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PACKING FOR FESTIVAL WEEKEND CAN BE A CHALLENGE. OTHER THAN YOUR FESTIVAL OUTFITS OR COSTUMES GOOD FOR THREE DAYS AND YOUR CAMPING GEAR, THERE ARE A FEW ESSENTIALS YOU NEED TO JAM INTO THAT WEEKEND BAG SO YOU CAN HAVE A HASSLE-FREE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE. WE’VE LISTED OUR NINE FESTIVAL MUST-HAVES SO YOU WON'T FORGET ANYTHING. CANNABIS LIFESTYLE

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Who would’ve thought we’d still see flower crowns this year? Flower crowns took BY MICA CRUZ the festival scene by storm back in the early 2010s, but we’re seeing a new pattern maggielovesorbit-on-insta this year: guys wearing flower crowns! Whether it’s a sarcastic statement or it’s really time for dudes to shine in flower crowns, we’re not sure, but we’re definitely FESTIVAL SEASON IS ONCE digging what we see. AGAIN UPON US! AFTER YOU’VE SECURED YOUR TICKETS AND YOUR RIDE, IT’S TIME TO PREPARE YOUR OUTFIT. CHOOSING OUR APPAREL FOR FESTIVAL WEEKEND IS JUST AS CANNABIS LIFESTYLE EMERALD MAGAZINE EXCITING FOR SOME OF US AS Lace and THE FESTIVAL HEADLINERS. 40 Looks like the fringe is back! With roots dating back to 3000 BC and Hand-Crafted 41 WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN reaching a golden age in the 1920s, this look has been in and out of STAPLES, FESTIVAL WEAR HAS fashion. It looks like festival-goers are bringing them back—on their Elements GONE FROM ALL BRIGHT boots, jackets, bags and bikinis! That’s pretty easy to understand, since NEON TUTUS AND KANDI this look is super-festive and can highlight all your sick dance moves. Lace is back as one of this year’s BRACELETS TO BOHO STYLE trends. Elegant and edgy, fashion AND FEDORAS. SO, WHAT’RE icons are seen sporting this look THE LATEST TRENDS IN STORE for festival season. High-fashion FOR US THIS 2019 FESTIVAL brands are contrasting modern SEASON? THE EMERALD cuts with this classic material. Other re-emerging trends are MAGAZINE LOOKED AT Florals and Tie-Dye Prints hand-crafted elements like COACHELLA’S WEEKEND 1, Floral patterns are here to stay, and the tie-dye pattern is back. crochet and macramé appliqué, PARIS 2019 SPRING-SUMMER Outside of hippie culture, floral and tie-dye prints have received a which fit in perfectly with the COLLECTION AND OUR FAVE modern upgrade and are now embraced on high-fashion runways. festival season’s free-spirited ONLINE RETAIL SHOPS FOR Tie-dye prints are made by tying cloth with wax strings before dying atmosphere. THIS YEAR’S TRENDS AND it with different colors, resulting in patterns that come out different WHERE YOU CAN COP THE every time. This made the tie-dye pattern a symbol of creativity and LOOK. individualism in the ’60s and ’70s. This pattern is also a reflection of SHWA-HALL hope and peace. We’re seeing a lot of yellow, and we’re loving it! This fun, warm hue is the perfect color to wear to a music festival this summer season. Designers gave us a wide array of shades on 2019’s spring/summer runways, and we’re digging mustard and lemon yellow. LEVI SAUNDERS LEVI

When in doubt, bedazzle! From your acid-washed denim cut-offs HILL DOM to your face or your beard (if you have one), if you have no other concrete plans for your festival season outfit, bedazzling is a quick solution to turning any outfit festival-ready. If you wanna

EMERALD MAGAZINE DANNY G go a little bit risqué, bedazzled pasties are big right now, too. Lastly, hats are back in style, perfect for 42 staying cool and looking cool under the heat of the sun. Boots and sneakers are CANNABIS LIFESTYLE DORA KABATH still winning over sandals and heels, too, 43 which makes more sense because if you’re standing, walking and dancing the whole CARLOS DOMINGUEZ Holographics day, your feet had better be in something comfortable. Whatever look you decide to Back in the ’90s, the hologram go with, the things we must remember are Mesh/Sheer/ craze swept over the nation. We’re seeing glimpses of it again with the to dress comfortably, stay cool and stay Fishnets return of holographic elements on hydrated. Don’t forget to have fun, and the fashion runways. A staple of don’t be afraid to be the most extreme fun A staple at festival grounds, this look is raves back in the ’90s, the rainbow version of yourself—festival season is the showing no signs of slowing down. Pair iridescent swirls of holographic perfect opportunity to wear whatever you with a bralette for a daring look without elements have found their way back want without judgment. Express yourself feeling too exposed. This edgy look is so to the festivals in 2019. If metallics comfortable, you can dance in them for aren’t cutting it for you anymore, through fashion or even costumes that you hours. No wonder it’s a go-to look for holographics bring another level of won’t wear anywhere else—one of the most festival goers! shine to the party. beautiful things about festival fashion. ■ MAXIME BHM

