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A block or so away from Insert Coins stands City Hall which seems as good a place as any for Hsieh to spell out his vision, not just for the building -- "there are jail cells in there; we're thinking of turning them into nap rooms, or maybe a speak-easy" -- but for the whole of downtown Vegas.

Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011

First up, a note about the absense of Tim Stack, your trusty GG recapper; he spent the eveningout celebrating his 30th birthday at some underground NY speak-easy, so this mousewas giventhe privilege of filling in while thecat was away.

'Gossip Girl' recap: Blair dumps Serena -- for good? | EW.com 2009

In Oakland's openly drug-tolerant district, I am taken to a cafe-style dispensary where buyers pore over the choicest buds for smoking and buy cuttings for $12 apiece, to a medical marijuana club where three members are drawing on skinny cannabis cigarettes, and to a curtained speak-easy where the patrons are enjoying a game of pool.

Boutique buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization Adrian Higgins 2010

A block or so away from Insert Coins stands City Hall which seems as good a place as any for Hsieh to spell out his vision, not just for the building -- "there are jail cells in there; we're thinking of turning them into nap rooms, or maybe a speak-easy" -- but for the whole of downtown Vegas.

Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011

Although the Wooly, a bar in a Financial District skyscraper that you'd never find if you weren't looking for it, has the feel of a speak-easy, a party there Thursday promoted responsible drinking.

A Little Whiskey and Some Friends Jen Wieczner 2012

A block or so away from Insert Coins stands City Hall which seems as good a place as any for Hsieh to spell out his vision, not just for the building -- "there are jail cells in there; we're thinking of turning them into nap rooms, or maybe a speak-easy" -- but for the whole of downtown Vegas.

Paul Carr: The Strip Diary, Day Twenty One: From Sin City to Sim City -- Tony Hsieh's Plan to Rebuild Downtown Vegas Paul Carr 2011

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Detroit cops—tipped off that a black uprising was about to set fire to their town—had raided a blind pig speak-easy in a black neighborhood.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Detroit cops—tipped off that a black uprising was about to set fire to their town—had raided a blind pig speak-easy in a black neighborhood.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Detroit cops—tipped off that a black uprising was about to set fire to their town—had raided a blind pig speak-easy in a black neighborhood.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

The distinctly modern group of cool kids, might have been teleported from a twenties speak-easy.

Alex Geana: Something Important Is Happening 2010