Week in Smoke – TGT Edition posted on February 9th, 2012
Contest: Win a Box of Pinar del Rio 1878 Cubano Especial Cigars
A few days ago I was on Facebook talking with Abe Flores of Pinar del Rio. We talked about a variety of things and Abe made mention of wanting to spread the word about his new line of cigars. I suggested that giving away a box would go a long way in spreading the word and he was more than happy to provide us with a box of PDR 1878 Cubano Especial Cigars to offer as a contest prize.
In the contest department we both drew a blank and I told him that I’d talk to the guys and come up with something. After talking to Jerry, he had an idea so crazy that I thought it might just work. With my wife and I expecting in less than a month, he suggested we run a contest to come up with a cigar related baby nick-name.
So for the contest, all we ask is that you head down to the comment section and suggest a baby name. My wife and I have decieded to pass on learning the sex of the baby early. This works in your benefit and allows you to enter twice. Suggest one nick-name for a boy and one for a girl. The two names that are off-limits are Petit Corona and Little Robusto
All entrants must reside in the continental United States. Two entries per person (one entry for a boy and one entry for a girl). All entries must be in by July 1, 2010. A winner will be selected and announced shortly after.
After entering the contest, please take a moment to visit the Pinar del Rio website and show Abe a little love for being so generous with a box of fine cigars.
Contest Sponsored by Pinar del Rio Cigars
My nicknames:
1) My Short Churchill
2) My Machito (after the JdN Antano vitola)
Actually, I want to ammend my “Machito” to “(El) Principe”, if thats allowed. lol
1) Sweet Conni
2) Kickin’ Nic
A few names of certain vitolas come to mind of particular cigars.
1-Love Affair (opus x)-before he or she wakes you up a million times in the middle of the night
2-La Pesadilla (dark corojo)-after about three months of no sleep
It says ‘All entries must be in by June 1, 2010.’ Does this mean July 1?
Mine are:
1.) El Artista Bambino
2.) El PURITOS
Dave,
You are correct, June 1 is an error. It has been changed to July.
Thanks
Girl – “Mareva” (more commonly known as Petite Corona)
Boy – “Fortaleza” (the strength of a cigar)
1) Chiselito -boy
2) Angeles – girl
Thanks for the contest Abe and SR,
Pete
Boy-Limitada
Girl-Especiale
June 1st? So it already expired? lol
Girl- lil’ JuneBug
Boy- Boogie
I know not cigar talk… No matter, what best of luck! It is amaizng how strong our wives are. When my little Taco was born man I don’t know if I was more impressed with him or my wife. Good Luck!
Thanks for the contest Abe and Walt!
Boy- Little Nub
Girl- Nancy Drew (Drew Estates)
Boy – Romeo
Girl – Julietta
Boy – Huck Finn
Girl – Olivia
Boy – Romeo
Girl – Princess
Good luck & thanks for the contest!!
Boy, Grand Titan
Girl, Cigarillo
Great contest!
perla for girl
sport for boy
both lesser known cuban sizes
Boy – Dominic (for Dominican)
Girl – Julieta (for Romeo y Julieta)
Boy – Don Carlos
Girl – Zino
Girl – Connie (As in Connecticut)
Boy – Gill (As in Guillotine)
Girl: Little Gloria
Boy: Punch
Petite Panatela = Girl
Little Toro = Boy
Congrats Walt!
First of all, best wishes to you and your wife. Children are so precious!
Okay, here are my cigar-related name suggestions:
BOY – ASHTON
GIRL – AURORA
I hope you and your wife will pick one of them!
Girl – Rosada
Boy – Gran Cru(z)
Sorry Walt. When you said Jerry came up with the idea I had him in mind when picking the nick-name for a boy. DUH!
Please disregard the previous comment and I’ll try this again.
Girl – Rosada
Boy – Duke (RyJ Habana)
Either boy or girl….Nickname: NUB
Boy – Xikar- Only because it sounds cool almost like some sort of comic book hero
Girl – Bella – After the CAO Flavours cigar
Boy = Churchill
Girl = Flor (flower as in La Flor Dominicana)
How about for a boy= Pilon
and for a girl= Chaveta
These are a little different, but still have to do with cigar tobacco, and tools.
Boy- Rocky
Girl- Perla {pearl in Spanish}
Boy – Ligero
Girl – Perfecto
Boy or Girl – Cameron
Boy – [Name] [Name], like Fuente Fuente
Girl – La Aroma de Perfecto (Ironic, no?)
