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When I still lived in Manhattan, people-watching was my hobby, and I spent many Sunday afternoons eating up the scene from a window seat at a Starbucks on Broadway.
Susan Orlean
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Susan Orlean
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
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