The cannabis community and culture are as diverse as the festivals they attend. From Renaissance and art festivals to music and religious festivals, to ones of advocacy and activism, these are places to which people from the cannabis lifestyle are attracted. Quite possibly the most popular festivals for those who partake in the cannabis lifestyle are music festivals. There have been many legendary music festivals BY JAMES PRIEST like Woodstock, Livestock, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Burning Man and others that attract cannabis consumers. Cannabis and festivals are synonymous with each other for many people. This These festivals celebrate sound and togetherness. They doesn’t mean that folks walk around festivals blazin’ (all the time). Sweet Mary are places where memories Jane has been illegal for many years in many places and still is. Even in states are made, and ones that most likely will be revisited where cannabis is legal, public consumption of this plant can land you in a throughout history. It’s not just music fests that attract jam. Fines and even possibly jail time could be the result of your public display lovers of Mary Jane. Festivals

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and fun are alluring, too. CANNABIS LIFESTYLE 44 The big downer is that 46 CANNABIS LIFESTYLE many of these fests are not 47 in states with legal access to 45 cannabis. That doesn’t stop us (cannabis consumers) from having fun though! Thanks to the many discreet methods for consuming cannabis these days, festival-goers who partake can do so discreetly and enjoy festivities without others, or the fuzz, harshing their buzz. Here are some blazin’ festivals happening from coast to coast this year (some in states with legal access to cannabis) that have nothing and everything to do with the plant so many of us love. @FLWIneFest FB @BratFest FB

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53 The bass is pumping, and your crew are hyped—it’s festival season. Festivals have been a part of human culture for millennia, but some would argue that the counterculture of massive music festivals was introduced to popular culture and mainstream consciousness during New York State’s Woodstock festival in 1969. Thirty-two acts performed on stage for three days, promoting peace, love and music. Although what that counterculture promoted was beautiful and full of hope, one can’t deny that drugs have always been a big part of the music festival movement, and that’s something that we still carry with us in today’s music festivals. For years, illegal substances have been smuggled One study showed into these events in creative ways. The prohibition of that one out of these substances has created a dark cloud, resulting five users utilized the drug-disposal in a lack of understanding and safe practices. Because services at drug- substances like MDMA or LSD are illegal, festival-goers testing tents at a UK are less likely to ask for help when they are in danger, festival in July 2016, for fear of going to jail. This fear and lack of information after they learned result in more cases of deadly overdoses, which are that something reported at different music festivals all over the globe. was not what they had expected. This resource is Whether the government significant because likes it or Pill testing is the last line of that kind of not, people informed decision- are taking defense, giving festival-goers drugs at music the opportunity to find out making impacts the festivals. And number of highly due to the string of overdose cases at music what’s in their drug and make festivals around the world, some groups an informed decision whether dangerous drugs on are fighting for pill testing, which would festival grounds. allow festival-goers to test the contents or not they will still take it, or or even the potency of the drugs they are choose to dispose of it if they planning on taking. While some say that find out that it’s not what Drugs like pill testing promotes drug use, advocates MDMA and argue that they will only be testing drugs they’re expecting. cocaine are often that festival-goers have already smuggled adulterated with in and are already planning on using. So, materials like EMERALD MAGAZINE

