[He blinks at the simile - it's actually kind of poignant to him, too, in so many ways.] I think that's a very good way to put it.

[But he manages to smile and shrug that off, too.] Me? Most recently, Washington, D.C. But I was born and grew up in Brooklyn. Sort of a far cry from the West Coast, but the East Coast's got it's merits, too. Although a lot less sun, I think.