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Photoset: Oakland Studio

7/21/2016

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When your friends invite you over for dinner at their vintage Oakland studio, you have to photograph some.
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Chalice California 2016: prt.2

7/19/2016

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I may be speaking for myself when I say this, but I don't think I think about anything quite as much as I think about food. Especially after a few dabs! But the thing that excites me more than munchies, is medicated munchies! I've never been a huge fan of sweets. Cookies and cakes? I'll pass. That's why it's so exciting to see new edibles hitting the market that are falling more on the savory side. Or better yet, can be left up to interpretation! These medicated tortillas, Medtillas, seem like a perfect option for lunch, dinner and even dessert!
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When I turned the corner and saw the Shogun Extracts booth, I became ecstatic. Zacatecas is the state in Mexico where my family hails from! Medicated tamales estillo Zacatecas? yes please! it was hard to say if the potency was there, since I maintained such a steady high, but it tasted like home.
The medicated food was really popping out at me, I wanted to try this herb fired pizza by OG Pizza Company, but I just couldn't keep eating! Kush Tacos was also on the scene, I was sad I didn't get a chance to smash some nachos like I did the first time I tried them at the Nor Cal Cannabis Cup this past year.
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Beezle's Creamery took home first place in the edible category for these 25mm medicated mochi bites! This one is Horchata flavored, and I'm sure the rest were just as tasty and I really regret not buying any more. 
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Budy Crocker and  Mrs.Von Dank were set up together and it made me happy to see some friends make the trip out for Chalice. I've known them both via Instagram for year and I was so happy to finally meet! There were medicated bath products and sweet medicated treats on display in such an elegant but casual style. They sent me home with some samples and they were both equally indulgent in their own way. Best enjoyed together, I'd say!

Rodeo Glass Gallery is a booth I see at many events in California. It's always such a treat to see these works of art in person. 
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Ryno Glass, Matt Roberston, Jared Delong, Reyna Rivera and more pictured here.
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I spied these pieces by Immaculate Glass, Lamar Glass and Troph Glass, their table was getting great light.
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GrassHoppa Glass was out with some UV reactive glass. There was lots to Wu-Tang themed glass since they were the headlining musical artist on Saturday night. 
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There was plenty of glass by artists I didn't know. Here is another Wu-Tang piece by an artist I didn't catch the name of.
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This unknown artist definitely had a theme going. and I was a fan. Brains and aliens and amazing sculpting. 
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The fade one this little banger hanger had me mesmerized. 
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And there was some amazing work put into these mini tubes as well, look at the crows! This was a truly talented artist, I wish I had caught his name.
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This artists work was cute and simple, I've always been a fan of tiny rigs!
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I saw so many minis I wanted to add to my army of minis.
I had to bring my Kaliber Glass baby with me, with the Aaron Vigil quartz nail.
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There were so many artists and so much work out that multiple people had worked on, I couldn't keep up, but I still want to share the work even if I don't know who made. Feel free to reach out with the answers if you have them!
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The main attraction was this glowing Joe Peters x Hoobs Glass collaboration. 
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My boyfriend ended up taking home this beautiful Chaka Glass x Solo Glass mini.
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As cannabis events and parties grow, with bigger musical headliners and more diverse crowds, it can be harder, or easier for some, to remember why we attend these functions to being with. To see our friends and family in the community, enjoy the festivities, and learn about new cultivators, products and dispensaries, or to enjoy those who supply areas we don't live in! Jungle Boyz were out selling clones and pressing some of their "Jungle Juice" for patients who purchased their flower. The  Jungle Boyz flavors by Oil Refinery Co we swooped from TLC  Collective was so clean and stable, yum!
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All in all, Chalice was worth it in my opinion. It's nice to have a reason to leave the bay and experience some real summer heat every so often. 
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I'm never upset when I see Wu-Tang live, wish Method Man would have been there!
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We were all making the best of the music, the heat, and each other. Great vibes, honestly.
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Until next time Chalice!
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Chalice California 2016: prt.1

7/18/2016

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Chalice California is an annual festival held at the San Bernardino Fairgrounds in Victorville, California sponsored by Hitman Glass. It's been happening since 2014 and has been regarded as THE summer festival for hash and glass art. This was my first year attending the festival, and the first piece of summer spent in over 90° heat in at least 7 or 8 years. But we were ready for it! With dabs and water in hand, we set out into the heat. 

Live art was everywhere, from live glassblowing to live painting. The musical stage was in the middle of the fairgrounds, so if you were outside odds were you could hear the music playing. There were makeshift misters spraying water at the edge of the stage's lawn creating a haziness that matched the one we were feeling. 
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The two days we were there were full of tasting dabs, seeing friends, eating medicated (and non medicated) foods and generally enjoying the vibes. Being from Northern California and spending most of my life in the Bay Area, I definitely feel I operate on a different wavelength than Southern Californians. It's hard for me not compare the festivals and vibes in Northern and Southern California, but I will say the experience was definitely worth the trip.

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One thing I have always noticed about Southern California's concentrate scene is that I only seem to find popular BHO extractors, and not much solventless. 
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Guild Extracts is an extract company that I have always heard great things about but never really tried. I was excited to try some of their flavors and hear more about their THC-A Crystalline. They took the prize for highest THC content for their Jack Herer THC-A Crystalline. I don't think I saw it on the menu, but I probably wasn't looking, but I did see this Sour Diesel THC-A Crystalline.
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Han's Colonial Medicine did have some fire looking and smelling Blissful Wizard Dry sift but at $100 a gram, it was a little out of my price range.
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I've heard many things about the ambiguous origins of Crystalline concentrates. The CBD Crystalline we are seeing on the market these days is derived from HEMP, not CANNABIS. It unsure what affects these hemp derived concentrates could have on the body, so it's important to be careful. Guild's THC-A concentrate however seems to be legit, straight from Mother Mary herself.