if they’re already 100 percent sure they’ll sugar, cement CANNABIS LIFESTYLE 54 be taking the drug, pill testing is the last or baking line of defense, giving festival-goers the soda, just to name a few, but there 55 opportunity to find out what’s in their are more dangerous mixes out drug and make an informed decision there. One of the most dangerous whether or not they will still take it, or adulterants on the uptrend is choose to dispose of it if they find out that Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic it’s not what they’re expecting. One study opioid that is similar to morphine showed that one out of five users utilized but is 50 to 100 times more potent. the drug-disposal services at drug-testing Some people cut party drugs with tents at a UK festival in July 2016, after they Fentanyl because it’s a cheap way learned that something was not what they to add a boost to the drug they’re had expected. This resource is significant selling, misleading people to think because that kind of informed decision- that the drug is stronger or even making impacts the number of highly purer. But Fentanyl use is currently dangerous drugs on festival grounds. If a nationwide epidemic, causing these dangerous drugs were sold on-site, deaths and overdoses every day the pill-testing organizations can move with in the U.S. The epidemic is so urgency and work with law enforcement to SHARON MCCUTCHEON STEPHEN ARNOLD severe, in fact, that the Pentagon remove the drugs from the site. is considering classifying it as a wearetheloop.org Another thing to common and often can consider is the potency of be bought right inside the a drug. Even if your pill festival grounds. passes for 100 percent Several groups like The MDMA, problems are Bunk Police, Dance Safe What can you do to be safe while partying? now arising with regard to and The Loop (https:// Well, first and foremost, don’t use illegal drugs, the increasing potency of wearetheloop.org/) have the drug. Manufacturers taken on a mission of especially if you do not know what they really are producing more and safeguarding the festival- are. But if you are going to do that, remember more potent pills, hoping going public by offering to attract buyers. Some free pill-testing services these few pointers: pills have been shown to at festival sites, but law contain around 200 mg of enforcement officials MDMA, but the average argue that this will only dose of an ecstasy pill promote the use of illegal Get your pills tested Know your source should only be around drugs. Some of these You can buy pill-testing Do not purchase drugs 50 to 60 mg. Pill-testing organizations have been kits from sites like The from someone you do not centers issue warnings banned from festivals like about pills containing 120 Electric Daisy Carnival Bunk Police, or if you want know or trust. Drugs sold at mg of MDMA and above and the Mad Decent Block as being in the overdose Party, and that has forced a more specific test that festivals are twice as likely Several groups likeThe Loop offer free pill-testing range. These extremely the pill-testing groups to services at festivals. WeareTheLoop.org shows purity and other to be adulterated or to be high doses of MDMA are operate illegally. ■ compounds, you can not what sellers say they becoming increasingly get it touch with Energy are, according to a study. CANNABIS LIFESTYLE Control International. 57 energycontrol-international.org sciencedirect.com

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56 If your friend or anyone Mixing multiple on the ground seems substances and alcohol is to be having a hard a recipe for disaster. Make time, immediately ask sure you’re not taking for help from any of the any party drugs that may festival crew or medical interact negatively with team standing by. Also prescription medication. be aware of the signs of Drink enough water as heat stroke or serotonin alcohol can make you syndrome. Be on the more dehydrated, but not lookout for suspicious too much, as drinking too or dangerous behavior. much water can cause Use a buddy system. hyponatremia. SECOND COURSE Orr Risoto with artichokes, mushrooms, blistered cherry tomatoes and bright vegetables.

The firmness of the risoto, juxtaposed with bursts of sweetness from the tomatoes and earthy flavor from the mushrooms, made for a sensational and well-balanced dish. Once again, it was not possible to detect the cannabis. It was served in as a small portion. Chef Pedro explained that he prefers to design his FIRST meals as small portions to encourage diners to slow down, enjoy every bite COURSE and take in the company of all who Focaccia are in attendance at the dinner. with infused The food prepared by Blaze N Janes olive oil and THIS ONE could only be described as the highest three flavored GOES FOR Blaze N Janes infusion quality-something you’d find in a balsamic infusion dining restaurant you probably can’t afford. vinegars. and just regular dining tip #1: DON’T What makes their food so good goes dining, too. Pedro EAT WHEN YOU’RE back to the choices they’ve made explains that about infusion, and how they want to BY SARAH BUGDEN when we’re hungry, we’re not tasting STARVING. deliver an experience to diners. food; we’re just trying to satisfy our When infusing food, chefs have

