Attending:
bseller (+1 maybe)
Bourne +1
Willie
korea71 (+1 maybe)
Jace
Larry


Maybe:
MKE-MR
ChicagoBound
ElmhurstNick

[This message has been edited by Sweet Willie (edited 10-29-2003).]

Hey! I'm gonna make it. It is just a matter of if the mrs. would be coming or not. It doesn't look good now but you never know.

We've got plenty of hookahs in Boston too, they can be found mainly in the combat zone. Usually you see more in the summah than in the wintah, but I've been told that most of the hookahs are "smokin'".

[This message has been edited by hhonorman (edited 10-22-2003).]

corrected!

Willie,

I'll will be in attendance. I might hookah it up with you as well. I'll try to get a hold of the truly "disgruntled" Goat to see if he would like to attend.

Its been awhile, looking forward to seeing everyone.

I'm in DC so I won't be able to make it, however, I highly recommend trying Jasmine or Rose flavored sheisha if they have it available. It's a light smoothe smoke. I haven't been to a hookah bar in a few years, but we used to go every now and again when I was younger. Apple tastes okay as well, but the Jasmine is by far the best!

Have fun!

edited for spelling...

[This message has been edited by bhatnasx (edited 10-24-2003).]

Goat will be in LON.

Great on all three counts.

bhatnasx thanks for the suggestions on the smoke. They mentioned they have a few different kinds when I was there. I remember thinking apple would probably have been the one I would have asked for, now I know better.

Do you know when you are supposed to smoke?

Before the meal, after, during, at all times?

[This message has been edited by Sweet Willie (edited 10-25-2003).]

Yes the Goat confirmed he is in London SHAME!

Got your e-mail Sweet Willie...

The hookah bars I've been too are in the DC area. They were more of a bar like atmosphere with the difference being that there is no alcohol served (maybe because of religious reasons? not sure) and it is mostly arabic men (when we went to them, there were a few women, but none were arabic, all were white).

The setting is very close and personal. Small circular tables with maybe 3 seats around each one. The ones that are in my area (Alexandria, VA) have some couches and that sort of seating. No one really ate food there (although they did have it available), it was more of a fruit juices/desserts and smoking (cigarette smoking was allowed and accepted).

I imagine that you can smoke throughout the meal, but if it were me going (and I am a cigarette smoker), I would only do it before and after the meal, not during the meal. The places never really filled up til later in the evening, we usually wouldn't go til 10PM at the earliest and they would be pretty packed, so I imagine that most would go ahead and have already eaten when it comes time to smoke. I have driven by them at earlier hours, like 6-7PM hour and they didn't seem too busy.

Hope to make this dinner. Right now, everything cleared.

marked you down.

two days from now.....

Has a definite time been set?