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Something I've been seeing at cannabis festivals and parties in the recent years have been rosin presses! People with rosin presses, mainly companies doing promotional work of course, who will allow people to walk up to them with their own flower and use their machines to press out fresh rosin! Sashquash Rosin Presses were who we used to help us out. We started with a little over 3 grams of Gorilla Glue cultivated by SPARC that tested out at just over 22% so we knew it would be worth the squeeze.
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we got almost a gram and a half back!

Glass art, mostly functional, some not, all beautiful, were a obviously a huge part of the festivities. I saw plenty of artists I recognized and plenty I didn't. This beautiful electroformed, crystal covered piece to the right made it all the way to Southern California from New York state. Some artists traveled from far away homes, some were local, and some even considered the road their home. Chaka Glass, an artist I've meet at previous expos and someone I've connected with on social medial, is one of these artists driving across country and living in an RV.
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Chaka (Christian) is famed for his icey drips, hollow cubes and adorable penguin and marine wildlife.
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Another artist I recognized right away was Sherbert Glass. His signature pencil dabber can be spotted at almost any glass party. Seeing some of his one of a kind collaborations was a real treat.
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I picked up a textured pink pencil dabber he was nice enough to sign for me, with his personalized Sherbert TI pencil.
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Millies are something that have been practiced in glasswork for years and years, before functional glass art was a thing (I think?). There are so many talented millie artists in the scene, I was happy to see some familiar faces and some new ones! I loved these Oggie Boggie and Stimpy chips by an artist I didn't recognize. 
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Love these Oogie Boogie and Stimpy chips by and artist who's name I couldn't find.
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Dapo Glass and Holly Banks Glass are a couple I've also met at other glass expos and connected with via social media. I love how they support each other in their art and collaborate constantly! He makes the chips and she'll use them to make adorable pendants!
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Holly loves to create tasty looking glass reminiscent of the candies we get when we have the munchies. Gummies galore! This chocolate dipped lemon gummy was something I saw online and was so happy to see in person!
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Jayson Keys made hilarious and serene scenes in his Millie Bomb pieces, mostly pendants and marbles.
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Augy Glass was another artist, who I like to consider a friend, I saw using millies, but his glass was functional. Augy is a California based artist of Mexican decent who is proud of himself and his work, and I like to think it shows. It's always great to run into friends and these kinds of events.
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I saw some Northern California based friends too! Goodnight Irene and Lisa's Pieces!  Kayla James Glass was sharing a table with Irene and I was so happy to see some of her work in person! These Renee Patula ice cream carrots were as adorable in person as they were online.
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Kayla and Irene did a 'Squabbit' pendant, signature Irene squirrel who developed a taste for carrots and disguised himself as rabbit to obtain more carrots. Irene was wearing it when I saw her. 
Irene's pieces have great shape and beautiful fuming, and are often accented with horns or her signature squirrels, that are often seen on pendants. The light was hitting these beautifully as the sun began to set.
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Her collaborations with Lisa were also on display, and I actually remember these being made at a Pied Pipers event in Oakland at Acala Studios. 
Lisa had a strawberry theme going on and these hefty pendants caught my eye. The sun began to set and then evening began to cool off. The dusk kicked up in the desert sun added a glow to all the glass in the livestock showarea where the glass village was set up. We continued to wander  puffing on our joints as we pleased. 

part 2 coming soon!
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Lunch at Morimoto Napa

7/17/2016

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Growing up in the Napa Valley was something I definitely didn't appreciate until after I left. Change is inevitable in a place like Wine Country. It's hard not to cater to the rich winery owners and tourists who come to pay them, and these tourists expect a level of dining on par with the world renowned wine made in The Valley. We passed through Napa yesterday on the way to see my parents and decided to have lunch at Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's restaurant in Napa,  Morimoto Napa.
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To start we had the Waygu Beef Carpaccio. Thin cut Waygu Beef marinated in soy and sesame oil with ginger, garlic and topped with fresh cilantro. We instantly thought of the beef carpaccio we passed up in Barcelona in favor of salmon. But after this dish we are definitely planning to have it next time we go back. 
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My boyfriend ordered the Sea Urchin Carbonara lunch set, which came with a small salad, some veggie tempura with wasabi yogurt dipping sauce and a few pieces of sushi.
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The Sea Urchin Carbonara consisted of Santa Barbara sea urchin, udon noodles, english peas, thick cubes of smoked bacon, crispy shallots, poached quail egg and nori slivers. It was incredibly rich, too rich for me but my boyfriend absolutely loved it and ate every bite, but left me plenty of tempura, yum!
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I kept things simple and ordered a Soft Shell Crab roll and a Spicy Tuna Roll. I always forget how hard the soft shell crab is to eat in bites like sushi, so it was a challenge for me to eat. The spicy tuna was delicious, you could taste how good and fresh the fish was. I was satisfied with my classic choices.
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Dessert was adorable. A S'More Sundae with graham cracker ice cream, soy soaked chocolate and toasted marshmallow on top of a thick slice of graham cracker with more chocolate. 
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Lunch was satisfying. We went to my parents after a few car dabs in the parking garage. Grilled some summer veggies brought Marley home with us. It was honestly the perfect Saturday.
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