nagging hunger. If you’re out on a a choice to make. They can either CANNABIS LIFESTYLE special occasion, you want to be able infusion process so seamless that cut corners and use waxes or other EMERALD MAGAZINE to really enjoy the flavor of food, eat the cannabis blends right in with the quick methods of getting cannabis 59 58 EVERY NIGHT IS A GOOD NIGHT FOR AN INFUSED, DAZED DINNER it slowly and take in every moment. food, Pedro admitted that it was a into food, or they can start from the WHEN YOU GET THE PLEASURE OF DINING WITH BLAZE N JANES. THEIR This is exactly why Pedro starts off process. beginning and learn the art and craft DINNERS GO BEYOND MERELY FOOD OR CANNABIS. THEY CREATE A his meals with a heavy course. Creating something as magnificent of cooking with cannabis. HIGH-QUALITY, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY LAID BACK, EXPERIENCE THAT CHEF PEDRO After the first two courses, Blaze as Blaze N Janes doesn’t happen STAYS WITH YOU LONG AFTER YOU’VE DIGESTED YOUR MEAL. SAID THAT HE N Janes like to serve dishes that overnight. Chef Pedro and Chef LIKES TO START alternate between light and heavy Leslie started out wanting to get into A dazed dinner Chef Pedro Romero and Chef Leslie WITH FOOD food. the culinary infusion world in 2015, with Blaze N Janes Romero work together as a team to create the The olive oil of the first course when they sensed that legalization starts with a warm culinary-excellence aspect of Blaze N Janes’ THAT’S HEAVIER was smooth, and the cannabis was around the corner. They wanted greeting. You’ll arrive dazed dinners. They started hosting infused FOR THE FIRST flavor mixed so well with the to perfect their process and be ready at the location and dinners years ago for their friends but then COURSE OF A oil, it was not possible to detect to go when legalization happened. be welcomed into realized it was something they could do for DAZED DINNER. whatsoever. The vinegars that Pedro Their first impulse was to make the dining room by a Blaze N Janes team more people with the help of some of their HE DOESN’T and Reggie chose included an infused ice cream. They made a few member. The room will have a dinner table, other chef friends. Pedro and Reggie DeJesus- WANT HIS elderberry balsamic and a chocolate sample batches that were superb, a dab bar and, if you’re lucky, friends you’ll -one of the chefs who assists Pedro and Leslie balsamic. Both were unique and and that’s how their name came to get to enjoy the experience with. The dinner regularly--met while working at a steakhouse, GUESTS TO BE gave the focaccia a hint of attitude. be. They wanted to do a take-off table has large CBD waters on it for diners to and connected over their shared love of HUNGRY AND The focaccia was soft, tender and of Häagen-Dazs. While pitching quench their thirst, and also to ensure that cooking, sensational food, good company and RESTLESS. fulfilling. various names, someone shouted everyone’s experience stays balanced. cannabis. When asked how they created an out, “Blaze N Janes,” and it stuck. Blaze N Janes infusion dining tip #2: DON’T TAKE SHORTCUTS. CARAMEL BUDINO Shortcuts often lead to major WITH CBD, OREO flavor imbalances, as well as THIRD CRUST AND COCONUT incredibly high levels of THC COURSE WHIPPED CREAM. in the food, which can cause 3 Carrot Salad people to have bad experiences with medley and write off infusion and edible of lemon, basil experiences altogether. and tomato oil, topped with herbs and Instead, the more pumpkin seeds productive way to go about it is with cheese. simply to take the time to appreciate how cannabis works, what it’s flavor profiles are, what different strains do to the body, how they taste and how to use them in a dish. This kind of comprehensive understanding of cooking with cannabis requires more effort, but it’s also how you end up with a dish that’s just as much An absolutely delicious combination a work of art as it is a meal. If of cream with a thick but soft and wet you’re interested in cooking with texture, juxtaposed with the crunch cannabis to capitalize and turn a of a scrumptious oreo crust. EMERALD MAGAZINE profit, shortcuts are easier, but the Blaze N Janes delivers a uniquely 60 end product will suffer. If you’re relaxing, high-end culinary looking to appreciate cannabis, experience. Every bite has meaning. blend its flavors into your dishes Every bite has love. Every bite has CANNABIS LIFESTYLE seamlessly, and understand how wizdom. The courses are paced out 61 to cook with it, taking the time so that the experience is every bit as to study its components and THE DELICATE SWEETNESS the most of cannabis when pairing much about the cannabis infusion experiment with it in the kitchen. and earthiness of the carrots came it with food. Their initial ice cream as it is about the company, and This is why Chef Pedro, Chef through, and the firm texture made idea went out the window when they indulging in a night of conversation, Lisa and Chef Reggie cook it a win: easy to cut through but not realized it might create a huge safety experiences and flavors. together and have worked as a soft. issue if people were to buy their ice team for so long. Pedro dedicated By the third course of a Blaze N cream and take it home, and then to If you want to try infusion on your years to learning the science and Janes dinner, you’ll feel exactly how have children somehow get into it. own, here’s Blaze N Janes infusion craft of cooking with cannabis. you want to feel. They individually They then opened a restaurant dining tip #3: Get the best olive oil Meanwhile, Leslie and Reggie dose each diner in 10 mg increments but didn’t have enough attendance possible. Don’t get the cheap stuff, specialized in the food aspect of according to your request. to justify infused meals. Finally, or it’s going to taste like the cheap the operation, and together they The business has grown significantly they transformed the business into stuff. seamlessly create infused dishes and changed course as Chef Pedro a pre-ticketed catering and media that could very well be described and Chef Leslie have developed a company. That was when they really as works of art. better understanding of how to make saw their business take off. CANNABIS-INFUSED Carrot cake INGREDIENTS:

