PSA: See end of blog for special announcements It gives me great pleasure to announce that in tomorrow’s regular drop at SPC, Peterson’s Austin Quinlan will make his debut as…
Rev. 1:21pm, 5/12/2024 by D. H. Billings If there's one thing that I've ever actually learned in my life, it's that the first version of something is rarely the best,…
PETE GEEK PSAs Full of Beans: I was blown away by the response for the Pete Geek Mugs. We’ve passed 150. Incredible. Deneen’s digital artwork mockup will be posted as…
Written and Photographed by John M. Young On October 9, Mark posed the following challenge: “I’m offering a No Prize for anyone who cares to take up the Natural…
Whew! I know it’s seemed like a long wait this year, but it’s almost over. The PPN 2023 Pipe of the Year should be ready to ship out in about…
At Portillo’s, that restaurant-of-restaurants, that Hot Dog Stand of Paradise and de rigueur eatery for generations of Chicagoland Pipe Show attendees, fellow CPG Gary Hamilton and I recently met in…
PSA: Pre-order your 2023 CPG Pipe! See end of blog. Arrival This year’s Chicago International Pipe and Tobacciana Show at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort was held last weekend and I’m…
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! Happy St. Patrick's Day! When I was a high school senior my Grandmother sent me $20 and told me to buy something special with it…