

CUBA - Part 2: Stephen Fry, Naomi Campbell, Paris Hilton, a red carpet and me
It was a perfect summer evening for the concluding gala night of the Habanos Cigar Festival in Cuba. The event was to be held indoors but the short journey exiting the car and walking along the red carpet can be perilous if the weather is playing havoc. With hair like mine weather matters, to be more precise, humidity really matters. I often laugh that my hair would be an excellent humidity meter, the more humid it is the bigger it gets, at times so dangerously big it could p


CUBA - Part 1: Havana - A Sultry Seductress
My fav beardyman and I were lucky enough to be invited to the Habanos Cigar Festival in Cuba. This is where all the global distributors and cigar aficionados gather to attend seminars and conduct business but most importantly to taste the new crop of tobacco. The large brown fragrant leaves expertly hand-rolled into perfect cigars, not rolled on women’s thighs, as folklore would like us to believe! At this time of year Havana town is packed to the rafters, anyone who has anyt