Visit #1
I have been to a bunch of different dispensaries and for the most part, unless you are there for the first time and need to get verified the experience is pretty much the same each time. That being said, last night and this morning’s trips turned out to be pretty unusual.
Last night I was running a little low and instead of just waiting until today to head to The Valley, I ran to Long Beach to grab some bud to get me through the night. The dispensary that I went to closed at 8:00pm and I had arrived around 7:40. This was the first time I had ever been to any dispensary this close to closing time and when I walked in, I was surprised to see how many people were waiting in the lobby.
Of the handful of people waiting, one of the guys sitting down stood out like a sore thumb mainly because he had a GIANT black sports equipment back next to him. This thing was so big that it took up all 3 chairs next to him.
So as we are all sitting there, a customer walks out of the green room which is a sign that it’s time for one of us in the lobby to head in. One of the guys that was there waiting looks at the guy with the bag and says “your turn” and the guy replies with “naw I’m cool”. That’s when a third guy looks at the guy with the bag and says “ah, your waiting until 8:00″.
It took a minute for it to register but I realized that the giant bag was full of weed and he was there to sell it to the owner of the dispensary. If I had to guess, I’d say there was at least 50 pounds in the bag.
No more than a minute later the door opens a 2 guys walk in carrying like 20 big boxes. When they set them down you could easily hear the sound of glass vials clinking around. So I am guessing the boxes were full of either hash or oil. Either way, there was A TON!
After seeing these 2 “vendors” it was my turn to head back into the green room. I was only gone for a few minutes (I got some great Chem Dawg btw) and when I walked back into the lobby, there was another guy there with an identical equipment bag as the 1st guy. By this time the lobby was getting very crowded and it was time to leave.
Sure enough I had to wait to leave because there was a pair of middle age ladies walking in with 5-6 bags each filled with big Tupperware containers. Who knows what they had.
Needless to say, closing time is when the owner does most of his buying. Please don’t bother asking what dispensary I was at as I am not telling.
Visit #2
So this morning I wake up and head out to DRC in Van Nuys in hopes of coming up on a good indica and some Maui Honey Bud. Traffic kind of sucked but other than that, the trip up from Orange County was pretty normal. I get there, park around the corner and walk in. There were a few people there and I had to wait for a few minutes in the lobby before entering the green room. A customer walks out and I walk in.
As I walk in I see 2 customers checking out the bud and 2 employees working behind the counter. One of the customers finishes up and leaves and I say hello to the employee that’s now helping me. Right after I say hello, the remaining customer turns, looks at me and says “Chubbs!”.
Turns out it was MR member Vaporizer who was checking out DRC for the first time. He recognized my voice and said hello. It was a trip. We both left at the same time as as it turns out, parked on the same side street. It was cool finally putting a face/voice with the name and reviews. I was so baked and surprised that he recognized me that I totally forgot to offer to get him high. I was in a bit of a hurry though too. And ripped.
Anyway, I just thought I’d share my last 2 dispensary experiences with you all. Maybe sometime soon we can all put together some kind of Marijuana Reviews ‘meet-up’ where a bunch of us get together and do some group reviews. –Chubbs
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Very trippy moment @ DRC.
a dispensary meet up and or smoke out sounds great.. count me in
Fuck this blows, not your exp’s but that I was born and raised in California, right in your area. Born in Fontana moved to the valley then to O.C. in Brea and worked in Long Beach. Then moved here. Times have changed in 12yrs, curious as to the smoke out yonder now a days. I used to get some killer shit from Alaska, never new the name but it had a milky off white color and a couple of puffs did more than the job. Miss the OG Creeper from back in the day as well from the valley, shit took like 10 min to hit you but when it did FUCK! Wish it was possible to attend a group review, maybe some day I can make a special trip when I come see my sister.
@Medical Cannabis of the Rockies: Tis definitely a small world.
Brea is my old stomping ground.
Chubbs your a celeb now, I woulda said what up too! Im planning on hitting up DRC on Saturday
@David B: LOL @ me being a celebrity. The next Chris Crocker. lol
Make sure to tell the girl at DRC that you heard about them on MR.
we should all get our fav strains and then meet up and judge our buds.
@vaporizer: I like that idea. Let me see what I can do about putting some $ together when I get back from SF next week.
Maybe I’ll get a cool suite in L.A. somewhere and we can all get BAKED!
man texas sucks ass yall dont know how lucky you are!
Ive lived in Texas so I actualy do. I got the hell out of there now Im in Cali puffin freely. However anyplace can be ok as long asyou meet the right people and stay away from trooper joe and Johny law youl be ok. Keep smokin!