Jeanie's Smoke Shop, Salt Lake City, Utah early Aug'09

just a brief 'how do' of Jeanie's Smoke Shop, downtown Salt Lake City. I believe the Tinderbox has two locations in Salt Lake, but I didn't bother headin' over to either. It was hotter'n a firecracker and the set of wheels I was using was the mountain bike you saw next to the door to Jeanie's. sure didn't feel like pedaling any more than I had to. anywho, hope you enjoy meeting the proprietor and the 'quickie' interior/exterior of the shop. just so you know -- if you're ever in Salt Lake -- the place is closed on Sundays. ; )

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• Jeanie's Smoke Shop
• tobacconist
• Salt Lake City Utah
• pipe smoking
• pickled herring

[MountainMonsters]

Hey I heard this place was going to shut down cause of the new tobacco tax in Utah as of July 1 2010

[ManiacalMikal]

@MountainMonsters - doesn't surprise me, D - B&M tobacconists (brick-n-mortar independents) are going the way of the dinosaur, unfortunately, and rapidly disappearing - this new tax hike on tobacco in UT won't be the last - nevertheless, I don't believe the pasttime of tobacco use will ever go away completely - it'll probably enjoy a resurgence in popularity down the road and someone will come up with the bright idea to open a store! ; ) - thanks for stopping by with the news - bfn, MM

[Naturainfinity]

Very nice video, Michael....enjoyed the tour.

Cheers,

D

[ManiacalMikal]

hey, D - yeah...my 'first' tobacconist and I was rather excited, not to mention pleased, that the owner would allow me to record the interior of his shop and provide me with a brief interview, too - there's no such establishment for miles-n-miles (make that kilometers, eh) in my area, so visiting this place was quite a treat - glad you gave the vid a boo and enjoyed the wee tour - have a good one, eh! MM

[NWPipeSmoker]

Nice tour, Michael! I like the interview ... a pipe boom in the '70's? Who knew?

-Tom

[ManiacalMikal]

hey, Tom - seems like a looong time ago now when I recorded this, yet it was just last summer - my last stop in a tobacco shop was around Xmas in Edmonton, AB and the place was very busy - would've liked to get an interview with the owner, Chris - hope to next time I'm up that way visiting my #1 & his family - might be a grandpa again by then ; ) - thanks for checking the vid out - bye for now, MM

[MountainMonsters]

@ManiacalMikal hey your welcome, thanks for the excellent video! I never made it down to the store before it closed but with your video I could at least see what an awesome shop it was. =-)

[ManiacalMikal]

be a great place to check out, 23, if I was into hookahs - next time I visit SLC, perhaps I'll stop by just to give it a boo - thanks, eh! - sweet smoke, lad - MM

[ManiacalMikal]

brilliant idea, pard, though I think you'd do better with a microbus rather than a panel. doubt if you'd be rousted by the cops as often with all the windows. good luck with the adventure. ; ) MM

[lastmondaypast1]

hey could you tell me if those shops are successful because im thinking of opening one in an old vw panel bus so its a smoke shop on wheels lol.