Bongs, bongs, bongs. Before I get to this place, and before you get to this place, you'll pass by…read moreA Downtown Barber Shop located in Midtown with a Midtown sign above the Downtown sign. Confused? They do straight razor shaves old school style. There's a great video out there about an Indian barber who does some pretty extravagant head massages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSctqjzFjJ8 If you're a metrosexual or a retro-dandy-hipster kind of dude, you have to get a straight razor shave at least once in your life.
I don't smoke cigarettes or cigars although occasionally I do snuff and I'm not fond of pot, so the only reason I came here was for an e-hookah. I never really understood smoking, the purposeful inhalation of a toxic irritant that gives you cancer. Smoke anything gives you cancer. Smoked meats give you cancer. Maybe a smoky cab will give you cancer too. But I've done hookah before, and I rather like inhaling fruity vapor and a rather tepid, mild buzz as opposed to the dizzying, neurotic buzz you get from high-nicotine smokes. Perhaps it's like comparing tea to espresso. Hookah also just seems more exotic and doesn't have all that big cancer baggage and rebellious acned, pre-adolescent vogue. I see kids smoking across a high school and I'm like, wow, you guys are like adults, so rebellious and free - not. Enjoy a significantly diminished lung capacity, cardiovascular health and then cancer. I think hookah is just more classy, especially when nobody seems to thinks it's cool except with the youth of India. Apropos, the counter guy is from India, a very nice, helpful guy. I seriously felt like I was 14 again as he's giving me instructions on how to use an e-hookah. The starter kit, yes, again feeling like a 14-year-old, starts at $20 and includes a free little bottle of flavored "e-liquid." It's believed hookah originated in India and they smoke shisha a combination of tobacco and molasses. I guess the e-liquid has some relation to shisha. They distinguish the level of nicotine starting with none, then 6 mg being low, 12 mg being medium, 18 mg being high, and 24 mg will probably get you very high. I also had the misfortune of trying chew in Hawaii after copious drinking, and I had one of the worst experiences with my hotel room spinning around. I had never tried chew, and I had no idea how much to stuff in my mouth, and I probably took way too much. I don't get nicotine. I get caffeine, not nicotine. The e-hookah is comprised of the battery, the heating mechanism (atomizer), tank (where you put the liquid), and mouthpiece. The difference between an e-cig and e-hookah is that it takes about five minutes to prepare the e-hookah whereas the e-cig is instantaneous. The e-hookah also creates significantly more clouds of vapor, but it quickly dissipates. People may think you're smoking a joint. There are also a significantly wider array of flavors from Kailua and vanilla to all types of fruits. This shop also has loads of bongs, loads. And you thought pot was illegal.
