The work of Shannan Lee Hayes
By day, she’s an instructor at Stony Brook University, but on weekends she’s the straw that stirs the drinks at Toast Coffehouse. I’ve been working alongside Shannan for a few months now and at first, it was a love-hate relationship. I loved her and she hated me. I was all obnoxious Southern charm and she wanted nothing to do with it. But the mutual contempt has given way to a grudging respect and I couldn’t be happier. I just think…