Baby Powder | Jenevieve

I think everything I love about this song reminds me of why I fell out of love with SF. It feels so smooth. So easy. So right.

When Verna left SF for Oakland, we talked about about much how we Love SF - how it’s such a huge part of our stories that we we could never not love it. But we’re just not in love with it anymore.

When I moved to SF, living there felt comfortable. I felt connected. Things felt smooth. Things felt easy. Things felt right. But it hasn’t felt like that for a while. Outside of being with favorite people ,in my favorite spots, navigating SF started to feel like I was unwittingly in a competition of “who can pretend everyone around you doesn’t exist more?” It started to wear on me.. Even New Yorkers have the common decency to acknowledge your presence as they tell you to get out of their way.

Walking around Oakland feels different. I doesn’t feel like people are intentionally ignoring each other. Even six feet apart, people make eye contact. When this is over, I can’t wait to bike around and explore my new city - The coffee shops. The restaurants. The bars. The record shops. The bookstores. I can’t wait to see what it feels like to live here. I can’t wait to see how it feels different.

But for now, all I can do is walk around. And that’s not bad. Because even while waking around Oakland, things feel smooth. Things feel easy. Things feel right.

Or maybe it’s walking around listening to this track.