It’s the April 20 pot festival again. I could smell it crossing Burrard Bridge
I went down after lunch before the crowds arrived.
I just pulled this off Vancouver Sun’s website from a few hours after I left, so it got crazy again. By 6:00 pm the English Bay area was gridlocked
I walked from home. A beautiful day, along Pacific then Beach
Down to the fair
A typical small booth. Nice girls, mildly high, and their produce. Weed and weed candy. Global News says there are 525 vendors
These girls had a kind of candy bar. it was selling well. I should have stuck around and found out why, because their booth kinda sucked
At the ‘small business’ level it was fun to see the strong branding, attention to customer service, people working hard at this emerging industry. They knew their product well and won your trust. These guys were my business pick of the day
Hash brownies! Yay! That stack is worth a fortune. Some people are making money today, lol
At the extreme of things you can do at the 4/20 fair is go to the dab stations. There are maybe 5 or 6. You have to be crazy to get this stoned. Anyway, I’m shocked at the huge pools of pre-shatter on that paper. They could knock out the whole fair. This booth was a fun highlight watch
So these two guys sign up. I’m looking at them with pity. They hit the shatter hard
With about a 60 second kick-in, that gives this kid on the right time to make the mistake of taking a second and third hit. Oh no, I thought.
There are cops around the perimeter keeping an eye on things
Here they’re rescuing a probable dab station victim. Baked and unresponsive
And of course, hippie chicks
This girl was painting that owl and moon picture
Uh oh, another baked one struggling
Local prices for basic weed, for anyone who’s interested
By 5:00 you won’t be able to get near that soundstage. Feeling clever about doing this early
The beach is a sort of recovery zone
Or you could go for a walk around the park
I was watching this proper looking lady buying some samosas from Sam the shatter man. I thought she was brave and cool
It was striking how underrepresented our Asian community was here. I should have asked one of the few there why that is.
Anyway, a predictably upbeat, cheerful day.
Edit: a hilarious evening photo from the CBC