CARROT CAKE 2½ cups shredded 2 cups all-purpose flour carrots 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup chopped walnuts 2 tsps ground cinnamon 1 cup raisins

¼ tsp salt FROSTING 3 eggs ½ cup butter, softened ¾ cup buttermilk (or canna butter) 1 cup canna oil 1 cup cream cheese (or 1½ cups sugar canna cream cheese) 2 tsps vanilla extract 4 cups powdered sugar 1 cup flaked coconut 1 tsp vanilla extract EMERALD MAGAZINE CANNABIS LIFESTYLE DIRECTIONS: 62 63 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium-sized bowl. Set aside. Combine eggs, buttermilk, canna oil, sugar and vanilla in a separate bowl, and mix well. Add flour mixture to the canna oil mixture, and stir well. Combine shredded carrots, coconut, walnuts and raisins in a separate bowl. Add carrot mixture to batter, and mix thoroughly. Pour batter into a greased cake pan, and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove cake from oven, and let cool. Mix cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla together while cake is cooling. Frost cake with icing. Store in refrigerator. In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract to make the frosting. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost the cooled cake. Cut and serve, and ENJOY!

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½ cup balsamic vinegar 12 slices Italian bread 1 tbsp canna olive oil 1 lb strawberries, washed and diced 2 tsps fresh thyme leaves, plus more for serving 1 cup goat cheese, room temperature Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

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Heat vinegar in a small skillet over medium-low heat. Simmer until reduced by about half, 8 to 10

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COOK’S NOTE: You can toast the bread under the broiler instead of on a grill if needed.

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LemonadeWITH ED ROSENTHAL’S STARDUST Strawberries

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6 cups cold water stir to dissolve sugar. During the 2 cups lemon juice or cool-down process, add desired dos- 8–10 lemons, freshly squeezed age of Stardust. (We like 5 for a total 1 cup of sugar of 75 mg overall.) Allow to cool to 5 packets of Ed Rosenthal’s room temperature, then cover and Stardust (15 mg each) refrigerate until chilled—this will serve as syrup. In a large pitcher, stir DIRECTIONS: together the chilled syrup, lemon In a small saucepan, combine sugar juice, cannabis tincture and remain- INGREDIENTS: ing water. Serve over ice. and 1 cup water. Bring to boil, and 2 cups cocoa powder ¾ cup softened canna butter ½ cup sugar 2/3 cup whole milk, room temperature CUCUMBER, WEED & ¼ tsp salt ¼ cup powdered sugar Watermelon 1 cup water Fresh strawberries Salad DIRECTIONS: Heat the water in a medium-sized INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup sliced basil EMERALD MAGAZINE saucepan until simmering. Cream ¼ cup salted peanuts or cashews, 1 tbsp soy sauce the cocoa powder and butter to- 66 crushed and toasted gether into a paste. Add the cocoa 1 small garlic clove, minced mixture to the hot water. Bring ½ tsp minced ginger it back to simmering, and then 2 tsps fresh lime juice DIRECTIONS: remove from heat and transfer the 2 tsps cannabis olive oil cocoa mixture to a bowl. 2 tsps rice vinegar In a large bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, garlic, ginger, lime Sift the two sugars and salt together 1 packet Ed Rosenthal’s THC in a separate bowl to eliminate any powder juice and rice vinegar. Add the watermelon, cucumber, mango, lumps. Add the sugar to the cocoa 3 cups watermelon, deseeded and serrano pepper, cilantro and basil. mixture, and stir well to combine. cut into cubes or melon balls Chill for 30 minutes. Drain the Add the milk slowly, and stir. 1 English cucumber, chopped into excess liquid before serving. Dip strawberries in chocolate; let ¼-inch pieces (about 2 cups) Drizzle cannabis olive oil over excess chocolate drip off. Place on 1 ripe mango, skin removed and top of the salad, and sprinkle with wax paper-covered baking sheet chopped into ½-inch pieces Stardust THC powder. Serve with Refrigerate 30 minutes or until ½ serrano pepper, thinly sliced the crushed peanuts or cashews on chocolate is firm. For best results, ¼ cup chopped cilantro top of the salad. serve same day.

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