Turn The Tables
In her elegantly written and poignant new book, M Train, Multitalented Patti Smith shares many of the intimate details of her personality and consequently her life. That Smith has all the artist's sensibility there is no doubt. One thing however, that I find fascinating is her enjoyment of ing to regular small cafes to rad and write. While there is nothing special about this practice, Smith gives us other dimensions of both these places and her need and appreciation of them. There is one particular cafe she frequents, Cafe Ino, where she feels most comfortable at a certain table. It has become her table. When she comes in she always has the same thing for breakfast. "Brown toast, olive oil, and back coffee. " Smith has come to depend on this table as being there for the taking, but on occasion, it isn't. At these times she grudgingly takes another, but not without some internal grumbling about having to do so. We never find out if the owner of this cafe wou