Take 10 hits from The Weed Witch Consumption Lounge
Choice picks for what to smoke, taste and fly on 10/10
Hi everyone,
It’s October 10th, so you still have time to make a wish at exactly 10:10 p.m. while taking 10 hits of whatever is lying around so that all of your hopes and dreams will come true. Presently, my wish is that my lower back would hurt a little less and I will also be a little less of a bitch about it.
In case you missed it, last week I resuscitated The Weed Witch chronicles, which includes key recs for a nice long weekend in Los Angeles and a how-to for making your very own heirloom apple pipe. This week, I’ve decided to share what I’m consuming. Because consumption lounges are a thing now, and I still hate that term.
I have a running list in the Notes app of my phone of things I want to write more extensively about, but never get around to. Then, I just realized I could just copy and paste it here, and give you the hit list. Enjoy!
—TWW
The Weed Witch Hit List
Melodie Perrault x Zumiez rolling tray
Honestly, I have more rolling trays than I could possibly ever need. It’s you that I’m worried about. Some of you don’t have rolling trays. What’s the deal? How are you rolling without one? On your coffee table or a loose book? That is so amateurish. Grow up. You’re losing valuable trim and not committing enough to your lifestyle. Admit it: you’re stoner. You need a rolling tray now, and this one is cute. It’s coffee and a joint—two ways I love to roll while I’m high.Xula Herbs
Last spring, I met co-founder Karina Primelles at the Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference in New York, where we bonded over upstate bike rides and our shared love of Mexico City. Obviously such a cool person would have a very cool weed company. Her company, Xula Herbs, co-founded with Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey, is a women-led, family-owned hemp farm on Latgawa, Upland Takelma, and Cow Creek Umpqua territories in Southern Oregon. In addition to sourcing quality herb, their products specifically target period and menopausal health, stress and sleep support, and pain relief.The brunch menu at Nat’s on Bank
Ever since I moved to Manhattan, I’ve gotten extremely fickle about sharing my favorite restaurants—especially if they seem to be doing well already. Why risk sacrificing your favorite spot to the legions of Instagram and TikTok influencers so that you’ll never get a table again and it will always feel hateful when you do? But I’m going to take that risk, just have to sing the praises of this adorable West Village restaurant whose aesthetic is so visually pleasing that they have a whole section on their website and retail store—likely because they get asked every 5 minutes about it. They also have one of the best Bloody Marys in New York, and the food is pretty amazing (the poached eggs with butter beans, basil, kale, Fresno chili and feta was hearty riff on acquacotta).I have yet to meet a Cate Le Bon album I didn’t like. And when I saw her on Saturday night at Webster Hall for the third time, her angelic voice reminded me that I’ve never properly dedicated 2,000 words to why you should listen. Which I could absolutely do right now, but instead: here’s a link so you can just listen yourself.
All of the things at Veniero’s
Right before the Cate Le Bon show on Saturday, I ate a piece of the Suicide Miami Delta 8 from Dark Box. I don’t talk enough about Delta 8, but this one is a little legendary in this household. Last year, after taking two of these at a Formula 1 racing viewing party, it took my friend over an hour to get home after ending up on two wrong trains. Halfway through the concert, I started craving something sweet and realized I mostly just wanted to be horizontal. I wandered over to Veniero’s in the East Village, which is always kind of a stressful, albeit wonderful outing given that there are about a dozen glasscases and an entire back wall filled with pastries. The Camillia, however, is a sponge not to be missed with a very soggy bottom—just like Paul Hollywood would sign-off.
Haley Nahman’s Maybe Baby Substack on “Astrology’s relentless appeal”
Once upon a time, I used to start these newsletters with some astrological forecast as a nod towards my former days as a weed astrologer. Simply mentioning weed astrology turns on the lights. What’s that? Naturally, the column always took top ratings because people just can’t get enough of astrology shit. With weed astrology, it doesn’t matter if you believe in astrology or not; you can just believe in my recommendations for weed. Mostly, this Substack it isn’t about the legitimacy, it’s about the idea of mainstreaming mysticism in mass media. Let me know what you think.
A few months ago, my dear friend and legendary beverage-alcohol writer, Kate Bernot informed me that she was using my book to plan a family trip to Hudson Valley (Wait, did I just accidentally plug my book? Here, let me do it again). Obviously, I was really excited about this because it’s all my recommendations so I love all of these places. And then I received it: a photo of hamburger-sized scallops on a creamy bed of polenta from The Grange in Warwick. I’ve had those scallops. I know those scallops. Those scallops are special. I am so grateful my friend found them. I can’t wait to find them again. When are we going?
I have to hand it to Chicago because I definitely had some pretty strong negative reactions the first time I tried legal weed there. For whatever reason, the buds were extremely artificial smelling and amateurish. But, I decided to give a grace period to get through its growing pains and so far, I am warming up to some of the newer brands on the market. Crops is a Last Prisoner Project partner—something every cannabis company should be doing—and among the reasons I opted for the brand. The strain itself is a cross between Fire OG and PCS1, which was uplifting with a nice body high. Bonus: cute packaging!
Swung by O.Studio at Night in Brooklyn last weekend, where I spotted this hybrid wine made by winemaker Jackie Koala out of Marlboro, New York in Hudson Valley. That’s right, HUDSON VALLEY. Yes, we all know there is fabulous beer (in fact, writer Mandy Naglich has an excellent list here), as well as plenty of spirits and cider, but the wine is undergoing a full-on glow up right now. Thanks climate change, I guess? Though not the typical cab francs and rieslings you’d expect from upstate, this is an authentically New York wine. It’s made with 100% Noiret, a hybrid grape developed at Cornell University in 2006, transformed into a sustainable natty wine made in limited batches. Which means if you can get your hands on it, make sure to only share it with people who will appreciate it.
Dona Giorgadze’s “Around the Georgian Table” cookbook
Since we’re on the topic of natty wine, I have to direct all of you to recipe developer and photographer Dona Giorgadze’s book, “Around the Georgian Table” as you cozy down for weed witching season. I met Dona in early 2021 at a Wines of Georgia event, shortly after a fascinating cooking class with Georgian culinary expert and gypsy wine witch and food writer, Carla Capalbo, author of “Tasting Georgia,” (Amazon/IndieBound)—the catalyst for “The prolific story of how magical cheeseboats and natural wine saved Georgia after Soviet occupation.” A year later, Dona finally released her own book, sharing stories from her upbringing in Georgia with a fabulous recipes that you can now make at home.
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