Faces of Slow Lake Street: GERMAIN BOUE

“I love Slow Lake because it allows me to catch some air in between work and anytime and just be able to cruise in the neighborhood and see familiar faces and other people and it’s really relaxing. It’s just great to not be surrounded by cars and noise. I go on meditating walks with my airpods and listen to Sam Harris or podcasts that are focused on mental health. It really helps when you’re working all day inside and you feel cramped and like you have nowhere to go especially in such densely populated city, it’s really helpful mentally. It brings a lot of advantages. 

I think this street really feels like you’re in a neighborhood instead of being in a city. Whereas if you’re on California Street there’s buses. There’s a lot of noise. There’s people coming on and off the buses. There’s more traffic. Whereas here it’s more quaint, calm and you feel more emptiness. Like you’re out of the city but you’re in the city feeling to it. I live on 6th and California.”

GERMAIN BOUE (walking)