It’s relaxing and fun to visit Lucky LadyZ, a newish medical-marijuana access point on Alki Avenue, right across the road from Alki Beach. The staff is unpretentious and engaging, the prices are reasonable, and the vibe is friendly. (Behind the receptionist’s desk, an inscription on the wall reads “Believe in the importance of imagination. Dreams can change the course of history.”)

The only downside is the extremely competitive state of parking in Alki, but that is somewhat ameliorated by the presence of a couple of parking spaces directly in front of the shop—spaces in which I was afraid to park, but which budtender/co-proprietor Felicia told me were meant for Lucky customers to use.

I enjoyed crusing the comely flower selection: about half a dozen each of indicas and sativas, with a few hybrid strains thrown in for good measure. Most strains go for a $10 donation, with occasional $8, $9, and $11 strains.

With some expert guidance from Felicia (who seems to have personal knowledge of every strain in the place), I selected a $9 indica, Alien Dawg; a $10 indica, Critical Sensi Star; and an alluringly fuzzy $10 sativa, Iced Grapefruit.

I decided on the Alien Dawg after Felicia told me that despite its less-than-beautiful appearance (scraggly popcorn buds), this Dawg had some bite, testing at more than 20 percent THC. She was right: You can’t always judge a book by its cover, and Alien Dawg is some good (ugly) weed, affording effective pain and stress relief. Let this be a lesson to you, Shallow Hal: The true measure of cannabis flowers is only taken when tokin’.

Critical Sensi Star is pungent, fruity, sweet, and musky. It’s so fruity, in fact, that I double-checked the container to make sure I wasn’t toking the Iced Grapefruit (it shares some of the same citrusy limonene terpenes). It’s quite energetic for an indica-dominant strain, but also has the strong, pain-relieving body stone associated with its genetic heritage. If you like Super Lemon Haze or other lemon strains, you owe it to yourself to check out Critical Sensi.

Iced Grapefruit, the sativa, was the most visually stunning of the three strains, with light-green, trichome-encrusted flowers smelling pleasantly of its namesake. These particular flowers looked to have been harvested perhaps a week before I would have done so, but nonetheless they offered an energetic, zingy high well-suited for morning medication. My advice with Iced Grapefruit is to use a pipe, bong, or vaporizer rather than joints to toke it; it burns much better in a bowl, avoiding wastage.

Medible Mondays feature buy-one/get-one-free offers on all house medibles (limit, three free). If you check out Lucky LadyZ on a Tuesday, you can get strains which normally go for $11 or $12 for just $10 a gram; Wednesdays are Happy Hump Days, with 10 percent off concentrates (hash and hash oil) and glass accessories.

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Steve Elliott edits Toke Signals, tokesignals.com, an irreverent, independent blog of cannabis news, views, and information.

LUCKY LADYZ SAFE ACCESS 2628 Alki Ave. S.W., 466-5144. 9 a.m.–8 p.m. Mon.–Sat., noon–6 p.m. Sun.