HEMPFEST

Saturday started out a bit slow, stopped by the Japanese Consulate's home for a BBQ with the PNW Jet Alum. Didn't really know anyone there, but thought it would be interesting. Good food, good weather, met a couple nice people.

Then proceeded to make my time in Seattle worthwhile. I was feeling lazy and was gonna head home with my Ayumi and Puffy poster, but why not check out Hempfest. I knew for sure it was going to be interesting. So I made the hike from Queen Anne (near Racha) all the way down to the Spaghetti Factory basically where the event entrance was. Usually I wouln't have walked all the way down there, but hey it was a nice day, I had alot of time, walking far in Japan is normal, and well I didn't have a car. So about 30 minutes later I arrived at the mad scene of Hempfest.

Not sure what Hempfest is? Here is a short summary off their website;

"The nation's leading cannabis policy reform event turns fifteen years old this year. Since 1991 Seattle Hempfest has been bringing you the nation's leading experts, activists, and advocates for industrial hemp and marijuana law reform, amid multiple stages of music and hundreds of food, crafts and information vendors. Hempfest is a work-party, so come prepared to learn while you celebrate." http://www.hempfest.org/

Met up with Duc and we headed in. Or at least we tried, there was a super bottle neck at the entrance, so everyone was stuck, people coming in, people going out, it was bad. But it was fun to listen to all the comments such as, "I am with the guy in the staff shirt!", "is the park really closed? you are shittin me!", "Who parked this fuckin car here, great!", "Oh, I can smell that, bring some over here." ... sure was nice to be back in America.

It was the same Hempfest as I went to last year, full of food, shops that sold cool shirts, pipes, and other cool things, 3 stages that had rock, reggae, and also random DJ booths that spitted out techno and DnB. But the best thing I liked about it was people watching. Even though Americans are pretty straight forward and in your face everyone got along at this event. Everyone was out to have a good time, probably one of the safest events you could go to. People who where gangsters, hippies, goth, heavy metal, skaters, everyone was friends. The whole place had a good vibe. It was a nice day at the park.