Told By Lew Rothman

Did you know that Pierre is the State Capital of South Dakota???  Yes, it is, with a population of just 14,000 souls. But it’s still 75% more populous than the 8,000 that live in Montpelier, the State Capital of Vermont! These and thousands of other completely worthless facts are what …

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! …

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 …

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 …

Well, if I’m going to write something for this blog every week… okay, maybe it won’t be every week because I’m just not good at doing anything EVERY week. So maybe before you keep reading this weekly thing I should acquaint you with some of the odd things I can …

Here at the Home For Retired Cigar Czars (that’s us people who sold our businesses before the government got really crazy trying to destroy the cigar industry) most of the guys just sit around all day smoking cigars and looking at pictures of naked women on the internet! What the …

I’m not exactly sure what Abe wants me to do other than just write some stuff about the cigar business and what it was like before everyone started making up all this bullshit about how their grandfathers worked in the Cuban cigar factories before the embargo. And how every new …

So, sittin’ out here on the porch of the Home for Retired Cigar Czars with absolutely nothing to do — I’m just thinking about some of the things that annoy me. And just off the top of my head (and that even annoys me because where there used to be a …

Ed wasn’t a genuine Czar, but he worked in the industry for over 50 years starting out for Bering Corral Wodiskya y Ca., and then for me for about 20 years.  A long time ago, back when I still had a full head of hair, the Bering Plaza was the …

Hey! Some of you may know me, but many of you may not, as I have been taking a little rest from the cigar business for the last 15 years or so. My name is Lew Rothman and I used to sell the lion’s share of the handmade cigars in this country …