California is just about as far away from Vero, geographically, and in so many other ways. Vallejo is completely the opposite of Vero and that is why I ended up here. Not that I don't miss Vero and the amazing friends who got me through so many trying times, but missing something doesn't mean I have to go back.
In the three years I’ve lived in California, I have been living in a dream state, In California, there is more to life than grinding work and consumption. After living at sea level for fifteen years, I am dazzled by the hills. I drive on windy, hilly roads, finally understanding what inspired the grateful dead. The landscape here is psychedelic. I’ve seen produce here that i have never seen before - yellow raspberries; brussel sprouts on the stalk; jackfruit in Chinatown; twenty-seven different kinds of beets at the Berkeley Bowl.
The place I came from is very conservative in every way. Of course politics is the obvious topic. But there are other ways
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