Entries from June 2006

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

Help This Poor Soul Start a Hookah Bar in Oregon

It’s hard enough to start a business. This excited young fella wants to start his own Hookah Bar in Eugene, Oregon and he wants to get a bit of support or words of encouragement. He is also wondering if it is a good idea to drop out of college to make the idea happen. Of […]

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

More Awesome and Obscure Hookah Photos

Alright, for your viewing pleasure….. Drumroll Please….
ALL HAIL KING HOOKAH

And Not to be Upstaged So Easily:
FREAKY COMMANDO HOOKAH GUY

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

US Soldiers Smoking Some Shisha and Hookah in Iraq

You’ve got to love this. US Soldiers are smoking some shisha and a hookah out there in Iraq. I think that’s what they mean when they say “Cultural Understanding”. Although I think that it’s cool and all of them to be doing this, it would piss me off if this situation were […]

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Hooka Hooka Toil and Trouble, Get me Some Shisha On the Double (Apple)

Speaking of Hooka Hooka Toil and Trouble, heres a serious warning for you all out there. If you have a hookah that is made of COPPER, you have to know about this…
Some ornamental hookahs out there have copper bowls. This is Poisonous! Do not smoke from it. That is like eating a piece of […]

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Cool Smoke: Hookah Cafe’s The Hot New Thing

Here is a very cool article from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the takeoff of Hookahs in the USA. It has some cool ideas in it, and is one of the few articles I’ve seen in newspapers that doesn’t portray the hookah in a bad light. Thank God, someone is working to change […]

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Secret Recipe for Turkish Coffee to go with your Hookah

What could possibly be better than just a hookah? A bit of Turkish coffee, of course.
I happen to know a woman from Jordan who knows a little secret about how to make some amazing Turkish coffee. Unfortunately, shes taking that secret with her to the grave. So, I took the liberty to […]

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

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 […]

Friday, June 9th, 2006

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 […]

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

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. […]

Tuesday, June 6th, 2006

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 […]