Miles and miles and hours north of San Francisco, Zoe lives deep among the Redwood forest in a cabin. The quality of silence and natural beauty is stunning and unmatched [...]

Chief arranged to meet us at a friend’s house in Malibu. A bonfire had been planned. It was raining over Los Angeles, a light but unrelenting drizzle; it was dark [...]

We went with John to a supermarket where everything was $1 to buy junk to fill piñatas. Packets of candy, light-up Hannah Montana toothbrushes, Jonas Brothers calendars, cloth flower necklaces [...]

I put Priscilla up in an empty apartment with a microphone, loop station, and her guitar. She’d invited some friends and a few fans from her show the night before [...]