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Fried Brussels Sprouts With Miso Seasme Dressing - Featuring OM Edibles CBD Toasted Miso Sesame

11/26/2017

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If you’re like me, you like your greens crispy. Preferably, fried. Brussels sprouts are something that wasn’t introduced to me until my adult life and I’m so happy for that. I always heard horror stories about them as a kid, but since my mom didn’t know what they were - I didn’t have to worry. The perks of growing up on pinto beans and Mexican rice, I never complained.
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This recipe is super simple and easy to adjust to ones taste. Fill a saucepan with enough oil to cover the amount of brussels sprouts you're using and heat over a high flame. This time I used about two cups of brussels so this particular dressing recipe is good for that amount, you can scale up or down from here. Slice the bottoms off your sprouts and cut them in half. Pull off any nasty leaves and toss along with the bottoms. Set aside the clean brussels while you make the dressing. It starts with one heaping tablespoon of OM Edibles Toasted Sesame Miso.
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Then the juice and zest of one lime. Don’t cut your lime in half before you zest it, because the stoner did.
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Next, a tablespoon of honey. You can add more or less if you like, but I think this is a prefect balance.
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These next few ingredients are optional but I think they add a lot of subtle complexities and some interesting textural elements. Sesame seeds and chili flakes.
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You can add as much or as little as you want of these two, depending on your taste. I didn’t add salt or black pepper to this dressing, but you definitely could.
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The most important part of the recipe, in my opinion, is the raw garlic. 2-4 clove’s depending on your preference.
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Mix it up all up and set aside while you fry the sprouts.

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You could always crisp these in the oven if you wanted to, but I prefer to fry them. Brussels contain lots of water, so they will spit a lot when you drop them in the oil. Use a lid if you can protect yourself.
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As they start to crisp remove them from the oil with a spider or large fork. Place a lined bowl to absorb excess oil.
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Dress the fried goodness with your miso mixture. Be careful not to overdress as you don’t want to ruin the crispness.
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The finished product is a rich, tangy, slightly spicy bowl of fried greens that’s easy enough to make any day of the week and will never disappoint.
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I like to experiment with different types of spice to add to this recipe. What tweaks would make?
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CHEBA RUN VIDEO

10/27/2017

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NEW PRODUCT: White Buffalo Patches

9/28/2017

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Review: Concentrates Courtesy of Swell Farmacy - Cheba Run Edition

9/27/2017

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This September was packed full of adventures thanks to The Cheba Run, which means this month my reviews are coming from the road! Each month Phoenix based dispensary Swell Farmacy shares 5 different concentrates with me. I review these products and then share those opinions with you! These are listed in order from favorite to least.

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MüV Products: Rugburn
Color: 4
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 4.5
Taste: Good smell, lots of flavor, sweet & dank.
Effect: Very enjoyable. Stoney & spacey with a nice body high
Overall: 4.5

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Canamo Concentrates: Chocolope
Color: 5
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 4
Taste: Smooth, sweet, floral. 
Effect: Stoney & uplifting with a good body high.
Overall: 4.5

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Swell: Carrie Fisher OG
Color: 4.0
Consistency: 5
Aroma: 4.0
Taste: Sweet, fruity, tangy. 
Effect: Very strong, heavy body high, spacey.
Overall: 4.0

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Canamo Concentrates: Platinum Girl Scout Cookies
Color: 4.5
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 4.5
Taste: Slightly sweet, floral, clean.
Effect: Very stoney, strong body high, heavy.
Overall: 4.0

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Swell: Flodica
Color: 2.5
Consistency: 3
Aroma: 3
Taste: Clean and smooth but not much flavor.
Effect: Very strong, heavy body high, spacey.
Overall: 3.0
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Dinner At Momofuku Las Vegas

9/20/2017

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Ever since eating at David Chang's Fuku on my first trip to New York City, I've been craving more. When I found myself in Las Vegas for a day, I knew I had to make it for dinner. Momofuku Las Vegas opened in early 2017 and is Chang's first West Coast location. As resident of the Cosmopolitan and neighbor to Christina Tosi's Milk Bar, the pair look right at home amongst the neon lights of the strip. The restaurant has four distinct menus; lunch, social hour, dinner and late night. Drawing inspiration from the US, Japan and Korea the menu features a constantly evolving selection of steamed buns, noodles, and large format dinners. 

