Last week we all went to Big Smoke in Vegas. We wanted to make this the kick off party for the OCL (Ohlone Cigar Lounge). We ordered shirts for the OCL and showed up in force. Great time except if you ever see one of these shirts roll up to a Craps table run away as fast as you can!!! We're back this week and it is a bit of a sobering experience of how much we have to do to get the store open. We spent a lot of time this week working with the architect on the exact layout of the lounge. Did you realize how much you have to think about lighting a cigar lounge. What the floor will look like (currently polished and stained concrete with nice carpets is in the lead), do we have a hard roof or hanging roof over the store room, etc. We need to find a cash wrap or the place the register and point of sale system goes. Hell, we need to go find a Point of Sale system. There is a lot left to do before we open. Our current target opening date is February 4th Super Bowl Weekend!
But it is all coming together now. We have a twitter account. If you want to follow us it is @ohlonecigars We also have a Facebook page on OhloneCigars.
Next post will hopefully have the exact address and some early before pictures.
At Big Smoke Rocky Patel handed out a CD with the Cigar you got. Meh, I didn't think anything about it. Some of us watched it yesterday and wow, what a great video. You can find it and more on RockyTV. This is an excellent video if you want some great information on the cigar making process. In fact, I'm smoking a Rocky 15th Anniversery Box Pressed today because I watched the video yesterday.
More to come, keep watching and reading.
-JR
