Brandy is not my usual drink of choice, but I have been known to take up the snifter from time to time. A touch of brandy helps warm the winter nights… here in southern California.…
The beads of crimson ichor runs down your fingers as you look upon your grisly work. Once clean and pristine, the top of her neck is now a mass of sanguine shreds and your hands are stained…
It’s one of those awful moments that shisha smokers truly dread. You desperately want to smoke your hookah, but your bowl take a long walk off a shot dock and you don’t have a spare.…
Mint is one of those flavors that seems to be mandatory for every brand and they all seem to have a different take on it. One tastes like fresh mint leaves from a garden where another might taste…
Uh Oh. You’ve carefully packed your bowl, set up your hookah and sat down for a relaxing session, but your first draw greet you with a mouthful of dirt and ash. This is a bad thing.…
Fresh and invigorating; mint is one of my favorite flavors to smoke. Sadly, many mint flavors are a bit lacking and leave me wanting something more. I have heard every suggestion you can imagine for…
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8-vtHUI9Nh0 After my latest blog post touting the merits of silicone in hookah accessories, I figured I should give you a look at a new product that I have been enjoying. This is the Palace Glass Hookah…
Sir Mixalot and I agree on many things, but his statement of, “silicone parts are made for toys” may not be entirely true. They are also made for hookahs! This is not an article about…
I am not one to judge a hookah before I get my hands on it and before I am able to smoke with it for quite some time. This ridiculous thing, known as the Desvall…
When I first got my shipment of Othmani tobacco, there were a few samples that peaked my interest and got me excited to smoke them. Star of Alhamra was definitely on this list and it’s…
I decided to go into this review blind. I saw the name Fantasia Black Martini and I had no idea what flavor this was supposed to be. The only thing I knew for certain was…
The holidays have been crazy, as most of you can attest and now I finally have time to sit down and catch up. Given the opportunity, I decided to sit down with Fantasia Ace of…
Glass hookahs have had a long and varied history, with every level of quality represented. From the high end and ultra-premium Crown Hookah glass rigs down to the abysmally fragile Ankh, I’ve seen it all…
Strawberry! You are the ever illusive unicorn that is hunted, but may never have existed in the first place. The next strawberry flavor that’s on the chopping block is Othmani Damascus Strawberry and it’s holding…
Last week I introduced you to Othmani Tobacco and I let you know how excited I was to try this tobacco. Well, I was chatting with Bassem, the owner and operator of Medwakh.com and he…
Image From Medwakh.com There seem to be new brands popping up every few months in the world of hookah tobacco and I find the vast majority of them to be summarily boring. They offer very…
Farida is the new kid in town and it’s time to pay attention before he steals your lunch money. Specializing in brass and wooden hookahs, this is a fairly young brand out of Egypt that…
I love brass hookahs. I love copper accented hookahs. Apparently, I love high maintenance hookahs because both of these materials are prone to tarnish. This means that if I want to have the prettiest hookahs that I…
Everyone has different flavor preferences and it really seems like there are as many different flavors as there are hookah smokers. Just about every single fruit and spice has a hookah tobacco representative or there…