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We started with an order of crab deviled eggs and a dozen raw oysters. The eggs, topped with Dungeness crab, smoked trout roe and crispy bonito, were the perfect bite of richness and saltiness. Paired with the freshness of the oysters, accompanied by a sochu melon ice and a combination of lime juice and  black pepper,  these appetizers were an ideal way to start our dinner.

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Our first table side preparation of the night was 4 ounces of 5A Hokkaido Wagyu beef. The meat was sliced and cooked on a blocks of pink Himalayan sea salt. The propane torch used to sear the meat was outfitted with a special filter used to keep the propane from touching the meat. 
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Aside the salt blocks, the meat was only seasoned with a little sesame oil and served with fresh grated wasabi. The final result were bite sized morsels of soft, deeply flavorful beef served at the ideal temperature. Enjoyed alone, the product speaks for itself.
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Our second table side preparation was Chang's signature 5 spice rotisserie duck. The perfectly cooked duck breast was sliced and served over Jasmine rice with duck leg confit. The meal was served ssäm style, with ​bibb lettuce, chive pancakes, kimchi, hoisin, ssäm sauce, ginger scallion sauce and fresh herbs. The lettuce and chive pancakes were used to warp the rice, duck and any of the sauces one desired, the ginger scallion sauce was my favorite.
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The bones were taken back to the kitchen and deep fried, creating almost a duck chicharrón. It felt so primal to be chewing on bones, looking for the perfect little bites of crispy skin and meat. Totally worth it.
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Our sides were just as delicious as our main dishes. We had crispy potatoes loaded with tofu truffle sauce, parmesan and chives. The fry factor was so appealing. We also snacked on shishito peppers dusted with smoked salt and lime, because why not?

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Dessert was complimentary, and consisted of Milk Bar's crack pie and signature cereal milk soft serve with a cereal crumble. The texture of the ice cream was unlike anything I've tried and definitely lived up to it's expectations. The whole meal did honestly, and I can't wait to visit more of David Chang's restaurants. Might have to try the fried chicken and caviar dinner next time. Yeah, you read that right. 
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Review: Shatter vs Crumble Courtesy of Swell Farmacy

8/26/2017

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This is the second month I've reviewed concentrates for Phoenix-based dispensary Swell Farmacy. This month I received three strains, two of which came in both shatter and crumble. Instead of reviewing them from favorite to least favorite like last month, I will be comparing the same strains against each other. Big thank you to the people at Swell for valuing my opinion!

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Cherry Tang Shatter
Color: 4
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 4
Taste: Very citrusy, clean & smooth.
Effect: Spacey & stoney, but functional with a good head high and light body high.
Overall: 4.5​

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Silver Strawberry Shatter
Color: 4.5
Consistency: 4
Aroma: 5
Taste: Sweet, light, smooth.
Effect: Good body high with a light head high.
​​Overall: 4.5
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Silver Strawberry Crumble
​Color: 4
Consistency: 3
Aroma: 4
Taste: Slightly sweet, light, smooth. 
Effect: Stoney but uplifting, good head high, light body high.
​Overall: 4
Who's the winner? Shatter.

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Blue Lemon OG Shatter
Color: 4
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 3
Taste: Sweet, mellow, clean. 
Effect: Buzzy with a balanced high, really nice.
​Overall: 4
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Blue Lemon OG Crumble
Color: 4
Consistency: 3 
Aroma: 4
Taste: Pleasant but not much flavor.
Effect: Mellow & stoney with a light body light and buzzy head high. 
​Overall: 4
It's a tie!
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Pheno Hunt With Me!

