Fred the Blog: Welcome 2008,,,

Monday, December 31, 2007

...and welcome Illinois Smoking Ban!

Happy New Year everyone!

Labels: Chicago

At 6:19 AM , alexis said...: wow, smoking ban! I thought it was already banned in Chicago?
At 11:06 AM , Michelle said...: They did it half-assed before. You couldn't smoke more than 15 ft from the bar in a restaurant, and they had to provide no-smoking areas. Now the ban covers all bars and restaurants period. No smoking in there at all.

So imagine - leaving the Hoppleaf and not needing to take your sweater directly to the dry clearners on the way home!
At 2:23 PM , bitterspice said...: first france, and now chicago....

Happy New Year, Michelle!
At 2:24 PM , bitterspice said...: So, I broke my first Washington state law of the year yesterday, by checking my text messages while driving. Woohoo!
At 2:40 PM , Bet said...: That's some feisty-lookin' baby new year.
At 5:52 PM , Lily said...: I didn't know there were places left where you could smoke in a restaurant in the US. My problem with it has always been that they were never able to separate out the air systems, so a "non-smoking" area was always a joke.