Old New York

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick doesn't come out until October, but a friend of mine sent me some pictures of an early road trip we made to NYC -- when I was about the same age as Perry Stormaire, Au Revoir's 18-year-old protagonist.


To the best of my recollection, these shots were taken in the course of one night...back when it wasn't always safe walking through certain parts of the city at night. We took a crazy, two-day road trip and got...let's see...zero sleep at all.





So yeah, I'm about Perry's age here -- although it's hard to imagine how I'd react, going through what happens to Perry in Au Revoir. In fact, when I look back on the kid in these pictures, I almost don't recognize him.

But it's good to see him again, just the same.