Laws Forbidding Hookah Smoking Differ

Why is it that in some states you can puff away inside, and in others it is illegal? I spent much of the last two years in Arizona where you can sit inside and smoke all you want without a problem. The laws there don’t allow cigarettes inside, but they make an exception for hookahs. On the other hand, now that I’m in Poughkeepsie, New York, there aren’t really any hookah bars, and the one that is trying the take off… Zorona cafe in Arlington NY… can’t seem to get the city to OK it.

So, my question is, why the huge difference? I know state laws can be ignorant sometimes, but if you want to go into a hookah lounge, then you are taking your health in your own hands. Let people mandate themselves!

As a side note, there are some hookah bars in NYC that still allow smoking hookahs inside and just hope the health department doesn’t come around. I’d like to see that more often.

Going out to the Hookah BAR

It’s the end of a long week. Lots of work. I started a job and had to quit within two days because the food was awful. I can’t work at a restaurant that serves awful food. To boot, the food took forever to come out and the kitchen looked like a disaster area. Sadly, I signed something (tricky lawyers) when I started working there that forbids me from saying where it is. Let me just tell you that it is a BIG corporate restaurant giant. It’s good to stay away from those places….

Anyways, after a long week of work, I am good and ready to go to the hookah bar. I may work on this bottle of tequila I found in the back of my freezer first. Lord knows that a bit of hookah AFTER Tequila can make it a whole new experience. It adds a dimension of craziness. Also, (however this isn’t as well known) a bit of Turkish Coffee can get you going almost as well.

Those Turks surely know what they are doing.

I am begging you to comment, say something, anything….

Hey to all of you out there who have been coming by but not saying anything… yeah you. Leave a comment. I would prefer if this was a bit of a dialouge. Hookahs are no fun alone, nor are Hookah Lounge websites, so throw me a bone and write something, ANYTHING. What’s your favorite blend? Where are you from? Salt or pepper? Would you like fries with that?

Hookahs and Shisha make a gas in Shanghai

The word is spreading… Shanghai Daily just did a report about how awesome hookahs are. OK, I didn’t (or couldn’t) read the clip, but I assume they were saying how much fun hookahs can be. Their photographer was pretty good… better than they kind of shots we see in the USA. Check out the photo from the newspaper below:

Hookahs make news in the Shanghai Daily