Girl- bunde
Boy- gordo
Boy – Puro
Girl – Liga
Boy—–Lance-ERO
Girl —–BELLA-coso
Boy – “Cruz”ado
Girl – “Cruz”ado
It works for either…just remember emphasis must be put on “Cruz” LOL
Girl – Queen B
Boy – King B/T
hey walt for the boy how about-lol nub
and for the girl – lil belicoso
boy = torpedo
girl = plume
simple yet effective
Boy – Obus
Girl – Demi-Tasse
Boy – Petite Lancero
Girl – Claro
Boy-david (davidoff) and Ashley for girl
Boy-Allonze
Girl-Quintera
Boy – Presidente
Girl – Cuban Honey
BOY-CAMEROON KID
GIRL-ISLAND DARLING
mango…
And CONGRATULATIONS!
Congrats Walt!
How about, for a boy, “My little sungrown”. (Son, get it?)
And for a girl, how about “Maddie”, as in Maduro?
Great Contest Guys!
Boy: Edmundo
Girl: Joyita
Boy – Mi torito loco
Girl – Mi perfecta
Also, congrats again, Walt.
(and as an aside, those who haven’t tried this stick…buy it. It’s fucking fantastic).
Girl – Noella (tatuaje noella)
Boy – Bombone (Illusione 68 aka “bombone.”)
congrats man! I hope everything goes well for you and your wife!
Girl- Little Havana
Boy-Little Estelle
boy-ash
girl-connie
Girl – Nica (Nica Libre)
Boy – Lance (lancero)
girl- dalia
boy- rodolfo
boy – Estelli
girl – Rosada
Girl – La Flor de Walt
Boy – La Aroma de Walt
Good Luck Walt!!!
Boy = Mi Padroncito ( Padron )
Girl = Mi Perla Chicita ( Little Pearl )
Walt,
Name for a girl’s…….Julieta (Romeo y Julieta Edicion Limitada)
Name for a boy’s……..Habano
Boy- Drew
Girl- Esteli
Boy – Jocko – La Flor El Jocko
Girl – Beli – Belicoso
Pinar for girl
Del Rio for boy
Thanks for the contest!!!
Boy- LBMF
Girl- Le Bijou
Congratulations Walt.
Boy- Young Smoke
Girl- Havana
Hmmm…
Wish I knew your prospective name list, so I could better tailor the nick… (for example, were the name “Anne” a contender, I might suggest “Anilla,” pronounced “un-knee-ya,” which is a Cuban word for the cigar band; fleshing it out: Anilladora is the girl who puts the band on the cigars!).
Philosophically, a nick should be sharp, concise, a lil bit funny, and something you’d actually say. Also something you can play around with, i.e., play variations, associations (see above: you could yell, “Hey C’mere ya liddle Anille! My leetle Anilladora? I adore ya!” and so on… Plus, when she gets growed up a little–ALL chillun like to use cigar bands as rings, so you’d be able to involve her whilst playing with her nickname).
But w/o further info, I offer the following:
Nah: after all the above explanation, I offer up “Anille” as the girl’s nick (I was gonna go with Curly Head–a certain kind of cigar finishing and a nick which offers up all the potential noted above PLUS mebbe der bebe has some curly hair… I dunno… but I talked myself into Anille).
For der boy? Punk.
You’re gonna call him Punk anyway — and sometimes he’s gonna act like one! Punk in the combustible sense is something most often used to light fireworks (you know: smoldering tinder-type stuff an’ like that), but some folks I know keep a punk around when lighting a succession of small stogies… Also: Punk gives you some variation possibilities: Punkin’ (“Hey dere my little pumpy-kins!”), punk-o-rama, “Hey, d’jou just get outta Punkville? Get on over here a’fore I punk ya upside da noggin’!
But, most importantly–it don’t matter WHAT you call ‘em; just love ‘em, wrassle ‘em, lead ‘em, and love ‘em. Congrats!
Heh: Anilledora in action!
http://beachpackagingdesign.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f0014bd88340120a75c2d16970b-800wi
Congratulations Walt.
Boy: Snip
Girl; Puff
I’m going to go with:
Boy: Diesel
Girl: Gloria (of La Gloria Cubana)
Girl – mi coleta poco (spainsh for my little pigtail)
Boy – mi cohiba
Congrats guys…our 6th child is due Sept. 21st!!!
For a boy – Humo (spanish for smoke…I think)
For a girl – Ria (like Rio as in Pinar del Rio, but sounds more feminine)
Congrats
Boy – “Tap”
Girl – “Ash”
Together they would be called, “team Tap that Ash”
Congratulations to you and your wife!! Life will never be the same from here on out.. It will be quite the adventure. It was definitely one for me. Prepare for a piece of your heart to be touched like never before.
