Thanks Thrillist! The HoboNargile works on any bottle and can go anywhere you go.  Big shout out to Spook Nukem, Sara B for hooking us up with Kevin and Joe at Thrillist in NY and DC.

Check out the HoboNargile here.

So, its not really news now, but the HoboNargile is moving off of the shelves at HoboNargile.com.  But whats more, is that its also available in Brazil, for the Brazil Hobos.  Check out HoboHookah.com.br to get a great price and save on shipping.

Also, a heads up for you Austin, TX heroes, we will be represented at South by Southwest starting this Thursday.  Follow us on our Twitter feed to get the updates of where we are at and where you can try for yourself the wonderful, portable HoboNargile.

Finally, a brief apology to the international Hobo Heroes still waiting on their hookah: They shipped last week, with a lot of hand wringing, but they should be arriving globally sometime this week.  People in the UK: I know your hookahs have cleared customs as of today!  Note for other international orders: Everything is sorted out with international shipping.  Shipments leave the US every Friday and take 5-10 business days.  Write that down.

And we do have a video this week: Starbuzz Pumpkin Pie shisha review.  Check it out.

Quick follow up: The HoboNargiles ARE for sale now at HoboNargile.com (or HoboHookah.com, on the right in the HoboHookah section).  Now you can get the HoboNargile shipped with all of your favorite hookah gear.

For the international pre-orders: Hookahs are out the door. Sorry for the delay, it was a pain getting them out the door, but all worth it to hear about the smiles on your faces.

New videos coming up this week.  We will be back on track going into March.

What’s better than rocking a HoboHookah in California? Rocking a HoboHookah in California AND Peru. I can’t quite explain how awesome it is when you guys send in pics of your HoboHookah adventures, and we just received some awesome ones from Ian and Naomi.

Here’s what Ian sent in:

The one with me in the white t shirt is at Point Lobos State Park, CA, near Carmel and Monterey. The one with the four of us drinking wine is at Crystal Basin Winery near Placerville, Ca; if you can ship wine to wherever you guys are I highly recommend joining their wine club, their wines are all fantastic.

The one on the beach is Lahaina Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. The one with me in the Red Sox hat is in Aguas Calientes, Peru, near Machu Picchu. I wish I’d gotten a picture of the seven year old Peruvian kid who came up and I guess tried to ask me what the hell my Hobohookah was (my Spanish is pretty awful). And the last one is my wife Noami at Yosemite National Park in CA.

HoboHookah in Carmel Beach California

You Bet Your Ass the HoboHookah Works on Wine Bottles

HoboHookah Kicking Back for a Tan at Lahaina Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

A Mayan HoboHookah in Peru, near Machu Picchu

Kicking Back for a Victory Shisha

Ian and Naomi picked up their HoboNargile in December…

Here’s another great note he recently sent over:

The Nalgene is our camping hookah. Right now the Hobo is sitting on a 1.5L Jagermeister bottle that we finished on New Year’s. We EARNED that bitch.

(If you didn’t score your HoboNargile yet, you can still nab the pre-order special here. Pre-order ends Friday at 5pm EST–as I type this, that’s 48.5 hours away. They ship to HoboHeroes everywhere next week.)

Thanks Ian and Naomi, you’re keeping the Dream alive!

So, we thought we’d get the HoboNargiles out to you guys this week, but the good people over at LAX Customs had other plans.  While your Hobo is getting X-Ray’d, take some time off to reflect on how awesome it will be when it finally arrives at your door.

Last week, I went to San Diego to check out the hookah scene and get things ready for the big product launch.  While there, I hung out with the founder of Tangiers Tobacco, Eric.  He packed me a big time bowl of Tangier’s Lemon-Lime hookah tobacco.  If you are ever in the area, its a good idea to check out his shop and ask him how he does it.  Smoking from one of his bowls, definitely brings the full potential of his tobacco to life.

I also checked out the home of one of our favorite hookah tobaccos, Fumari.  This is a great hookah bar, reminding me of the old and long since passed, Casbah in Madison, WI.  Aside from the actual heads they pack there, its was nice to have the flavors delivered to the table for a quick smell test before deciding on which shisha to go to. 

Finally, we did go to the SD hookah Mecca, the Hookah Company warehouse in Encinitas.  Seriously like a kid in a candy store.  Imagine everything on their site in front of you.  Amazing.

And thats the SD update.  Sorry for missing the video last week, it was tough getting things up with the plane for warmer weather waiting.  Here is the belated video, a shisha review of Nakhla Mizo Guava.  Enjoy.

