Where I Smoke, Write, & Meet

Esteli, Nicaragua

Just finished factory tour Feb 23-26, 2014. Pics soon to follow.

Wow.

1220 West New Haven Avenue

West Melbourne, FL 32904

321-727-0399

New lounge. Jimmie and Jacquie are running the show. The humidor is near full and a recent event filled the parking lot.

Addresses and phones are on each tab; map is to show general area.

Old Colonial and Ashes closed; Jimmies opened near Tranquilo.

This stand will be provided to Brevard retailers; I will ship it for cost to other retailers who make a minimum purchase. I can make this in about any brand box, but my book logo will be on the front of the box.

As I calculate shipping expense, I am considering just making the template available. I knocked one out in five minutes with a coping saw; the wood is relatively soft. I will send a book cover to glue/affix to the wood with a minimum book order.

The second will cost nothing if you do the labor. Kind of like the cool Wood You furniture.

600 Brevard Avenue

Cocoa, FL 32922

An association open to all who enjoy good cigars.

Located on Brevard about two blocks north of the Baptist Church. The Club meets at Murdocks, on the patio, the first Thursday of the month at 7pm; get there at six to have your meal ready when the meeting starts. Information and ideas and conversation and fine food and great smokes and tall (or short) drinks.

1090 E Eau Gallie Blvd.

Melbourne, FL

321-610-8121

Located right on the corner of Eau Gallie Boulevard and A1A across from Friendly's. Lounge is said to be moving a mile south on A1A by Paradise and Ichabod's.

777 E Merritt Island Causeway

Merritt Island, FL 32952

321-453-1422

Located inside the Merritt Island Mall just off 520.

612 Barnes Blvd.

Cocoa, FL 32955

321-633-2374

Located in the strip mall at the corner of Barnes and Murrell.

820 W New Haven Ave

Melbourne, FL 32901

321-724-1222

Located on 192 kitty corner from the Hyundai dealership.

832 E New Haven Ave.

Melbourne, FL 32901

321-733-4554

Located on New Haven about three blocks west of the railroad tracks. Executive Cigar Shop & Lounge is a full-service cigar lounge specializing in premium hand-rolled cigars and smoking accessories. Our full line of products includes humidors, cutters, lighters, ashtrays, and shirts; as well as hundreds of other related items. We have a walk-in humidor that regularly stocks over 400 full boxes of premium cigars.

467 Forrest Avenue Suite 118

Cocoa, Florida

321-636-0202

NOTE: This lounge closed Saturday, November 30, 2013.

142 Minuteman Causeway

Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

321-783-1888

Located west on Minuteman a building and parking lot from A1A. The ocean's a block east of A1A.

221 S Hopkins Ave.

Titusville, FL 32796

321-264-4899

Located at the corner of Hopkins and Main just south of 406.

5360 N Atlantic Ave.

Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 (& 2nd location on New Haven in Melbourne)

321-868-0338

Located just south of the Canaveral Pier on A1A; tricky corner on the road's banked curve, so be careful.

See comment next page on second location.

3600 N Wickham Road

Melbourne, FL

321-255-5035

This lounge closed December, 2013.

Olives (and Stix and Cigars & Coffee)

Entering Nassau from the ships, hang a slight left past the scooter shop after leaving customs; you will see an entrance to the arcade a few doors over under a green sign: Nassau International Bazaar. Olives offers a delightful mix of treats, as well as both lunch and dinner menues. Internet is available, and smoking is common. Read on for Stix and Cigars & Coffee.

Island Bar

On the far side of the island, away from the swimming and play areas, you will fine a nice bar and quiet cabanas and umbrellas and lounge chairs...and quiet.

Munich, Germany

In the University area of the city.

The décor features signature slow-moving ceiling fans that circulate the smoky air around the bar, where dim lights glint off the vast array of rum and whiskey bottles that line the shelves.

Funky lounge and Latin music provides the backdrop for the cool conversation of the posh young crowd perched on red velvet sofas, sipping specialty drinks and smoking Cuban cigars.

There’s a certain mystique about Havana Club, and though the vibe is swanky and smooth, patrons can’t help but be caught up in its quiet energy – a notion that's obvious in the vibrant singles scene that also flourishes here.

A regular stop in travels up the coast, I haven't found a cigar home yet. Ideas, anyone?

Ybor City

So, this is how it all is put together! We hit so many places, I am uncertain of my location. The Columbia Restaurant was a delight though: fantastic food, fine service, and historic ambiance.

Selva Verde Lodge

In the rainforest, this ecocenter lodge, north of San Jose about 100 miles, is quiet and filled with flowers and animals and the Sarapiqui River. Take 32 up, cut west onto 4; the lodge is just west of Puerto Viejo.

Lebanese Restaurant

Both at a seaside coffee shop and at this restaurant, hookahs were available and lined up like cars in a parking lot.

Island off the coast of Haiti

This is a Royal Caribbean stop. The stone tower overlooking the bay makes for a cool place to see what is not happening and to enjoy some wrapped leaf.

Restaurant and coffee shop.

This very touristy looking building from the outside, a rather garish yellow, becomes peaceful in the upstairs cafe where a stick and coffee can be enjoyed overlooking the bay.

The No-Name Bar

It sits across from the bus pickup point for going further into town and is a fine place for internet connections and to enjoy a marguarita, some pita bread and hummus, a book, fine conversation, and, yes, a cigar.

DAS Cigars and Baker Pina Colada Bar

Both are just inside where street merchants have booths. DAS sits across from where Bakers offers his own unique bland of pina coladas. You will see a full range of cigars at DAS, and often see a person cutting and rolling new merchandise.

Coffee Shop

Coffee was common, and we stopped in to a local shop for java and some tasty local food. Staff was effusively kind and helpful.

At a closed shop on the veranda

Late nights and coffee or a black Russian.

Windmill

We didn't stay long on St. Thomas.