Slog - Comments on Au Revoir, Smoky Parisian Cafés http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes Stranger contributor Jon Frosch has an interesting article, and a cool video, up on the International Herald Tribune's web site today. From Paris, Frosch writes about the angst that is accompanying this news: Less than one year after France imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in most public places (including hospitals, schools and offices), it will extend the ban to bars, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs - and the most cherished of all spaces: the café. The Parisian angst will sound very familiar to veterans of Seattle's smoking ban wars—but with a better sound-track and a few more platters of cheese and... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:00:18 -0800 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:00:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by aaron Edge — Ok, I'll go visit now... that's all that kept me from that rad lil' place!

]]> aaron Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877259 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:14:36 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle pics broke.

But way cool news! I love Paris!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877283 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877283 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:33:14 -0800 Comment by max solomon hilarious.

the only thing an american can afford to do in paris is smoke.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877319 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:54:21 -0800 Comment by Greg The indoor smoking ban is great. I can finally go bowling at the ghettofabulous Kenmore Lanes again.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877328 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:58:04 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Fucking Nazis.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877336 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:02:46 -0800 Comment by JACKSON POLLOCK fuck you, paris. i'll go to amsterdam or berlin instead.

]]> JACKSON POLLOCK http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877338 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:03:04 -0800 Comment by Cale yet their 24 hour eating establishments will stay open due to 24 hour drinking establishments.

im gonna fucking punch the washington state liquor board in the face.

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877354 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:17:49 -0800 Comment by Lake HAH! The video blames a pro-American and pro-fitness presidnet.

]]> Lake http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877482 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:42:21 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Dam New World plant! See what hell these American savages have wrought on the world by trading tabacco for blue-beads. The French are hooked and can't give it up.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/au_revoir_smoky_parisian_cafes#c877510 Life Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:00:27 -0800