"Yeah. The place is doing all right for itself. It's nice. And it keeps me in tips, so that's good, too."

She has a bite of her sandwich and a sip of her tea as she glances around, making sure no one's hanging out within eavesdropping distance. "So I talked with a few really nice guys lately," she says, all casual, like she's just filling him in on gossip and not covering their unwritten to-do list. "One was a doctor and the other two were lawyers. Awesome, huh?"