As we refilled our wineglasses, Smith conjured the scene: “It was a time when birth control pills first became widely available… You will find this absolutely stupid—women used to walk around and pull up their sweaters to show that they didn’t have bras and they would actually seek you out to have sex. Unheard-of.” He continued, “Then comes the whole drug thing. Then comes the Haight-Ashbury. The whole Bay Area was one of the most electric places you could possibly be… It was like a magnet.”
