Newton

1) What is your favorite location in nature where you’ve ever gotten high?

It’s the top of Bee Hill, which is near my university town in Massachussetts. My friends and I would drive up to the top of the mountain. We’d smoke there and chill and enjoy ourselves. It was super calming and beautiful, especially in the fall when the leaves change. And every time I go back for reunions or other gatherings, we always try to go up there to smoke together. The beauty of the place is one part of it but also the camaraderie of doing it with my friends.

2) You have a day off in your city and can do whatever you’d like high. What do you get up to?

I’d probably smoke and go outside. I really enjoy being in the sun, high. As a girl who really likes sativa, I like to be active. It’s so fun when it’s like 27 degrees, blue sky, the sun is shining to just smoke and go sit in the park or just go people watching. I just recently did this with a friend where we smoked, sat in a coffee shop and just watched people walk past, making up stories about people’s lives.

3) What’s one piece of advice you would give the stoner-curious who’d like to try it out?

Start easy. I think a lot of people are not comfortable with the idea of inhalation of smoke. I happen to be a pyro and love smoke so the idea of inhaling is actually half the fun of being high. If you’re not a smoker of cigarettes, maybe start with an edible and just take it easy. Don’t force it and don’t try it in environments that are out and about. Don’t have your first try be at the club or situations where you’re not fully comfortable. It’s important that you keep your sense that you’re still in control of your surroundings. You should also be around people that you trust can be there for you if you have a negative reaction. Also, people often take a way too big hit the first time. They end up coughing, which makes the high even stronger. Go easy on your first or second puff because hopefully there will be more of the joint to go around.

4) What’s your favorite kind of entertainment when you’re high?

I love fantasy. I love transported into new worlds and especially when I’ve smoked I’m able to really immerse myself and suspend disbelief in whatever magical fantasy, space opera or historical drama I find myself in. So things that have really amazing costumes and sets, you know, the acting doesn’t have to be the best but the visual component is the most important so I can be transported into another world.

5) Show us your smoking kit

I’m not the most sophisticated when it comes to my setup but I have my little grinder in my little box that I can put everything in. The wooden box houses my papers, some tips and I put the smoking herbs and weed in little jars like you see here. I mostly roll joints with smoking herbs and bud.