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I grew up in a family of semi-professional winemakers that have roots going back to Europe.

Because of the cultural differences, I was drinking a single glass of wine during holiday meals as early as 12-years-old.

As a result, I never struggled with alcohol addiction because it was never taboo and I grew tired of it by my college age. Instead of wanting to abuse alcohol to get intoxicated or drunk, I started to slowly develop a taste and fondness for quality liquors, beers, and wines. For the longest time I was living in a city with a lot of craft breweries and I was really privileged and fortunate to have access to some of the best beer in the world. I would visit the breweries with friends to grab a pint and a batch of fries and chicken tenders while watching a football game on the TV screens in the tavern. Now that I’m living in Spokane, Washington, I like to visit the breweries like the Black Label Brewing Company that are within the city limits. These are wonderful places to visit when you’re trying to escape the frigid winter temperatures outdoors. For instance, the Barrister Winery on West Railroad Avenue has some of the warmest heat out of any indoor space in the entire city. It’s one of my favorite spots to visit during the winters in Spokane. Even though I have a strong heating system in my house in Gonzaga University, it’s nice to give the furnace a rest for the day to spend a few hours in a place like the Barrister Winery. No-Li Brewhouse on Trent Ave is next on my list of alcohol-themed destinations to visit.

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I hated life back in my home state.

I grew up in a tiny town where you couldn’t hide secrets from anyone.

My graduating class consisted of only a handful of people, all of which I had known since elementary school. I would dream about the day of finally getting out of that place to attend college on the opposite side of the country, but that day never came. Instead, I saved a lot of money by going to an in-state university and using my scholarship money there instead of at a college that cost three to four times as much for each semester. Whenever my college friends and I would smoke cannabis in our dorm rooms, we would worry about campus police showing up unannounced and arresting us on the spot. I kept fantasizing about moving to Denver, Colorado after graduating from undergraduate college. I figured I could attend the University of Colorado in either Boulder or Denver to attend graduate school in economics. In reality, I ended up in Aurora, but not because of college. I accepted a job that is located right along the border of Aurora and Denver. However, most of the businesses—especially cannabis dispensaries—are located within Denver instead of Aurora. One of my all time favorite cannabis dispensaries is in Heather Gardens right off Interstate 225. There’s another weed store a few blocks north in Heather Ridge that I like to visit as well. One of my favorite things to do during the warm season is to take a bong and a jar of cannabis flower buds with me to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge to go hiking for the day.

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I wanted to get out of town for a few days after my boyfriend and I broke up.

I was upset and sad and I just needed a change of scenery.

My girlfriend said she would join me if we went somewhere with legal recreational marijuana. We chose San Francisco for a variety of reasons. It has beautiful scenery, beaches, nightlife, bars, restaurants, and legal marijuana. After we made the decision to go to San Francisco, I started looking at flights. All of the flights into the Bay Area were outrageously priced. Both of us thought about changing our plans, but we found some last-minute deals on an online website. The flight was delayed by an hour, but we didn’t have any layovers or connecting flights. After we arrived in San Francisco, we went to the car rental area and picked up our SUV. From there we drove to a recreational marijuana dispensary. My friend could not wait until we took our items to the hotel. We picked up a few items and found out that the dispensary offered delivery right to our hotel. Since the dispensary delivered to our hotel, we ordered a couple of additional marijuana items the next day. We were going to take items home with us, until we saw a huge sign and that airport warning us that it was totally illegal and against the law. We had to dump three pre rolled marijuana cigarettes and a bag of edible gummy coins in the trash. It was painful letting sixty bucks worth of cannabis flush down the drain.

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My friends and I work at a seafood restaurant down by the water in Tampa Bay.

The restaurant has been open since the 1940’s, but the whole building recently had renovations.

When the renovations were completed, the size of the restaurant was doubled. They hired more staff to help and my friend and I were part of that crew. Jack and I work in the kitchen. I am a sous chef and Jack handles all of the pastries and desserts. Last Monday night, we had a party of sixty on the books. The group of people rented our party room. It was a business engagement and everyone was dressed in suits and ties. Even though it was 80 outside, they insisted that we turn the AC temperature all the way down to 65 so everyone in suits would be comfortable. My manager agreed to adjust the room thermostat and that’s when the problems with the AC began. Anybody that lives in Tampa Bay knows how hard it can be to work or live without AC, especially during the warmer summer months. The low temperature on the thermostat caused issues for the entire network and the AC broke down halfway through the night. My boss called a Tampa Bay heating and Ac repair company, but they took two hours to fix the problem. By the end of the night, nobody wanted to stay late and clean the store or prepare for the next day. Thankfully, the boss was understanding and didn’t press us to complete any extra side work at the end of the shift.
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Living in Phoenix in the summers was miserable for me.

I had moved to that city from the northern midwest so I could attend the University of Phoenix.

I stayed after graduation because I easily landed a good job in the sprawling metropolis. Phoenix is a fun city in some regards, but I couldn’t handle the summer climate in Arizona. The temperatures get into the 110s sometimes in the most intense periods and your only respite is indoor air conditioning if you live or work in a building that has it running 24 hours a day. I started looking for other jobs in my industry in states near Arizona in the hopes that I could move somewhere with better weather. This led me to a company in Albuquerque, New Mexico that had multiple job positions open that I qualified for with my extensive job history. However, I feared that Albuquerque’s weather would be similar to Phoenix because of it being a “desert city.” However, I quickly learned that Albuquerque’s elevation is over 5,000 feet! You can feel the difference in the middle of summer as the temperatures usually stay below 100 degrees in Albuquerque. And if for any reason you feel hot on a random summer day in Albuquerque, you can always drive out to the Sandia Mountains to the east of the city and enjoy cooler temperatures if staying at home in air conditioning isn’t your preference. Living in Albuquerque was a huge step up compared to Phoenix, despite loving many things about Arizona in its own right. On top of that, New Mexico has some of the most beautiful geography that I’ve ever seen in my life.

 

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