Three Amigos in Tampa, part two

Carmine's was all we could've hoped for. Bob had a Cuban sandwich, Kevin had a sandwich/soup combo and I had baked chicken with rice and black beans side. Bob kept joking that he was going to eat most of his sandwich and then send it back and have them bring him another one. We all agreed that that was a sound strategy.

We will be going back there! For one thing, none of us had their famous deviled crab. For another, it's just a really cool place.

Next up, we stopped in La Herencia de Cuba, a shop and lounge right on 7th avenue with a roller in the window and a bar in the back, with some comfortable couches in between. We walked into their humidor - all cigars rolled on premises. Kevin selected a medium torpedo, Bob and I selected medium fat robustos.

Very relaxing place, and Kevin and I started feeling like we were definitely on vacation now! Bob mentioned that he was not on vacation, but we agreed to share some of our "on vacation" feeling with him. Bob and Kevin were enjoying their cigars, but unfortunately mine, while constructed flawlessly, was incredibly hot and bitter on my tongue and lips. I persisted in trying to smoke it, but eventually had to give up. Too bad! but it didn't dampen my spirits one bit.

After leaving La Herencia, we decided to drive to Davis Island and check out Kuba Cigars, a lounge recommended to Bob by a colleague of his wife. Really nice place! Full bar, elegant brand-new looking decor and furniture, nice selection in the walk-in humidor. I picked out a Casa Magna Oscuro toro - don't remember what Bob and Kevin smoked - and a rootbeer soda and bottle of water, and settled down into the comfortable couch with MLB network on the large flatscreen tv in front of us.

Only getting 4 hours of sleep the night before started to catch up on me. I was feeling a bit sleepy! But I wasn't alone. We were all feeling that "middle of the afternoon" feeling. We decided to drive back to our hotel and take a break, get refreshed and then figure out what to do for dinner.