De Pijp Show: Quiky hits Katsu, Papillon, Media (and 420)

[quiky]

My first stop was Katsu. I asked the budmaid (knowledgeable, friendly) to recommend a light daytime smoke. She suggested Eco Skunk, which she described as '”mellow.” Was it lighter than Orange Bud? I asked. She indicated that indeed it was.

So I bought myself an unnecessarily large bag of Eco Skunk (€10) and headed back to the hotel. There I lit up a bowl. At first I was thinking: This stuff isn't very strong. About then a sensation of oscillating at, oh, 1000 Hertz kicked in ... followed by a warm, penetrating tingling. This is supposedly daytime weed – but I'm not going anywhere. I opened a can of Amstel and started staring out the window.

It felt like I was being smothered in a heavy blanket. “Mellow?” Mellow, perhaps, if mellow means even and strong. And this is Katsu's light offering … God, I'd hate to imagine what the Black Widow might do.

After plowing through a good portion of my rations from Albert Heijn, I found the energy to walk back down to De Pijp. Somewhere along the way, Eco Skunk wound itself down to a mellow stupor. Finally.

[Iko]

Sounds great so far , dont leave me hanging ... .

[Twichaldinho]

Welcome to the forum buddy, great first post.
That put a big smile on my face reading that, you have a way with words my friend .

[FlyByNite]

Welcome to the forum.

Keep on posting, we love it.

Enjoy
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[Kermit]

[quiky]

The next stop was Papillon. If there is such a thing as the ideal coffeeshop for a first date (a questionable concept, that), this would be it: swish, dark and loungy. Inviting. The budtender was obliging and professional. Having already been well-ironed by the Eco Skunk, I was looking for a sativa with a clear high. I consulted with the budtender, and settled on the John Sinclair.

John Sinclair (the weed, not the person) has a pleasant, peppery smell. It has prominent hairs that reminded me of strands of rusty steel wool. I put the stuff in the bowl and lit it. Experienced sitting down, the high was almost transparent. My visual perception (or thoughts?) took on the warm tone of an antique photograph. I listened to some Mendelssohn on the iPod and looked out the window. I felt well – not ecstatic – but well in the sense that negative thoughts simply weren't on the menu. I smoked a bit more and decided to go for a walk.

Once I was more strongly medicated and on my feet, I discovered the stuff had a spacey side to it. It was 10pm, and I managed to get somewhat, ah, disoriented strolling around the neighborhood north of Vondelpark. Right around the time I was starting to think, “fuck, I am lost,” I re-discovered Overtoom. I walked home.

[While packing to leave for the airport the next day, I found the nerve to smoke to a wee bit more of the Sinclair. I walked out of the hotel with that transparent high. I would call this stuff (rather than Katsu's Eco Skunk) mellow. I took a nice, long walk to Amsterdam Zuid and took the train to Schiphol. Coping at the airport wasn't a problem. Until next time, Mr. Sinclair …]

[RonZen]

Nice reporting! Gotta get to Papillon on my next visit.

And thanks for your photos too -- feels like they're giving me the right *perspective* on this trip...

[Iko]

Great " eye " for photgraphy , also love your visual way of discrption.
Thanks

[TwoCanucks]

John Sinclair -- great name for a weed... based on the high you experienced, it's sounds like the perfect name.

Thanks for sharing and great reading!

[Mr Wallace]

Oh you would have loved the Black Widow from Katsu................ invisible.... not transparent. Gr8 report.
Mr W

[quiky]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I'm not used to people actually reading what I post on the Internet :)

Twichaldinho, FlyByNite, TwoCanucks … Gad, what an honor it is to be visited by the Big Guns! (Gulp.)

FlyByNite – Am I right in guessing that I'm not the only denizen of the forum who listens to Rush? :)

[quiky]

Then there was Club Media. I had read good things about Media's Hindu Kush, and was curious about the strain, anyways. I had pretty much decided what I'd ask for before I got there.

That evening the service at Club Media was of the Dunkin' Donuts variety: The guy behind the counter wasn't unfriendly, but not exactly enthusiastic, either. I made my purchase and left the Euro-white interior of the coffeeshop for the familiar walls of my hotel room.

Unburnt, the Hindu Kush produces a pleasing piney-lemon odor. Burnt in a bowl, it produces a noticeable body stone. Up until then, I hadn't been entirely sure what was meant by the term 'body stone.' Now I feel qualified to elaborate. One's bones somehow take on additional mass, and the notion of prying oneself from the chair becomes … dubious. The buzz was steady, but left my train of thought intact. I was beginning see the promise of stuff like this ...

At this point I was still hoping to investigate every nuance of the Kush – to subject it to the iPod Test, the Dutch Television Battery and the Bounty Bar Assessment – but it was not to be. I had been getting sleepy well before starting the session; after the Kush, the only thing getting subjected to anything was me. The Hindu Kush picked me up like an infant – and put me to bed.

Waaah.

[Boner]

Top writing and top pic, thanks for sharing.

[cattales1960]

very nice story and pics. thanks for sharing

[Ba Tat]

Very nicely written reports which I'm loving, thank you.