Category: Smoking

The Fine Art of Craft Cigar Smoking

September 6, 2023
Today we sit down with Tomás Baldonado, the owner and mastermind behind Ultimo Cigars. In this illuminating interview, we dive into the age-old question: Is smoking a sin? In addition, Tomás, a Catholic gentleman, shares his captivating life journey into the world of crafting cigars, offering unique insights into the art of cigar making and how he had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he is today, as a business owner who is constantly evolving. Beyond the smoke, the conversation explores the significance of relationships, teaching others how to make cigars and the fine art of pairing cigars with food and beverages.He is now on-fire to bring everyone to the Catholic Faith while running a full-service video production company that makes videos for Mercedes, Google, IBM, Canon, Gillette, Marriott, American Airlines, and many more. This is a story of passion, fear, loss of friends, pain, and Grace.

Holy Smokes

March 23, 2015
I’ve always been fascinated by smoke. Whether from a campfire, the censer at mass, or curling from a warm pipe (as in the classic tobacco pipe and not some monstrous, abstract glass leviathan that lurks in the back room of some “head shop”). The slow rise into the air transforms the typical quick mental state […]

On the Cigar: A Theological Reflection

April 28, 2014
by John Goerke My mother, so it seems, has no one to blame but herself for planting the seeds that have grown into my love for cigars. My youth was not spent in their presence, not did she ever speak to me of their virtues. But she did, on more than one occasion, present to […]

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