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Cannabis-related gifts for the sophisticated mom in your life BY LAUREN GILMORE
hen the line at Satori South reaches the last of the stickers shaped like shoes, placed 6 feet apart from one another, budtender Emma Larson stands in the doorway. She takes shop phone calls with one hand and holds the door open with the other, explaining the protocols to each new patron. Like all retail businesses, recreational cannabis has felt the impact of COVID-19. “It’s been a struggle to adjust to all the different policies,” Larson says. She’s worked in the industry for four years and at this location for one. While processes may be changing, the store is still busy. Most people go straight through the line without a lot of perusing, stepping from one sticker to the next, but there is plenty to see along the way. The store is lined with glass cases carrying every cannabis-related product imaginable from breath mints to straight flower to dab pens and vaporizers. You would be forgiven for not knowing where to start, when buying for yourself or a loved one. Luckily, the
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budtenders are knowledgeable and friendly, and everyone inside is very relaxed. So if you’re looking for something new to get your mom (or spouse, or sister, or grandmother) this year, don’t overlook cannabis. “For my mom, I get these Honu chocolate turtles,” Larson says. “She loves them because they don’t taste too weedy. Sometimes edibles have a really strong aftertaste, but these don’t.” If your mom doesn’t have a sweet tooth, there are other options sure to make her happy. For instance, Fairwinds makes a discreet roll-on formula that she could slip into her purse for easy access in transit, and Six Fifths makes Available at SATORI SOUTH, 1:1 CBD THC bath 2804 E. 30th Ave: bombs that look heavenly. Honu Chocolate Turtles: As with any gifting $12/20mg, $30/100mg venture, Larson notes, you also can’t go wrong Six Fifths 1:1 CBD THC with a gift card. “SomeBath Bombs: $10/52mg times, I just let her pick what she wants.” n Fairwinds Roll On: $30/150mg
