I need to watch my car at coffee

"My friend owns the coffee shop"

VIP, friend of the owner, sipping coffee, watching her car.

I rent.

That is, I used to rent a seat on the red benches every morning for which I paid:

one or two coffees, and an occasional croissant that I shared with my svelte enormous Service Dog. As I am on a budget, so I forgo the other vices in the Bowery, and more, for my former love of the cafe’s…