SOMERVILLE, MA- Resident stoner and Tufts senior Gareth Levitt has become the talk of the tri-town area as of late for his new entrepreneurial venture, Edibles Arrangements. The business model came from the popular fruit arranger shop Edible Arrangements, which meticulously cuts fruits into various shapes and arranges bouquets for brunches everywhere. Gareth and his team of diligent marijuana-florists have similarly been arranging their treats for about three months. And even in the beginning, the upstart was not without its struggles.

“Day in and day out we receive a plethora of calls- hell, a delugé- from PTA presidents and country club members alike complaining of odd side effects from our product,” Levitt lamented, clad in a stained Joy Division T-shirt and a monocle he kept switching from eye to eye. Throughout the interview, he dutifully chugged lukewarm Kombucha tea in between bites of his Cheese-Burst (ritz cheese crackers with red starburst filling) sandwiches.“These customers rarely do adequate research before investing. It’s ludicrous.”

The confusion between the two companies has led to many a Mommy and Me group getting stoned out of their minds, as well as hundreds of hopeful stoners inadvertently getting their daily dose of vitamin C. Chester Kinney, front man of the local band Throbbing Threnody, wrote in to us describing the disruption of his pre-show ritual before his 6:15pm gig at Davis Square in front of J.P. Licks.

“The boys and I were practicing some of our T.V. show theme song covers when this chick in a bright orange hat and apron came to our corner of the T station. She hands us this wicker basket…” He discussed the quality of the wicker for a few minutes before continuing, “which was filled with cantaloupe and honeydew in the shape of a guitar. I was surprised at the craftsmanship, but also skeptical because I didn’t remember asking for that much melon!” As the frontman/manager/designated mom friend, Kinney handles all food orders for the band. “We each only ate about one square of fruit, so by the time we got back and realized there was no weed in it we had left the fruit to sit in the T station unrefrigerated for five hours.”

The biggest mix-up came this past weekend at a press conference brunch for new mayor of Braintree, Evelyn Lynch. Her publicist confided that the basket of gummy worms and bears was a bit of a surprise, but set it out for the journalists and Ms. Lynch anyhow. As a result, a disproportionate amount of questions for the mayor were about her place in the universe and whether or not she had any Pop-Tarts with her. Having eaten the gummy edibles herself however, Lynch was more than happy to answer.