http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/ Blog written by two Prague residents about life in the Czech Republic. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-5632 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:43:57 +0000 http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-5632 [...] California restaurants are blessed with clean air. There is a state-wide ban on smoking in public places, so you never, ever have to have that little “Smoking or non-smoking?” conversation with the waiter as you enter a restaurant. You never have to scan the room to find a table that’s as far as possible from any customers who are smoking or may start at any minute (see the pack of cigarettes sitting on their table?). You don’t have to assess every newcomer and guess whether or not he looks like a smoker and if he does, whether or not he is heading for a table near yours. You can freely go to a restaurant you’ve never been to before without wondering if they’ll have a non-smoking section and without needing Plan B in case they don’t. You can come home from dinner with your clothes smelling the way they did when you left. Which means that you don’t have to take your smelly clothes to the dry cleaner… [...] […] California restaurants are blessed with clean air. There is a state-wide ban on smoking in public places, so you never, ever have to have that little “Smoking or non-smoking?” conversation with the waiter as you enter a restaurant. You never have to scan the room to find a table that’s as far as possible from any customers who are smoking or may start at any minute (see the pack of cigarettes sitting on their table?). You don’t have to assess every newcomer and guess whether or not he looks like a smoker and if he does, whether or not he is heading for a table near yours. You can freely go to a restaurant you’ve never been to before without wondering if they’ll have a non-smoking section and without needing Plan B in case they don’t. You can come home from dinner with your clothes smelling the way they did when you left. Which means that you don’t have to take your smelly clothes to the dry cleaner… […]

]]> http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-2605 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:59:40 +0000 http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-2605 Hi Dana, I like your sense of humor in your blogs. Please keep them comming! Lucia Hi Dana,
I like your sense of humor in your blogs. Please keep them comming!
Lucia

]]> http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-2604 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:46:45 +0000 http://blog.myczechrepublic.com/2006/12/14/a-convenient-dry-cleaner-with-a-catch/#comment-2604 [...] My Czech Republic Blog writes about “a convenient dry cleaner” who’s no longer there - and here’s one possible reason why: “…the woman smoked like a chimney. So you brought a brand new, washed shirt in to have the sleeves shortened. You handed it over, got your slip and watched the shirt being hung on the to-be-worked-on rack. Five days and some hundred cigarettes later you’d get your shirt back with the sleeves just the right length, but smelling of cigarette smoke so bad that you might just as well have been sitting in a smoky pub for six hours straight.” Veronica Khokhlova [...] […] My Czech Republic Blog writes about “a convenient dry cleaner” who’s no longer there - and here’s one possible reason why: “…the woman smoked like a chimney. So you brought a brand new, washed shirt in to have the sleeves shortened. You handed it over, got your slip and watched the shirt being hung on the to-be-worked-on rack. Five days and some hundred cigarettes later you’d get your shirt back with the sleeves just the right length, but smelling of cigarette smoke so bad that you might just as well have been sitting in a smoky pub for six hours straight.” Veronica Khokhlova […]

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