If you can’t stand the smoke …

… get out of the cigar shop! Well, technically Baker Street Downtown isn’t just a purveyor of cigars, but when we walked in Thursday night for the Silver Oak/Twomey and La Toque pairing, the predominant “note” was essence of cigar. This shouldn’t have been a surprise, but we three innocents (Natasha, Robin and I) were surprised by the great clouds of smoke. We tried to play it cool and sipped our sips and tasted our tastes.

But the clouds of cigar smoke seemed to hang right at my eye/nose level–inconvenient. So we didn’t stay long–just long enough to chat with some people we knew and to take note of the handsome watches and lighters. (There were some gorgeous lighters there–sleek enough to make me wish I had the temerity to light up.)

By the way, the wine was delish (I had a Merlot and cab, I think) and so were the bites from La Toque, offered by Ken Frank himself–definite treats despite the haze.

(Photo courtesy my iPhone)