it'll be relaxing, fun, a few drinks and cigars, absolutely in the spirit of FoH. A time to share stories of our week so far.. http://en.viphavana454.com/index.php/about-us Finishing at 7 pm as some members will be going on to the mid-week Festival event, in which case at least you'll have had some food before the "dinner". For those not going to the mid-week event, we'll be in the middle of Vedado so there'll be plenty to do afterwards. I am hoping to get final numbers before February 14th so I can give the restaurant some idea of how many we'll be. For anyone going to the festival, please PM me if you can come. Hope to see you there, it'll be a laugh! VIPHavana 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnInCleveland Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Really cool idea, wish I could be there, expecting our first child that week. Would love to meet some of the scoundrels on here in person. If anyone of you trip and fall on one of those marble Nacional ashtrays, I will reward you handsomely. Struck out on my visits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzopyrene Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Andy! Ill be there 90% sure.....probably with Keith, and maybe a couple others. -Luke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Good stuff guys, names are going on the list. Benzopyrene, would be good to see you and Keith again. Can't promise anything regarding Nacional ashtrays but will see what I can do.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzopyrene Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 BTW Andy! I believe you owe me a bottle of rum.....as 2017 is here and the embargo, whilest definitely changed, is still firmly in place. ;-) Will be good to see you my friend! Ill be digging up something nice for you to smoke, I owe you a few! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icaminero91 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I'm landing on Friday 3th morning, is there any meeting going on Friday or saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coloniales Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I will be there like Luke said. I will try and get the ladies from Dubai along with me :-) Keith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Will be there with two good friends and look forward to meet you, Keith & Luke and all the others !! Thanks for organizing this Andy !! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintMickey® Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 @nino fantastic adventure/blog/website Sir! http://flyingcigar.de 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshapiro Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Not going to the festival (unless someone has an extra ticket) but I'll be in Havana Feb 21 - March 5. Would love to meet a few of you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Great, getting some good numbers together, we're at about 10-15 of us so far. I'll leave it open until about February 14th, I'll need to lock down numbers around then for the reservation. It'll be a laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohn007 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I just booked the flight! I am arriving on American Airlines flight 1345 on Monday, February 27th at 2:34pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Need to be in South Florida end of February/early March. May actually find myself in town that evening should things work out. I'll have a better idea by end of week, fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boopdeep Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I just booked my flight. Unfortunately, I am returning the afternoon of the 1st and will miss the dinner. Flying from Saturday (2/27) to Wednesday (3/1). If anyone wants to get together at another time, send me a PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattb82 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This is on the bucket list 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 OK, final bump for anyone who might be interested. Numbers are looking good, we're at about 15-20 people. I need to call the venue within the next few days to make the reservation. If you're in Havana on March 1st, come along. PM me if you haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 On 1/27/2017 at 4:05 AM, Icaminero91 said: I'm landing on Friday 3th morning, is there any meeting going on Friday or saturday? For anyone who can't make the Wednesday event, there will be a few of us having a very informal, late lunch in El Aljibe on Friday 3rd, the day of the gala dinner, from 3pm-6pm. There'll be a group of us, we'll be easy to spot. All welcome. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icaminero91 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 On 2/15/2017 at 7:30 AM, Ryan said: For anyone who can't make the Wednesday event, there will be a few of us having a very informal, late lunch in El Aljibe on Friday 3rd, the day of the gala dinner, from 3pm-6pm. There'll be a group of us, we'll be easy to spot. All welcome. Awesome, i'm dying to try that place, missed it on my first trip. See you guys there. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 54 minutes ago, Icaminero91 said: Awesome, i'm dying to try that place, missed it on my first trip. See you guys there. Thanks Great stuff, see you there, it'll be at the end of the week for us so look out for the group who look like they're coming apart at the seams a little..:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohn007 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 On 2/15/2017 at 7:30 AM, Ryan said: For anyone who can't make the Wednesday event, there will be a few of us having a very informal, late lunch in El Aljibe on Friday 3rd, the day of the gala dinner, from 3pm-6pm. There'll be a group of us, we'll be easy to spot. All welcome. Aren't the women smokers having an event on Friday before the Gala? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Bohn007 said: Aren't the women smokers having an event on Friday before the Gala? Yes the women's cigar smokers event is at 12 noon that day. It's a lovely event and I'll be there. I'd recommend it. But that's breakfast. I'll be in El Aljibe for 3pm. See you in Havana. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 Well, I'm a bit late getting these up but I've been catching up on quite a bit of stuff since I got back from Cuba. The get together at VIP Havana went very well. I'm sure many of you will recognise yourselves and others in the pictures. It's a lovely venue, very good food and service. I had spent the morning around Habana Vieja with Punch Joe which is always fun. Lcaminero91 joined us on the Friday for a late lunch in El Aljibe. Great trip to Havana as usual, an old friend of mine from Chicago joined me, her first time in Cuba. Now she wants to come again in November! Some of the ladies in the pictures are some of the managers from cigar stores in London, Bogusha and Gordana. Rita from New York and her Cuban business partner Yuni plus my Chicago friend, Sue. Friday Lunch in El Aljibe with LCaminero91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torsion Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Really sorry I didn't get to meet (the pics look great!!) the FoH crew who went on this trip! Andy @Ryan you're a legend and I hope our paths will cross again one day soon (saw you at pretty much all the other events anyway!) I ended up going to the LCDH at the old Partagas factory and had a lock in whilst they closed up! By the time we got out the FoH meet up was done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thank you very much Andy for organizing this event and thanks to Dirk for the excellent PSD #4 !! It was a pleasure to attend. Some pictures from me now that I'm back from Havana. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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