in the "basement" of a lofted studio apartment in brooklyn, i await the car that will bring me to the airport, and end my trip to the east coast. 11 days - 3 cities, 4 forms of tansportation, too many beers to count and stories galore. i hope someday to return here, and even to call it home for a while...but for now, exhausted but ready i leave to return to la