Nicely is Back

Saturday morning at Vivace.
It's been a while, as Nicely pointed out.
I've been housesitting.
He's just returned from back/neck surgery and he's looking lean and mean.

I talk about Nicely like we're tight which we're not. Even though he's everything you want your Vivace barista to be and more, I treat him like I treat all strangers... with awkward detachment. I admire him from afar.
Nicely and I don't share. But here's what I know about Nicely just from sitting for hours on end blogging and stealing music in his presence.
1- He's way fucking cool and beloved by many. While he was gone, everyone asked about Nicely.
2- He's latino, possibly PR.
3- He loves baseball, particularly the Yankess. This is so old school. I think it's so quaint for a young hot guy to be crazy about America's past time. No slave to fashion here.
4- He wears a thick silver chain with a cross around his neck and pulls it off nicely (like he does most things, guess that's why they call him Nicely). I don't have to tell most of you how much of a sucker I am for a man with a thick chain.
5- I'm 95% certain he is acutually from NY.
6- His taste in music is impeccable, which is to say it overlaps with mine. One day old school "Outcast", the next latin jazz.
7- Nicely makes great espresso.
8- Nicely has a great smile. I find this charming yet unnerving. What's he got to smile about? What does anyone have to fucking smile about?

I wish the line would go down so I could get another americano.