Ben McConnell in front of La Samaritaine right after we went to see Holy Motors.

Someone left a tiny notebook page with a riot grrrl symbol among the letters and flowers on Simone de Beauvoir's grave.

We met before dawn, got cans of coffee at 7-11, and drove from Tokyo to Yuguwara to surf.

The last time I drove across the US, I was taking my mother, her Golden Retriever and an ancient cat named Alice from Colorado to Rhode Island.