Dutch Inside Out

Last night I finally decided I was going to learn how to an inside out Dutchie. I watched three videos, each of which had their own merits to get me started. Though I'd had a real live (What should we call it ? A mini-course ?) lesson (ah ha!) from someone who always rolls inside out I just couldn't seem to get the hang of it.

Here are the three videos I watched to help me finally be able to work it out.

This shows you the Dutch method using a weed + tobacco mix. He makes it look really easy.

 

This video is nice because they filmed it so you're not looking at a mirror image.

 

This video was a find because I just couldn't get the hang of rolling with my filter trip on the right hand side. I'm sure I could, but since it can be done with the filter on the left I prefer to keep it where I'm used to it.

So I rolled three last night, each slightly better in structure than the last, and this morning I woke up and just started rolling them again. I'm really trying to work out what tIhe best way to smoke is at the moment. I know lots of people are going to say get a Volcano or another sort of vaporizer, but the truth is I don't like them because I like the social aspect of passing around a joint. But that being said I'd like to quit tobacco and not weed eventually. I suppose that means either I'm going to need to find a decent tobacco substitute (which I have yet to find) or get a hand-held vape.

For the price, by far the best hand held vape on the market is the Vapir NO2. It's digital, burns hot, has great reviews (http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/08/02/Handheld-Vaporizers-Next-Generation), and is less than $200 bucks and I've found it in France for 155,00 euros (http://www.vaporisateur.net/vapir/62-no2-vapir-vaporisateur-digital-portable.html).

Amsterdam is ruled by either rollers, Volcanos, or Dutch glass vaporizers - so I'll have to go to a few specialty places to see what they suggest for someone who wants a portable vaporizer. Just a tip - stay away from the shops owned by coffeeshops and either try to find some cheaper Chinese shops (Zeedijk near Nieuwmarkt has a few near the temple) that sell smoker-friendly wares or check out the street markets like Albert Cuypmarkt or the Waterlooplein for bargains on papers, grinders, etc.

If you live in Paris the best place for smoker-friendly stuff is the section just before Les Puces.

If you use a vaporizer, which one?

Going to Amsterdam!

I'll be blogging from Amsterdam between August 25th - September 14th. I know the city very well having lived there once upon a time and I've already spent nearly 6 weeks in Amsterdam this year already. I'm tacking on another 20 days.

If you're going to Amsterdam, you might want to check out my posts since I'll be blogging about everything I do during my stay including the best places to smoke, eat, hang out, and things to do (well things that are fun to do when you're high in Amsterdam).

In the words of Lonely Island, "I'm on a boat".

Be sure to check back for great tips. On my last trip to Amsterdam I went on a mission to find the best places to smoke in the idea of creating a sort of weed guide to Amsterdam, but the reality is that weed is a bit like wine. It can change a lot from harvest to harvest. But I can tell you the places that consistently have good weed and which places suck like the Grasshopper on Spuistraat which insist you buy at least 25,00 euros worth of weed from them or else you can't even sit down and have a drink/smoke there and which places to avoid because they're tourist traps (like the Bulldog).

I can be quite social when I'm in a coffeeshop too, so some amazing shit happens. Last time I ended up trading a bit of hash I bought at one coffeeshop with someone who worked in another coffeeshop because this bit I found at Rookie's (which despite it's touristy-ness is not too bad a shop) was amazing.

I can't wait for Amsterdam. I just can't.