Lauren Yoshiko

1 month ago | stickybits.news | Lauren Yoshiko

Sunday, May 18, 2025Time to read: About 8 minutes. Contains 1,890 words. It started back in October 2024, when Broccoli magazine published its final issue. The first inkling that a greater shift in the cannabis scene was upon us. Change is a constant in this industry, of course. But the recent closures of Sackville & Co. and Canadian retail chain Superette—two brands I considered, along with Broccoli, tastemaking leaders in New Weed—felt more meaningful than the usual turnover.

2 months ago | stickybits.news | Lauren Yoshiko

Friday, April 11, 2025Time to read: About 4 minutes. Contains 5,165 words. Hello, dear subscribers!I hope everyone’s spring season is budding nicely. If you’ve been here a while, you may be wondering: Wtf is going on with Sticky Bits? Will she ever get back to the twice-weekly schedule? The answer to that is: sometimes, maybe? The reality is, I’ve been working on this for almost five years.

Feb 14, 2025 | stickybits.news | Lauren Yoshiko

Friday, February 14, 2025Time to read: About 15 minutes. Contains 3,600 words. After 11 years in the weed scene, the lines between subjects and friends have blurred. My community includes my sources. My cat is referenced by name in PR sends. So, when I spotted a paid ad for what looked almost exactly like Another Room’s Jointlocker, but under the name JointKeeper by a brand called Funky Forms, I felt personally offended.

Feb 12, 2025 | stickybits.news | Lauren Yoshiko

Wednesday, February 12, 2025Time to read: About 7 minutes. Contains 1,523 words. Hiiiiiii, dear readers!How are you? I missed y’all. A lot of the time since my last dispatch was dominated by a 2,000-word commission turned 4,068-word opus on Portland’s Old Town/Chinatown/formerly Japantown neighborhood. The lengthy historical research was ultimately a welcome reprieve while processing horrific disasters, natural and manmade.

Dec 10, 2024 | wweek.com | Lauren Yoshiko

Chess holds a unique allure. The tension between strategy and impulse, risk and loss, all set to the beat of a ticking clock. It’s universally hypnotic to watch a chess match unfold, and a bit profound considering how the game transcends human notions of language and luck. That artistic interpretation is at the core of Chess Club, a one-of-a-kind magazine shop and mineral water bar recently opened in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood by co-founders Andrew Simon and Christy Lai.