Smoke Inn Blog

As the sun slowly melted into the South Florida horizon, I found myself anchored at the legendary Haulover Sandbar aboard my seafoam green 2018 Sea Fox 248 Commander. The tan and beige upholstery glowed warmly beneath the fading amber sky while old-school Cuban music drifted through the salty breeze like a soundtrack pulled straight out of a vintage Miami crime drama....

Obviously, you’re gonna look at the pictures I’m attaching to this story way before you read anything I’m writing. But after you stop laughing, just read the story…. 

Al Goldstein was just bout the most bizarre customer we ever had… well, except for maybe Moondog who I already wrote about!

Al was a fanatic cigar buyer. How many cigars he smo...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the weirdest customer I ever met—Moondog, a tall weird looking Viking that used to light his cigars with the cellophane still on. So, I thought this week I’d switch to the smartest guy I ever met… and I’ve met an incredible number of famous, wealthy, or talented people because they all had one thing in common, well, actually two thi...

Today was a really interesting day out here on the porch with our geriatric cigar group. In fact it got kinda testy when we got on the subject of interesting people we had met during our careers. You gotta understand that besides me, someone who just grew up behind the counter of my parent’s candy and cigar stores, all the rest of these people out here have totally bo...

There are mornings that move quickly—and then there are mornings that settle into you. This one belonged to the latter.

Fresh off a focused meeting at the bakery, I stepped into my office carrying the quiet momentum of the day. The air was still alive with the aroma of freshly baked sugar cookies and warm bread—sweet, comforting, and unmistakably handcrafted. I...