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“Soy or nonfat?” he asks

Oh, God I can’t face my first day back to work after break on nonfat milk And soy? Soy?

“Whole ood later At lunch I’ll just have a chicken parurt…

Mot in more Dove Bars…

“You know,” Barista Boy says, as he rings me up, “you look really familiar”

“Oh,” I say I’ with pleasure He remembers me! He must see hundreds, maybe THOUSANDS of caffeine-starved New Yorkers a day, but he remembers ME! Fortunately it’s so cold outside, and so warm in here, my red cheeks could easily be taken for the fact that I’ over his re me

“Well, I live and work in the neighborhood,” I say “I’m in here all the ti to a pretty tight budget (due to my pitiful salary), which foaet free coffee anytime I want from the cafeteria

They just don’t have mocha syrup in them Or whipped cream We tried to keep whipped crea them in order to do whip-its

“No,” Barista Boy says, shaking his lusciously shaggy head “That’s not it Actually, has anybody ever told you that you look a lot like Heather Wells?”

I take my drink from him This, of course, is always the tricky part What do I say? Yes, actually…because I a me out simply because he thinks I still have connections in thebooed off the stage)?

Or do I just laugh and say, Why, no? Because then what happens later, after we start dating, and he finds out I am Heather Wells? I mean, I could probably keep it a secret for a little while, but eventually he’s going to find outback froe certificate…

So I settle for saying, “Really?”

“Sure Well, if you were thinner,” Barista Boy says, with a sood one!”

What I can’t believe is how the entire city can be gearing up for a predicted snowstor down Tenth Street, breaking off tree lirocery stores can have already sold out of bread andbut Stor dealers are out in full force in and around Washington Square Park

I guess it just goes to show that we Arant population

But there they are, standing on the sidewalk in their Perry Ellis parkas, enjoying so a significant—for New York City, anyway—a predicted to co by, but those who do are greeted with cheerful offers of sensimilla

And okay, those offers are unani dejectedly toward them, they kindly shout a list of their wares in my direction

I would laugh if I didn’t still feel so grule tiuys It doesn’t seem to matter to the as if I’est artificial stimulant I’ve consumed lately is caffeine Sadly