Bong Street in Santa Cruz

So after handling my biz in the town of San Luis Obispo, I moved along up the coast into Santa Cruz. Pretty chill place. I did my thing promoting locally and showing product to the few shops in town. I can definitely see Bong Street doing business in Santa Cruz soon.

I almost went surfing but, I talked myself out of it since northern California is known for great whites. I know. Pretty sad. I used to live in Florida too. Home of the half-blind and extremely aggressive bull shark. Next time I will. I promise. I spent that night in Santa Cruz.

The next day I worked my way up the coast into San Jose. I dropped off some catalogues at a few shops, got some stickers out, and worked out a deal with Paramount Imports. Awesome shop. I definitely recommend it to anyone in the San Jose area. Not just cause they bought from me, but they do have a lot of really cool items and a huge variety. I got a sweet picture taken with a local reindeer that escaped from Santa’s fascist regime. She’s definitely down with Bong Street.

Reindeer Homosapiens seen walking around San Jose...This one's a hot one!

After that it was onto the San Francisco and the Bay area, where I accidentally spent the night in what they call the Tenderloin. I should of got a hint that it was not a good place to stay when I was walking down the street and some dude blew a hit of crack out walking by. I thought it was ok since I was sleeping behind a government building. I figured it was somewhat safe.

So around 5:00 in the morning, I heard a knock on the outside of my van. At first, I thought it was a security guard or parking lot guy trying to give me the boot. I noticed there were 2 guys standing outside my van waiting for a response. So I said, “What!”, in a very loud voice. They both scampered off like a couple of startled crackheads. Next time, I am going to think a bit before I park. I talked to my buddy about it and he reminded my about a skit that Dave Chapelle did about the TL. I think that is the right link to the video. Not sure though. Yayaaa,,,I survived a night in the TL!!! That’s enough for me.

Strange characters seen in the Bay Area...Be afraid. Be very afraid...

After staying in the Tenderloin, I decided to make my way into the Haight/Ashbury section of San Francisco since it is a must stop and not to mention there are a buttload of head shops. I decided to take a morning stroll to the top of Buena Vista park. Sweet fuckin views man!!! I also met a cool cat that I smoked my spleef with at the top. He hooked me up with this nutty shot of me. Came out a bit dark, so I had to tweek it a bit in photoshop.

I made my way from one side of Haight to the other. And then back again. A few times. What can I say? It’s just so addicting. So I got out all my catalogues and met some cool owners of head shops. I spent about 15 minutes eyeballing and thinking of how I was going to get the money shot of the Bong Street van with the Haight/Ashbury corner sign in the background. Especially when you are not allowed to park their legally.

I finally found someone who was taking their picture of the money shot. She looked like a trustworthy character so I asked her to help me get the shot. She hooked it up and signed up for the STREET TEAM. Check out the shot below.

Bong Street Van on the corner of Haight/Ashbury...gotcha bitch!

After the Haight/Ashbury section of town, I made my way into Oaksterdam and Berkeley. I hit up a few of the dispensaries in Oaksterdam. Not all of them, but of the ones I seen, I wasn’t that impressed so I didn’t get anything. I got spoiled after the one I hit up in Woodland Hills. It is still a very cool thing that the City of Oakland has done with the Measure Z thing.

I made my way around the City of Berkeley next, hitting up local headshops and clothing stores. I wrapped up in Berkeley yesterday and have made my way back to the LA area. I am now just in the process of following up with all the shops that I spoke with on the way up.

I appreciate those of you that have been following my adventures with Bong Street and your support with the movement. I am pretty much closing up this chapter for this trip anyway. I will try to keep you updated with other fun and exciting stories as I continue to push forward with the Bong Street movement…

Until next time, keep the movement movin’ and stay good and blazed…