11 Alec For the last two hours, I’ve been meandering around the L Center. Why? We’re holding the Le Charme Extravaganza tonight and my new best friend, Clarissa, is a Production Assistant trying to guide me to the dry run. It hasn’t been going well. All the dry runs have been in the hotel complex, which is admittedly huge. Sadly, Clarissa gets lost easily. Eventually, Clarissa led me to the L’s loading dock. Once here, she asked me to wait (again) while she tried to find someone to answer a few questions (again-again.) So I’ve been hanging by the back wall while staring out across a small and empty lot. In New York, this has been counting as a Zen moment. A girl stepped out onto the concrete and my world turned upside down. Which brings us to the present moment. I can’t stop staring

