Tickets for the 2011 Little Puff Weekend (The 12th Annual Little Puff & The 3rd Annual After Puff Recovery Lunch) are going on sale Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday, August 11:

On Wednesday August 10, the first 25 walk-in customers to either Drapers DC or Drapers Bethesda will be among the first to purchase their ticket to the Little Puff. Dubbed "Breakfast at Drapers," for $225.00 customers will get a Smoker's Ticket, a light breakfast and cigars courtesy of The Ashton Family of Cigars.

On Thursday, August 11, at 9:30 AM the remaining tickets to the Little Puff and all tickets to the After Puff Recovery Lunch go on sale exclusively at Drapers DC or by calling (202) 638-2555.

For those of you attending the After Puff on Saturday, October 1, we will be debuting the "Hans" cigar by CAO, a one size offering of the CAO Extreme, a favorite of our friend the Late Hans Huber. Proceeds from this event benefit the House of Ruth.

With the Bethesda shop up and running we anticipate demand for the events to be bigger than ever. We wanted to make tickets available online, but the processing cost was prohibitive and one that we refused to pass along to you. So, as in years past  tickets will only be available via telephone by calling (202) 638-2555, or by purchasing in the DC store. Last year tickets sold out in 5 hours, so I encourage all of you interested in attending to reach out to us as soon as tickets become available.

On behalf of John, Paul and the entire Drapers family, thank you for making the Little Puff events such a resounding success. In 11 years we have raised over half a million dollars for numerous worthy causes. We look forward to continuing the tradition September 30 and October 1!