On my way to a dance class in Capitol Hill I passed several young hippie vagabonds on the sidewalk. I watched the girl in the group carefully apply black lipstick, a gesture I found intriguing.  While I was walking past one of them asked, “Do you want to leave your life behind, get in our van and travel the country?”  I turned back and said, “It’s really tempting but no thanks.”  I chuckled at the proposal.  “You’d have one sexy girl and two sexy guys for company!”  He called after me.  I moved on, envisioning in my head what it would possibly be like to drop everything and travel the country with three strangers I’d just met in Capitol Hill.