Confessions of a Porch Spy
A porch is an excellent space for drinking in street scenes without being observed. Just don't write an article about it or you'll ruin the magic.
Every country has its special spaces to see and be seen — Italy with its fountained piazzas, Spain with its terrace bars, France with its ubiquitous sidewalk cafés — but for nearly a century in the US, the favorite spot for people-watching was the front porch, an entirely American invention that’s now mostly cast aside.
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