What Are You Smoking? - August 2019.

Smoking Tabac Manil Pure Semois in a Savinelli 644 KS Bent Brandy with water on the side.

Planta Van Halteren Black and Bright.

Had a good snooze and woke up long enough to feed Suzy and Molly, and have this smoke: 1950s Rum & Maple Tobacco Company Rum & Maple Mixture Blend No. 53 in a medium bend egg 2017 Royal Meerschaum Dragon meer with a black and cream swirl amber colored acrylic tapered stem.

Yorktown, Legend... surprise surprise

Awake again, and smoking Watch City VaBur Test Sample in a 1988 smooth full bend Peterson System Standard XL 315 with a black vulcanite stem, nickel band and p-lip. Simply Orange is my drink.

Now smoking old Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend in a 2014 Basil Meadows smooth slight bend squashed tomato with an aluminum band and a black pearl acrylic stem in the military mount style.

A bowl of Tabac Manil La Brumeuse in my JB Devil Anse stack is kick-starting my morning. Peet's espresso, low-sodium V8, cool water on the side. Yada, yada, quack, quack, quack.

Arango Balkan Supreme in an Ashton Oldchurch Squashed Tomato with a Brindle stem. Typical beverages. Yup.

Enjoyed a tasty chicken cordon bleu lunch and am now smoking the last of my open stash of year 2015 Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a straight black sandblasted 1968 Dunhill Shell bulldog with a black vulcanite stem. A bottle of Boylan's Birch Beer made with pure cane sugar is my drink. Watching Mad Dog Russo's guest host.

Now smoking Watch City Off the Rails in a medium bend raw sienna toned early Radice sandblast egg with bamboo carving on the shank and a black acrylic stem. Phone chatting about pipes.

Played my bass for a while, and now it's time for a bowl of SWRA in the MM Polished Morgan cob with a blue/white swirl Forever Stem. Usual beverages accompany. Listening to the Beatles "Rubber Soul." (UK version.)

Now smoking Sutliff Prince Albert Match in a 1980s straight smooth Big Ben pot with a nickel band and a black vulcanite saddle stem. Getting a little work done.

2015 jar-aged Peter Heinrich's Curly Block (quintessential wowowowow!!!) in a Sterncrest Silver Banded Briar, Dewar's 27 yo Double Double, news radio, feckin work-week behind, weekend ahead...

Esoterica Dunbar in a James Upshall apple saddle billiard. Cool water. Watching a documentary about the Foo Fighters.

Just finishing this bowl of Jim’s C Blend in an early smooth Radice Tiger Eye G medium bend bulldog with a bamboo-style carving on the shank and a black acrylic stem.

Off to have dinner with old high school friends. Going for the ride is Lane Burley and Black in a 2003 medium bent Ural meer with a lined and etched egg shaped bowl with a brown pearl acrylic saddle stem.

Bayou Morning in a Grabow Freehand.

2010 McClelland Aurora in an eggiweg, oh my brothers.

Schwiddly Doo Wah puck in a little squashed tomato.

Had a great time with friends, and I put big hurting on a full rack of ribs plus two sides. Home now and am a quarter of the way through this bowl of Watch City VaPer Test Sample #1 in a smooth straight Lane era Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl along with a black vulcanite double comfort stem. This pipe was formerly owned by actor William Conrad. Ice water and bergs is my drink. Watching the Braves-Mets game.

Amphora Kentucky in an LHS Purex Caboose.

Edward G. Robinson's Blend in the Charatan's Make Freehand Relief Dublin. Usual suspects to sip.

Old Ironsides in my usual.

Just finished smoking Watch City Terrapin Station in a 2002 Ser Jacopo Delecta Fatta A Mano R1 sandblast Rhodesian with a smooth extension at the shank with a military mount and a black acrylic tapered stem.

Now smoking McClelland 5100 in a smooth straight WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Sterling Canadian with a sterling silver band and a black vulcanite p-lip stem. Working!