HoboHeros: We have an approximate ship date for the HoboNargiles: They should go out by the beginning of the first week of February.  So that’s great news for all of you who have already locked in the discount, but it means that time is ticking for those who haven’t throw down.  Check out HoboNargile.com for more details on the offer.

Also, in the news, I will be doing some traveling in the next couple of months.  We always like to meet up with current and future HoboHeros when we are on the road.  Here are the date:

San Diego – Feb 3rd – 5th: Will be there meeting with other hookah luminaries.

Austin, TX – March 11th – 16th: Mike, Dave and I will be there for SXSW.

So, if you are in either one of those spots, drop us an email: hero@hobohookah.com.

We do have another Hobocans Happy Hour on tap, in this review we tackle Starbuzz Blue Mist hookah tobacco.

A little late on the old blog entry this week, but that’s because we have officially launched the HoboNargile Pre-Order! (applause)

As we speak, a boat load of hookahs are heading for the West Coast and if you want to get yours as soon as possible, and at a cheeky little discount, you’ve got to order yours before they arrive.  It could be next week, could be early February, regardless, the time to order is ticking away.

We’ve gotten some great feedback from our last sale, in December, and everything went off without a hitch.  Here’s one comment that speaks the truth:

“yea the new hobo is awesome.  the new hose is great, awesome hookah too, the double hose makes double the party right?   thanks man” – Dan S.

Double the party indeed.  Anyways, we are excited to get these out there.  We’ve loved every minute with our hookah, and I think you guys will too.

We have another Hobocans Happy Hour happening over at the vidblog, check out our review of the (disappointing) classic raspberry by Tangiers.

This is the view of our office-living room from the crasher’s couch.  Its a beautiful site on most Saturdays and a wicked reminder on Monday.

We don’t have much news to report this week, just working to get the HoboNargile to our shores.  Keep watching the email list for pre-order details.  We’ll have delivery date and a sweet deal ready to rock by the end of the week, so if you missed out in 2009, this is your next shot.  We have a lot more to move, but honestly, I don’t know how long they will last.

We have another Hobocans Happy Hour happening, where we review Tangiers Chocolate Cherry.  If you are still in the holiday mood, it will do for Christmas what Starbuzz Pumpkin Pie did for Thanksgiving.

The last two weeks have been crazy.  If you’ve seen the video, you’ll know a bit of what we are talking about.  But its a new year now, time to get fucking serious. We’re going to have thousands of HoboNargiles coming into the US the January, to make sure you guys can get yours.

But, before that day, I’d like to pay tribute to those who took up the call a few Fridays ago and voted Yes for the HoboNargile.  Evan K, his hookah on an awesome Absolut 100 bottle to the left, was one such dude.  Tim from Boston, the big man over at Hookahpro.com, was another such individual (his whole break down is here).

The coolest thing, though, was getting orders from all across the US and the world.  We shipped hookahs as far away as New Zealand, as close as Brooklyn, as south as McMurdo Station in Antarctica, and as crazy as Afghanistan.  The HoboNargile goes everywhere, and the Hobo Heros who keep us in business, know that all too well.

If you didn’t make the early launch pre-order, you missed a doozey of a deal, but we will have another offer shortly, not quite as awesome but just as sweet.  So keep your eyes peeled, and make sure to join the email list to make sure that you get hooked up this time (http://hobohookah.com).

And, we have a hold over episode at the Hobocans Happy Hour, where he discuss hookah for the holidays and give a review for Al Fakher Honey and Vanilla shisha, mixed.  Enjoy!

Honestly, this is a special Dream for us here at Hobocans.  We sold out of our pre-orders so fast, and to those who ordered: We delivered so big.  It makes me cry.

This is a special hookah.  All we wanted was to bring a hookah that you, neigh, we could share: And it works.  We really care about you and through this love, we can better make the dream happen for every HoboHero.

All I can listen to is old school rock: Maybe its because I yearn for a simpler time, or perhaps its a time for nostalgia.  But in the end, I know, we all need to make closer personal connections, and I want that to happen with this hookah.

But the ultimate success of that Dream, and the Dreams shared by Us, is that we keep on sharing and making things happen.  Keep on sharing the HoboNargile and HoboHookah.  Its the path to the Dream, and I really believe that as long as we keep on doing our thing we will make you proud.  That and a rocking bowl of shisha, is what we ask.

Those elect, pass the word on.  We love you and we will do what it takes to make sure the Dream comes True. Watch the true story of the HoboNargile, its your heritage:

Plus, there is another flavor review (Hint: Al Fakher up at Hobocans,com).