You'll Be Sorry You MissedThe 1st AnnualCRAWL WITH A DRAWLThe Atlanta Cigar Crawl |
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Before I begin, I need to ask all the crawlers who attended if they know what became of these two guys. They were present and accounted for when the crawl began at Cheyenne Grill, but were not seen since. If anyone can shed any light on the whereabouts of these two little tobacco-munching beasties, please contact Scott Hutchinson. ;D |
| The First Annual Atlanta Cigar Crawl was a tremendous success and great fun for all who attended. This was due in large part to the Herculean efforts of these two gentlemen. I want to introduce the cigar smoking world to Messrs. Scott Hutchinson and Lincoln Farnum! We all want to thank them for their efforts in making the crawl a good one! |  |
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FINALLY I mnaged to show up. My incredible inability to follow directions that I posted on the website myself was a recurring theme throughout the crawl. The truth of the matter is that the road I needed to turn onto had no identifying roadsign (another recurring theme). After I drove around for about 30 minutes I finally stopped and called Cheyenne Grill. Eventually I made it to the Grill. Better late than never, eh? |
| Cheyenne Grill was a good choice for a meetingplace. With it's al fresco seating area, meeting and mixing took on a more relaxed atmosphere than would have been possible in a more formal dining room. Thankfully, the rain held off during this part of the crawl. Shown here are Glenn Brooks, Lincoln, {need name} and some others getting acquainted and enjoying some good smokes. I want to take a second at this point to apologize for the fact that many of these pictures are woefully underexposed. I misadjusted my camera and never did notice it until the pictures came back. So if you are one of those who ended up in the dark corners of my pictures, I apologize. |  |
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| While at the Grill, Scott issued the first of an insidious series of riddles. All anyone was told was that the riddle game winner would win a fabulous prize. Many crawlers began poring over Scott's riddle, all the while wondering what it was all about. Scott let it be known that hints were available, but that getting a hint would cost a cigar apiece, and they had to be cigars from home, not crawler pack smokes. Thus began what would become a major element of the crawl, a gradual buildup to the big climax, when the eventual winner (if there was one, these riddles were TOUGH) would be awarded the mystery prize. Well, the day wasn't getting any younger, and eventually it was time to move on. Royal Cigar, just down the street, was the first destination, and you can see Scott here giving everyone directions and arranging carpooling assignments. |  |
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As we were getting mounted up for the next leg of our journey, I caught this picture depicting a peculiar way of hitching a ride. Does this foot look familiar to anyone? The driver of the car wasn't a crawler, so I wonder where this person wound up? Phil Cote, Michael Harlow, and some others had vanished at this point, to join us later, so maybe it was one of them! |
| And so we finally arrived at Clubhouse Cigar. A very nice establishment with an absolutely HUGE walk-in humidor. Here's a view of the place from near the front door. Quite a nice looking place, eh? That's Laurel Beddingfield and Mark Thompson chatting with Lincoln Farnum in the center. Probably sharing a joke about my sense of direction. Lurking in the background is Chuck Wilner with another week's pay-worth of stogies. Also shown is David Clark's back and some other people. |  |
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Here's Scott drawing for the remaining door prizes. The sumptuous spread of goodies shown on the table is a mere fraction of what he brought to the crawl. Sponsors were VERY generous and this may go down in history as the richest crawl ever! |
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E. Glenn Brooks of Kennesaw, GA was the proud winner of the Road Warrior 2000 humidor donated by Burning Solutions. Lincoln Farnum looks on... |
| Glenn expresses his feelings about the RW 2000. Very happy crawler! |  |
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And here, at last, Scott explains the insidious riddle game to everyone. As you will recall, each player had to guess the answer of a riddle in order to receive the next riddle. What nobody was told until now was that the answers to all of these riddles were in themselves a riddle. Sneaky, huh? |
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| Here's Scott awarding David the coveted LCHT II Certificate! |  |
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David gloats while my lovely wife and Mike Kelly look on. |
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