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A Sunday birthday celebration

A garden, a Sunday, and people who came out for it.

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A Sunday birthday celebration — August 31, 2025
1 of ~28rollers cleared for the Opus XCigar Journal, 2016
6 minone cigar, in front of youHis own words
150+events workedFranklin’s own count
Today was such a beautiful Sunday, and I am beyond grateful for the amazing birthday celebration! Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who came out to share your love, laughter, and energy with me. You all made this day unforgettable. I feel so blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.
Franklin PichardoPosted August 31, 2025
1 of ~28 Opus X rollers—Arturo Fuente since 1995—Official roller · F1 Miami—Published in Cigar Journal—A quarter century at the table—Rolled for Hublot—

The man at that table

Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.

How he got there

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