Big Jack's is nearing completion. With the help of some of the guys the furniture was unpacked and set up this week.
DirecTV showed up on time as advertised and set us up with two satellite antennas on the roof that are tuned into five satellites. They wired the two TV's in Big Jack's so the public lounge is now fully available to our investors as we finish the retail area.
Dave Graven, Bob Miller and Dave Kervorkian were the big guns this week in the humidor arena. The cedar barrel-vaulted ceiling material was delivered, albeit a week late, and work was continued installing the humidor ceiling.
One more day's work work on the humidor and it will be ready to go. The humidifier as well as the reverse osmosis water filtration system was delivered as well and they too will be installed in the next couple of days.
We have purchased relative humidity / temperature sensors and software that will record both data points on an ongoing basis and recorded on our company computer. We will monitor that data in both our retail humidor as well as our storage humidor in the basement. The software can be set to give alerts when any parameter is out of limits, either humidity or temperature, and will notify us when and if that happens.
John Henry and Tim Hawkins have spent many hours this past week painting and their efforts are evident. The retail shop is looking great. The "WOW" effect is evident to anyone walking into the front door.
The rep for Torano Cigar, Calvin Woods Jr. out of Chicago, Il showed up this week for a "get acquainted" visit. Calvin only had one word after he had a tour of our establishment. "Amazing!"
Calvin said that he sold Torano cigars to many retail stores in a wide area of the upper midwest and he said that there was not a store that could compare with us. Thanks Calvin for your educated vote of confidence on our store....
Similar comments were uttered as well by Josh Bentley, the Oliva rep who came by for a visit earlier in the week.
The word is getting around folks. Third Street Cigar is going to a cigar store and lounge that will set the bar at a new level for competing establishments.... And, we are having fun doing it.
Met Dyno Dave this week. Dyno Dave owns a graphics company in, of all places, Neapolis, Ohio. Dave is going to be printing the 10' X 8' mural of the interior of the Rupp General Store that we will have on the wall of our retail shop. The mural was copied from an original photo that the Waterville Historical society had in their archives. We think it is important to be a full participant in the history of the town and want to do anything we can to achieve that end.
We look forward to a long relationship with Dave as Dave is a cigar smoker...
How many cigar stores have a full kitchen?
John Henry and Rich Restivo put a good coat of paint on the kitchen walls today and it looks great. The kitchen will, by the way, be available 24/7 to the members of our private club. Probably another first, or at least the only club that we know of that can brag about that perk.
Dave Smith started his hardwood floor refinishing this week. The old floor finish is being removed and sanded and the project will probably be completed by week's end.
Joe Stallbaum and his son spent the afternoon today tweaking the smoke filters we bought last week. These filters will be located in the private club. Thanks, Joe...
So, it has been a good week no matter how one looks at it. We are much further along than we ever thought we would be when we started in February. None of this would be possible without the volunteer help of our members.
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