8/22/2017

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Do you ever wonder why some roses are red, while others are pink or white? Or why potatoes are brown, yellow, purple and red? The answer my friend are phenotypes, a 'composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits.' Imagine walking into the produce section of your local grocery store, how many different types of tomatoes do you see? At least 4; cherry, heirloom, vine ripe and roma. What are the differences, and which one do you pick? This is a question cannabis cultivators ask themselves regularly.
During the initial breeding process cultivators carefully chose male and female plants with specific characteristics, the plants are then bred using the male pollen and a new strain is born! The seeds from the female are then harvested and then the pheno hunt can begin. Cultivators who don't breed themselves will often get new strains in seed packs, while others might purchase clones. Many believe clones are the only way to obtain a 'real cut' of a sought after strain, but that's another story.
Generally a pack of seeds contains between 3-10 seeds, sometimes even more. Regular seed packs contain both male and female plants while feminized seeds are all female. Feminized seeds can sometimes be less stable and cause problems later on. Males, if not kept separate, can also cause flowering plants to seed unnecessarily. Seedlings are labeled with the strain name followed by a number. In this case we have UK Cheese and Buddah Tahoe OG, which do you think is the best?  

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UK Cheese A
Aroma: sweet, skunky, slightly spicy. 
Taste: strong, smooth, dank, easy to smoke. 
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UK Cheese B
Aroma: sweeter than A, but with more of a chemical/cleaner nose.
Taste: strong and sweet with a creamy mouthfeel, harsh towards the end. 
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UK Cheese C
Aroma: sweetest of the three, least skunky, almost like a gummy bear.
Taste: very strong, dank, chemical/cleaner, harshest, and looses flavor fast.


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Buddha Tahoe OG B
Aroma: strong, funky, dank. 
Taste: mild flavor, notes of chemical/cleaner, sweet burn, slightly harsh.
Note: very strong and noticeable effects.
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Buddha Tahoe OG C
Aroma: mild, sweet, dank, spicy.
Taste: little flavor, spicy, harsh. 

Leave your opinion in the comments below!
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Review: Concentrates Courtesy of Swell Farmacy.

7/15/2017

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The wonderful people at Swell Farmacy recently asked me if I would be interested in reviewing some products for them. Of course I said yes! I'm excited to start familiarizing myself with the products in the Arizona market. I was given 5 strains to review, and here they are! In order from favorite to least, on a scale between 1-5, with 5 being the best. 

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MüV Products: Gromulan [THC: 87% CBD 7%]
​Color: 4.5
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 5.0
Taste: Strong smell and flavor, sweet & dank.
Effect: Very enjoyable. Uplifting with a light body high.
Overall: 5.0

Swell: Blue Lemon Lights [THC: 79.82% CBD: 3.30%]
​Color: 3.5
Consistency: 4.0
Aroma: 4.0
Taste: Lemon flavors with a sweet finish. 
Effect: Super stoney, nice heavy body high.
Overall: 4.0
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Canamo Concentrates: Guice [THC: 86.32% CBD: 2.14%]
Color: 4.5
Consistency: 5.0
Aroma: 3.0
Taste: Lots of good flavor, but a little harsh at the beginning.
Effect: Not too heavy, but relaxing & spacey. 
Overall: 4.0

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Swell: Nerdy Kush [THC: 77.74% CBD: 2.61]
Color: 4.0
Consistency: 4.5
Aroma: 3.5
Taste: Clean, but not very flavorful. 
Effect: Strong body & head high.
Overall: 4.0

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Swell: Tahoe Lemonade [THC: 84.81 CBD: 2.61]
Color: 3.0
Consistency: 3.0
Aroma: 4.0
Taste: Pleasant, but little flavor.
Effect: Light body high, uplifting & energizing. 
Overall: 3.5
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Photoset: The 2nd Annual 710 Degree Cup

