So what has changed from 2012 to 2019? Well, that's a conversation that should be had over a few cups of coffee and a nice slice of tiramisu. I went from Oakland to Los Angeles and tried my shot in production, worked on Top Chef: Masters Season 5 as an Assistant Culinary Producer; albeit I wasn't in the credits (thanks guys...) I still learned a whole lot about the big budget production world and the high stakes of competitive cooking. From there I started exploring my culinary passions, something that I had grown up loving but never had put foot to earth and pushed forward with.
Next, it was back up to Oakland where I took a project management job with a day program for adults with disabilities. I spent two years there and worked some pretty hectic weeks, but the amount of knowledge I walked away with was pivotal in my growth. I began practicing yoga and meditating; eating healthy and exercising daily. I took a plunge and started exploring the party scene a bit more (I went to a party school and this was supplemental education). What started as a trip to Coachella became house rolls with friends, while compounding synthetic and natural psychedelics until the world looked like a cartoon. I broke my ego a few times on this journey but always treated it with a sense of scientific curiosity; so I took notes, I compared with friends and folks that I met when partying.
The plunge happened in April 2017 when Mitchell and I walked into Dzien's place at Coachella and I met Anthony. A month later I was moved in with Uncle Falih and back as a resident of LA. From there was the grow house and then, eventually, Temecula. This is where I currently reside. Oh, I forgot to mention that the big thing that I was working on in Oakland before moving to Los Angeles was CBD infused Kombucha.
And that's where the story stops, well, where it starts. This is today. This is happening now. There's so much going on and I can't wait to share the next steps with words for friends and family and strangers that feel the urge to read it.
