Each Time

 

Each time I go into a pipe shop to smoke my pipe, I feel obligated to buy something and it's usually a cigar.  The above photo is supposed to be from New York City, but I've never seen a river scene like this in NYC.  My wife and I discussed it and she said maybe the scene above is ifrom Brooklyn or a place we've never been.  This is a CGI rendition with quiet jazz piano for studying, relaxing, or sleeping.  

But I see CGI photos of coffee shops and think to myself they'd be perfect places to smoke a pipe, have a cup of coffee, and have a quiet conversation.  I can put myself into any of these scenes with a pipe.  It wasn't that long ago I could have, but not today, even the outdoor scene above probably would not allow smoking of any kind.

We went out for dinner the other night and I thought it wasn't that long ago I could smoke my pipe after a meal, but invariably some guy would light up a cigar and ruin the whole mood.  But those days are long gone.  However I can sit smoking my pipe imaging I was there doing the same.  

We've been to NYC in the fall and absolutely loved it.  We've only experienced two fall seasons in our NY home, but they were the best.  I loved sitting on the deck with a pipe.  But now that we are in Florida for the fall, those cool days with multi-colored leaves are gone.  September here is the peak of Hurricane season with a lot of rainy afternoons.  

But the image above can put me in the mood for a New York fall day.  And I can smoke my pipe imagining myself to be there.  If the above place actually exists in NYC, I would have loved to have been there.  I'm just not sure such a place exists.  CGI creators can create many places that don't exist.  But the imagery is just so relaxing.   

I enjoy most all the CGI imagery of a coffee shop, and sometimes I'll look for images of a cigar bar with light jazz music in the background.  Tomorrow I'll write about cigar bars, although often while pipe smoking might be welcomed, it might be frowned upon by other cigar smokers who just want the aroma of cigars.  But I'll sit quietly on the patio imagining myself to be most anywhere my imagination takes me.  Today it is my Peterson Irish Harp pipe with my Special Blend.  My coffee this morning is Organic Bella Matia.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave