Mar 1, 2019
March 1, 2019
"UHURU"
By Joey Nix
Despite his prep-school upbringing in the suburbs of Seattle, and widespread criticism of a variety of business practices, Ian Eisenberg—he prefers to be called Ike—has gone onto run Washington's busiest pot shop business with what @SeattleTimes calls "the audacity of a circus master." In 2015 the @UncleIkesPotShop location at Union St and 23rd Ave invited celebrated local muralist Joe Nix to paint this wall between its parking lot and @TheNeighborLady206 bar next door. With his usual attention to detail Nix staged a photo shoot of Uncle Ike's 'budtender' Amanya wearing a t-shirt which reads 'Uhuru'—the Swahili word for freedom. @joe.nix/ @uncleikesglassandgoods/
