Pazuva rakajairwa, Chris "Special K" Uhlhorn, anozivikanwawo saBongfather, anogona kuonekwa paIGTV akapfeka chipfeko cheSeattle Seahawks, achifuridza girazi netsvimbo, achiibata nematurusi akasiyana siyana, uye achiitenderedza muovheni inopisa.Kazhinji kugadzira imwe bong kwakaoma uye kunoda rubatsiro rwevanhu vaviri kana vatatu.
Uhlhorn akatanga bhizinesi rake reSpecial K Glass muSeattle muna 1998 asi akadzokera kumusha kwake Eugene muna 2005 kurera vana vadiki vaviri.Yakawana kapoka kanotevera mumakumi mashoma emakore apfuura kune yayo yakashongedzerwa yezera idzva regirazi, iyo inogona kuwanikwa muzvitoro zvefodya nemapombi muOregon, pamwe nepaSpecial K webhusaiti.
"T-shirt yedu inotevera ichati 'pod yangu yekutanga yaive Special K'," akadaro, "nekuti tinonzwa izvozvo nguva dzese uye ndinorida."
COVID-19 isati yasvika, Ullhorn ainyanya kushanda pasocial media asi anga asati atengeswa online.Iye zvino nekutengesa kwepamhepo uye kutora, zvese zvachinja.“Vanotora zvinhu nepadura redu,” Uhlhorn akandiudza kudaro."Izvi hazvina kumbobvira zvaitika."
Kusiyana nematambudziko emari ayo denda rakonzera kumabhizinesi madiki emarudzi ese, cannabis dispensaries uye mahofisi makuru anoonekwa seakakosha.KwaSpecial K: "Iyi ndiyo nguva yekuchinja zvakanyanya mubhizinesi rangu mumakore makumi maviri nerimwe," akadaro Uhlhorn, ane bhizinesi rekutengesa rakatanga kubva denda."Wese munhu anoputa sora kumba, uye ichi ndicho chinhu chakanaka kune avo vanomanikidzwa kugara pamba zhizha uye vanoda chikafu chinonaka."
Uhlhorn akawedzera kuti magirazi mazhinji ari kusangana nekukura kwakafanana kwebhizinesi."Vanga vangozara vanhu."Ipapo kwakauya iyo 4/20 uye yekutanga kutenderera yekutarisa ekusimudzira, iyo yaanoti yakabatsira mabhizinesi kubva pamadhora mazana matatu pazuva mukutengesa online kusvika kumadhora chiuru pazuva.
MuPortland, ungangowana Special K kupi zvako mapaipi nemabhongi anotengeswa, asi Mary Jane's Imba yeGirazi uye Nomad Kuyambuka (4526 SE Hawthorne) vane sarudzo yakanaka.
Uhlhorn parizvino anogara muSouth Eugene, padyo neYunivhesiti yeOregon kambasi uye mashoma mabhuroko kubva kumba kwake kwehudiki.“Zvati shandukei kubva muna 1991… Ndakanga ndiri kuchikoro chesekondari ndikatenga pombi yangu yekutanga yegirazi kubva mukiosk yainzi Clay Babies paOregon Fair.Raiva humburumbira.chidimbu chakatanga kufamba kwegirazi hombe kwemazuva ano, chakagadzirwa naSnodgrass, mwari wegirazi.
Mumwe weanozivikanwa naEugene ndiBob Snodgrass, akatanga kushanda pahunyanzvi hwake achishanya neVakafa Vanotenda muma1970s uye 80s, uye anonzi nekugadzira tekinoroji yegirazi chubhu inoshandiswa pasi rese nhasi.Pamusoro paBob Snodgrass, Uhlhorn akadzidzawo nezvekuvhara magirazi kubva kushamwari yake yekusekondari Sky, uyo Uhlhorn anodana "super OG glassblower".Shamwari dzinotanga kugadzira mapaipi uye bong muruvanze rweSkye."Ndakabva ndaziva kuti ndaizoguma neizvi," Uhlhorn akadaro.
Muna 1998, achigara muEastlake, Seattle, Uhlhorn akawana nharaunda yekugadzira, kwaakatanga pombi yegirazi uye bhizinesi rekuridza bong.“Seattle ndiwo musimboti weAmerica wegirazi rakapfava,” anotsanangura kudaro Uhlhorn.“Vechiduku chaivo vakashandira [muvezi wemagirazi wokuAmerica] Dale Chihuly.Takavhura shopu diki yegirazi mhiri kwaDale Chihuly," Uhlhorn akadaro.Chihuly anozivikanwa nekumisikidzwa kwake kwakawanda pasirese uye akagadzirira nzira yevazhinji maartist munharaunda yeSeattle.
