Enough, rambling let us get to the point. There are companies out there that still make high quality American goods. It starts with your food, your home wares, your furniture, and not least; your glass pipe. Glass pipes here at The Highway are not made in China or India. Where does the detriment lie when you buy garbage foreign glass? You get sweat shop glass, a crap product, milky and faded colors, compromised quality. It does not stop there. The same American made pipe will cost double. In order for some American glass blowers to compete they must lower their prices.  There is no level playing field. No one wins. In fact, that is the high cost of low prices. One day China will own your sack and balls. It is best we all pay now than later. So we do what we do (support those hippie blowers) because it is right to stand by your fellow American.

One last bit to ponder before I leave you with the burden of voting with your purchasing ability. I recently have been furnishing new living quarters. Keeping with my beliefs of locality, I scoured the city for American furniture. Thinking the cost would be outlandish, I was pleasantly surprised to find it not much more than the Chinese counter part. Shameless plug: Comforts of Home   There are facets of the furniture industry and for that fact any American industry, that we do not take into account when purchasing an end product. I stumbled across this interesting article at Dwell, about the sin of buying rip off products. The similarities of the furniture industry to the glass blowing industry are stark.  Jason Miller, of furniture manufacturer Roy & Hill, states “You need to get to a place where they can’t knock you off—reach a level of craftsmanship or take a design risk that a knockoff company wouldn’t take. If you can’t create that individuality or specialness, it might be time to go back to the drawing board.”

We could not be more thrilled to be celebrating our sixth year of business. Join us on Saturday November 19th between 7 & 10PM, for deep discounts on headie glass. We have all headies for 40% off and select water pipes at 20% off! The first thirty people will receive a gift bag with our new foot bags. The generosity does not stop there. We will be raffling off a headie piece! Don’t forget to stay for our live glass blowing demo. Smash your pink piggy banks, bring your pennies, and join us for a celebratory time!