the new speakeasy

Originally Posted by star angel

okay this one cigarete company opened a smokers bar in chicago, well anyway chicago has a ban on smoking in public, so they opened this place as a cigarete manfufacuring plant, so people can buy cigaretes there for 9 bucks a pop, eh, so what do you think about it?

I heard about this on NPR. It's like a coffee house, except for smokes. They have all sorts of flavored shit, herbal shit - crazy stuff. I would be willing to try it, even though the mere idea sounds like something you'd find on the UCBerkeley campus borders. Pretentious, rebellious, et cetera.

I wish I could find the article. I've been looking for about 10 minutes to no avail for the audio clip.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Fresh Frank

Sounds interesting, though I have to wonder how the author is going to substitue the Prohibition Era environment, as presently there isn't (as I see it) much of a solid comparison between then and now.

Oh, and off-topic, but are hookas (sp) also illegal?

I think so, just not in every state. I wonder if they're legal in MA. If we can't have head shops, I doubt we have hookahs lounges. THOUGH I HAVE seen one in a storefront window of a lounge locally. Just never gets used. ;_;

And yea, the threadmaker was a little incoherent. I was thinking "HM. MAYBE I SHOULD LAUGH AT HER." But then I realized I heard about this on NPR, in a much more clear and concise fashion. I WISH I could find the goddamned audio. It was interesting.

There's nowhere I can't reach.