Last week, I had the privilege and pleasure of traveling to Miami for a photo shoot for an upcoming issue of ‘Cigar Press’ Magazine. Despite the early call time (got up at 3:45am to catch a 6:00 flight), it was a day well spent. My hat’s off to Thor Nielsen (founder & editor of Cigar […]

One gram. One gram weighs roughly 0.0353 ounces–about the weight of a single dollar bill. After our recent trip to Tabacalera La Alianza, S.A. (home of Four Kicks), I learned it also can make all the difference in the world. This past week, Mike (Conder) and I were in the Dominican Republic working closely with […]

Recently, I saw a friend tweet a message that he’d recently been laid off from his job. A couple of days later, I received an email from my mother that my cousin had been laid off from her job, as well. I reached out to both my friend and cousin with the same message, “One […]

If you put me on a desert island and said I could have only one of the following three things–television, books, or music–the choice would be quick and easy for me. Music is life’s blood to me. It moves me, it inspires me, it makes me feel, and it makes me think. We don’t watch […]

Two days ago, we received our first shipment of Four Kicks. Yesterday, we shipped product to each of our 66 retail locations. Today, we discovered that at least 2 of those locations have already SOLD OUT of all Four Kicks inventory. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for following our […]