Not a surprise — the usual spot, John Jay High School, had been put to use as an emergency shelter, housing people who after Hurricane Sandy had much bigger problems than having to walk a bit farther to vote.
In a booth the size of a narrow bathroom, Mr. Wissak squeezes past a hulking safe and takes his usual spot at a window, where his feet have worn the floor bare.
In this envisioned future, that would mean an automated bot would be able to understand a conversational input from a user, like "I'm going to New York next week Wednesday for a night, and need a room at the usual spot," for example.
The fifth Bonnaroo, which presents a mix of rock and jam bands as well as hip-hop and country acts, will be from June 16 to 18 at its usual spot, a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn.
And Lendl will be back in his usual spot, a row or two in front of Murray's parents, with Jamie Delgado by his side now as the chief organiser, rather than Dani Vallverdu, alongside condition Matt Little, the team's most vocal cheerleader.
McKesson and others were protesting the death of Alton Sterling, who was selling CDs outside a convenience store, his usual spot, when he was tackled to the ground by police officers and shot repeatedly at close range.
Calvin Davis, 62, a regular, hosted a receiving line from his usual spot along the mahogany bar.
They went head to head down to the wire, sharing a table and each trying to out-hawk the other".I edged him out, down the stretch," Mr. Williams said, lighting a cigarette while setting up his small wooden stall at his usual spot under a tree just inside the main entrance.
"It has been a joy," he said last week, taking a break from nonstop trash-talking and trouncing every comer at his usual spot under a tree on East 142nd Street in Mott Haven.
