Nick's Cigar & Wine Bar!

I posted the other day that I would be having my Grand Opening for my new Cigar Bar last week.  A couple of you wanted to know how it went.  I have decided to post our new commercial.   Hope you all like it! "Smoke em' if you Got em"......

XOXO

JAMIE

What I love Wednesday!

It's that time of the week to link up with Jamie over at This Kind of Love!

I am loving that my two cousins are coming to visit!  They mean the world to me and I love as we get older we get closer.  To bad we live so far away but they are so great to come see me since I am too swamped with work to get to the Northeast this summer.  

I love that I had the best weekend in Pinehurst with D.  We got to surprise our friends who live there and we also got to play Pinehurst #5 which was such a treat since I have never played there.  

The whole weekend was just terrific!

Pinehurst CC

Pinecrest Inn

I love that this weekend I am having my personal grand opening for my new Cigar Lounge.  I am so excited for my friends to see all of the hard work that went into it and to break the place in...(not break the place)

Lastly, I am loving that it's Father's Day Weekend and the US Open. I kind of feel like they go hand in hand.  I can't wait for beach time and a cookout with my family.  I am so lucky to not only have my Dad live by me, but to get to work with him everyday and "make it work".  It's a special relationship we have and I am so thankful for Big Nick!

XOXO

Jamie

Jam Packed Weekend

This weekend was whirlwind!  I will just give a quick recap cause my week is hectic and I know I have been missing in action:

Friday:  Finished the final touches on my cigar lounge & had a dinner at Logan's Roadhouse with some old friends that live in CT and NJ.  It was great to catch up and see them and reminisce about our old days of all of us working together at the golf club.  Wish they lived closer but at least they still come to visit.    We then finished dinner with drinks at the new 2nd Avenue Pier.  This place is great and even though it was dark out it was still nice to sit by the ocean with cocktails.  God, I love where I live. 

2nd Ave Pier  Open Air Bar

Saturday:  Was a very big and exciting day.  We opened Nick's Cigar Lounge.  Everything went perfectly and I am so relieved to have it up and running.  Still waiting on a couple of photos for the walls and a couple of more tables and then I will post about the finished product.  We have our first event there on Wednesday night so I will post about our Challenge Your Palate event with Ashton Cigars.  Saturday evening was spent down in Murrell's Inlet with my new man D. and my friends Evan and Beth.  We went to get some good low country seafood at Sara J's.  Three of us had the Shrimp and Grits (FAB!) and the other had stuffed shrimp. It was a great dinner and we had the best view!  Since it is Harley Davidson Rally this week we had cocktails and listened to a great rock band at Causeway just down the street...the people watching was pretty FAB! too...

View on the deck!

Sunday:  Thankfully Sunday was just a perfect and relaxing day to get me geared up for this week.  Had a nice breakfast with D. at the barrel  (cracker barrel) and then spent the afternoon by the pool reading my new book Summer in the City by Candace Bushnell.  This book is a must read if you are a fan of hers.  I am obsessed with all things Carrie Bradshaw so I had to get this, I do suggest reading The Carrie Diaries first.

This week is a big one, Monday: RHONJ season premiere!, Wednesday: Challenge Your Palate Event, Friday-Sunday: Wedding in Athens, GA...

xoxo

Jamie

Nick's CIgar World & Lounge Part II

So things are crazy in my world professionally.  Not only did I have to hire two new employees at my Superstore location, but we are also opening a Cigar Lounge next door to that location. I made the announcement a while back when we signed our lease.  So I thought I would update you on the construction process and some of the fun decorating I get to do. I am also documenting on our Facebook Fan Page so you can "like" us and check it out there too!  

This is the space before hand. It was a hair salon (which someone was living in), then a liquor store and now it will be my cigar lounge.

The walls are all beat up

The ceiling is completely jacked up!

The Bathroom/Shower

Terrible Mirrors

Closet

Now I know what you all are thinking...this place is a DUMP!  And yes it is...

 

 

Got the mirrors down

Framing out the Bar

Well we are 5 days out from opening day!  I can't wait to show you the finished product.  Once you see it, I think you will understand why I have been MIA.