Like many 21-year-olds on their years abroad, I read Just Kids while I was living in Paris. I probably read it sitting in the Jardin du Palais Royal, on terraces, and in the metro looking deeply earnest and extremely intellectual. I loved that book and I love Patti too, so this very spontaneous invitation to see her in concert felt like some kind of gift from the universe for doing such a good job at weeding.