Cigar Club RVA on Greater Richmond Grid Magazine
April 17, 2010
Written by Pedro Martinez
Photo: Steve reading CCRVA article on Greater Richmond Grid Mag
Just like any given Friday, Rosemarry @MelRV and I got ready for our cigar night at Havana ’59 Restaurant located in the Farmer’s Market area in Downtown Richmond, Virginia, aka RVA. This time, however, we’ve planned to attend the Foursquare Day’s celebration at Sheba’s Ethiopian Restaurant, organized by Mary Fender, @MaryFramer, before stopping at Havana ’59.
It was a nice day out temperature wise, so we took the scooter and headed for the city; it was a big mistake. I suffer from chronic pollen allergies and didn’t take into account how much pollen still out there. My eyes were red like a tomato, but I managed to hang in there. By the time we parked our scooter in front of Havana ’59, my eyes felt like they had a pound of sand, and that’s on each eye. We walked to Sheba’s and quickly spotted many familiar faces.
The greatest thing I’ve found about Foursquare has been the gain of Friendship Wealth. That means that I’ve been able to know and connect with many awesome people, some of which have become close friends.
I finally met Paul Spicer, a freelance writer and Emerging Media Editor at the Richmond Grid Magazine. He’s an awesome person to have a conversation with, and it was even more interesting to find that he has visited my hometown a few times and constantly travels to the Caribbean.
Paul pointed out to me that he saw an article that I wrote published on the latest Richmond Grid’s magazine. I of course had to see it immediately. He ran next door to get me one issue, but they had ran out of them. I searched the Richmond Grid’s website on my Droid, looking for the list of establishments that carry the magazine and found one just at the corner of Main St & 18th St in the Farmer’s Market.
Did I mention how AWESOME my Motorola Droid is?
There was the article on page 38 of the magazine, titled Spark Me Up! I was so excited to see the article I wrote and a picture of Rosemarry and I in it. You have to realize that English is my second language and I don’t quite dominate it just yet; and after 15 years in the state, I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon either. It also feels me with joy that one of my hobbies and delight for many cigar aficionados in the Richmond area has gotten some attention, especially after the recent smoking ban that went into effect last December, along with constant threads of tax hikes for the tobacco products.
Once we arrived at Havana ’59 with some of the attendees of the Foursquare Day’s celebration, I passed the magazine around for some of them to see it. This is where I snapped the picture above of Steve, @scguthrie, checking the article out.
I would like to thank Dave Smitherman, Publisher of Richmond Grid’s magazine @PublisherRVA for the thoughtful opportunity to give Richmonders a peak to some of the local cigar scene.
Click here to find where to obtain the latest issue of Greater Richmond Grid Magazine.
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