While searching Yelp! for vintage clothing stores in the area, I spotted a link to Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop in the right column. When I noticed the address, I couldn’t believe it. I’d been living within walking distance of downtown Culver City for over a year and I never saw nor heard of the place. [...]

This story was expanded from a column that James wrote for the Daily Californian in 2006. I was sitting on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Doe Library for tea one hazy morning in 2005 when a woman carrying a clipboard asked me to spare a moment for her petition. She informed me that the campus [...]