“Vakomana vechidiki vaishanda ipapo vaiuya kuchitoro chedu togadzira mabhong,” anoyeuka kudaro Uhlhorn.“Ndaiva nemakore anenge 25-26.Kutaura idi, ndave ndichizviita mazuva ose kubva ipapo.”
Nhasi, unogona kuona zviri nyore Special K zvimedu nekusaina kwavo kutenderera kwemutsipa kuputira, zvibato zvakakomberedzwa uye ruzivo rwakakombama.
"Kuputira chikamu chechimiro changu chekusaina," Uhlhorn anodaro nezve dhizaini yakafuridzirwa yeVenetian.“Iyo zvakare ine chinhu chinoshanda zvakanyanya.Vanhu vanoda chaizvo mubato.Kuputira kunotibvumira kuumba mutsipa uye kusendama kumashure zvishoma. "
Nepo zvisiri zvese zvigadzirwa zvinouya negirazi spiral mubato, ese Special K hookahs ane inoyevedza mavara akasanganiswa neakasiyana-siyana (kusanganisira dzimwe nzvimbo dzinopenya-mu-mu-rima) uye akasiyana epic maumbirwo;hapana mabara maviri, magirazi, mabhero, makoni, goblets kana mazai anotaridzika zvakafanana.
“[Vatengi] vanoda chimiro ichi.Vakadzi vakawanda vanozvizivisa vamene kupfurikidza noruvara rwebvudzi ravo kana kuti nzara.Ndicho chikonzero nei ruvara rwepepuru rwainyanya kufarirwa."Vanofarirawo kuvapa mazita," Uhlhorn anoenderera mberi.“Ndakanzwa zvimwe zvitoro zvichinditi, 'Chris, unofanira kuva nebhiza rine mukurumbira zvikuru nekuti munhu wose anoritenga anodzoka otiudza raakadana naro.''”
Inenge 99% yezvigadzirwa zvinoshandiswa neSpecial K (kusanganisa pendi dzavanotenga) zvinhu zvakadzokororwa mushure meindasitiri.Uhlhorn inogadzira zvibatiso zvine ma tweezers, tongs uye chigero uye inowedzera magadzirirwo emagadzirirwo kuchidimbu chimwe nechimwe kuchipisa."Kwese kubatwa kudiki kunobatsira chaizvo kusiyanisa kubva kunze kwenyika kubva kuChina," akadaro.
Kunyange zvazvo Uhlhorn ichitarisira vatengi vemazera ose, anobvuma kuti “vechiduku vakawanda sezviri pachena vakatanga nebasa rangu.Vanozvikwanisa.Ndinofunga kuti ndicho chikamu chikuru chebudiriro.”
Special K inoti zviri nani kushandisa rock salt nekukwesha doro pakuchenesa, wozogeza nemvura inotonhora."Tinokurudzira kuti usashandise mvura inopisa," Uhlhorn anodaro.“Hachidi kucheneswa.Inogona kuputsa kuita zvidimbu.Wakazvidzidza nenzira yakaoma.”Asi kana chikamu chidiki, chakadai sendiro kana pasi pasi, chakakuvadzwa, zviri nyore kutsiva.
“Zvidimbu zvandinofarira ndizvo zvandakaita nezuro wacho,” anodaro.“Uye ndinovimbisa kuti pane chidimbu muhovhoni mazuva ese pandinoedza chimwe chinhu chitsva kana kuita chimwe chinhu chakasiyana… asi panogara paine pundutso.Kana paine pundutso uye ukagadzira chimwe chinhu chitsva, ndicho chinogara chichigutsa”.”
Paakabvunzwa kana achida kuputa mbanje nemabong, Uhlhorn akati hongu.
"Tinoshanda zuva rose," Uhlhorn akadaro.“Kumba, ndinofanira kuenda kugaraji, uko kune pombi dzemvura dzeimba duku.Ndiri kuedza kungwarira, asi pasina mubvunzo kune vanosvuta muchitoro chedu.Zvakanaka chaizvo. "
Nguva yekutumira: Zvita-13-2022