OAKLAND.
i love it.
went for a quick trip home for the weekend, snuck in and out of town for a short visit. there are so many people i wanted to see but to keep my sanity i have to see them only a few at a time.
the air, the people, the way of life..very different than los angeles. it is slower and there is a layer of dirt on it all. drove past my family home, my elementary school, the pizza place where i could buy cigarettes out of a vending machine when i was a 6th grader. saw my friends and had coffee at Peet's where i worked on Piedmont Ave. ate at Ti Couz in the mission and Zachary's on college. went to see a friend's band south of market street and took BART from 19th/Broadway, my old stop.
every time i go back it is hard to leave there again but i am always amazed at what seemingly insignificant things i realize i miss and how the smallest moments mean so much overall.
i love it.
went for a quick trip home for the weekend, snuck in and out of town for a short visit. there are so many people i wanted to see but to keep my sanity i have to see them only a few at a time.
the air, the people, the way of life..very different than los angeles. it is slower and there is a layer of dirt on it all. drove past my family home, my elementary school, the pizza place where i could buy cigarettes out of a vending machine when i was a 6th grader. saw my friends and had coffee at Peet's where i worked on Piedmont Ave. ate at Ti Couz in the mission and Zachary's on college. went to see a friend's band south of market street and took BART from 19th/Broadway, my old stop.
every time i go back it is hard to leave there again but i am always amazed at what seemingly insignificant things i realize i miss and how the smallest moments mean so much overall.