7/10/2017

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Errl Cup winners received glass goblets by Austin Hensley.
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Swell Farmacy.
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Conviction Glass.
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Sesh Surface.
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Phoenician Engineering.
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MedLava by The Downtown Dispensary.
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Moon Star Shop.
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Justin Herrmann.
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Papa's OG - Arizona Organix.
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Sour Purple OG - Arizona Organix.
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Mary's Medicinals.
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Mary's Medicinals.
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Safer Arizona.
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Green Star Doctors.
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Superb.
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The Kind Tray.
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Davey Cakes Glass.
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Desert Bloom Re-Leaf Center.
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Sweet Science.
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Sweet Science.
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El Sol Smokeshop.
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El Sol Smokeshop.
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Green Halo Infusions & Extracts.
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Green Halo Infusions & Extracts.
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Green Halo Infusions & Extracts.
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Cannabis2Water.
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Goldsmith Extracts.
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Vapen Clear.
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Tru Infusions.
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Hempful Farms.
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Hempful Farms.
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Arbico Organics.
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Arbico Organics.
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The Errl Cup.
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The Errl Cup.
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Frank Picazo.
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OG Smokeshop.
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Rosin Tech Industries.
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Amy & Al's.
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SAP by Arizona Organix.
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Exclusive Extracts.
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Herbal Wellness Center.
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Canamo Concentrates.
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Over 60 winners, Arizona's finest.
read more about the 710 Cup on Cannabis Now.
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Joint Lifestyle 4th Of July Cannabis Independence Celebration

7/6/2017

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When we first moved to Phoenix, we had nowhere to live. We turned to The Clarendon Hotel because of their pet friendly policy, but apparently this is one of the coolest hotels in Phoenix! The Joint Lifestyle 4th of July party isn't the first cannabis event The Clarendon has hosted, and I hope it won't be the last! ​The entire was hotel was bought out for the cannabis-centric Independence Day party. Those who chose to the stay the night received a gift box of full of medicated gifts! Our box contained hard candies from Flourish, THC Syrup from Baked Bros, Paw Puddy Hemp CBD oil from Hempful Farms, a gram of Ghost OG from Herbal Wellness Center, a palm stick from Pura Earth, a $50 gift card to Sun Valley and a t-shirt from Sublime Brands. Opening this box in my hotel room was an almost surreal way to start the party. If you would have told me last year that I would be attending a medicated 4th of July pool party at a hotel in Arizona, I would have called you a liar. 
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The event began in the early afternoon and lasted all night long. Party-goers enjoyed plenty of poolside joints, dabs and medicated food. Sunday Goods provided loads of free flowers for patients and hosted rolling competitions, and if there's one thing I know about stoners is that they love some friendly competition! I don't know who won, but there were certainly some heavy hitters in that circle of rollers. 
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Cafe Tranquilo, the hotels restaurant, had a special menu out as well. Medicated salsas and sauces were provided by Flourish to accompany tacos. As well as more medicated treats including s'mores, marinara covered meatballs and raw cannabis juice for the VIP attendees. The tacos were all really good, and the sauce had just the right amount of heat and so much flavor. The Sonora Dog I had, which should have been called a chilli dog, was clunky and hard to eat but was really enjoyable as far as taste goes. I didn't mind making the mess. 
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There's something about medicated drinks that I've never been a fan of but these Sir Newton's Original ​craft sodas were amazing. They came in Black Cherry, Kiwi Strawberry, Lemon Lime, Root Beer and Mandarin Orange. They also had mints, taffies, gummies and hard candies. These cans were 10mg, but they are available in 50mg and 100mg as well. There was certainly  no shortage of medicated munchies here!

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Vapen Clear, Tru Med and High Grade came through with plenty of rigs, e-nails and dabs to share with patients. Their booths were all busy from the beginning of the day until the end of the night. The lines moved quickly and lots of dabs were taken. I honestly expected people to have their own rigs but I didn't see any dabbing outside of the booths.  
Tru Med and Baked Bros were set up in the same booth and were giving away shirts, edibles and discounts to patients who came up and gave the wheel a spin. I won a bag of medicated gummies! All of the sponsors were so generous. General admission tickets were only $10! Making this a super accessible event  and definitely worth the entry fee. 
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There was no better way to end the night than rolling up poolside. As people retired to their rooms, went home, or tried not to pass out on the patio furniture we sparked up our last joint of the night. This was my first consumption event since living in Arizona, and I have to say it was a blast. Coming from somewhere like San Francisco, pool days were few and far between. I honestly expected to be out of my comfort zone since I never saw myself as the 'pool party type' but it all felt so...normal. I can't wait to see what's in store for my future in this community, but whatever happens I'm sure it will be a blast. 
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