Boy or Girl: Knuckles (short for knucklehead)
My daughter always got a kick out of it when I would call her that.
Congrats…
Boy-Winston as in Churchill (an icon in cigar history)
Girl-Joy as in Joya de Nicaragua
For the girl – Curlyhead.
For the boy – Exquisitos.
For the Godfather – Arturo Fuente.
Heh: Not trying to dim my own chances, but here’s a coupla curly heads in action; Go gusto.one!
http://www.mycolog.com/18-32_morels_2_curly_heads.jpg
How about:
Boy: Rass (after the CC)
Girl: Verocu
Congratulations!!
For the girl, how about Gloria. As in La Gloria Cubana.
And for the boy, Winston. As in Winston Churchill.
Congrats Walt, and thank you for the great reviews. Keepem’ commin’.
Just realized someone already said Gloria. Another name for a girl, Lola. As in La Gloria Cubana, La Traviata, La Aurora, La Reloba Seleccion, La Aroma de Cuba…ect.
Thanks again Walt
Boy- Little Nub, for Girl -Cris-as in san cristobal .
Contest:
Boy – Little Nub
Girl – Rosada Especiale
Great site! (I still have major envy for Jerry’s 300 ct humidor!!)
Keep up the good work!
Boy — Lief
Girl — Cami for Cameroon
for the girl: Ligera
for the boy: Lil’ Puncher!
congratulations! we’re expecting our first in November.
Girl- Maddie
Boy- El Toro
Congrats and thank for the contest
First of all, congratulations to you and your wife, Walt.
For a girl how about Petit corona.
For a boy what about Little lonsdale.
First off, congrats to your wife and yourself. You have no idea what you’re in for! You’ll love it, though. I’m sure.
Boy- Diesel
Girl- Perla, as in in 4in x 40 ring gauge.
Either or- Vega as in a tobacco plantation.
Boy – Give him the middle name “Upmann” and refer to him by his First Initial- Upmann
Girl – Anything I could think of that was worthwhile has already been mentioned.
Boy: Chaveta
(blade for cutting wrapper leaf)
Girl: Bidi
(pronounce bidi, the small Indian cigar)
Girl: Abey , Omaha for leaf.
Boy; Iye , Native American for smoke.
Boy: Opus (Opie for short/public name. also tell him to name his first son Opus and then his first son and so on until the tenth Opus arrives, then you have an Opus X in your geneology! Then they can stop)
Girl: Pepinita (It’s actually a name.. I made it up then google’d it. Of course it could also be translated -roughly of course- to tiny Pepin)
Congrats!
Girl: Julia
Boy: Marcos
boy – Garlos
girl – Especiale
Boy – Lil Tat (For Tatuaje)
Girl – Gold (For CAO Gold)
Congrats on the new addition!
boy =gordito
girl= Buena suerte
Honor the man who has offered up a box of his finest:
Abe — Boy
Flores (Flower) — Girl
Girl: maddie cru (like maduro grand cru)
Boy: bundle ‘o ‘mo (bundle of perdoMO)
grand cru reference since it supposed to be like the best.
either way, good luck with the bundle of joy your child will be.
girl: La Flor De (where ever you live)
Boy: Perfecto
Danno = boy
Ruky = girl
congrats man…
Girl: Liv or Olivia (Oliva)
Boy: Ash or Ashton
Bea of Luck!!!
Sorry LOL BEST
Awesome contest!
For a girl- Dela Lucia (Nickname Del)
For a boy- Ashton Haze (NIckname Ash)
Best of luck!!
For the Boy: Roly (Rolando Reyes’s Bundle Cigars)
For the Girl: Condesa (Countess)
Good luck guys!
Boy – Mazo
Girl – Belicosa
Boy- Torcedor
Girl- Torcedora
Girl: Bloom
Boy: Draw
I am actually really looking forward to the choice! Not so much for the winner, but just to see what nick the lil bean is a’gonna get saddled with! (Hey–any late entry should take *Nick*! Short for Nickname, Nicholas and, of course, the magic Vitamin N!).
Go bay-bee, go bay-bee, go bay-bee, GO!
Boy- Salomon
Girl- Corona Gorda only if she’s chubby! lol
Thanks for the contest!
Congrats on the new addition!
Boy – short churchill
Girl – lil’ perla
Boy – Drac
Girl – Marie-Philip (the Canadian women’s hockey superstar)
Now that this contest is officially closed, my wife and I will take a look at the entries and select a winner. My apologies for the delay but the new addition to our family has had us plenty busy. There should be a post announcing the winner by the end of the week.
A big thank you to all that entered.
-Walt
I am a’tingle with an-ti-ci…..PAY-shun!