All about my mother

This post has nothing to do with the famous Almodovar movie, "Todo sobre mi madre", but I wanted to dedicate a post on this blog to my mother.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, things were looking pretty grim in the family. She went in surgery in spring, and is still taking lots of heavy medication.

But that doesn't stop her from enjoying life to the fullest. As we speak, she is on an adventurous trip with other people like her.

These pictures were taken a few weeks ago, at the poetry exhibition of Jan, her husband. She is smoking a small Cohiba, and you can clearly she is loving it.

Thanks mom, for being there for me and with me, and I hope we can share a lot more good times (and great cigars!)

Xikar lighters: Free leather sheat if you registrate your product !

A few weeks ago I bought this great new lighter, a Xikar EX in chrome silver (so I can check if my hair is good on the reflection ;) ). My old one was totally scratched from sitting in my pocket next to my keys.

This lighter is a combination of a regular flame and a jetflame, so you can light your cigars while standing in the wind! It is fuelled by butane, so no benzine smell on your cigars. The people from Xikar also offer a lifetime warranty on all their products, so the Xikar is really a good choice, not only for lighters but they do offer great looking cutters as well! (I am already saving for a mammoth cutter ;) )

Now, what was I going to do to not get this scratched as well? I was looking at keychains or pouches to put my keys in..both designer brands as normal brands offer really good looking ones, but I still feel like they belong to my grandparents..

Well, Xikar solved my problem in another way! They send me a free leather sheath to put my lighter in..As a way of saying "thanks for buying our product" I think this is a really good message!

And I even got it really quick..they send it from Kansas,USA to Antwerp, Belgium in 2 weeks..really great!

Thanks guys and girls at Xikar, I will definitely buy more of your stuff!