Palace in Wonderland Before there was a Judge Judy. Before there was a Judge Joe Brown. There was Judge Patty "The First Lady Judge of Cannabis" Patty Collins Owner/Operator of Pype's Palace in Portland Oregon since 1976 was High Time Magazine's First Lady Judge in 1989 and the First Celebrity Judge to be a Repeat Celebrity in 2007. High Times invited her back in 2007 to Judge how the strains had changed over the past decade. They put her up at the Hotel Quinten in Amsterdam, Holland. Had a banquet with food seasoned with spices befitting the occasion. After dinner they passed the samples out to the 11 Celebrity Judges. Over 20 seed companies supplied the samples for the Judges. Some where packaged in ways only the Dutch can do. The finest coming from Nevil "The King of Cannabis" it was a silver suitcase with all of his finest! She went on stage to hand out the Cannabis Cup Awards. And they introduced her as "The First Lady of Cannabis"! The rest of her family were there as regular judges. Her son Donnie and nephew Troy. Her husband Don, had to double as a judge and be Patty's BUDdy Gaurd. Her article about the 2007 Awards was published in the May '99 issue of High Times Magazine. There was a story about the 1989 Awards in a '90 issue. Before there was a book called the Marijuana Bible. There was an unknown author, Jorge Cervantes. This unknown author was then and still is a Pype's Palace customer. This customer decided to write a book for gardeners. So he came in the store and asked Patty what type of book was needed. She advised him that all of the books that were on the market at that time were much too technical reading for the average person. And she thought he should write a layman's version gardening book. He did and has been a hit ever since. Jorge was coincidentially a Celebrity Judge in 2007 too! It was like a Pype's Palace Reunion half way around the world!

Patty helps on the One Ounce Joint rolled by Troy Follett of the Hood River Pype's Palace

Biggest buds I've ever seen! A foot thick. Squeezed between the palms not the fingers!

Patty examining the outdoor crop at the Cannabis Castle in Amsterdam. This crop usually molded on the vine before it's time.

Patty would not have been smiling here, had she known these plants would have a chainsaw taken to them 20 minutes after this photo was taken. Patty had to help cut them down and she got to throw them on the compost pile. This was a seed company and these plants were seedless, so they had to go...

The Royal Drying Wall at the Cannabis Castle in the Netherlands. 1989. This was our wall to pick as we pleased...

Don takes a group of tourists to the Cannabis Castle. Don had World's Greatest Tours. The First tour company to take people to the Cannabis Castle in 1987 - 1990

Sometime all 3 stalls were filled with pure Cannabis Pulp. The juices that ran from these piles always stimulated the imagination of each tourist that saw it. Looked like the bubbling black gold from the Hillbilly's show.

CELEBRITY JUDGES - Patty Collins ('89,'98 & '99) and Jorge Cervantes ('98) as they enter on stage in Amsterdam, to pass out the Awards for the 11th Annual Cannabis Cup Sponsored by High Times Magazine.

When in Holland the Judges Prefer the Quentin Hotel. Centrally Located in the Heart of Amsterdam.