Sitting on the bench at Cafe Mocha

I was sitting on the bench in front of Cafe Mocha in the east village where i started a conversation with a guy sitting next to me. "What are you reading i asked?" "I'm reading Lush Life by Richard Price". I was trying to remember what else he wrote when he said, "He wrote Clockers." "What's it about?" "Ir's set in the Lower East Side. He knows the neighborhood really well. It's a novel. It's really good. "

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I tasted the free samples at Black Hound pastry: the coconut cake ( i had 3 pieces). Delightful. One free sample limit (which you find in some places) is very boring.