Best Of Humboldt — Staff Picks
BEST WEED DISPENSARY FOR STRAIGHT-UP STONERS
Humboldt residents looking to purchase legal marijuana (as in medical) have four dispensaries to choose from, all located in Arcata. Which is best? Well, duh, dude … It’s gotta be The Humboldt Co-operative. THC has a number of things going for it to make it No. 1, most notably being the clinic’s vast selection of green buds.
The varieties offered are ever changing, and one can always find a number of top-quality strains to choose from. The clinic also offers merch ranging from jars and books to calendars and totally badass hoodies. THC earns bonus points by always offering some type of hash in addition to yummy edibles. They also have pretty broad hours of operation, for a Humboldt business anyway.
The icing on the “Best of” cake is their staff: friendly, patient and ready to help choose the best meds for you. Who wouldn’t want to buy their bud from a little shack-like structure in a big parking lot right outside downtown Arcata? And yes, best acronym — THC baby! (7th & I sts., Arcata)
— Emily Hobelmann
BEST REPORTER
The journalist who most influenced me wasn’t Bob Woodward. It was Carl Kolchak, tenacious reporter for the Independent News Service of Chicago. Each week he chased demons of the night on the 1974 TV series The Night Stalker, a pork pie hat on his head and a camera and tape recorder hanging off his shoulders, compelled to expose the truth to his readers. Everyone from the cops to his boss thought him a pain in the neck, but he didn’t care. That’s how I see Kevin Hoover.
In his Arcata Eye, news stories jostle each other for cramped space. Colors scream at you to pay attention. In the community there Hoover is, relentlessly, baseball cap on his head, eyes behind glasses seeing and recording, camera ready for the photo. Cops and city officials, most everyone around town, thinks him a pain in the neck. As all good journalists should be.
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NINE Comments
Comment / By jordan rollins / Sept. 10, 2009, 11:09 a.m.
i must say that i too love that jacob nunes from dutch bros. hes a keeper for sure!
Comment / By Tim Daniels / Sept. 10, 2009, 6:20 p.m.
I concur with the choice of best single-track. I think it’s some of the best single track trail in the country. Of course, my opinion is heavily biased.
Comment / By M’Aerie / Sept. 12, 2009, 12:19 p.m.
yes! Jacob Nunes from Dutch Bros is a wonderful young man and I so much enjoy his enthusiasm, his singing to the loud tunes, and his memory of what I like to order. He takes one look at me in the morning and knows if I want decaf or regular. What a darlin!
Comment / By Carol Ballard / Sept. 12, 2009, 7:09 p.m.
Where is the best reason to live here?
Comment / By Ryan Burns / Sept. 13, 2009, 5:44 p.m.
It’s in the readers’ picks section, Carol.
Comment / By Carol Ballard / Sept. 13, 2009, 9:27 p.m.
Thanks!
Comment / By BTP / Sept. 16, 2009, 6:58 a.m.
This was the most entertaining, funny, and interesting ‘best of’ i have ever seen! Well done! Thanks to NJC for trying to remind people why we all live and love here. I wish the Times-Standard would write like this….
Now, if only Mike Dronkers would call me and discuss how I can get paid to report on the happenings between Trinidad and Orick! Mike?
Comment / By Bill Moehnke / Sept. 18, 2009, 3:57 p.m.
Thanks Jennifer for proclaiming the library “Best place to be seen”! I would like to point out, however, that the library owns a copy of “Party girl”. You can check it out for a week with a valid library card.
Comment / By wendy / Jan. 5, 10:30 a.m.
Best Bar in eureka is The BOILER ROOM!!! Lots of booze, frendship and single people!