CANNAConsumer Magazine August 2017 | Page 180

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Dinner Series

Arcane Revelry is what true pot culture could look like.

Except for the labels on the cannabis, it looks like a Soho loft party. Natural light colors the city-block-long room in Southwest Portland, occupied by a snaking arrangement of tables set for 75 dinner guests.

Nearby, a DJ spins downtempo, clubby beats, and a caterer holding a tray of petite glassware approaches and offers me the evening's amuse-bouche, a white gazpacho—delicious and thick with an aromatic, garlic kick. At the center of the room, attendees mingle at the long hardwood bar, where Coalition Brewing runs taps of their new CBD-infused beers, while an array of vendors from the cannabis industry give hands-on tours of their products.

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Dank dinner served!

Bud, Brides, and the Budding Future of Edible Events. I'm at an undisclosed location nestled off a dirt road atop a hillside across the way from the SLO airport. With a quaint yellow farmhouse, rolling green lawn, and epic sunset view, the setting feels very much "the Central Coast wedding venue."

On this evening, everything is decked out like a bride's dream Pinterest board: A two-tiered wedding cake flanked by antique oil lamps stands below an oak tree; Table settings glimmer with rose-colored stemware; and big, bodacious floral displays bloom from every corner.

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PHOTO BY HAYLEY THOMAS CAIN

INFUSED FEAST Baywood-based Good Tides Organic Bistro Owner Alyx Gille serves up TCH and CBD infused treats at the Central Coast's first Cannabis Wedding Event hosted on June 27 in SLO.