In 2002, Jessica and I planned a move to NYC.  To make a long story very brief, over a year later, no swank pad, decadent parties, no brilliant writing collaborations, no Jessica.  Just me as a nanny on the Upper East Side, still harboring impossible dreams of being a writer--holding on to New York by the skin of my fucking teeth...

Jessica, The Abbey, Miami Beach, December 27, 2003