Getting to pour some quiet processing time into a life change, unfulfilled desire, or complex relationship with whatever? get yourself to the safe harbor of a harshly lit drugstore. It helps.
If you have an old-timey soda fountain pharmacy near you youโre very lucky. Get your pills, get your shots, get a milkshake, one million times chiller than CVS. (Shout out to Fairleyโs in NE Portland)
I live in bushwick and for years I suffered through using the local walgreens. They genuinely never had my meds, always had crazy lines, and don't have enough staff to have anyone on the phone to help you, just overall miserable. I switched to a nearby family-owned pharmacy and I am never looking back--they're SO responsive, scripts ready in an hour every time, always able to answer questions, and they have little candies up front.
Great, actually. Lil mini chance to be spontaneous and vulnerable with people you care about. Forces my brain to freeze & flow at the same time. conversely, I get to collect tiny aural glimpses of where people are at on every level.
Saw a show last night with a friend in LA (Lola Young, echoplex). relaxed, danced around in the back mostly- got a bit closer when we felt like it. sang our heads off. inception rec- Lola young is a face melter of an artist.
