There was this place I used to walk by in Montreal that had a table and seat next to a window that was *allegedly* permanently reserved for Leonard Cohen, and I've always wanted to have that kind of relationship with a restaurant or cafe. The closest I've come was a coffeehouse here in Columbus, The Roosevelt. I wrote probably 50% of my dissertation there, and I always tried to sit at the same seat at the end of the counter (better access to plugs). It got to the point where if I walked in and the owner was there, he'd give it to me. I wound up at their Christmas party in January of 2020 just because I was such a fixture. Sadly, Covid + career change + now fatherhood keeps me away for the most part.