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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
Cam’s Quick Picks
The NFL star and cigar connoisseur shares a few of his favorite smokes and more.
Post-game cigar?
La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull.
While watching a game on TV? Davidoff or Padron, any type.
Poker night with friends? I play Spades. Plasencia.
With a cup of coffee? Royale by Rocky Patel.
For the first-time smoker? Something from Ashton Cigars.
On the road?
I have a portable humidor for travel, with two to six cigars on hand.
Guillotine or V cut? I like a V cut.
Favorite dish at Fellaship?
The crispy cauliflower. The chef flash-fries it, and he makes this great sauce—oh my goodness.
2018 with a shoulder injury that required surgery and a lengthy rehab. As he enters the 2019 season, the 30-year-old quarterback will no doubt be under the magnifying glass
of the media and fans, who will be pondering and prog- nosticating whether he can rediscover his MVP form. It’s at times like this that he turns to his mantra,“Shine through the shade,” a saying that he represents with a custom neon “Shine” sculpture at Fellaship—and that serves as a reminder to persevere and overcome.
Newton’s primary source of strength and support is his family. He and his brother named Fellaship in honor of their father, a preacher with a small Atlanta church who used to wake the boys each Sunday for services.“We are sons of a preacher, a bishop,” says Newton.“When we were thinking
As he enters the 2019 season, the quarterback will no doubt be under the magnifying glass.
of names, we wanted something that derived from our roots, from church, from people coming together.When you think about coming together, what is that? It’s fellowship.”
“We have a spiritual background,” adds Newton Jr. “When our father would wake us for church, he would say, ‘It’s time for fellowship.’”
True to its name, Fellaship thus far has been a place for people to gather.The disparate scene is a welcoming one, with customers eating, drinking, smoking, working on laptops, and, most of all, talking.The venue, unlike many cigar lounges, is attracting a good number of women, who have been coming in small groups with regularity to enjoy a smoke and glass of wine or craft cocktail.
“Smoking cigars is an old tradition, but at Fellaship we are trying to modernize that,” Newton says.“It was a long process, but we finally got it.”
For Newton, the process was driven by his passion for cigars.“It’s more than a hobby.There’s a lot that goes into it, and whether it’s a five-dollar cigar or a 50-dollar cigar, you
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