Rob, I was there -406 E 9th- only about three weeks ago for some St. Joan's Wort tincture and they were still operating. They have a website so you can check the hours there I think or get the phone and call them up.
It's practically a requirement to smudge out any new place around here, you never know what the hell was going on in the apartment before you moved in. I still periodically smudge my place with some totally juju medicinal incense I obtained from friends in Nigeria, the stuff will sear out anything from a room. But sage is very effective and I find the odor really grounding and pleasureable.
Miss U, I know what you mean about those chillies!